Das Devil Music Ensemble ist (zur Zeit) ein Trio, das Stummfilme neu und ziemlich gut vertont. Auf der kommenden Europa-Tour spielt das Devil Music Ensemble zum Stummfilm-Klassiker "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde". Hier gleich ein kleiner Vorgeschmack, drunter gibt's noch eine ausführliche Bio.
Zuvor aber noch ein Zitat aus der New Yorker Village Voice: "Plowing a broad furrow behind God Speed You Black Emperor! On a rotary paved with high-minded inventions, instrumentalist genre-smelters Devil Music likely will jump off from their recent take on Terry Riley's 'In C' with contrails of 'Sister Ray', Goran Bregovic, and Maurice Ravel streaming behind." E. McMurtrie Village Voice
BIOGRAPHY Brendon Wood: guitars, lap steel, bass clarinet, synthesizer, banjo, accordion Jonah Rapino: electric violin & viola, synthesizer, vibraphone, bass Tim Nylander: drums, percussion, synthesizer
The DME began in 1999 as a tool to explore as many facets of musical performance as possible. In its short history, the DME has been a rock trio, and Eastern European folk band, a 40 piece modern orchestral ensemble, a country music review, a house band for live theater; and its most recent incarnation; performing original soundtracks for silent film. The DME is based in Boston MA, a city that has provided this group the possibility of so many different performance situations.
Past Projects: Live soundtracks for silent films: -Soundtrack to "Le sang d’un poete" by Jean Cocteau, -Soundtrack to "Modern Times" by Charlie Chaplin, -Soundtrack to "Le Voyage Imaginaire" by Rene Claire, -Soundtrack to "The First Films of the Lumiere Bros.", -Soundtrack to “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” by Robert Weine, -Soundtrack to the Surrealist Films of Man Ray, 2003. -Soundtrack to the silent Western comedy “Big Stakes” by Clifford S. -Soundtrack to “Nosferatu, a symphony of horror” by F.W. Murnau -Soundtrack to “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” starring John Barrymore,
-Modern classical project: -DME formed into a 16 piece orchestral ensemble to perform music by Brendon Wood, Jonah Rapino, and Terry Riley's “In C”, Berwick Research Institute Boston MA 2001. -DME formed into a 25 piece orchestral ensemble and performed 2 concerts in May of 2003. Concerts featured music by Pauline Oliveros, John Adams, K.H. Stockhausen, Elliot Schwartz, Brendon Wood, Dave Utzinger, Jonah Rapino, and David Patterson. -DME formed into a 40 piece orchestral ensemble to perform music by Brendon Wood, Jonah Rapino, Michael Tuttle, and David Patterson; at the Mass. Art College in Boston, Dec 2004. -DME rock trio performed with 20 orchestral musicians at the BRI Retrospective at the Boston Center for the Arts, in March of 2005. Original compositions by J. Rapino and B. Wood. -DME formed into a 40 piece orchestral ensemble to perform music by Brendon Wood, Jonah Rapino, David Utzinger, and David Patterson, at the Mass. College of Art in Boston, Sept. 2007.
–Live soundtracks & sound design for theater -Sound design and live soundtrack for "The Loft" a modern adaptation of Chekhov's “The Cherry Orchard” by the American Art Theatre Boston MA 2001. -Composition and sound design for “The Art Show Down” which was broadcast on CCTV live from Art Interactive in Cambridge MA between March and May of 2006.
–Guitar Ensembles -Wood, Nylander, and Rapino played guitars in the world premier of Glenn Branca's 100 guitar Symphony #13 World Trade Center, NYC 2001. -Wood, Nylander, and Rapino performed as members of Rhys Chatham's G3 guitar ensemble alongside Rhys Chatham, Chris Brokaw, Winston Braman, Keith Fullerton Whitman, and David Daniel, at Great Scott in Boston, February 2007.
–Venues The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, The Silent Movie Theatre in L.A. CA, The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh PA, The John F. Kennedy Center for the performing arts in Washington D.C., The Danish Film Center in Copenhagen Denmark, The Caixa Forum in Barcelona in Spain and many more.
-DME has shared the stage with U$AISAMONSTER, Lightning Bolt, Oneida, Tunnel of Love, Cul-de-Sac, Neptune, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, 25 Suaves, Mindflayer, Naftule's Dream, and others.
