Eric Freeman sings with the Pacific Mozart Ensemble and also arranges music. He holds a Master's in Nonprofit Adminstraion a Bachelor’s from UC Berkeley, and is an engineer by training.
Ancient and modern music techniques collide in Treasure State, a collaboration between So Percussion and Matmos. Although drawn to the avant-garde, the So Percussion quartet’s music is firmly grounded in ancient rhythms and techniques. Banging on things is about as old as music gets. Matmos’ Drew Daniel and M.C. Schmidt, on the other hand, are masters of computer sampling and sequencing.
The Jack Dubowsky Ensemble had its work cut out for it last Thursday at San Francisco's Eagle Tavern. The plan: Play through Depeche Mode’s classic 1990 album Violator with a small chamber group consisting of a few strings, trombone, and drums. Take an album of synthesizers and drum machines and score it for (mostly) acoustic instruments. This type of reinterpretation has the potential to delight when the performers find new inroads to the source material by turning it on its head. In the event, though, the group just seemed out of its element.
Ancient and modern music techniques collide in Treasure State, a collaboration between So Percussion and Matmos. Although drawn to the avant-garde, the So Percussion quartet’s music is firmly grounded in ancient rhythms and techniques. Banging on things is about as old as music gets. Matmos’ Drew Daniel and M.C. Schmidt, on the other hand, are masters of computer sampling and sequencing.
