Andy Graydon, A*rray – Non-Event At Home: Listening Party

ANDY GRAYDON, A*rray
Online listening party (not archived)
Thursday, October 1, 2020 at 8pm

Non-Event is hosting a special online listening party on the eve of the pre-release of Andy Graydon’s collaborative music project A*rray. We will be streaming A*rray 2, one of the seven pieces in the release that includes the work of 29 musicians from around the world. A*rray 2 features Katie Porter, France Jobin, Pierre Gerard, and Klaus Janek.

About A*rray
A*rray is a new series of music compositions based on a moving image score by Andy Graydon. In response to the isolation and distancing imposed by the pandemic, Graydon began in April, 2020 to invite musicians and artists from around the world to play their own solo interpretations of the score, a four-channel video that forms the basis of his installation A* (2019). Graydon sorted these contributions into four-player ensembles, creating seven new 30-minute works. A central theme of the video score is the productive complexity of voices in conflict, and the necessity of dissonance in making meaningful connections. Each piece explores this terrain in unexpected and exciting ways, resulting in the lively variety across the series.

A*rray is being released on Bandcamp through Graydon’s own Internegative imprint, with a special pre-order starting October 2nd. The release includes all seven compositions, high resolution cover images, and a special download of the A* video score with the original installation soundtrack by sawako, Jan St Werner, Cecilia Lopez and Ryan Choi.

contributing artists: Cecilia Lopez, Ryan Choi, sawako, Jan St Werner, Barbara Held, Luke Martin, France Jobin, Delia Gonzalez, Stephen Vitiello, Pierre Gerard, Katie Porter, Gil Sansón, Kris Limbach, Richard Garet, José Rivera, Klaus Janek, Jonathan Zorn, Eden Girma, Amnon Wolman, Ensemble Musica Nova, Edwin Lo, Takeshi Nishimoto,David Sani, Jenn Grossman, Wendy Eisenberg