The all-tenor sax quartet, Battle Trance, specializes in the uncanny transformations of their instruments. Together they perform longform, meditative pieces with a strong emphasis on drone, circular breathing, and trancelike repetition, bringing to mind the works of 20th Century minimalist composers like Philip Glass or Steve Reich, but with an added primal energy and urgency reminiscent of Pharaoh Sanders or Joe McPhee.
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On Friday, December 2nd they will be performing at The Luminary.The doors open at 7:00 pm and the show starts at 8:00 pm. $20.00 Regular Admission / $10 Students & Struggling Music Supporters. Tickets available at the door (cash, card, check). The Luminary hosts a full bar serving drinks at 7pm until concert ends. Please arrive early for a drink and to reserve a good seat. STL Jazz Notes did a feature on the show also that includes more video and a link to the group's Bandcamp.
Advanced tickets available here
RSVP / FB event page here
Additional info: newmusiccircle.org
The Luminary
2701 Cherokee St., 63118
(Map)
Battle Trance is as follows:
Travis Laplante – saxophone
Patrick Breiner – saxophone
Matthew Nelson – saxophone
Jeremy Viner – saxophone
Website:
nnatapes.com/
Bandcamp:
https://
Interview:
www.sevendaysvt.com/
Battle Trance has released two albums to date on the prolific indie-label, NNA Tapes: Palace of the Wind (2014) and Blade of Love (2016). Both albums have won praise for their genre-crossing compositions, drawing comparisons to the contemporary classical world, modal avant-garde jazz, and noise-based experimentalism. In live settings the quartet is capable of creating a hypnotic fury of notes, unifying both the harmonic and physical in sound.
Presented in partnership with The Luminary.
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