Alan Licht
The Miniplex at Richards’ Goat Tavern
“Be it in indie rock groups, improv ensembles, or his solo compositions, guitarist and writer Alan Licht has spent his career smuggling ideas across the obscured bridge between harmony and noise.” — the WIRE.
Alan Licht is an American guitarist and composer, whose work combines elements of pop, noise, free jazz and minimalism. Guitarist from Love Child, the Blue Humans, Run On, Text of Light, Lee Ranaldo & the Dust. Touring in support of his new double album of mostly electric solo guitar stuff, Havens, out on VDSQ.
Doors at 7:30pm. Music at 8:00pm with a supporting solo set from special guest Meg Baird. 21+
Licht’s music draws on a wide range of different styles, from tape-loops, to noisy guitar (sometimes using a prepared instrument), to pure pop music.
“Licht composes like the writer that he is. Ideas - simply stated and highly effective - emerge from a collage of everything from loops of raw guitar to radio weather reports.” — Christian Marclay, ARTFORUM.
Over the past two decades, guitarist Alan Licht has worked with a veritable who’s who of the experimental world, from Rashied Ali and Derek Bailey to Fennesz to Christian Marclay to Rhys Chatham and Phill Niblock. Licht is also renown in the indie rock scene as a bandleader (Run On, Love Child) and supporting player to cult legends like Yoko Ono, Tom Verlaine, Arthur Lee, Arto Lindsay, and Jandek. With Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo, he founded Text of Light, an ongoing ensemble which performs freely improvised concerts alongside screenings of classic avantgarde cinema.
DATES/TIMES
- Today : 7:30-10 p.m.
WHERE
PRICE
- $15
- Ages: 21+
CONTACT INFO
- Phone: 707-630-5000
- Web site
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