A new video by Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars
STRANGE CHANGES
for International Strange Music Day
AUGUST 24
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New Tilted Axes Video
Please join our team and support #TiltedAxes at 6:30pm EDT sharp tonight at the first #IgniteTheArts Livestream: http://www.facebook.com/events/558641044807196
If you could not attend this virtual telethon, you can support Tilted Axes directly via our fiscal sponsor Fractured Atlas. Thank you! https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/tilted-axes-music-for-mobile-electric-guitars
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Combining the energy of rock, the creative discipline of theater, and the experimental spirit of the NYC arts scene, Tilted Axes is both a processional event, and an ensemble of mobile electric guitarists created by Patrick Grant.
A classically trained post-rocker with a background in theatre, Patrick created Tilted Axes as a way of untethering the electric guitar from stage amps. This allows Tilted Axes to bring live music to our audiences, instead of the other way around. Tilted Axes is also a continuing expression of Patrick’s life-long interest in science and technology.
Tilted Axes’ free public performances feature music composed by Patrick, with the guitarists using portable amplifiers strapped to their sides as they walk through the streets. The procession of musicians moves along pre-planned routes in select areas, usually in honor of an event, a landmark, or an organization unique to that community.
Tilted Axes has had multiple incarnations in the USA, Europe, and South America. The ensemble performs during the annual Make Music New York celebrations for both the summer and winter solstices, in neighborhoods like the East Village, Harlem and Bushwick.
Tilted Axes has a frequent presence in Detroit as part of the city-wide cultural events Concert of Colors and the March du Nain Rouge, and at venues like the Detroit Institute of Arts, The Michigan Science Center, and Third Man Records.
The electric guitars of Tilted Axes have echoed through the streets of Sao Paulo Brazil and Düsseldorf Germany, in collaboration with local arts groups and musicians who embody the spirit and culture of their cities.
When the pandemic hit, Tilted Axes, like so many of their fellow artists, was hit hard. Unable to perform for the public, our group has had to adapt. But constant transformation is part of Patrick’s ethos as an artist. Tilted Axes was able to pull together international collaborations in the virtual sense, such as its appearance in the online celebrations of Earth Day 2020.
Tilted Axes created an audio-visual exploration on the lack of social touch during lockdown called “Touchy Subjects”, with musical tracks and home video collected from dozens of musicians. And another digital collaboration to mark International Strange Music Day is bringing together the far flung members of the group for a musical and visual meditation on the meaning of “strange” – in a year that almost defies the definition of the word.
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars is working on more projects in 2020, finding new ways to bring their potent and pertinent music to the public, with an element of joyous wonder. But the ensemble needs your help to support the musicians and staff who make the project happen. Through our fiscal sponsor Fractured Atlas, you can make a tax deductible contribution to our work. Help us make sure that Tilted Axes always stays in motion.
Tilted Axes “Strange Changes” Artists
On August 24, 2020, Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars will release a new music video in observance of International Strange Music Day. The new work, entitled “Strange Changes”, is part of a multi-platform meditation on the word “strange” and its many meanings.
Tilted Axes “Strange Changes” (USA, Brazil, Germany)
1st row: Aileen Bunch, Alex Lahoski, Angela Babin, Anthony Garone, Christoph Goetzen, Dan Cooper, 2nd row: Daniel Reyes Llinas, Frauke Wilhelm, Gael Grant, Gerard Smith, James La Croix, Jane Mabrysmith, 3rd row: Jason Goldstein, Jeff Adams, Jeremy Nesse, Jocelyn Gonzales, John Ferrari, Jon Clancy, 4th row: Leslie Stevens, Marcelo Andrade, Michael Fisher, Michelle Zulli, Nomena Struß, Nora Elbayoumy, 5th row: Patrick Grant, Sarah Metivier Schadt, Steve Ball, Sudeip Ghosh, Thiago Cury, Tony Twilight
“Strange Changes” is presented in partnership with the Festival Música Estranha (São Paulo), Make Weird Music, and is made possible by generous private donations through our fiscal sponsor Fractured Atlas and with support from the NYU Tisch School of the Arts Adjunct Development Fund.
More iNFO at http://tiltedaxes.com/tiltedaxes.html
UPDATE: Tilted Axes Goes To Mars
Even though we have had to curtail our performance plans this summer due to the pandemic, Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars is still very excited to be a part of the upcoming launch of the Mars rover Perseverance.
Along with many other supporters, our name is engraved on the silicon chip that the rover will take with it on its mission. Hopefully, we can still musically observe its landing on Mars in February 2021.
The launch itself from Earth will take place no sooner than July 30 details TBA by NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
More info: https://www.nasa.gov/perseverance
Tilted Axes “Touchy Subjects” for Make Music Day
On June 20-21, 2020, Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars released new music (June 20) and an accompanying video (June 21) in observance of the Summer Solstice. The new work, entitled “Touchy Subjects”, is a musical meditation on the real phenomenon of “touch starvation” that many are experiencing since the onset of social distancing. “Touchy Subjects” explores the tonalities of touch, or the ways in which we physically connect to the world we inhabit have changed.
