ASM / HNIA
"COME OUT THE WILDERNESS"
four performances 19th-21st September in NYC
STREAM/DOWNLOAD 9/19 MERCURY LOUNGE
STREAM/DOWNLOAD 9/20 TONIC
Anti-Social Music and His Name is Alive join forces for a three-day four-event residency in New York City called COME OUT THE WILDERNESS, starting with a peaceful prayer meditation in a park, ending with a midnight bell jam in the street, and with shows at Mercury Lounge and Tonic in between.
Help celebrate INTERNATIONAL PEACE WEEK with punk-chamber music group Anti-Social Music (ASM), and Detroit-based band His Name Is Alive (HNIA) who will provide everything from earth-toned outdoor folk music to mountains of extreme sunshine jams. COME OUT THE WILDERNESS is a performance-based piece and a three-day celebration of peace, nature, wolves, chamber music, and magical vibrations!!!
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ARTIST STATEMENT by warn defever
"COME OUT THE WILDERNESS" is performance/event-oriented piece that celebrates a child's earliest memories, a primal love/fear of nature, and hope for a peaceful world. It was originally conceived as a "peace conference."
In 1972, when I was three years old, my mother gave birth to twin boys.
Several months later during a Labor Day vacation, my family was visiting relatives in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and one of the twins, Michael, was attacked and killed by a wolf, commonly found in the northern region of the state. His brother, Matthew, survived somehow. Upon arriving back in the Detroit area and shortly following the funeral, my parents changed my middle name to Michael, as a sort of memorial. This experience is one of my earliest memories.
In 2002, I attended a "peace walk" led by Thich Nhat Hanh, a gentle monk from Vietnam whose vaguely Buddhist writings teach that world peace can only be brought about through individual internal transformation. The deceptively simplistic nature of this act profoundly affected my life.
In 2005, I found a folk song, performed by Mississippi Fred MacDowell called ³Come Out Of The Wilderness,² in which the Wilderness seems to be a metaphor for living without religion in your life. The Wilderness as depicted in the Bible is where Jesus is tested for 40 days and where the Israelites spend 40 years on their journey to the Promised Land. In my piece the Wilderness is not a metaphor but simply refers to nature, the woods, organic food, and drinking fermented "muddy water out of a hollow log."
NOTES
1. A peace walk is a form of non-violent protest in which protesters march a distance, often to raise money for a charity.
2. HIS NAME IS ALIVE are a difficult band to categorize. Their sound is constantly evolving. Their sound is consistently unique. They made their name with expressionistic experiments for the 4ad label. Later music is guided by more graceful concerns.
3. Wilderness is defined by the State of Michigan as "non-managed, roadless areas."
4. COME OUT THE WILDERNESS is not a "staged" event, it is participatory and requires very few materials.
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
19th PEACE WALK at noon (FREE)
<silent meditation in the park in the sunrays>
Empire-Fulton Ferry Park in DUMBO, BK
Meet at the corner of Water and Main
F to York, AC to High
19th EXTREME CONCERT doors at 8 ($12)
<live sets, come early, bring tambourines>
Mercury Lounge on Houston Street in MANHATTAN
His Name is Alive
Anti-Social Music
F to 2nd Ave
20th QUIET NIGHT doors at 8 ($8)
<ASM performs "After Devil's Night" by Warn Defever>
Tonic at 107 Norfolk in MANHATTAN
with The Naysayer and nanang tatang
F to Delancey and JMZ to Essex
21st MIDNIGHT BELL JAM at 11.59 pm (FREE)
<conclusion celebration in the street at midnight>
Meet at the corner of Stanton and Ludlow in the street in MANHATTAN
Margaritas to Go! Bring a bell!
F to 2nd Ave
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The Mercury Lounge show features sets by His Name is Alive at 10 pm, and Anti-Social Music at 9 pm. Anti-Social Music will perform Apparitions of the Industrial Wasteland by Dan Lasaga, Throw Back. by Ken Thomson, and Fracture II by Pat Muchmore.
The Tonic show features sets by Anti-Social Music, The Naysayer, and Nanang tatang (Dan Littleton and Liz Mitchell from Ida). Anti-Social Music will perform After Devils Night by Warn Defever, Kilter by Peter Hess, i Blame you (l.b.) by Andrea La Rose, and Material Breach by John Wriggle.
COME OUT THE WILDERNESS is not possible without the astounding talents of: Bill Brittelle, Tim Byrnes, Paul Chuffo, Ty Citerman, Hubert Chen, Jean Cook, Warn Defever, Joe Exley, Andy FM, Dutch E Germe, Peter Hess, Baby Jamie, Andrea La Rose, Dan Lasaga, Dan Littleton, Beth Meyers, Pat Muchmore, Danny Mulligan, Franz Nicolay, Tunde Oyewole, Ida Pearle, Eric Rockwin, Hitoko Sakai, Maria Sonevytsky, Ken Thomson, Karen Waltuch, Pinky Weitzman, and John Wriggle
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COME OUT THE WILDERNESS is supported in part by Meet the Composer's Creative Connections Program, NYSCA, and the Meet the Composer JPMorganChase Fund for Small Ensembles.
