Jake Muir and Ted Reichman

Jake Muir and Ted Reichman
Thursday, June 20, 2024, at 8pm

The Foundry
STEAM set performance space
101 Rogers Street
Cambridge, Mass
Music at 8pm
Admission: $18 / $12 for members and students (suggested donation)
Pay what you can / No one turned away for lack of funds

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Non-Event and the Goethe-Institut Boston are pleased to present a night of immersive electronic music featuring an a/v performance of “Bathhouse Blues” by Jake Muir and a rare Boston-area live set by the acclaimed composer and educator Ted Reichman.

Berlin based sound artist, DJ and field recordist Jake Muir was infatuated with sound from an early age, surrounded by California's buzzing, whirring sonic landscape and his father's collection of beachfront rock LPs. So, it wasn't surprising when, as he developed his ear, Muir was drawn to work that dexterously manipulated these elements, particularly musique concrète, field recording and experimental turntablism. He approaches his practice as a listener first, carefully choosing, layering and processing sounds that help him deconstruct and contextualize his lived experiences and influences. Using investigative software methodologies, DJ techniques and the engineering skills he acquired while studying in Berlin, Muir makes deeply personal sonic art that fluidly traverses genre membranes, encouraging reflection and sometimes prompting psychedelic states. He will be performing an a/v set of “Bathhouse Blues,” his acclaimed exploration of 1970s bathhouse culture vintage gay porn soundtracks.

Ted Reichman began studying jazz piano at the New England Conservatory Preparatory School in 1987 and went on to study experimental music and ethnomusicology at Wesleyan University with Alvin Lucier, Sumarsam, and his most important early mentor, Anthony Braxton. At Braxton’s urging, Reichman began playing accordion, the instrument that would become the basis of his work in music. Reichman moved to New York City where he worked in styles ranging from improvised music and jazz to rock and roll and various forms of Jewish music. In addition to his work with Braxton, he is best known for his ten-year-plus tenure with John Hollenbeck’s Claudia Quintet. He also founded the music series at alt.coffee which would evolve into Tonic, one of the world’s most crucial venues for avant-garde music, where Reichman was the original curator. He has been on the faculty of the New England Conservatory for over ten years, where he coaches ensembles in the Contemporary Musical Arts and Jazz departments and teaches a curriculum he developed on recording and creative audio production techniques. He currently lives outside Boston where he records, produces and mixes albums and composes music for films at his studio Subtext Sound System.

This performance is co-presented by Non-Event and the Goethe-Institut Boston.