Amongst many other things Raymond Scott created unique and wonderful music for films & advertising, so when Snip-Snap Music creator Jon Kraus met Stan Warnow (Scott's son & Director of a feature length documentary about his life) things started to happen!! Stan was doing a screening of his movie at Sensoria festival in Sheffield earlier this year and (unable to attend) Jon was initially just keen to see the film, but after firing a link to the film's trailer around a few mates it became apparent that a Manchester screening would definitely be well received!! Read on for more info.......
SNIP-SNAP MUSIC PRESENTS: THE MUSIC, MACHINES AND MYSTERY OF RAYMOND SCOTT (In association with Red Bull)
This event will consist of an EXCLUSIVE SCREENING OF: 'DECONSTRUCTING DAD' - THE FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE LIFE OF RAYMOND SCOTT including introduction from: STAN WARNOW the director & son of Raymond Scott (flying over from New York for the occasion!!)
Plus a live music showcase paying tribute to the work of Scott.
THE MANHATTAN RESEARCH TRANSFER PROJECT feat: GRAHAM MASSEY (808 STATE / TOOLSHED / MASSONIX) DENNIS JONES (HUMBLE SOUL) HENRIETTA SMITH ROLLA (SISTERS OF TRANSISTERS) One off exclusive collaboration set that will be re-interpreting choice selections as well as creating new compositions that will capture the madcap energy & moods of such favourites as 'the Bass-line generator' 'Baltimore Gas & Electric Co' 'Lightworks' & much more.
ILLUM SPHERE (FAT CITY, 3024, TECTONIC) & KIDKANEVIL (FIRST WORD) - Melonball bounce set Red Bull Academy London 2010 participants Illum Sphere & Kidkanevil will be putting on a one off show consisiting of brand new material sampling the sounds of Scott - some of which will be bespoke for the occassion, as well as some tracks from the forthcoming Kidkanevil beat tape titled 'Tokyorkshire Research Inc' due for release in 2011. Visuals will be provided by the legend they call e-man!! Another one off exclusive set for this event
DEMDIKE STARE (MODERN LOVE) Aka Miles Whitaker (Pendle Coven / MLZ) & Sean Canty (Finders Keepers / Haxan) will be unsettling the proceedings with their chilling take on deep Dub via Anatolia & the dankest strains of Concrete / Library music.......the visual score will make the music seem polite!!
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DJ's on the night:
MO-G (Parliament of Bats)
EIL-R
KELVIN BROWN
JON-K
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And additional bespoke film and visual work by:
CHRIS PAUL DANIELS, NEIL ROBBINS & JON KRAUS,
Sunday November 7th. Soup Kitchen, Spear Street, Manchester (DJ's on ground floor from 5pm, Live acts in the basement from 7pm. The film will be screened on both floors simultaneously. 5pm - Midnight £5 before 7pm / £7 after
There are limited tickets available from the venue - for ticket related info call 07816 576507
"Raymond Scott themes like 'Powerhouse' in Warner Bros. cartoons arguably helped shape the postwar musical aesthetic as much as anything Elvis or the Beatles did."-John Corbett, Chicago Reader.
"Raymond Scott was definitely in the forefront of developing electronic music technology."-Bob Moog
Without doubt, one of the most technically brilliant, musically talented & unsung heroes of 20th century music - from his off kilter Big Band Jazz hits of the 30's (that were picked up by Warner Bros for Bugs Bunny & co) through to pioneering electronic compositions and providing source material for the likes of J Dilla, & the Gorillaz. His ceaseless experimentation and technological innovation provided some of the foundations for modern electronic music.
Scott started composing big band jazz in the 30's, before pioneering the use of electronic sounds in music, scoring ads for Ford, General Motors, Bendix, Sprite as well as several collaborations with the Muppets creator Jim Henson. It's hard to get across the gravity of his talent, but Scott was pretty much unrivalled in his ability to inject his quirky personality into truly outstanding compositions at the same time as inventing the machines that played them!!! Scott's music really is one in the eye to anyone who thinks that electronic music is the joyless domain of bleeps and blandness.
Useful links:
Deconstructing Dad trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogJlnNqSHt0
Facebook page for the event
http://www.facebook.com/Jon.k.snipsnap?ref=profile#!/event.php?eid=155926724426249&ref=ts
Raymond Scott material
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWbzAa_c1VY
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEuwAh3LFvM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZuzAA3tAz4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SW6qVLSVzw&feature=related
For full biography: www.raymondscott.com
