Man Ray Ballet Macanique With Contemporary Electronic Score
I was reviewing old video clips and found two different clips that juxaposed together very nicely. We have pionerring electronic musician Bil Vermette making a rare live performance at the Eastgate Cafe House in Oak Park Il.He is performing "Black Eye" it is intersected with the film Ballet Macanique a Dadaist post-Cubist art film conceived, written, and co-directed by the artist Fernand Léger in collaboration with the filmmaker Dudley Murphy (with cinematographic input from Man Ray). Bil started recording in mid '70s. Was in experimental / industrial group VCSR based in Chicago area late '70s early '80s where was performed numerous live shows at local clubs and also solo Bil's albums, LP "Katha Visions" in 1984 and cassettes "Environ-Mentals" and "Observances" Also was recorded & performed with a local group "A Bunch of Teeth" with Dos Boys and Tom Kastle & Chris Kastle in late '90s and early '00s. Recently featured in the Chicago Reader's "The Secret History of Chicago Music" and performed live at the the Museum of Contemporary Art in conjunction with Steve Krakow's Exhibit featuring TSHoCM. You can buy music by Bil here. https://www.discogs.com/artist/114649...
I was reviewing old video clips and found two different clips that juxaposed together very nicely. We have pionerring electronic musician Bil Vermette making a rare live performance at the Eastgate Cafe House in Oak Park Il.He is performing "Black Eye" it is intersected with the film Ballet Macanique a Dadaist post-Cubist art film conceived, written, and co-directed by the artist Fernand Léger in collaboration with the filmmaker Dudley Murphy (with cinematographic input from Man Ray). Bil started recording in mid '70s. Was in experimental / industrial group VCSR based in Chicago area late '70s early '80s where was performed numerous live shows at local clubs and also solo Bil's albums, LP "Katha Visions" in 1984 and cassettes "Environ-Mentals" and "Observances" Also was recorded & performed with a local group "A Bunch of Teeth" with Dos Boys and Tom Kastle & Chris Kastle in late '90s and early '00s. Recently featured in the Chicago Reader's "The Secret History of Chicago Music" and performed live at the the Museum of Contemporary Art in conjunction with Steve Krakow's Exhibit featuring TSHoCM. You can buy music by Bil here. https://www.discogs.com/artist/114649...