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SUMMARY:BASIC\, Kinski
LOCATION:The Sunset Tavern
DESCRIPTION:**$20 ($26.27 after fees)**\n\n**BASIC:**\n\nWorking with guita
 rs\, drum machine\, sampler\, self-built electronics\, and all manner of p
 ercussion\, BASIC synthesize the vast influences and distinct histories of
  the players\, producing a boundary-less\, rhythm-forward amalgam of art r
 ock\, trance jazz\, collective improvisation\, and humming electronics on 
 their new eponymous full-length for No Quarter\, released in June 2026.\n
 \nPhiladelphia’s Chris Forsyth\, known for his lyrical guitar compositio
 ns and mercurial improvisations as leader of the Solar Motel Band\, founde
 d 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 P
 hilly denizen Mikel Patrick Avery\, whose subtle and propulsive drumming h
 as provided the pulse for Natural Information Society\, Marshall Allen’s
  Ghost Horizons\, and Rob Mazurek’s Exploding Star Orchestra (amongst ot
 her projects)\, joined\, bringing his unique combination of programed beat
 s and acoustic percussion - a single drum with a metallic bell affixed and
  a variety of hand percussion run through a self-devised barrage of electr
 onic processors and tonal filters (many controlled in real-time with touch
  pads) - to BASIC. Chicago stalwart Douglas McCombs came on board in late 
 2024 to tour their debut record “This Is BASIC\,” thereby solidifying 
 the lineup and expanding the group’s sound. As often heard in his work w
 ith Tortoise and Brokeback\, McCombs’ playing in BASIC combines a master
 y of musical negative space with memorable lines on Fender Bass VI\, a six
 -string instrument with a distinctive twang tuned an octave below a standa
 rd guitar\, allowing McCombs to function as both bassist and guitarist.\n
 \n“Basic” inhales all the music that modernity's global connectivity (
 our blessing and our curse) allows us\, tapping Tuareg rhythms here\, angu
 lar guitar heroics there\, scratchy funk\, dubby low end shudder and Highl
 ife-y rhythmic percolation everywhere. There's a fresh\, intoxicating loos
 eness to BASIC that further develops the great nocturnal guitar-nerd explo
 rations of their debut LP\, best exemplified by the ethereal flute & mutat
 ing samples of ""Index of Memories\,"" the multifaceted interplay between 
 drum loops and overdubbed acoustic guitar on ""Premonition\,"" and the kee
 ning delay feedback filling up cracks throughout. Adding dimension and tex
 ture\, BASIC is joined on four tracks by the young Philly double bassist (
 and frequent collaborator of Forsyth’s and Avery’s) John Moran\, known
  for his work in Victor Vieira-Branco’s Bark Culture and the Daniel Vill
 areal Trio.\n\nBASIC’s “Basic” concept is groove-based\, full of spa
 ce and sonic fields both evocatively ancient and bracingly contemporary. I
 t is a truly collective product\, balancing individual expression with sur
 render to the group. On “Basic” the result is entrancing and\, if not 
 “non-idiomatic” then something approaching pan-idiomatic.\n\nMost exci
 ting\, perhaps\, is the potential for a new renaissance of electro-acousti
 c 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 between art\, technology and boog
 ie.\n\nPlease note\, the Sunset Tavern is a strictly 21+ bar and venue and
  does not accept vertical ID’s for entry.\n\nBoletos: https://dice.fm/ev
 ent/oe8eba-basic-kinski-17th-dec-the-sunset-tavern-seattle-tickets
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