Big news, everyone! Or, actually… “minimalist” news, everyone! According to a recent update in The Quietus that followed from an interview posted yesterday on that site, British’s most notorious sound-fucker-around-with-er, Matthew Herbert, will be teaming up with Andre de Ridder’s stargaze collective and german Producer Pantha du Prince’s Bell Laboratory group for what promises to be a, well, bell-ish “reinterpretation” of minimalist composer Terry Riley’s landmark “In C”.
Specifically, shit’s going down at The Barbican in London on October 4, where Herbert “will be live-sampling and reworking [stargaze] playing segments of the piece,” while Pantha du Prince jams alongside him with The Bell Laboratory. Naturally, both dudes and their respective ensembles will also be “accompanied by visuals from the pioneering psych crew Joshua Light Show.” Sheesh. Suddenly the whole thing isn’t looking so “minimalist” anymore, is it? But either way, hardcore Riley fans from around the globe (or any casual Londoners walking around with too many pounds in their pockets who want some art cred, I guess) can head over to the Barbican website to procure their tickets to this night of insanity at their earliest convenience. Look, you don’t have to go to this thing, but you’re automatically less cultured and interesting if you don’t.
• Matthew Herbert: http://www.matthewherbert.com
• Pantha du Prince: http://www.panthaduprince.com
• Terry Riley: http://terryriley.net
[Photo: Martin Genz]
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