Ace Reporter, Live Footage

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Sunday, March 18th at Mercury Lounge

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Time:7pm
Advance Price:$10
Ages:21+
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New York, NY 10002

Ace Reporter
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Ace Reporter make Folk / Indie / Rock music and come from BROOKLYN, New York, United States.They have had 2 EP's "Untouched and Arrived EP " released in 2010 and "Lean Honey Lean EP " which was released on January 2011. Both EP's are available FREE from http://acereporter.bandcamp.com/. You can also find out more about the artist on their website @http://myacereporter.com/

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Ace Reporter make Folk / Indie / Rock music and come from BROOKLYN, New York, United States.They have had 2 EP's "Untouched and Arrived EP " released in 2010 and "Lean Honey Lean EP " which was released on January 2011. Both EP's are available FREE from http://acereporter.bandcamp.com/. You can also find out more about the artist on their website @http://myacereporter.com/

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Live Footage
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In 2008 a humble basement apartment in Brooklyn became the laboratory for the Brooklyn-based electroacoustic duo, Live Footage. Mike Thies and Topu Lyo first met at
a Halloween party, unaware that years later they would be described as some of the
finest "surrealist soundtrack composers" in the making by scoring some
of the most eclectic contemporary pieces on air, in dance and in tune
composing their own music. Conceived through the art of improvisation,
Lyo plays cello, incorporating the use of live loops and a handful of
electronics with no pre-recorded samples of any kind. Thies plays drums
and keyboards, often simultaneously. Live Footage's formula is unique:
songs are structured in such a way that enables them to actually build
loops without disaster, all while keeping the music's integrity and allowing
ample room for improvisation even when covering the likes of Jay-Z, Dr. Dre and
Squarepusher.
It is Live Footage's coherent complexity that inherently wow's new ears
away. Plain and simple, they are "cinematic, experimental, yet still catchy
and melodic."
Their first full-length independent album is already available, their
upcoming mixtape can be expected in 2011, as well a [Read more]
In 2008 a humble basement apartment in Brooklyn became the laboratory for the Brooklyn-based electroacoustic duo, Live Footage. Mike Thies and Topu Lyo first met at
a Halloween party, unaware that years later they would be described as some of the
finest "surrealist soundtrack composers" in the making by scoring some
of the most eclectic contemporary pieces on air, in dance and in tune
composing their own music. Conceived through the art of improvisation,
Lyo plays cello, incorporating the use of live loops and a handful of
electronics with no pre-recorded samples of any kind. Thies plays drums
and keyboards, often simultaneously. Live Footage's formula is unique:
songs are structured in such a way that enables them to actually build
loops without disaster, all while keeping the music's integrity and allowing
ample room for improvisation even when covering the likes of Jay-Z, Dr. Dre and
Squarepusher.
It is Live Footage's coherent complexity that inherently wow's new ears
away. Plain and simple, they are "cinematic, experimental, yet still catchy
and melodic."
Their first full-length independent album is already available, their
upcoming mixtape can be expected in 2011, as well as a 2nd full length entitled "Willow Be".

http://www.myspace.com/livefootagebrooklyn
http://www.livefootagebrooklyn.blogspot.com/
http://www.livefootagebrooklyn.com/


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