Utilizing augmented and conventional instrumentation, tentetoctet creates linear improvisations working with both an academic and low-brow approach.
or using screwdrivers on their guitars, chopped up drums and all sorts of knobs 'n shit, tentetoctet make noise, a fuck load of noise! like crust punks crashing a comp department social.
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Outside of their own work, TentetOctet has also worked in experimental theater, rearrangements of classical and jazz compositions (such as Gyorgy Ligeti's "Lux Aeterna") and live film score with buffalo artist collective, the Reactionary Ensemble.
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These guys have their hands in all the pies. sometimes dropping crooked beats for crooked dancers, sometimes putting the ol' 10/8 spin on a obscure classic (such as that creepy music at the end of 2001 space odessey)
Progressive music with classical sentimentality
Performance artist, Josh Strauss exclaimed "I drank gasoline last night, these guys kick ass!"
hey guys! really nice set the other night at murmur. had fun and it was good to meet you. thanks for trading music with me and please stay in touch. too bad we didn't record the improv set huh? take care and we will talk to you soon.
Thanks so much for playing Toledo last night. Best night at Finn's I've had yet! I hope you get to make it back here one day but for now enjoy the rest of the tour and stay safe!
FRIDAY JUNE 20TH @ PATS IN THE FLATS 2233 W. 3rd Street Cleveland, OH (216) 621-8044 patsintheflats @ aol. com www. patsintheflats. com EARLY SHOW - 7PM SHARP / $6
AHLEUCHATISTAS (on Tzadik & Cuneiform Records; from Asheville, NC) PLANETS (insanely complex jazzy math rock from Napa, CA) NOVELIST (sparse droning psych metal duo from Buffalo) TENTET/OCTET (improvisational art rock from Buffalo, NY) DANIEL FRANCIS DOYLE (of When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth; from Austin, TX)
I added you as I thought you might be interested in what I am doing.
Six_events is a worldwide performance project, looking for the art in the everyday. So far, there will be hundreds of group/individual performances in Spain, America (15 states), Egypt, China, India, Greece, Japan, Italy, England, Scotland, Ireland, Finland, Portugal, Germany, Serbia, Canada, New Zealand, Latvia, Azerbaijan, Australia and Malaysia across the last week in January (21st-27th)
Document your performances with pictures/films/poetry/drawings and they will be exhibited in London in February.
If you are interested in taking part and would like me to send you a reminder nearer the time about this then just send an email to six_events@yahoo.co.uk (tell me where you are as well!)
