NeonMarshmallow
2011 New York City
October 14 15 16 Public Assembly Brooklyn
14
Grouper
Kevin Drumm
The Men
Phill Niblock
James Ferraro
Xeno & Oaklander
15
Tim Hecker
Mark Fell
Phoenecia
Carlos Giffoni
Tim Harrington
Rene Hell
16
Mandelbrot & Skyy
La Big Vic
Joe Lentini
Forma
Date Palms
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Rhys Chatham
Alan Licht
Loren Connors
Ryley Walker
DJ sets
Veronica Vasicka
Spinoza
Ric Leichtung
Emilie Friedlander
Brian Turner
Todd P
Visuals
EyeBodega
Yr Friend Matthew
Jon Williams & Rebecca Gaffney
Johnny Woods
October 13
Clocktower Gallery
New York
C Spencer Yeh
Zarzutzki
Kevin Drumm is an experimental musician based in Chicago, United States. Emerging from the city's improvised music scene, in the 1990s he became one of the world's pre-eminent prepared guitar players. Since then his work has expanded to include electroacoustic compositions and live electronic music made with laptop computers and analog modular synthesizers. His early recordings contain mostly sparse, quiet sounds; recent works have been more loud and dense. Drumm has collaborated with many artists working in similar fields, including Japanese guitarist Taku Sugimoto, multi-instrumentalist and producer Jim O'Rourke, and many European improvisers such as Swedish saxophonist Mats Gustafsson and German trumpeter Axel Dörner. He has also worked with the artist group Simparch, composing a piece for their installation Spec, shown at Documenta XI in Kassel, Germany and at the Renaissance Society in Chicago. Drumm has also worked with saxophonist Ken Vandermark's Territory Band, which brings together American and European players who work in both jazz and free improvisation. Drumm's work draws upon musique concrète, electronic sound, improvisation, heavy metal, and noise music. Musical influences include Iron Maiden, Ralf Wehowsky, Heavy Load, and The New Blockaders. He is also a black metal fanatic.