Events

Engine 27 -- Robert Dick & David Soldier

Engine 27 is proud to present an installation and performance:

Robert Dick and David Soldier - Our Other Moon
Robert Dick (flutes) and Dave Soldier (violin, programming)
& Eric Mingus (vocals)
Matthew Ostrowski (spatialization programming) & Joe Raia (recording)

In Our Other Moon, Robert Dick and Dave Soldier co-compose an installation work inspired by the work songs recorded by Alan Lomax at the Parchman Farm prison in Mississippi in the 1940's. Proto-blues in a sound world that transcends all preconceptions of what the flute can be (from the depths of the contrabass flute to the bends of Dick's custom glissando flute) amidst the gospel call of Eric Mingus and David Soldier's primal violin.

date & time: Saturday & Sunday, May 31 & June 1, 7, 8, 2-8pm
opening reception and performance: Saturday, May 31, reception 6-8pm, performance 8-9pm

In Our Other Moon, Robert Dick and Dave Soldier co-compose an installation work inspired by the work songs recorded by Alan Lomax at the Parchman prison farm in Mississippi in the 1940's. Dick's "Glissando Headjoint" on his flute and Soldier's violin are the core musical material, creating a 16-channel chorus. Further, samples are triggered and a sound world created based on the pain and strength of humanity in these songs, fundamental to the blues and much of what makes music "American." Dick and Soldier have collaborated on two notable CDs, Third Stone from the Sun (New World Records) and Jazz Standards on Mars (ENJA Records). In Our Other Moon, they also pay tribute to the fife and drum music of the Deep South, the most primal form of flute music in our culture.