Touchy Subjects contributing artists, video and/or audio, from the USA, Brazil, Germany, and beyond: Angela Babin, Alex Lahoski, Jeff Adams, Marcelo Andrade, Steve Ball, Aileen Bunch, Eduardo Cabral, Jude Closson, Nora Elbayoumy, John Ferrari, Michael Fisher, Michael Foti, Sudeip Ghosh, Christoph Goezten, Jocelyn Gonzales, Gael Grant, Patrick Grant, James La Croix, Daniel Reyes Llinas, Jane Mabrysmith, Anthony Mullin, Jeremy Nesse, Reinaldo Perez, Sarah Metivier Schadt, Christopher Simpson, Gerard Smith, Leslie Stevens, Skeeto Valdez.
Info: tiltedaxes.com/tiltedaxes.html
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Tilted Axes “Touchy Subjects” Trailer (0:59)
Tilted Axes “Touchy Subjects” Trailer from Patrick Grant on Vimeo.
On June 20-21, 2020, Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars will release new music (June 20) and an accompanying video (June 21) in observance of the Summer Solstice. The new work, entitled “Touchy Subjects”, is a musical meditation on the real phenomenon of “touch starvation” that many are experiencing since the onset of social distancing. “Touchy Subjects” will explore the tonalities of touch, or the ways in which we physically connect to the world we inhabit have changed.
Touchy Subjects contributing artists, video and/or audio: (1st row) Angela Babin, Alex Lahoski, Jeff Adams, Marcelo Andrade, Steve Ball, Aileen Bunch, Eduardo Cabral, (2nd row) Jude Closson, Nora Elbayoumy, John Ferrari, Michael Fisher, Michael Foti, Sudeip Ghosh, Christoph Goezten, (3rd row) Jocelyn Gonzales, Gael Grant, Patrick Grant, James La Croix, Daniel Reyes Llinas, Jane Mabrysmith, Anthony Mullin, (4th row) Jeremy Nesse, Reinaldo Perez, Sarah Metivier Schadt, Christopher Simpson, Gerard Smith, Leslie Stevens, Skeeto Valdez, (from the USA, Brazil, Germany, and beyond).
More iNFO: https://bit.ly/3cXPWRM
Tilted Axes Make Music This Weekend & WABC-TV
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars to premiere “Touchy Subjects,” video and music for the Summer Solstice June 20-21
6/20 audio link launches at 5:43 pm EDT … https://bit.ly/30QWpLV
6/21 video link launches at 8:00 pm EDT … https://vimeo.com/426311201
On June 20-21, 2020, Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars will release new music (June 20) and an accompanying video (June 21) in observance of the Summer Solstice. The new work, entitled “Touchy Subjects“, is a musical meditation on the real phenomenon of “touch starvation” that many are experiencing since the onset of social distancing. “Touchy Subjects” will explore the tonalities of touch, or the ways in which we physically connect to the world we inhabit have changed.
An especially created Tilted Axes “Touchy Subjects” trailer will be aired Friday, June 19, on WABC-TV New York between 4-5pm EDT in a segment highlighting Make Music New York special projects. The segment will be shown throughout the weekend and in more than 6000 NYC taxicabs as part of WABC-TV’s Taxi TV in advance of our solstice premieres.
More iNFO: https://bit.ly/3cXPWRM
Tilted Axes is an award-winning project of post-rock composer and performer Patrick Grant, which brings especially composed electric guitar music into public spaces. The group consists of 15-18 electric guitarists playing instrumental music through wearable mini-amps, accompanied by percussionists and other performers. Stylistically the ensemble covers a number of genres, centering on the nexus where rock, classical, and world music meet. Tilted Axes performs in public squares, museums, and festivals of all kinds.
Please follow Tilted Axes on Instagram, Facebook, or go to its web site: http://www.tiltedaxes.com. The work is being presented in conjunction with Make Music New York and Make Music Day.
