Desmond Knight “Sentimental Parlour Music” Preview from Underwolf Records on Vimeo.
"Sentimental Parlour Music" is the debut album of composer/sound artist Desmond Knight. Available from Underwolf Records 5/14/13, www.underwolf.com.
Video by Pablo Delcan; "Pool" by Desmond Knight & Noah Kaplan featuring Rosalie Kaplan (voice) & Noah Kaplan (saxophone). Underwolf Music ASCAP. P+C 2013 Underwolf Records.
Please join us for the release of Desmond Knight’s “Sentimental Parlour Music”!
Underwolf Records Presents
“Sentimental Parlour Music”
In concert with Carl Testa
Saturday, May 18th 8PM
DSMC: 295 Douglass Street, Gowanus, Brooklyn
8PM Carl Testa (solo bass and electronics)
Carl Testa’s music for solo bass and electronics incorporates live sampling and granular synthesis of the bass to create melodic and textural ambient music.
9 PM Special Audio Screening “Bridge I” & “Bridge II” by Desmond Knight
Q&A with the composer afterwards moderated by Hampton Fancher.
“Sentimental Parlour Music” is the debut album of composer/sound artist Desmond Knight. An avid armchair naturalist, he has spent many a day and night in far flung regions recording all manner of sound. Knight’s singular catalogue of captured and found ephemeral sound is cut up and reassembled to form the broad world of “Bridge,” a vast soundscape that reimagines the lost hills of New Jersey as haunted by Cage, Ives, and Duchamp.
We’re looking forward to upcoming digital release Sentimental Parlour Music from electro-acoustic field recording artist Desmond Knight.
Underwolf is marking the release with a special audio screening of Knight’s boundless work, “Bridge Music.” Details to be announced soon!
We’re excited to announce that Dollshot will be performing new song “Nightbloom” at the Greene Space Friday, February 1st as part of WNYC’s Battle of the Boroughs!
Check back for more details as the concert approaches, including where you can watch the live webcast of the concert.
You can listen to “Nightbloom” here.
Announcing the release of Rat Lunch, available digitally September 25th from the Underwolf store; in wide release October 16th.
Rat Lunch will be performed live Friday, October 12th at The Firehouse Space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, along with a set by Dollshot.
Hampton Fancher, best known as the screenwriter of Blade Runner, narrates his original text set to music by Noah Kaplan in the post-rock spoken word cantata Rat Lunch. Fancher’s cryptic prose darts from Freud to Uncle Tom, from the humorous to the macabre over a trio of electric guitar (Marco Cappelli), electric bass (Giacomo Merega), and saxophone (Noah Kaplan). Kaplan’s moody, cinematic score illuminates the careening trajectory of Fancher’s text.
When purchased from the Underwolf store, Rat Lunch will include an exclusive digital edition of Fancher’s text, designed by Pablo Delkan.
Fancher’s book of short stories, The Shape of the Final Dog, published by Penguin’s Blue Rider Press, is out September 13th.
Underwolf Records is pleased to announce the reissue of The Light and Other Things, the critically acclaimed debut album of electric bassist Giacomo Merega featuring guitarist David Tronzo and saxophonist Noah Kaplan. The Light and Other Things will be available in digital format from the Underwolf store on August 14th. A pdf download is included with each purchase featuring a new cover from Monia Lippi, design by Clay Lerner, and artist photographs by Ashley Taraban.
Merega and Kaplan’s upcoming concerts include:
Friday, August 3rd at Douglass Street Music Collective with Anthony Coleman at 10 PM.
Tuesday, August 14th at Douglass Street Music Collective at 8 PM.
Announcing the release of Watch the Walls Instead on May 29!
The release concert will be held Thursday, May 31 at 8PM at Douglass Street Music Collective.
Giacomo Merega (electric bass) leads this trio featuring Noah Kaplan (saxophone) and Marco Cappelli (guitars) in collaborative settings with pianist Anthony Coleman and Mauro Pagani (violin) on Watch the Walls Instead. The record presents a continuation of the trio with Kaplan and David Tronzo from Merega’s critically acclaimed debut album, The Light and Other Things, described as “[conveying] a radiant emotionality,” (All About Jazz). This kaleidoscopic album brims with fractured rhythms and spidery lines sustained by gritty electro-acoustic textures. Poet provacateur Sparrow’s surreal, punk sci-fi short, On the Wings of the Dove, is the literary companion to the record. Available for pre-order from iTunes on May 15th.
Welcome to our new website. The site will feature up to date information on upcoming releases, events, as well as artist interviews and more.
Our records are available for purchase in CD and digital format (includes album artwork and liner notes) in the Underwolf Store.
Check back for events and news regarding Merega/Kaplan/Cappelli’s upcoming release Watch the Walls Instead featuring Anthony Coleman and Mauro Pagani.
We are excited to announce that Dollshot was selected for esteemed critic/author Francis Davis’s Top Ten of 2011 list.
