TUE 17 DEC 75 Dollar Bill (usa) + Gooddog (b)
TUE 17 DEC 75 Dollar Bill (usa) + Gooddog (b) - LES ATELIERS CLAUS
75 Dollar Bill (usa) was formed in 2012 in New York City by percussionist Rick Brown and guitarist Che Chen. Played on a deeply resonant plywood crate, Brown’s earthy, elemental rhythms are both the foundation and foil for Chen’s ecstatic, modal guitar style. The duo’s electric, richly patterned music can shape shift from joyful dance tunes to slowly changing trance minimalism, an uncategorizable hybrid which draws on the modal traditions of West Africa, India and the Middle East, early electric blues, Sun Ra’s space chords and the minimalist and No Wave histories of their hometown. While Brown and Chen are always at the band’s core, the duo frequently expands into other configurations live and on record, from trio to 25-piece marching band. This special trio formation of the band features long-time collaborator Andrew Lafkas on upright bass.
75 Dollar Bill has released a string of cassettes and three LPs the most recent of which, the double album I Was Real was released in July of 2019 on Thin Wrist in North America, and on tak:til, a subimprint of Glitterbeat, in Europe and the UK.
Percussionist Rick Brown has been in bands in NYC since the late 70s, including Blinding Headache, V-Effect and Run On. Guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Che Chen is also a member of the band True Primes and has been an energetic organizer and improviser in the American underground since the mid-2000s. Andrew Lafkas is based in Berlin where he continues to develop solo music and music for large ensembles thru his Model Infinity Orchestra project. He is also a member of Oceans Roar 1,000 Drums, a trio with Todd Capp and Bryan Eubanks.
+ Gooddog (b)
our personal favorite Belgian bass player teams up with his musical buddies in order to colour out of space
Sam Commerford:sax
Sylvain Debaissieux: sax
Roeland Celis: gitaar
Soet Kempeneer: contrabas
Teun Verbruggen: drum