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The Rempis Percussion Quartet at Victory Grill

Courtesy of Pedro Moreno | Posted on May 22, 2013

Where

Victory Grill
1104 East 11th
Austin, TX
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When

Wed, June 5, 2013
8PM

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About

The Rempis Percussion Quartet is a free-improvising whirlwind that draws inspiration from a shared interest in West African and Latin American rhythms, coupled with American funk and free jazz. Using these influences, the band creates spontaneous music which nevertheless maintains a focus on ensemble motion and compositional structures. Led by saxophonist Dave Rempis (The Engines, Rempis/Rosaly Duo, Triage, Vandermark Five) the band originally formed for a house party in April 2004, and their performances maintain an unabashedly raucous energy based on relentless grooves and unrestrained blowing, tempered with occasional moments of quiet balladry. This quartet has toured regularly in both the US and Europe, with North American tours in 2006 and 2007, and European tours in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2012 including several major European festival performances. The band has also released five records, including the limited edition “Circular Logic” (Utech Records 2005) “Rip Tear Crunch” (482 Music 2006) “Hunter-Gatherers” (482 Music – 2007), “The Disappointment of Parsley (Not Two – 2009), and Montreal Parade (482 Music – 2011). Their next tour is planned for September 2013 in Europe and will support a brand new two-cd set of live concerts from their 2012 European tour. Titled “Phalanx,” this recording will be the first release on Rempis’s own Aerophonic Records imprint....

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