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LISTEN ON BANDCAMP
READ > Feature story in The NYC Villager 2021
READ > Fractured Atlas: Tilted Axes Spotlight
READ > Tilted Axes Interview in Ultimate Guitar
READ > Feature story in The NYC Villager 2018
LISTEN > Tilted Axes Album & Review Page
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TILTED AXES in The New Yorker! — Read the article HERE
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Watch Reels Of Our Recent Performances and More on Instagram HERE
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TILTED AXES: NOTHING TO FEAR
October 2024
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CIRCLE WITH NO CENTER
coming in 2025
More iNFO TBA
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Tilted Axes Selected As Public Realm Programming Partner 2024-2046
We're excited to announce that @tiltedaxes has been selected to join the @nyc_dot
as a Public Realm Programming Partner for the 2024-2026 season!
We look forward to creating new music with a vast continuum
of new collaborators in the upcoming two years. — #tiltedaxes
photo: @bobkrasner @bobkrasnertoo
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PAST PERFORMANCES
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HOW DO WE PLAY?
September 20 — Williamsburg, NYC
FREE/suggested donation
Read the Press Release HERE
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Tilted Axes: Strawberry Solstice
Make Music New York, June 21, 2024
Tilted Axes: Strawberry Solstice
music for mobile electric guitars
June 21st, 12 noon to 2pm — Richard Tucker Park, NYC
MAKE MUSIC NEW YORK 2024 — FREE PERFORMANCE!
It's a musical procession for the first day of summer and the full strawberry moon.
We begin and end at Richard Tucker Park, W 66th Street and Broadway. The event is a foray into the neighborhood with stops at places of interest including Strawberry Fields in Central Park.
Tilted Axes perform exciting original compositions and a couple of unique arrangements of seasonal tunes, sonic structures comprised of burbling polyrhythms, and contemplative grooves for deep listeners. They will premiere a new piece, "Strawberry Solstice" and well as some surprises, it's a tilted tradition.
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars is an ensemble created and led by composer Patrick Grant. The project takes on aspects of spectacle informed by the traditions of urban street bands, avant-garde theater, and ancient music. It takes music out into the world and seeks transformative situations meant to change the conversation.
Electric Guitars: Gene Ardor, Jessica Dankowitz, Patrick Grant (director), John Halo, Liz Hogg, Howie Kenty, Diego Retana, Dmitri Shapira — Keytar: Dean Olsher — Electric Bass: Jeremy Nesse, Kevin Pfeiffer, Sarah Metivier Schadt — Percussion: Vince Caiafa, Roxan Jurkevich — Choreography: Christopher Caines — Production Support: Alex Lahoski, Keith Steimel, Leslie Stevens — Media Producer: Jocelyn Gonzales
Tilted Axes is a project of Peppergreen Media and is powered by Vox Amplification courtesy of KORG USA. We thank our performance partners Make Music New York, Strange Music Inc., Astor Place Hair Stylists, Sunlight Studios, and PianoPiano NYC.
www.tiltedaxes.com @tiltedaxes #tiltedaxes
We’d like to thank The Puffin Foundation for their support of this project.
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Tilted Axes at the Lower East Side Festival of the Arts 5/26
26 MAY 24
More iNFO HERE
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TILTED ATMOS: Ambient Music for Electric Guitars
live performance by members of Tilted Axes
20 APR 24
We are thrilled that climate action group 350NYC is partnering with us
to support our Tilted Axes: TILTED ATMOS Car-Free Earth Day NYC performance
presented by NYC DOT.
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TILT SEXTET: HARLEM EASTER
Sunday, March 31 at 3pm
Presented by Marcus Meets Malcolm in Harlem on Sunday, March 31 at 3pm
as part of their Easter Eggstravaganza Celebration.
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TILTED AXES: THE LONGEST NIGHT
Make Music Winter NYC
December 21, 2023
Photo: Bob Krasner @bobkrasner @bobkrasnertoo
“Tilted Axes: The Longest Night”
5:00-7:00pm at The Hugh plaza
601 Lexington Avenue at E 53rd Street (Citicorp Building).
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars, led by composer and performer Patrick Grant, is an orchestra of guitarists who perform original, untethered music via portable mini-amps accompanied by percussionists. The project is informed by urban street band traditions, avant-garde theater and ancient music, and creates interactive spectacles that spark community conversation. The program includes three numbers — “Standing Still,” “Tiltinnabulation,” and Philip Glass’ “Knee Play 3” from Einstein on the Beach — with participatory handbell roles to transform the audience into music makers, no experience necessary. Presented in partnership with BXP.
