Devil Music Ensemble
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The art of playing live music to a classic silent movie is pursued by a trio called the Devil Music Ensemble. They play one night - on a national tour - at Centenary College behind the 1922 flic Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horror, says Lynn Stewart. The gig is Fri, Oct 20, at 7 pm, Kilpatrick Auditorium.
Devil Music Ensemble was founded by in Boston by Brendon Wood, who performs on guitars, lap steel, analog synth, accordian, banjo & bass clarinet. The ensemble includes Jonah Rapino on electric violin, analog synth, bass & vibraphone, as well as Tim Nylander on drums, percussion & analog synth. From their site,
Some of their projects:
-soundtrack to "Le sang d’un poete" by Jean Cocteau
AS220 Providence RI 2001
-soundtrack to "Modern Times" by Charlie Chaplin Industrial Accidents Art Show Fort Port Boston MA 2001
-soundtrack to "Le Voyage Imaginaire" by Rene Claire, Celluloud Series at the Coolidge Corner Theatre Boston MA 2002
-soundtrack to the "First films of the Lumiere Bros"
multiple performances in 2003
-soundtrack to the "Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" by Robert Weine 1920, for the
Devil Music Ensemble two month Sound of Silents Tour 2003
-soundtrack to the four Surealist films of Man Ray 2003
-soundtrack to "Big Stakes" by Clifford S. Elfelt 1922 for three month live soundtrack for silent film tour of US 2004
-soundtrack to "Nosferatu, a symphony of horror" by F.W. Murnau 1922 , for DME's first entire U.S. tour, Fall 2005.
Diabolical sound and background at
devilmusic.org
centenary.edu/art
869-5264
The devil will be paid by Centenary College, not you and I.
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