Band of 5 Names
Wednesday June 4, 2008

HEAR THE MUSIC

Places + Spaces presented Band of 5 Names

Matt McMahon - piano
Simon Barker - drums
Phil Slater - trumpet

Dream like piano sequences, overlaid with haunting trumpet, evocative and unearthly. 

Featuring Australia's finest musicians, Band of 5 Names “..strikingly fresh and original, the playing beautifully judged .... They allow the music to unfold without wasting any energy proving how many notes they can play. If you missed this album first time around it’s well worth finding now.”
Adrian Jackson, Rhythms Magazine

“This group is at the cutting edge of contemporary jazz. Their work is highly original and, although based in jazz, takes music in new directions.” Adelaide Advertiser

The music is dreamily minimalist, introspective and mostly tensionless, consisting of textured layers of sound. An important component is Slater’s laptop, used to produce a mysterious ambience that is overlaid by ethereal trumpet and the meditative keyboards of Matt McMahon plus Simon Barker’s percussive effects.

Don't miss your chance to hear Matt McMahon playing on a Kawai grand piano, that most scarce of creatures in the Sydney music scene.

HEAR AND SEE PREVIOUS CONCERTS

- places + spaces presented The Necks in music @ the factory on Wednesday 5 March

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