My friend Jason clued me in to a show last night in the Meatpacking district by two brothers from Chicago who performed several renditions of Black Sabbath’s 1971 track "Into the Void". It was played by a pickup orchestra of local players, combining strings, wind, percussion and a full drum kit. Jason Ajemian, a jazz and experimental composer, transcribed the music and conducted from the top of an overturned paint container; Lucas, a visual artist by training, devised the concept and sang.
It would have been cool just to hear Black Sabbath transcribed for acoustic instruments. But the Ajemian brothers took it further: they played the music backwards. An easy play on the old myth that you can hear Satanic messages when playing heavy metal backwards, but all I heard was driving, intricate music – and one crazy set of vocals by Lucas. Check out this video from their performance in Paris last year, and you’ll hear what I mean:
Great post, it’s weird how it went from alien sounding to half normal after the third performance. It changed into it’s own piece…and summoned satan. Yay!
Great post, it’s weird how it went from alien sounding to half normal after the third performance. It changed into it’s own piece…and summoned satan. Yay!
Great post, it’s weird how it went from alien sounding to half normal after the third performance. It changed into it’s own piece…and summoned satan. Yay!
Great post, it’s weird how it went from alien sounding to half normal after the third performance. It changed into it’s own piece…and summoned satan. Yay!
Great post, it’s weird how it went from alien sounding to half normal after the third performance. It changed into it’s own piece…and summoned satan. Yay!
Great post, it’s weird how it went from alien sounding to half normal after the third performance. It changed into it’s own piece…and summoned satan. Yay!