Tilted Axes “Touchy Subjects” and is made possible in part through the New York University Tisch School of the Arts Adjunct Professional Development Fund and through the generous donations of people like you. Won’t you consider becoming a part of our team and help us continue to provide free art and performance to the public? Go to our fiscal sponsor Fractured Atlas to find out more: https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/tilted-axes-music-for-mobile-electric-guitars
Tilted Axes: Past, Present, Future
6/20 audio link launches at 5:43 pm EDT … https://bit.ly/30QWpLV
6/21 video link launches at 8:00 pm EDT … https://vimeo.com/426311201
A note from Tilted Axes’ creator:
“Since its creation almost a decade ago, Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars has been an open ensemble where musicians and artists of different backgrounds and identities create performances together. As the group’s creative director and composer, I would like to express my gratitude to the many musicians who have contributed their artistic voices to the overall mix. This is what makes Tilted Axes unique and every tilt we undertake different from the ones that came before. Our mission and tradition of going out into the world and performing free for the public will hopefully be curtailed for only as short a while as is safe and possible. In the meantime, we are adapting our approach to continue to create meaningful art for our changing times. We support all efforts to end ignorance, social inequity, and systemic racism. As musicians, we learn that the greater part of performing well is to listen to each other. Our ears are open.” – Patrick Grant
(1st row) Angela Babin, Alex Lahoski, Jeff Adams, Marcelo Andrade, Steve Ball, Aileen Bunch, Eduardo Cabral, (2nd row) Jude Closson, Nora Elbayoumy, John Ferrari, Michael Fisher, Michael Foti, Sudeip Ghosh, Christoph Goezten, (3rd row) Jocelyn Gonzales, Gael Grant, Patrick Grant, James La Croix, Daniel Reyes Llinas, Jane Mabrysmith, Anthony Mullin, (4th row) Jeremy Nesse, Reinaldo Perez, Sarah Metivier Schadt, Christopher Simpson, Gerard Smith, Leslie Stevens, Skeeto Valdez, (from the USA, Brazil, Germany, and beyond)
Tilted Axes to premiere “Touchy Subjects,” video and music for the Summer Solstice June 20-21
On June 20-21, 2020, Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars will release new music (June 20) and an accompanying video (June 21) in observance of the Summer Solstice. The new work, entitled “Touchy Subjects”, is a musical meditation on the real phenomenon of “touch starvation” that many are experiencing since the onset of social distancing. “Touchy Subjects” will explore the tonalities of touch, or the ways in which we physically connect to the world we inhabit have changed.
Tilted Axes is an award-winning project of post-rock composer and performer Patrick Grant, which brings specially composed electric guitar music into public spaces. The group consists of 15-18 electric guitarists playing instrumental music through wearable mini-amps, accompanied by percussionists and other performers. Stylistically the ensemble covers a number of genres, centering on the nexus where rock, classical, and world music meet. Tilted Axes performs in public squares, museums, and festivals of all kinds.
“For ‘Touchy Subjects’ the aim is to create something that relates to our universal situation and can be understood anytime anywhere, past, present, or future,” says creator Grant. “At the same time, we don’t want to create another grid-style video. We’re compiling images and video footage from our musicians and other collaborators and building a musical and visual narrative that encompasses the personal experiences we all share. Like other works that I have produced which are informed by science (“Genome: The Autobiography of a Species”, “Moonwalk” for the Apollo 11 anniversary, etc.), we are consulting trained psychologists in the creation of this work. We are lucky that one of our Tilted Axes members is a doctor of psychology. We feel confident that, while we are certainly making art that is open to interpretation, that the sources of inspiration are informed and enlightened.”
For details about “Touchy Subjects” and the June 20-21 release info, please follow Tilted Axes on Instagram, Facebook, or go to our web site: http://www.tiltedaxes.com
The work is being presented in conjunction with Make Music New York and Make Music Day.
Not pictured in the roster graphic above: Dan Cooper (7-string electric bass)
Contact info: press@peppergreenmedia.com
POSTPONED!!! Ignite the Arts Livestream
AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
ABOUT THE IGNITE THE ARTS LIVESTREAM
Dear Friends,
We want to begin by acknowledging that this has been a difficult two weeks for many, our team included. We hope you are well and safe.
We’ve made the decision to postpone this week’s telethon.
We chose the date for this event prior to the start of worldwide protests seeking justice for the murders of George Floyd, Tony McDade, and Breonna Taylor, to name but a few of the most recent victims of white supremacy and police violence in our nation. These protests have accomplished an incredible amount in a short time, and it is our fervent wish that the progress continues unabated when so much still needs to be done.
We believe that proceeding with the telethon as planned would be out of step with what the present moment requires. Attempting to generate attention for this event when it is needed elsewhere would be antithetical to our commitment to opposing racism and oppression.
We also acknowledge that the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the lives and livelihoods of artists, disproportionately affecting communities of color. Until we can produce a fully-fledged telethon at an appropriate time, we still want to amplify the work of our artists by sharing it with our larger network.
Specifically, if you’re using your platform as an artist to dismantle white supremacy and advance the goals of the Black Lives Matter movement, we would like to feature your work on social media and/or in our blog. Please complete this brief survey to quickly let us know about your antiracism work as an artist. We’ll be in touch if and when there is an opportunity to feature your project.
Rest assured, we still plan to produce this telethon event (and others like it) with your fiscally-sponsored project featured in the lineup. If you’ve already started spreading the word about this telethon and invited folks to our Facebook event, you have our thanks, not only for promoting the event but also for understanding the need to disrupt the plan. You can share this announcement with your audiences via the URL below.
https://media.fracturedatlas.org/ignite-the-arts-livestream-announcement
We’ll be in touch soon with more info and rescheduled dates. Thank you for again for your flexibility and understanding.
Sincerely,
The Team at Fractured Atlas
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