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SUMMARY:Basic (with Chris Forsyth\, Doug McCombs\, Mikel Patrick Avery)
LOCATION:Kilowatt
DESCRIPTION:Working with guitars\, drum machine\, sampler\, self-built elec
 tronics\, and all manner of percussion\, BASIC synthesize the vast influen
 ces and distinct histories of the players\, producing a boundary-less\, rh
 ythm-forward amalgam of art rock\, trance jazz\, collective improvisation
 \, and humming electronics on their new eponymous full-length for No Quart
 er\, released in June 2026.\n\nPhiladelphia’s Chris Forsyth\, known for 
 his lyrical guitar compositions and mercurial improvisations as leader of 
 the Solar Motel Band\, founded BASIC in 2022 naming the project in homage 
 to the 1984 Robert Quine/Fred Maher album “Basic\,” yes\, but also to 
 indicate a desire to get down to fundamentals rhythmically and musically. 
 Shortly thereafter\, fellow Philly denizen Mikel Patrick Avery\, whose sub
 tle and propulsive drumming has provided the pulse for Natural Information
  Society\, Marshall Allen’s Ghost Horizons\, and Rob Mazurek’s Explodi
 ng Star Orchestra (amongst other projects)\, joined\, bringing his unique 
 combination of programed beats and acoustic percussion - a single drum wit
 h a metallic bell affixed and a variety of hand percussion run through a s
 elf-devised barrage of electronic processors and tonal filters (many contr
 olled in real-time with touch pads) - to BASIC. Chicago stalwart Douglas M
 cCombs came on board in late 2024 to tour their debut record “This Is BA
 SIC\,” thereby solidifying the lineup and expanding the group’s sound.
  As often heard in his work with Tortoise and Brokeback\, McCombs’ playi
 ng in BASIC combines a mastery of musical negative space with memorable li
 nes on Fender Bass VI\, a six-string instrument with a distinctive twang t
 uned an octave below a standard guitar\, allowing McCombs to function as b
 oth bassist and guitarist.\n\n“Basic” inhales all the music that moder
 nity's global connectivity (our blessing and our curse) allows us\, tappin
 g Tuareg rhythms here\, angular guitar heroics there\, scratchy funk\, dub
 by low end shudder and Highlife-y rhythmic percolation everywhere. There's
  a fresh\, intoxicating looseness to BASIC that further develops the great
  nocturnal guitar-nerd explorations of their debut LP\, best exemplified b
 y the ethereal flute & mutating samples of ""Index of Memories\,"" the mul
 tifaceted interplay between drum loops and overdubbed acoustic guitar on "
 "Premonition\,"" and the keening delay feedback filling up cracks througho
 ut. Adding dimension and texture\, BASIC is joined on four tracks by the y
 oung Philly double bassist (and frequent collaborator of Forsyth’s and A
 very’s) John Moran\, known for his work in Victor Vieira-Branco’s Bark
  Culture and the Daniel Villareal Trio.\n\nBASIC’s “Basic” concept i
 s groove-based\, full of space and sonic fields both evocatively ancient a
 nd bracingly contemporary. It is a truly collective product\, balancing in
 dividual expression with surrender to the group. On “Basic” the result
  is entrancing and\, if not “non-idiomatic” then something approaching
  pan-idiomatic.\n\nMost exciting\, perhaps\, is the potential for a new re
 naissance of electro-acoustic groove music that fuses non-Western rhythmic
  boil with acid-psych moves and funky harmolodics that electrify both the 
 body and the deepest neural pathways\, and plays with the boundaries betwe
 en art\, technology and boogie.\n\nBoletos: https://dice.fm/event/v3xv96-b
 asic-with-chris-forsyth-doug-mccombs-mikel-patrick-avery-11th-dec-kilowatt
 -san-francisco-tickets
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