Tilted Axes is a project of Peppergreen Media and is powered by VOX Amplification USA courtesy of KORG US. We thank our performance partners Strange Music Inc. and The Alchemical Studios.
Taking New Music Out Into The World — The 12th season of Tilted Axes is made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) with the support of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, the (ASCAP) Plus+ Awards, the NYU Tisch School of the Arts Adjunct Development Fund, but mostly through the generous support of you the public through our fiscal sponsor Fractured Atlas.
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The 50th Annual NYC Village Halloween Parade
Tuesday, October 31
On Halloween, over 50,000 New Yorkers from all walks of life will join in this quirky and fantastical parade through the heart of New York City’s Greenwich Village. Parading up Sixth Avenue from Canal Street to West 15th Street, costumed revelers will be joined by giant puppets and musical bands. The family-friendly event is a quintessential NYC celebration, taking over the streets with spooky, spectacular fun.
READ the Press Release HERE
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Art in Odd Places: DRESS — Oct. 13-15, NYC
"Tilted Axes is a performance ensemble of made up of mobile electric guitars and percussion. They perform original music by composer and director Patrick Grant with choreography by Christopher Caines. They use their traditional performance wear of black and turquoise to define the liminal threshold of their imaginary proscenium in public spaces. In “Outfits & Ensembles” they will be taking this many steps further with changes of costume and color-coded accessories. Combined with new music and movement, they will create a narrative performance that communicates ideas of inclusion, and even exclusion, using the language of clothes."
Tilted Axes: Outfits & Ensemble will perform on
Saturday, October 14 between 12 noon and 3pm
on 14th Street between 5th & 6th Aves.
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SEPTEMBER 23
Tilted Axes is an orchestra of electric guitarists and percussion led by composer and performer Patrick Grant. Indonesian gamelan music has been a tremendous inspiration to the project since its beginning 12 years ago. The group performs with portable mini-amps strapped over their shoulders allowing them to move freely on the stage or in the streets. For the Indonesian Street Festival they have prepared their version of the popular folksong "Hela Rotan" from the Maluku Islands (Kepulauan Maluku), a collaboration called "Equinox Rock" with Balinese guitarist Balawan, and other short pieces that incorporate the vibrant rhythms and tonalities of Indonesia as interpreted by the rocking sounds of their electric guitar ensemble.
Read the press release on Broadway World
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The 25th Annual International sTRANGE Music Day
Thursday, August 24
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Read the press release HERE
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Tilted Axes Goes To The Cirkus!
Tuesday, May 8th
Tilted Axes Goes To The Cirkus!
Tuesday, May 8th
Doors open at 7pm, show begins at 7:30pm
186 Jay Street, Brooklyn — $15 suggested
Bindlestiff Family Cirkus
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Tilted Axes to Pop-Up With GREEN FORTE In Brooklyn
They will move about the neighborhood as a procession
and perform on-site in different formations
on Sunday, May 7 from 1:00-3:00pm.
Read the press release HERE
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CAR-FREE EARTH DAY NYC — SATURDAY, APRIL 22
TWO SHOWS!
NOW. HERE. THIS.
11:00 AM - Cooper Square, Manhattan
1:30 PM Berry Open Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Presented in partnership with NYC DOT Public Space Programming
Read the press release HERE
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City Triptych 4/2: Read the PRESS RELEASE in Broadway World
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Spring Thing 3/20: Read the PRESS RELEASE in Broadway World
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Happy New Year from Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars
Photo: Bob Krasner
Winter Luminaria with Tilted Axes presented by NYU Faculty Housing Happenings
and Make Music New York — 12/21/22
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Winter Luminaria w/ Tilted Axes
Presented by NYU Faculty Housing Happenings
with Make Music Winter New York in Sasaki Garden, NYC
Wednesday, December 21, 5pm-7pm
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Tilted Axes Goes Up to 11! — Season 11 Begins
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TILTED AXES WELCOMES NEW PERFORMERS !!!
