Excepter
Rocky's Brooklyn
Aug 18 2007
sponsored by
WWWhatsup Online Pinstand
with thanks to Rocky
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PUNKCAST#1189 Excepter Rocky's Brooklyn Aug 18 2007 sponsored by WWWhatsup Online Pinstand with thanks to Rocky |
| 'a threshold question' |
| I have been following NYC electro/improv gtoup Excepter for some years, but this is the first time I've got around to posting any. Excepter was founded by J F Ryan, previously of the No Neck Blues band, around 5 years ago. The early band included Caitlin Cook and Calder Martin before they left to form Vizusa. Since then the band settled to a fairly stable 4-piece so I was surprised at this show to see the addition of two more players, both female. With openers Ghost Exit absent (a car containing their gear had been impounded) on this night Excepter were able to stretch out and played for almost an hour and a half. The music is based on cross-patterned sequencers, overlayed with echoed weirdness and distorted vocals, all to shamanic effect. J F Ryan provides a visual focus. He has a peculiar motion - a kind of stuttering pad. He also has a tendency to grab any nature of convenient objects or ideas and turn them to his purpose. An exercise the new girls enthusiastically joined in on. In the second clip 'Fry' you can see them playing with (frying?) the auras of Rocky's patrons making their way to the men's room, situated to the rear of the stage. In the 3rd clip, the multifaceted 'The Frogs / Faces Shine / Stars' one of the girls takes to playing the hi-hat with the soles of her boots. The first clip ''Burgers' is far more rocky (no pun intended) than Excepter's usual output, featuring acoustic drums and a meaty synth riff from DJ Count Porkchopolis. |
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Clicking on the images will take you to the clips on YouTube. The h.264's are iPod ready. There is a DVD of the whole show which can be purchased for $5 ($6 foreign). 
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