Backlined Collective, a Toronto/Montreal-based and newly-formed experimental gtr. quartet, comes to Arraymusic on Saturday, November 4th. Performing music from their recent debut set at La Sala Rossa (MTL) this past August, the program includes Julius Eastman's "Buddha" (arr: Emmanuel Lacopo), Erich Barganier's complete "Geisslerlieder" suite, and selected short solo works.
Featuring ensemble members that are recent mainstays across the Toronto-Montréal experimental guitar/new music/improvised music communities, you won't want to miss the TO debut for this brand new collective!
https://withkoji.com/@Backlined
Saturday November 4th, 2023
7:30pm doors, 8pm show
Tix: 15$ advance/20$ at the door
no one turned away for lack of funds
This concert would not be possible without support from Exit Points, Arraymusic, and People Places Records.
Special thanks to Daisy Betlej for the event poster/graphic.
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Backlined Collective is an interdisciplinary guitar-driven collective made up of core members Erich Barganier, Emmanuel Lacopo, Andrew Noseworthy, and Patrick O’Reilly. Each member’s individual experiences as performers, composers, and improvisers combine to create a multi-faceted collective practice. Rather than following established contemporary chamber ensemble trajectories, the group’s merging of creative practices manifests across projects that feature the member’s newly composed music, group improvisations, new arrangements, collaborations with visual and video artists, non-standard performance formats, and working with underperformed composers.
Backlined’s stylistically-fluid projects transcend the classical ensemble paradigm and allow for varied interpretive approaches. These methods allow the collective to explore post-notational open scores, long-form ambient soundscapes, noise-based structures, groove-based rhythmicism, and more. With membership situated in both Ontario and Québec, Backlined especially seeks to promote an ongoing collaborative relationship with underrepresented Canadian composers, while developing their own original set of evolving music.
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Erich Barganier is a composer and multi-instrumentalist exploring experimental technology, the edge of noise, improvisation, generative processes, and new forms of notation. His music has been released on People Places Records (PPR), Belts and Whistles Records, Infrequent Seams, Off Latch Press, and has been presented by Bang on a Can, and National Sawdust, among others.
Acknowledged as one of CBC’s 2023 30 under 30 classical musicians, Emmanuel is a guitarist and composer who showcases the guitar in a new light through his original compositions that mesh his influences in progressive metal, math rock, and post-rock into a post-classical experience. Lacopo’s latest release with People Places Records, Eastman, is a re-imagination Julius Eastman’s music arranged for guitar and electronics and “it needs to be heard to be believed” (CBC 2023).
Andrew Noseworthy is a multidisciplinary artist whose work coalesces wide-ranging styles and distinct artistic practices. All while operating the DIY digital label people places records, his genre-fluid projects include compositions for contemporary music ensembles; performing with hardcore and experimental rock bands in DIY venues; commissioning and premiering new works involving the electric guitar; pop music production and audio engineering; and integrative work that combines seemingly disparate elements from any number of these settings.
Patrick O’Reilly is a composer/guitarist and a community-driven fixture in the Toronto creative music scene. He is co-curator of the Furniture Music concert/workshop series and operates the W/DRWN record label. His trio Wire Circus have released two albums showcasing Patrick’s compositions alongside the pixilated/frenetic improvisation that is the culmination of their longstanding collaborative history. He also co-leads the international quartet Sonic Perfume, and the trio WAPAMA who explore freedom of expression through rhythm, melody, and harmony.
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