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OLDER NEWS
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The 49th Annual Village Halloween Parade
https://halloween-nyc.com/
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LaSalle Open Streets Costume Parade w/ Tilted Axes
https://lasalle.nyc/event/costume-parade-with-electric-guitar-band-tilted-axes/
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New Rochelle ArtsFest 2022
https://newrochellearts.org/artsfest-2022/
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Tilted Axes: Three-Sided Circle — Art in Odd Places 2022 : STORY
TILTED AXES: THREE-SIDED CIRCLE
Sunday, Sept. 25, 2pm, Lilholt Triangle Park, Unnamed Road, NYC
We're excited to announce that #TiltedAxes has been invited to be a part of Art in Odd Places' 2022 festival this year, STORY. Art in Odd Places (AiOP) presents visual and performance art in unexpected public spaces and in an annual festival along 14th Street in Manhattan, NYC from Avenue C to the Hudson River. This is year the festival will take place September 23-25.
Art in Odd Places 2022: STORY is curated by Jessica Elaine Blinkhorn with Curatorial Assistants:
Abbie Arg, Clara Grusq, and Gretchen Vitamas. Curatorial Manager: Will Schweigert. Executive Producer: Furusho von Puttkammer
artinoddplaces.org
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TILTED AXES: SIGNALS THROUGH THE FLAMES
Tilted Axes Performs Opening Procession for The Village Trip Festival 2022
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars will open The Village Trip Festival 2022 with a musical procession on Sat., Sept. 10 from 2:00 to 4:00pm. The procession will begin and end at St. John's in the Village (218 W. 11th St.).
The route will circle Washington Square Park, proceed east to Astor Place, and then back again to the West Village, making street stops to engage the public along the way. The procession will culminate in the courtyard of St. John's in the Village with the premiere performance of a Tilted Axes composition created for the 2022 Village Trip Festival.
More details TBA: https://www.thevillagetrip.com/
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Presented by HONK! NYC for NYC DOT Summer Streets
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Tilted Axes: Tilt Quintet to Perform at the
Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE) Conference
JUST ANNOUNCED: The Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE) conference series is a hacker convention sponsored by the security hacker magazine 2600: The Hacker Quarterly.
It consists of three days and three nights of activities, including talks, workshops, and performances. It also features hackerspace villages, a film festival, lock picking villages, a wide variety of vendors, art installations, live video, vintage computers, robots, an amateur/ham radio station, electronics workshops, and book signings.
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Tilt Quintet at OPEN ARTS L.E.S. — Ave. B
More iNFO
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TILTED AXES Gets Accepted Into Brooklyn Conservatory of Music Program
GRATEFUL that Tilted Axes & Peppergreen Media have been accepted into the
Brooklyn Conservatory of Music's Affordable Studio Rental Program.
This is great news in an uncertain world.
Thank you, BKCM, NYSCA, NYC Cultural Affairs, and NYC Media & Entertainment.
We're looking forward to creating new music in Brooklyn this year!
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Spring Performance Photographs!
Culture Lab LIC Season Opening — April 30, 2022
https://www.facebook.com/patrickgrantnyc/posts/10227750299651426
Beltane on B — May 1, 2022
https://www.facebook.com/patrickgrantnyc/posts/10227757013419266
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Spring Performances!
Click HERE to Read the Press Release
More details TBA — Culture Lab LIC
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TILTED AXES: REEL TO REAL — Meet the Musicians
Top row: Patrick Grant, Jeremy Nesse, Surar Al-Gaylani, Noel Marie Rivard
2nd row: Marco Delicato, Jeff Adams, Gael Grant, Dean Western
3rd row: Bob Kaufman, Sean Biggs, Manny Falcon, Alex Lahoski
4th row: Chris Simpson, Sarah Metivier Schadt, Rob Knevels, Mike Balavitch
Bottom row: Maggie McCabe, John Lovaas, Jocelyn Gonzales, Chris McGorey
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2022 Detroit Music Awards — Nomination!
