RRIICCEE with Vincent Gallo and Eric Erlandson
Back in San Francisco
I caught the last end of RRIICCEE at Cafe du Nord here last May. The reactions from the audience were polarized. Mostly I think because you have to understand what they're doing to appreciate it - and can't come at it thinking it's just a band that's going to play you some music they wrote.
From Vincent Gallo: “Improvisation is not a good word for what we’re doing. It’s more a gesture of composing and performing at the same time, always hoping to avoid musical cliché or jamming. We’ve chosen not to go into a studio in a traditional way like other bands have done in the past: to make recordings, cut them up, dub on them, fine tune and mix them, and then release them as an album, then later, go on tour, pantomiming those recordings over and over each night as a form of cabaret. Instead, for a long time now, we’ve chosen to remain open, to grow and change more naturally, and when we play live, the music is often created during the performance. If we choose to record a performance, the recording itself is only evidence of that creative moment. The purpose of recording then, is to listen back for enjoyment.”
Check it out at the "Red Devil Lounge":http://www.reddevillounge.com
Friday, Dec 21, 2007
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