Friday 3/30 Moroccan dosed Psychedelic Dub Jazz Collective
CLUB d'ELF
with special guest Roger Miller (Mission of Burma, Alloy Orchestra)
$15 advance / $18 at the door
9:00 doors / 10:00 show
www.clubdelf.com
https://rogerclarkmiller.com
Mike Rivard's improvisational groove collective returns to the warm embrace of the Lizard Lounge with their usual stellar cast of musicians.
Tonight's guest is the amazing Roger Miller. Currently Miller is active in Mission of Burma, The Alloy Orchestra, Sproton Layer, M2, and The Trinary System. On Feb.18, 2016, his composition Scream, Gilgamesh, Scream (for two voices and chamber group) premiered in Jordan Hall at The New England Conservatory. It was a commission by N.E.C.s Callithumpian Consort. He has been a journalist/blogger for SLATE, The Huffington Post, a book reviewer for the Wall Street Journal, and a record reviewer for The Talk House. He is a visual artist utilizing Max Ernsts Frottage technique, and has been in numerous shows selling his work. Miller is an accomplished sound-track composer whose films have appeared at the Sundance and Telluride Film Festivals. Miller also was guest faculty at the Rhode Island School of Design and visiting artist at the Museum of Fine Arts, the Berklee School of Music in Boston, and St. Michaels College in Burlington, VT....
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Friday 3/30 Moroccan dosed Psychedelic Dub Jazz Collective
CLUB d'ELF
with special guest Roger Miller (Mission of Burma, Alloy Orchestra)
$15 advance / $18 at the door
9:00 doors / 10:00 show
www.clubdelf.com
https://rogerclarkmiller.com
Mike Rivard's improvisational groove collective returns to the warm embrace of the Lizard Lounge with their usual stellar cast of musicians.
Tonight's guest is the amazing Roger Miller. Currently Miller is active in Mission of Burma, The Alloy Orchestra, Sproton Layer, M2, and The Trinary System. On Feb.18, 2016, his composition Scream, Gilgamesh, Scream (for two voices and chamber group) premiered in Jordan Hall at The New England Conservatory. It was a commission by N.E.C.s Callithumpian Consort. He has been a journalist/blogger for SLATE, The Huffington Post, a book reviewer for the Wall Street Journal, and a record reviewer for The Talk House. He is a visual artist utilizing Max Ernsts Frottage technique, and has been in numerous shows selling his work. Miller is an accomplished sound-track composer whose films have appeared at the Sundance and Telluride Film Festivals. Miller also was guest faculty at the Rhode Island School of Design and visiting artist at the Museum of Fine Arts, the Berklee School of Music in Boston, and St. Michaels College in Burlington, VT.
What is this thing called Club dElf? Club dElf is an ever-shifting group of musicians fiercely dedicated to the groove, revolving around the foundation of bassist/leader Mike Rivard. Consisting of some of the most sought-after players from the jazz, DJ, rock & world music scenes of Boston & NYC, each show features a different line-up, with Rivard and drummer Dean Johnston at the core. Guitars, turntables, Fender Rhodes, laptops, horns, tablas and all manner of exotic instruments flow in and out of the mix, along with guests such as John Medeski & Billy Martin (Medeski Martin & Wood), DJ Logic, Marc Ribot, Skerik, Steven Bernstein, Ryan Montbleau and Marco Benevento, creating a unique experience for every performance. Informed as much by sci-fi writer Philip K. Dicks ideas of shifting reality and parallel universes as by Miles Davis & Fela Kuti, the band draws inspiration from many sources, including neo-psychedelic avatar Terence McKenna and avant garde comedy troupe The Firesign Theater.
Formed in 1998 by Rivard with the encouragement of Morphines Mark Sandman (who guested with the group until his death in 99), the music draws from a startlingly wide spectrum of styles, including jazz, hip hop, electronica, avant garde, prog-rock and dub. Under the tutelage of member Brahim Fribgane (who hails from Casablanca) the band absorbed Moroccan trance influences and frequently adds this element to the mix. Audiences of all persuasions are drawn to Fribganes mesmerizing oud stylings and Rivards commanding playing of the Moroccan sintir, a 3 string bass lute used by the Gnawa people of Morocco, a mystical brotherhood of trance-healers. Derived from such ancient sources as these, trance forms the central core of the Club dElf aesthetic, unifying all of the various genres the band has absorbed.
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