JG Thirlwell brings ‘Silver Mantis’ project to London

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JG Thirlwell presents the European premiere of his new ‘Silver Mantis’ project on October 20 2019 at Cafe Oto in London. ‘Silver Mantis’ is a four channel solo performance using prepared piano, electronics, and theremin, performed in front of immersive new visuals by Swedish visual artist Sten Backman. A truncated version of ‘Silver Mantis’ was presented at Roulette  in NYC in July but this will be the debut of the full length version. Tickets are available here, just £8 in advance or £10 at the door.

 

JG Thirlwell performs at Roulette’s 40th Season benefit celebration

Roulette_509-Atlantic-Avenue_ExteriorJG Thirlwell is proud to announce that he will be performing at a special benefit concert to celebrate the end of Roulette’s 40th Season on July 21 2019. Thirlwell will be performing a new solo set with electronics, prepared piano and theremin in front of an immersive backdrop of new visuals created by Sten Backman. The bill  also includes John Zorn’s Simulacrum (featuring John Medeski, Matt Hollenberg and Kenny Grohowski) as well as a solo set by John Medeski plus Val Jeanty and Fay Victor.

The previous night of the two day festival will feature performances by Ikue Mori & Craig Taborn, Matana Roberts, Nels Cline with Zeena Parkins and the Sylvie Courvoisier Trio (with Drew Gress and Kenny Wollesen).

Roulette is located at 509 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn NY 11217.

Tickets are available here.

Xordox with The The at the Beacon Theater NYC

The The   Xordox MarquisJG Thirlwell‘s Xordox project opened for The The at the gorgeous Beacon Theater in New York City on Sep 17 2018. The The’s date was in the middle of their Comeback Special tour, with The The head honcho Matt Johnson playing his first live dates in fifteen years.

For the Xordox set, Thirlwell was joined onstage by Simon Hanes on keys, and Sten Backman created the visuals that Xordox performed in front of.

Xordox performs at Adult Swim Festival in Los Angeles

AdultSwim_1080x1080Xordox will perform on October 6 2018 at the inaugural Adult Swim Music Festival in Los Angeles . The Festival stretches over then weekend of October 6 and 7, and includes performances by Run The Jewels, Zola Jesus, Flying Lotus, Thundercat, Dan Deacon, T-Pain, Big Freedia, Mastodon, Com Truise, High On Fire and many more. The festival will be held at ROW DTLA, 777 Alameda st Los Angeles 90021. Single day or weekend pass tickets are available here.

For this iteration of Xordox, Thirlwell will be joined by long-time musical collaborator Simon Hanes (of Tredici Bacci) on additional keyboards. They will play in front of a visual backdrop created exclusively by Swedish artist Sten Backman. The Xordox album Neospection was released by Editions Mego and is available here.

Xordox plays New York show

XORDOX_SPR flyer_4JG Thirlwell‘s Xordox project will play a long-awaited New York City show on July 2, 2018 at Secret Project Robot  at 1186 Broadway in Bushwick, Brooklyn.

For this iteration of Xordox, Thirlwell will be joined by long-time musical collaborator Simon Hanes (of Tredici Bacci) on additional keyboards. They will play in front of a visual backdrop created exclusively by Swedish artist Sten Backman.

Opening act will be synth artist Faten Kanaan. Tickets are available here.