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Moritz Von Oswald Trio, Carl Craig & François K played LPR (pics) & the Unsound Festival continues

words by BBG, photos by Greg Cristman

Moritz Von Oswald

No one minded that the Moritz Von Oswald Trio had five members when it made its American debut on Saturday night at Le Poisson Rouge, part of the Unsound Festival New York and the Wordless Music series at the club. The trio is an alliance of techno and ambient disc jockeys and programmers doing what they don’t do in D.J. booths or remix studios: playing instruments together in real time.

Mr. Von Oswald was surrounded by keyboards and synthesizers. Sasu Ripatti, also known as Vladislav Delay, was at a percussion kit with conga drums, bells and cymbals. Max Loderbauer, a k a N.S.I., was at his own analog synthesizer. And with them were another two renowned D.J.s: Carl Craig, a pioneer of Detroit techno, on synthesizers, and François K, a patriarch of house music, providing mixing, effects and additional sounds.

Their shared improvisation only hinted at the dance floor. It was sci-fi ambient music, with a background wash of pink noise like interstellar dust and puffy tones, pitched and unpitched, arising out of the static. The group’s D.J. instincts governed the perpetually evolving structure: riffs appeared, drew responses, repeated, became foundations and eventually dissolved as new ones arrived. -[New York Times]

Moritz Von Oswald Trio were joined by DJ Eric Demby (aka Treeboy) and the LPR Orchestra, who played reimagined versions of Ravel‘s “Bolero” and Mussorgsky‘s “Pictures at an Exhibition” at LPR on 2/6.

Unsound rolls on today (2/9) with the experimental electronic beats of Zavoloka, NYC artist Bora Yoon, and the ambient noise of Poland’s Zenial at Issue Project Room. Tickets are still available.

More pictures from the Moritz Von Oswald Trio show are below…

Eric Demby (Treeboy)

Eric Demby (Treeboy)

Eric Demby (Treeboy)

Eric Demby (Treeboy)

Eric Demby (Treeboy)

Eric Demby (Treeboy)

Eric Demby (Treeboy)

Eric Demby (Treeboy)

Eric Demby (Treeboy)

Eric Demby (Treeboy)

Eric Demby (Treeboy)

Eric Demby (Treeboy)

Eric Demby (Treeboy)

Eric Demby (Treeboy)

Eric Demby (Treeboy)

LPR Ensemble

LPR Ensemble

LPR Ensemble

LPR Ensemble

LPR Ensemble

LPR Ensemble

LPR Ensemble

LPR Ensemble

LPR Ensemble

LPR Ensemble

LPR Ensemble

LPR Ensemble

LPR Ensemble

Moritz Von Oswald Trio with Carl Craig & Francois Kevorkian

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Moritz Von Oswald

Moritz Von Oswald

Moritz Von Oswald

Moritz Von Oswald

Moritz Von Oswald

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