BROOKLYN ART PICK OF THE WEEKEND: GAMELATRON @ GALAPAGOS

GamelaTron: The world's first and only fully robotic Gamelan Orchestra, performs The Future's Stories of the Past

Galapagos Art Space, 16 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Friday, March 6th, 8pm, $10

The Future's Stories of the Past is a suite of music written by Kuffner for the GamelaTron. The pieces tell the mythic stories of humankind's evolution from the point of view of the future's dominant inhabitants - a species of robots with human ancestry. The music draws from Kuffner's years of musical study and training in Indonesia, while maintaining continuity to his current project as Zemi17 in the Brooklyn underground electronic music scene and New York City DJ culture.

Modeled after traditional Balinese and Javanese gamelan orchestras, the GamelaTron is an amalgamation of traditional instruments with a suite of percussive sound makers. MIDI sequences control robotic striking mechanisms that produce intricately woven and rhythmic sound. Performances follow an arc similar to classic Indonesian gatherings, where stories from great epics, such as the Ramayana, are told and settings given in words that are continued in music.

Galapagos Art Space, 16 Main Street (@ Water Street in Dumbo),Brooklyn, NY 11201

For info on this and other upcoming events:

http://www.galapagosartspace.com/events.html