Outstanding Classical Composer —
Patrick Grant
www.detroitmusicawards.net
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Tilted Axes: Reel To Real — March 19-22 — Application
LINK: https://forms.gle/7ZQhwFAB9Q6qjewk8
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Tilted Axes @ The 60th Ann Arbor Film Festival — March 2022
At 60 years, the Ann Arbor Film Festival is North America's longest running avant-garde and experimental film festival.
We happily announce that #TiltedAxes will create a special live performance event for the opening night in March 2022.
More details TBA
Tilted Axes returns to The Henry Ford as an aligned performance with the exhibit "APOLLO: When We Walked On The Moon" presented in partnership with NASA. #moonwalk This appearance is made possible in part by the 60th Annual Ann Arbor Film Festival.
More details TBA
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Fundraiser Completion
COMPLETION: Thank you everyone for being a part of our 2021-2022 season.
We look forward to the new music and performances that await us in 2022!
https://tinyurl.com/TiltedAt10.
Happy MMXXII!
Love, #TiltedAxes
TILTED@10 — Celebrating 10 Years of Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars
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TILTED AXES: STANDING STILL
Make Music Winter
on December 21
PRESS RELEASE
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars presents
Standing Still — a participatory winter solstice event on
Tuesday, Dec. 21, at 10:59am EST, in Herald Square, NYC
This performance is part of Make Music Winter NYC, presented with the 34th Street Partnership,
and celebrates Tilted@10 – Tilted Axes’ 10th Anniversary
OPEN CALL: Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars presents a participatory winter solstice event at the exact minute winter begins in NYC: 10:59am EST, Tuesday, December 21 in Herald Square (Avenue of the Americas between 34th and 35th Streets.). We would like to invite you to be a part of this special occasion!
INSTRUMENTS: If you have an instrument that you can play while mobile, we would love to have you join us for a joyous ringing of tones and chords and rhythm. For example: acoustic guitars, accordions, glockenspiels, saxophones, dumbeks, melodicas, violins, etc. etc. etc.
A SOLSTICE GIFT FOR 10 ELECTRIC GUITARISTS: Tilted Axes has 10 small, yet powerful, mini-amps that we have acquired throughout our 10-year history. If you’re eligible, we would like to give them to you to use for the performance — and you can keep them afterwards! If you are an electric guitarist and need a little amplification, we can set you up if you apply early. It’s a holiday miracle!
PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION: On Tuesday, December 21 at 10:00am event performers that have been accepted via internet application will assemble with members of Tilted Axes at a location near Herald Square. Performers will have received a PDF of simple performance instructions and musical figures to be played (w/ notation, TAB, etc.). After a short practice and an explanation of our processional movement, we will begin the performance of Standing Still ca. 10:45. Performing as a procession, we will go into Herald Square to perform.
THE SOLSTICE IS AT 10:59 AM: This moment will be marked by the ringing of a bell and accompanied by the ensemble as a performative minute. Details TBA. The bell will ring again and the procession will resume and work its way back out of the square to where we began and complete the performance. The event will finish by 11:15am.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PERFORMING WITH US: Send an email to tiltedaxes@peppergreenmedia.com and you will receive further information to register. You must register to be a part of this event.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKING MUSIC WITH YOU THIS WINTER SOLSTICE!
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars is a group of guitarists and percussionists created by composer/performer Patrick Grant. They perform original music untethered via mini-amps strapped over their shoulders. Since their inception at the first annual Make Music Winter in NYC 10 years ago, they have created and performed numerous new music events in the USA, Europe, and Brazil. It’s conceptual and it rocks.
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars is a project of Peppergreen Media and is powered by Vox Amplification & Blackstar Amps courtesy of KORG USA. We thank our performance partners Make Music New York and the 34th Street Partnership. Our Tilted@10 anniversary season is made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, The ASCAP Plus+ Awards, the NYU Tisch Adjunct Development Fund, but mostly through the generous support of the public.
#tiltedaxes — www.tiltedaxes.com — @tiltedaxes
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:( — POSTPONED: Tilted@10 — :(
Due to COVID concerns amongst some of our performers, we sadly have to postpone our TILTED@10 show until next year ASAP. We regret any inconvenience. Please note that this does not affect any other concurrent Tilted Axes projects, so please keep an eye and ear out for those. 2021-2022 remains our 10th anniversary season! Thank you all for understanding.
