MOVING SOUNDS FESTIVAL | CONCERT SHIGETO SUNDAY SEP 18, 09:00 PM |
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Shigeto is followed by Elektro Guzzi, at 10PM.
“Artists take on pseudonyms for a multitude of reasons, but in Zach Saginaw’s case, those reasons run deeper than most. Zach records under the name Shigeto. It’s his middle name; it’s also his grandfather’s name, a tribute to the Japanese branch of Zach’s family tree. Shigeto also means “to grow bigger”—appropriate, given Zach’s premature birth-weight of less than a pound. Today, Shigeto stands for Zach’s vividly beautiful electronic music. Beat-driven but given to richly textured sound design, rhythmically fractured but melodically sumptuous, Shigeto’s music is a bridge between the past and present, bringing the artist face to face with a creative legacy that spans decades.”
“Zach’s body of work has grown over the last few years to the tune of several EPs on Moodgadget as Shigeto and with A Setting Sun, a pair of EPs under the alias Frank Omura (another family-name reference), and remixes for Worst Friends, Praveen & Benoit, Tycho, Mux Mool, Charles Trees, A Setting Sun, Beautiful Bells, Shlohmo, and more. The Semi-Circle EP will be his first release with Ghostly International; the full-length Full Circle was released in 2011. Semi-Circle is a fiercely independent work of art, nominally indebted to instrumental hip-hop but, like Zach, straddling many worlds at once. Cool shades of ambient music, stuttering early IDM, dubstep sub-bass, and jazz melodicism color Shigeto’s palette, which he wields with a painterly attention to detail.” - from Ghostly International
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MTA SERVICE CHANGES:
Due to planned service changes, the L train will not be running this weekend, from 12:01 AM Saturday to 5 AM Monday. For travel to the Glasslands Gallery venue, please use the Marcy Ave. stop (J, M, Z), or Metropolitan Ave. stop (G) instead. Check mta.info for details.
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More information on Moving Sounds is available at acfny.org/msounds
For more information, please visit iamshigeto.com
For more samples of Shigeto’s work, please visit myspace.com/shigeto
Media sponsor of the Moving Sounds Festival:
VENUE
Glasslands Gallery
289 Kent Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11211
http://glasslands.blogspot.com/
Tickets $10 ADV/ $ 12 (DOS)
http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/47841
