Rhys Chatham

...the late 1970s: Theoretical Girls in 1977 with composer/guitarist Jeffrey Lohn, and later The Static. He also performed with Rhys Chatham's Guitar Trio in 1977, a noise music experience that was very important in the development of his...

In this article: Glenn Branca, Boston, New York City, Kyle Gann, World Trade Center, UbuWeb, and Aarhus

...100,000 more watched it on live television. A CD of excerpts from this concert was released in January 2007 by Table Of The Elements. Rhys Chatham is currently touring the original 30 minute version of Guitar Trio in the USA and Europe,...

In this article: New York City, Sonic Youth, Tony Conrad, Robert Longo, Europe, Glenn Branca, and Table of the Elements

...taught electronic music at Bard College, beginning in 2000. She was also an important influence for a generation of composers who combined rock instrumentation and avant-garde sensibilities, among them Rhys Chatham and Thurston Moore.

In this article: Maryanne Amacher, NEW YORK, Paris, Bard College, Merce Cunningham, Thurston Moore, and Boston

...an acoustic one", with an attendant physicality. O'Malley has also mentioned an appreciation for Cormac McCarthy and Richard Serra. Rhys Chatham's Essentialist included projections by Robert Longo. Jim Jarmusch's 2009 film The Limits of...

In this article: Sunn O))), Stephen O'Malley, Earth, John Wray, Banks Violette, Seattle, La Monte Young, and Melvins

...throughout its duration. In the early to mid 1980s, Poss studied under the tutelage of avant-garde guitar ensemble composer Rhys Chatham, and played in the bands Tot Rocket and Western Eyes. Taking their name from the number of Susans...

In this article: Band of Susans, Swans, Das Furlines, Veil, R.E.M., and Wire

...fluff as "If You Leave Me Now" and "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" were on some proto-Sonic Youth (hell, proto-Glenn Branca and proto-Rhys Chatham, too) shit. Even Jimi Hendrix, whom Kath was homaging with "Free Form Guitar," reportedly thought...

In this article: Chicago Transit Authority, Terry Kath, Sonic Youth, If You Leave Me Now, Hard to Say I'm Sorry, Glenn Branca, Thurston Moore, Jimi Hendrix, and Lee Ranaldo

Live Minimalism From New York: Shoko Nagai/Satoshi Takeishi, Signal, Rhys Chatham, Terry Riley & Glenn Branca These Japanese New Yorkers are giving the second performance of Abysm (there was a gig at Roulette in February), an ambitiously...

In this article: Glenn Branca, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Michael Gordon, New York, Philip Glass, In C, and So Percussion

Guitar Genius Straddles Art and Rock Special to The St. Petersburg Times Rhys Chatham has pioneered guitar music since the 1960s. This week he performs at St. Petersburg's Aposition festival. Rhys Chatham, the New York-born,...

In this article: Rock, The St. Petersburg Times, Glenn Branca, Robert Longo, US Maple, New York, and Atlanta, Georgia

Report: Rhys Chatham Premieres Les 100 Guitares: G100 [Williamsport, PA; 05/23/08] | Pitchfork Report: Rhys Chatham Premieres Les 100 Guitares: G100 [Williamsport, PA; 05/23/08] Perhaps you're wondering which mistake we made. Surely, the...

In this article: Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Akron/Family, Jonathan Kane, Ramones, and New York

...collection of material from some of their brightest lights. Entitled Impala Eardrums: A Radium Sampler, the compilation includes a Rhys Chatham cut from back in 1986, plus more recent selections from Megafaun, Collections of Colonies of...

In this article: Radium, School of Seven Bells, and Table of the Elements