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Tilted@10 - Tin Year Anniversary December 18 & 19
PRESS RELEASE
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars presents
Tilted@10 — a solstice weekend of performances
celebrating 10 years of Tilted Axes
These performances consist of two musical processions in Lower Manhattan, New York City
EAST VILLAGE - Saturday, December 18, 12pm to 3pm – beginning at Astor Place Hair Stylists, 2 Astor Place
WEST VILLAGE – Sunday, December 19, 12pm to 3pm – beginning at Alchemical Studios, 104 W 14th St.
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars is a group of guitarists and percussionists led by composer/performer Patrick Grant. They perform original music untethered via mini-amps strapped over their shoulders. Since their inception at the first annual Make Music Winter in NYC 10 years ago, they have created and performed numerous new music events in the USA, Europe, and Brazil.
Tilted Axes can perform anywhere there are people, excelling in untraditional venues. Its roster of musicians can change from performance to performance, city to city. The musicians learn a common repertoire created by diverse composers and rehearse it in workshops. Its performances are free to the public and are supported through institutional and/or private donations.
The project takes on aspects of spectacle informed by municipal band tradition, avant-garde theater, and world music. It takes music out into the world and seeks transformative situations meant to change community conversation. It is an apolitical organization, but it does support science, arts programs, and renewable energy whenever possible. Tilted Axes works best when it is part of something bigger than itself i.e. festivals, exhibitions, community initiatives, astronomical events.
These performances are part of Make Music Winter 2021 and include new music from core members Howie Kenty, Elisa Corona Aguilar, jc (Jon Clancy), and Patrick Grant. The movement direction is by Christopher Caines.
Check back for detailed procession routes closer to the dates of events.
Tilted Axes: Tilted@10 performers — Gene Ardor, Angela Babin, Michael Fisher, Jason Goldstein, Patrick Grant (music director), John Halo, Howie Kenty (asst. music. director), Alex Lahoski, Anthony Mullin, Chad Ossman, Kevin Pfieffer, Sean Satin, Dmitri Shapira, Jeremy D Slater: electric guitars — Jeremy Nesse: chapman stick — Dan Cooper, Alex Durante, Sarah Metivier Schadt: electric bass — Caitlin Cawley, jc (Jon Clancy), John Ferrari: percussion — Christopher Caines: movement director — Jocelyn Gonzales: media producer — Melinda Faylor: stage manager — Emily MacMahon, David Demnitz: performance support — Harry Scott: framing devices — Mari Gustafson & Vanessa Paulsen: standard bearers
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars is a project of Peppergreen Media and is powered by Vox Amplification & Blackstar Amps courtesy of KORG USA. We thank our performance partners Make Music New York, Astor Place Hairstylists, Alchemical Studios, and The Village Alliance. Our Tilted@10 anniversary season is made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, The ASCAP Plus+ Awards, the NYU Tisch Adjunct Development Fund, but mostly through the generous support of the public.
The Tilted@10 graphic depicts the tin molecule and its alchemical symbol. Tin is the traditional gift for 10th anniversaries.
#tiltedaxes — www.tiltedaxes.com — @tiltedaxes
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Tilted Axes: Vandertilt — November 20th
Presented by Vanderbilt OpenStreets, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn.
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Tilted Axes at the 2021 Village Halloween Parade
Tilted Axes will perform at the 48th Annual Village Halloween Parade in a new configuration entitled Children of the Night.
Read the press release HERE.
More details at https://halloween-nyc.com/
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Tilted Axes: Unlikely Characters — Oct. 23 as part of Honk NYC!
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars is one of the many spectacular bands that will be performing in the HONK NYC! 2021 Festival.
On October 23rd, between 11am-1pm, Tilted Axes will present a new performance procession entitled Unlikely Characters in partnership with the 15th Annual HONK NYC! Festival in NYC’s East Village. The performance begins at 11th Street and Avenue B, and will stop along the way at various East Village landmarks to perform music fitting the location. The performance is free to the public and can be joined at any point along the route. They will eventually bring the procession full circle, returning to Avenue B to complete the performance.
HONK NYC! is a donation based volunteer-run organization, and each dollar pledged helps to fund and organize incredible community events for all music lovers. Please go to our kickstarter link (in our bio and comments) to contribute now to our 2021 campaign to support incredible performances like these."