Past Performances:
- ASM Presents Double Trouble: A Night of Duos April 13, 2024
- ASM Presents La Suspendida March 12, 2024
- ASM Presents A Night Of Math Improv-ish December 13, 2023
- ASM Presents Invocation XII December 8, 2023
- ASM Presents Ghost Ensemble November 9, 2023
- ASM Presents Elliott Sharp: Occam's Machete October 12, 2023
- ASM and Eli Wallace Present October 6, 2023
- ASM, Opera On Tap, Kinesis Project dance theatre, and Shahrokh Yadegari present: Capacity, or: the Work of Crackling September 30 / October 1, 2023
- ASM Presents The Sway Machinery's The Dream Past: A Sonic Conjuring September 21, 2023
- ASM Presents The Why at Mama Tried September 13, 2023
- ASM Presents A Dying Person June 12, 2023
- ASM Presents Infrequent Seams June 7, 8, and 10, 2023
- ASM Presents Infrequent Seams Festival December 19, 2022
- ASM, Opera On Tap, and Kinesis Project dance theatre present Capacity, or: the Work of Crackling September 24-25, 2022
- ASM Presents Radical Acceptance album release celebration July 21, 2022
- ASM Presents Heart Songs and Sounds June 29, 2022
- ASM Presents VEER QUARTET at Greenwich House Music School June 25, 2022
- ASM Presents Infrequent Seams Streamfest 3 June 16-19, 2022
- ASM Presents ASM waters the garden May 15, 2022
- ASM and PinkNoise present: lo spazio inverso April 15, 2022
- ASM Drinks Alone For Two And A Half Years And Have No Plans To Stop Now April 1, 2022
- ASM presents Kilter At Nublu March 31, 2022
- ASM presents Home Audio's 10th Anniversary October 2, 2021
- ASM presents The Ultimate Love June 30, 2021
- ASM presents ONLY YOU WILL REGONIZE THE SIGNAL, Episode 5 - This Mesh We're In December 3, 2020
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- ASM + Opera On Tap present This Is The Ground July 5-6 / July 12-13, 2019
- ASM Presents Beeferman's Organ Trio June 14, 2019
- ASM Back In Back June 22, 2019
- ASM Drinks Alone Again (Squared) May 14, 2019
- ASM Presents Sandcatchers April 24, 2019
- Yiddish Labor Songs and More! January 18, 2019
- ASM + New Camerata Opera present Kamala Sankaram and Rob Handel's ENCHANTRESS November 30, 2018
- ASM riffs (Hangs out in barres, again) June 30, 2018
- PREMIERES: ASM Plays What You Ain't Never Heard Yet June 28, 2018
- PREMIERES: ASM Hangs out in barres June 21, 2018
- Looking At You February 8-9, 2018
- ASM Drinks Alone / Pours One Out December 17, 2017
- PREMIERES: PEOPSSONGS & CHEWY FOOT June 8, 2017
- The Wind in the Bellows (A is for Accordion, encore) May 19, 2017
- PREMIERES: A is for Accordion March 24, 2017
- ASM Drinks Alone Yet Again (Again) March 6, 2017
- PREMIERES: ASM Drinks Alone Yet Again February 10, 2017
- BABEL fragments release party August 25, 2016
- Horse Morsel in the Park June 21, 2016
- PREMIERES: ASM, The Oxford Comma, and The Interrobang May 28, 2016
- PREMIERES: ASM Drinks Alone Again. Again? Again (aka ASM vs Andie Springer) March 11, 2016
- Hands Hands Hands Hands (encore performance) March 4, 2016
- PREMIERES: ASM Has Too Many Hands January 29, 2016
- Much more Muchmore at Muchmore's November 4, 2015
- PREMIERES: Venimus, vidimus, audivimus vocem June 21, 2015
- ASM drinks alone in a Soho loft June 18, 2015
- ASM Under Waters June 10, 2015
- ASM Drinks Alone again... again May 8, 2015
- New York's Alright If You Like Saxophones (encore performance) March 31, 2015
- PREMIERES: ASM Does Not Get Saxy February 20, 2015
- WIP Free-for-all BBQ potluck! June 29, 2014
- MMNY 2014 @ RVRSDE PK @ 116th June 21, 2014
- PREMIERES: ASM Plays On Words. And Strings. June 13, 2014
- ASMin' like a BOS (Bushwick Open Studios) May 31, 2014
- ASM G̈oes̈ D̈euẗs̈c̈ḧ May 16, 2014
- PREMIERES: Big Pieces For Small Groups
January 17February 23, 2014 - Glue Gun Optimism + ASM December 15, 2013
- ASM Walks The Dog June 19, 2013
- PREMIERES: ASM Drinks Alone... again May 9, 2013
- PREMIERES: A S M: A Ca Pe La April 26, 2013
