Tribute tries to capture the essence of John Cage.Byline: BUZZWORTHY by The Register-Guard Experimental composer John Cage once said, "There is no noise, only sound." If a tree falls in the woods with no one around, does it make a sound? If a noise artist has a show and no one shows, was there a show? It's been said Cage's music was more interesting to think about than to hear. That's a call you've got to make on your own - about Cage, about the whole genre of "noise." And you'll get that chance Sunday during the John Cage Harsh Noise Tribute Night at Sam Bond's Garage. Portland's Nkondi will go last in what Cryptic Weevil weevil, common name for certain beetles of the snout beetle family (Curculionidae), small, usually dull-colored, hard-bodied insects. The mouthparts of snout beetles are modified into down-curved snouts, or beaks, adapted for boring into plants; the jaws are at the , the event's organizer, says is the style least like Cage's of the four slated performances. Noise musicians owe a debt - sometimes unrecognized debt - to Cage, which is why they wanted to have the event. Cage is most famous for his piece 4'33', a recording that sounds a lot like four minutes and 33 seconds of silence. Nkondi will play an imaginary duet with Cage, using Cage music as sound sources to manipulate. Cryptic Weevil will join I Died, INRI INRI abbr. Latin Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum (Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews) INRI Jesus of Nazareth, king of the Jews (the inscription placed over Christ's head during the Crucifixion) [Latin and Warning Broken Machine to perform Cage's "Variations IV," a piece originally performed in 1959. Sunday's interpretation will involve microphones placed around Sam Bond's to pick up the sounds of the environment: glasses clinking clink 1 intr. & tr.v. clinked, clink·ing, clinks To make or cause to make a light, sharp ringing sound: clinked their wineglasses together in a toast. n. , conversations clunking clunk n. 1. A dull sound; a thump. 2. A blow that produces a dull sound. 3. Informal A stupid, dull person. v. clunked, clunk·ing, clunks v.intr. . The artists will manipulate these sounds into their own art. "Imagine ambient music put through distortion and feedback; it's frenetic and crazy," Cryptic Weevil says in general of the noise genre. "Think of it as a Jackson Pollack painting. It's nonrepresentational non·rep·re·sen·ta·tion·al adj. Of, relating to, or being a style of art in which natural objects are not represented realistically; nonobjective. and usually improvised. `It's about the dynamics and originality in tone, timbre timbre Quality of sound that distinguishes one instrument, voice, or other sound source from another. Timbre largely results from a characteristic combination of overtones produced by different instruments. , and performance." He recommends coming with an open mind, and says to listen for what sounds are being created, and the dynamic with which they are played. |
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