Read the complete press release HERE.
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Tilted Axes to Perform as Tilt Quintet in Upper Manhattan Oct. 16
On Saturday, October 16th from 12pm-3pm, Morningside Area Alliance will host small ensembles and single musicians to perform in the beautiful Sakura Park Band Shell located in the park between Riverside Drive and Claremont Avenue at 122nd Street — https://g.page/sakura-park?share.
The audience will include participants of Open House New York — https://ohny.org/place/harlem-culture-crawl/, International House residents, Manhattan School of Music students, parkside neighbors and the general NYC public. These events are free and open to the public.
Five Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars musicians will perform new arrangements of their music around the park as TILT QUINTET and then convene in the band shell ca. 1:30pm.
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22 SEP 21 — Happy Autumn! Tilted Axes Article in AM New York
By Bob Krasner — "For some, the sight of a marching band of electric guitars was just another day in New York City, for others, it’s what makes the city special (you can add us to that group).
Composer Patrick Grant took Tilted Axes, his core group of nine musicians — including himself — with their Vox amplifiers (a longtime sponsor) on a walking tour of the East Village, stopping to play in various spots but never stopping the music.
The music, all composed by Grant, consisted of some pieces that were played as composed and others that followed strict rhythmic or harmonic rules but gave the players leeway to improvise. Sponsored by Make Music New York and grants from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and The New York State Council on the Arts, the group can expand to 20 players…"
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Tilted Axes to Perform at HONK NYC 2021
JUST ANNOUNCED: Tilted Axes will be one of the performing ensembles at the 15th Annual HONK NYC Festival!
More info at: https://www.honknyc.com/
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Tilted Axes Presents Fabrication, a New Performance Created for NYC’s Garment District
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars will present a new performance procession entitled Fabrication in partnership with Theaterlab in NYC’s Garment District. Tilted Axes is a group of guitarists and percussionists lead by classically trained post-rocker Patrick Grant. They perform original music untethered via mini-amps strapped over their shoulders. This event is part of Tilted@10 celebrating Tilted Axes 10th anniversary season. The performance begins at Theaterlab, 357 W 36th in NYC, and will stop along the way at various landmarks to perform special compositions significant to that location. The performance is free to the public and can be joined at any point along the route. They will eventually bring the procession full circle, returning to Theaterlab to complete the performance. Afterward the public can join Tilted Axes for a meet and greet in Theaterlab’s performance space and find out more about their work. Procession route TBA. Read the complete press release HERE.
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Tilted Axes Begins Its 10th Anniversary Season With a Return to Astor Place
as Part of Make Music Autumn NYC
On September 19th, between 1pm-4pm, Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars returns to Astor Place and environs with a procession and performance as part of the inaugural Make Music Autumn. They perform original music untethered via mini-amps strapped over their shoulders. For this occasion they have partnered with the iconic Astor Place Hair Stylists who also serve as their base. The performance spectacle will begin at the plaza sculpture The Alamo (a.k.a. The Cube). From there they will perform in-procession around the neighborhoods that have been key to their origin: The East Village and Greenwich Village. They will stop along the way at various landmarks to perform special compositions significant to the location. Bringing the event full circle, they will return to Astor Place Plaza to complete their performance.
Tilted Axes is powered by Vox Amplification & Blackstar Amps courtesy of KORG USA. Our Tilted@10 anniversary season is made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, The ASCAP Plus+ Awards, the NYU Tisch Adjunct Development Fund, but mostly through the generous support of people like you. Thank you for helping us keep our performances and events free to the public whenever and wherever possible.
A huge thanks to James Burke of Make Music New York, Rachel Brandon of The Village Alliance, but especially Big Mike Saviello of Astor Place Hair Stylists. For this event Big Mike will be curating artwork on the street in front of the shop. Check it out!
Read the complete press release HERE.
