Tongue Depressor + John McCowen
vr 12 jan
|Amsterdam
An intimate evening of towering, unplugged drone. Vereniging van Horen Zeggen presents editie nul with Tongue Depressor + John McCowen. An unamplified concert by “a humble sort of supergroup”. Buy tickets at https://verenigingvanhorenzeggen.nl
Tijd en locatie
12 jan 2024, 20:00 – 22:00
Amsterdam, Bickersgracht 10, 1013 LE Amsterdam, Nederland
Over het evenement
Buy tickets at https://verenigingvanhorenzeggen.nl
An intimate evening of towering, unplugged drone. Vereniging van Horen Zeggen presents editie nul with Tongue Depressor + John McCowen. An unamplified concert by “a humble sort of supergroup”, whose work together “embodies glacial sonic forms that are both monolithic on the exterior and microscopically shifting on the interior.” We would love to listen together with you, cozied up in the Salon.
Tongue Depressor is a duo, consisting of Zach Rowden and Henry Birdsey, who write, improvise, and perform drone-based music with fiddles, double bass, bagpipes, pedal steel, organ, bells, and tapes—often using microtonal tunings. They have teamed up with John McCowen for Blame Tuning, released on Full Spectrum Records in 2023. Their album Bones for Time, released on Worried Songs the same year, has been awarded a spot on Bandcamp’s ‘The Best Experimental Music of 2023’ list. “Is it DIY basement folk? Experimental classical? 20th…