- PREMIERES: SHOWDOWN @ JACK! February 18, 2013
- Anti-Social Music Distracts You on a Stressful Night November 6, 2012
- PREMIERES: Diana's Opening Night October 20, 2012
- Anti-Social Music Takes it to 11! March 9, 2012
- PREMIERES: New Music from Ukraine February 7, 2012
- Cloud Bridge, Detroit - with Warren Defever (His Name Is Alive) October 14-16, 2011
- Look Out, Sarah Lawrence September 28, 2011
- Nono Muchmore Warp(ed) Festival September 17, 2011
- ASM Resurrected (10th Anniversary!) April 29, 2011
- Triangle - A Puppet Play with Live Music! March 24-26, 2011
- PREMIERES: Slumming in the Slope March 4, 2011
- ASM Back at Union Pool! December 8, 2010
- ASM Tours to Ukraine! October 30 - November 7, 2010
- ASM Gets On a Plane! October 23, 2010
- New Music Bake Sale September 25, 2010
- Elvis Tribute To End All Elvis Tributes August 16, 2010
- PREMIERES: ASM Dips Skinny! Union Pool Party June 30, 2010
- Mucho Mas Muchomas! May 27, 2010
- Papacookie Potluck May 14, 2010
- Democracy! March 25, 2010
- PREMIERES: Little ASM, come blow your trumpet January 14, 2010
- ASM Gives Kamala Money November 24, 2009
- ASM Goes (for) Broke! June 25, 2009
- Lonewolf Tribe Benefit May 2, 2009
- New Music Smackdown! April 2, 2009
- Anti-Social Music... Drinks Alone March 6, 2009
- The Glorified Rehearsal! February 17, 2009
- PREMIERES: Election Night Spectacular! November 4, 2008
- ASM Blows! September 28, 2008
- PREMIERES: Whistling Pigs! June 19, 2008
- Playing Some Music March 13, 2008
- COME TO THE FRONT! February 24, 25, 27, 2008
- Muchmore Music — Muchmore Pierogies December 13, 2007
- PREMIERES: Feeling Conservative? November 10, 2007
- OOTASM!!! September 30, 2007
- Mohair Time Warp Redux June 27, 2007
- PREMIERES: I HATE SEA BASS: On Willful Obscurantism in William Brittelle's Mohair Time Warp June 8, 2007
- Anti-Social Music Gets Toasted, Visits Bucolic Wonderland May 12, 2007
- änti-söcial müsic dons heavy-metal umlauts April 22, 2007
- ASM: STUCK ON CAPS LOCK April 4, 2007
- Get Your Resolutions on with ASM! January 13, 2007
- PREMIERES: The Climax of the Octopus December 2, 2006
- ASM's Gone Soft November 10, 2006
- Give US a Chance October 22, 2006
- Come Out the Wilderness! September 19-21, 2006
- Nitration! June 25 / July 1 & 2, 2006
- ASM at Sarah Lawrence and The Rat Land March 29 / April 4, 2006
- ASM Hits the Medium Time February 23, 2006
- ASM Purls Two January 19, 2006
- ASM Does NOT Sing the Great American Songbook December 10, 2005
- ASM Gives Feedback in Philly November 12, 2005
- His Name is ASM! September 17, 2005
- ASM Titters Coyly September 8-10, 2005
- PREMIERES: Spooning with ASM May 21, 2005
- AWOL for ASM February 8 & 18, 2005
- PREMIERES: ASM Sleeps Around! December 10, 2004
- PREMIERES: ASM Splits the Difference October 8, 2004
- ASM Family Reunion in DC August 28, 2004
- Joe Maneri's Unknown Chamber Works August 14, 2004
- Gin and Tonic? Try ASM and Tonic! July 11, 2004
- PREMIERES: The Deadly Rhythms! May 9, 2004
- Insert funny here... April 18, 2004
- PREMIERES: ASM saves Tokyo! March 13, 2004
- Late-notice Jersey January 4, 2004
- ASM vs Guignol November 24, 2003
- Hallowmas! October 31, 2003
- ASM on the road, again October 17-19, 2003
- PREMIERES: ASM Sings and Plays Out of Tune October 11, 2003
- Return to Galapagos! June 7, 2003
- PREMIERES: New Music...With Moxie! February 22, 2003
- Look Ma! Indie opera! January 23-25, 2003
- Don't you just hate that obnoxious little Darwin? October 19, 2002
- What's that Lassie? August 24, 2002
- Very Bad Gothic Poetry August 3, 2002
- ASM stole my girlfriend July 4, 2002
- PREMIERES: Try not to break the fine china June 21, 2002
- Bored at work tomorrow? June 20, 2002
- Oasis Grab Bag May 11, 2002
- PREMIERES: Dig it -- We're Incorporated! December 1, 2001
- An Afternoon of Anti-Social Chamber Music! March 25, 2001