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Announcing Tilt Core 2021
AUGUST 15: an announcement from
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars —
Meet the new members of Tilt Core, our circle within the circle, the driving force behind the larger events in the 2021 Tilted@10 anniversary season ahead:
Angela Babin — e. guitar
John Halo — e. guitar
Jeremy Nesse — chapman stick
jc (jon clancy) — percussion & composer
Elisa Corona Aguilar — e. guitar & composer
Howie Kenty — e. guitar, composer & asst. music director
Dan Cooper — 7-string e. bass
Patrick Grant — e. guitar, composer, & artistic director
Caitlin Cawley — percussion
Kevin Pfeiffer — axe alternate
Christopher Caines — movement director
Jocelyn Gonzales — media producer
Stay tuned for upcoming performance dates & other new music activities: http://www.patrickgrant.com/tiltedaxes.html
Tilted Axes is powered by Vox Amplification & Blackstar Amps courtesy of KORG USA. Our Tilted@10 anniversary season is made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, The ASCAP Plus+ Awards, the NYU Tisch Adjunct Development Fund, but mostly through the generous support of people like you. Thank you for helping us keep our performances and events free to the public whenever and wherever possible.
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Blackstar Joins Vox Amps As Tilted Sponsors
We are thrilled beyond thrilled that Blackstar has joined Vox Amps as a sponsor of Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars this 2021-2022 season. They are outfitting our central unit Tilt Core with a new line of gear from the new Vox Go amp series and with Blackstar USB power banks. No more batteries. This is graciously done through Korg USA who distributes this gear internationally. We are happy to represent as Korg USA Artists.
Thank you! This helps so much!
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Tilted Axes 10th Anniversary 2021-2022 Season Announcement Coming in August!
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21-12-21: Ten Year Anniversary
More iNFO TBA
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Thank YOU!
A number of the new participants in our upcoming (and fully enrolled) Remote Recording Workshops said to me, "Thank you for doing this!" but I feel that these thanks are misplaced. The only thanks that should be given are to the supporters and producing partners of Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars that enable these courses to be given FREE of charge. The aim is to educate our artistic community so that more of us can create original audio of all kinds: music, spoken word, sound design, etc. and share it in new projects. It is for that that I am the one saying, "No, thank YOU for your support. None of this would be possible without the great community we foster together." - Patrick Grant
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Points of Seeing 20/20 Soundscape Dec. 21-31
LISTEN - www.tiltedaxes.com/points2020.html
Announcing Tilted Axes’ “20/20 Soundscape” as part of our “Points of Seeing” virtual event on December 21, 2020.
What is it? It’s 20 musicians bringing 20 musical cells each into a protean structure created and produced for the winter solstice.
Musicians participating are: Aileen Bunch, Alex Durante, Amy Denio, Angela Babin, Chad Ossman, Christoph Götzen, Dan Cooper, Elisa Corona Aguilar, Gene Ardor, Gerard Smith, Howie Kenty, Jane Mabrysmith, Jason Goldstein, Jeremy Nesse, John Ferrari, Leslie Stevens, Michael Fisher, Michelle Zulli, Steve Ball, and Tony Geballe.
This new music and event are made possible in part with public funds from Creative Engagement, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC). Tilted Axes is powered by Vox Amps USA. This event is part of Make Music Winter NYC and produced by Peppergreen Media.
Ten Mixes to Countdown the New Year
every mix is a new composition
www.tiltedaxes.com/points2020.html
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POINTS OF SEEING online event
December 21,
7PM EST
Join "POINTS OF SEEING" by registering at this link:
http://bit.ly/points-of-seeing.
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"A Tilt for Our Time" Has Been Postponed Until 2021
We held out for as long as we could, but due to increasing COVID concerns in New York City, we have regrettably made the decision to POSTPONE our live performance. It will be rescheduled ASAP in the new year. However, our virtual presentation "Points of Seeing" will go ahead as planned on December 21, the Winter Solstice, at 7PM EST.
To join "Points of Seeing" please register at this link: http://bit.ly/points-of-seeing.
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Fractured Atlas Blog: Tilted Axes Artist Spotlight
INTERVIEW: "Post-rock composer and guitarist Patrick Grant takes guitars out into the wild. Through Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars, he brings together musicians to take to the streets of New York City and bring music to the public. With the help of battery-powered amps and inspired by his work as a composer and street theater musician, Grant uses free public music to help his audience share spontaneous moments of beauty and connection where they least expect it."
