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Sunday, September 13, 2009

Show Review Bishop Corsano Chasny Trio @ Sunset Tavern

Posted by on Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 3:05 PM

Bishop Corsano Chasny Trio @ Sunset Tavern Sept 12
I arrived just in time at the Sunset to watch the three musicians unite on stage. Last night’s matinee show assembled improvisational drummer Chris Corsano with Sir Richard Bishop, formerly of Sun City Girls. Also joining them was Ben Chasny of Six Organs of Admittance, who last month released Luminous Night on Drag City.

On stage, the trio exchanged glances, furrowed brows, and other contorted facial expressions. Communicating through this non-verbal language, the musicians crafted freeform musical expanses. Their explorations revealed sparse melodic lines, building up tension gradually before ducking out of the limelight. The trio spared the virtuosic noodling for the crowd; passages developed simply, focusing on a few sonic elements at a time in a lightweight fashion. Brief movements were constructed before giving way to drum breaks, in favor of brevity. The music for the evening was more along the lines of folk, incorporating jazz-styled progressions and occasional waves of drone, noise and dissonance.

The penultimate song for the night featured Sir Richard Bishop, playing something like an Eastern melody, wavering between a few strings and notes. An audience member shaped her hands together to represent a heart and raised it up high, floating her heart upwards above the crowd, and breaking it as the trio crested. The communiqué was well timed, and with the waves of noise and drumming loud as they were in the club, might have been the clearest way to describe the moment.

 

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levide 1
Rick commented afterwards that it might've been a better set had he had all of his strings (he broke some during the first number). I thought it was a fine set overall (and Chasny's solo towards the end was surprisingly tactile and muscular). This was essentially a rehearsal for some Drag City recording sessions, looking forward to the results.
Posted by levide on September 13, 2009 at 9:42 PM
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great show. great to have chasny in the 981xx.
Posted by josh_m_sea on September 13, 2009 at 9:58 PM
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this review is amateur. sorry. i gotta call em like i see em.
Posted by dad on September 13, 2009 at 11:31 PM

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