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A recording of the experimental duo's set at Pierogi Palace. REGRESSION | REVENANT begins with an extended audio clip of Pittsburgh-born dancer and choreographer Martha Graham discussing the transformational power of her discipline. It's an appropriate introduction for the multimedia duo, whose work incorporates dance as much as it does ghostly walls of noise. The … Continue reading Daily Yinz – slowdanger – REGRESSION | REVENANT (Live)
The experimental multimedia duo conjures a dark billow of sound. A screeching clamor introduces "INTIMATE FIGURES"--a chorus of faceless augurs foretelling a storm. Then on cue the piece rises up and blots out the sun in an all-encompassing cloud. Its eight and a half minutes whirr by like pages in a thumbed flip book, each … Continue reading Daily Yinz – slowdanger – INTIMATE FIGURES
Bored In Pittsburgh's favorite local albums of the year, arranged in no particular order. ### Cold Mass – Cold Mass III Pummeling hardcore in which gnarled riffs tangle with hell-burnt roars over grooves that recall a choreographed riot in a dive bar. Follow Cold Mass on Instagram and Facebook Artwork by John Bauer ### Sad … Continue reading Yearly Yinz 2023: Albums
slowdanger are an experimental performance body whose work fuses sound and movement; their latest album is called VEIL. slowdanger have long used dissonant synths and eerie snippets of the human voice to build their mysterious sound cocoons, but VEIL represents a long stride into a swirling, noisy abyss. Grainy static whips the ears like a … Continue reading Daily Yinz – slowdanger – CRUEL HAND
Slowdanger are a multimedia duo who set experimental dance pieces against homemade electronic soundscapes. Most of slowdanger's projects contain both audio and visual components, but AR, a two-track album released in late November, is pure, propulsive sound. Its first song, "yourtime," opens with grimy drum programming--subterranean warehouse rave stuff--before Anna Thompson's voice appears for a … Continue reading Daily Yinz – slowdanger – yourtime
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