Read it HERE
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POINTS OF SEEING
December 21 virtual event
Monday, December 21, 7pm EST: Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars presents “Points of Seeing”, an online presentation of recent work with live performance and a Q&A with the public. Tilted Axes artistic director Patrick Grant hosts an event where he and members of the ensemble discuss their past, present, and future work through music, visual art, and interaction with a live audience. The presentation will focus on how Tilted Axes has adapted its creative process in the past year, what was learned, and a look ahead. Links to view or participate in the presentation will be announced in December. “Points of Seeing” is made possible in part with public funds from Creative Engagement, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC). Tilted Axes is powered by Vox Amps USA. Rehearsal space support provided by Alchemical Studios. This event is part of Make Music Winter NYC and produced by Peppergreen Media.
JUST ANNOUNCED: Tilted Axes' 20/20 Soundscape
Announcing Tilted Axes’ “20/20 Soundscape” as part of our “Points of Seeing” virtual event.
To attend this event, sign up here: http://bit.ly/points-of-seeing.
What is this? It’s 20 musicians bringing 20 musical cells each into a protean structure created and produced for the winter solstice.
Musicians participating are: Aileen Bunch, Alex Durante, Amy Denio, Angela Babin, Chad Ossman, Christoph Götzen, Dan Cooper, Elisa Corona Aguilar, Gene Ardor, Gerard Smith, Howie Kenty, Jane Mabrysmith, Jason Goldstein, Jeremy Nesse, John Ferrari, Leslie Stevens, Michael Fisher, Michelle Zulli, Steve Ball, and Tony Geballe.
This new music and event are brought to you in part by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council‘s 2020 Creative Engagement Award.
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A TILT FOR OUR TIME
December 20 in New York City
POSTPONED
Sunday, December 20, 12 noon to 3pm EST: Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars performs “A Tilt for Our Time”, a new music procession and socially distanced public action through Lower Manhattan. Post-rock composer Patrick Grant will lead the group in a "tilt" from Greenwich Village to the East Village and back again with a ceremonial stop at the Astor Place Cube (The Alamo). Tilted Axes will present a program of new pieces created for the event along with classics from their catalog. Procession route and performance details TBA. “A Tilt for Our Time” is made possible in part with public funds from Creative Engagement, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC). Tilted Axes is powered by Vox Amps USA. Rehearsal space support provided by Alchemical Studios. This event is part of Make Music Winter NYC and produced by Peppergreen Media.
NOTICE: Due to the ongoing nature of necessary public health concerns, PGM/Tilted Axes is continually monitoring the situation. If this event needs to be canceled or rescheduled, we will let you know ASAP.
THIS EVENT IS POSTPONED UNTIL 2021
Meet the performers and participants of “A Tilt for Our Time”
FIRST ROW: Angela Babin, John Halo, Paul de Konkoly Thege, Geoff Gersh, Gene Ardor
SECOND ROW: Sean Satin, Patrick Grant, Jaxie Binder, Steve Bloom, Anthony Mullin
THIRD ROW: Chad Ossman, Alex Durante, Jeremy Nesse, Jason Napier, Dave Fabris
FOURTH ROW: John Ferrari, Kevin Pfeiffer, Tamika Gorski, Dan Cooper, Jon Clancy
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OCTOBER SURPRISE!
A Devil's Night treat from Tilted Axes for Halloween 2020!
OCTOBER SURPRISE! A Devil's Night treat from Tilted Axes for Halloween 2020!
https://tiltedaxes.bandcamp.com/track/satans-little-circus
https://soundcloud.com/patrick-grant-9/tilted-axes-satans-little-circus-devils-night-mix-2020
Dear fiends,
Please enjoy this new music from Tilted Axes. You can listen for free on our Bandcamp page or our Soundcloud page.
Our work is supported by the public and is made available to you free of charge.
However, if you do wish to contribute, Satan's Little Circus is downloadable
for $1 on Bandcamp.
Happy Halloween!
Patrick Grant & Tilted Axes
SATAN'S LITTLE CIRCUS
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars
featured musicians on this recording:
Electric Guitar: Steve Ball, Daniel Reyes Llinas, Patrick Grant
Electric Bass: Dan Cooper, Patrick Grant
Drums & Percussion: John Ferrari
Produced by Patrick Grant/PGM
Recorded at The Whammy Bar (NYC)
and The Ferrari Factory (NJ)
Mastered by Sheldon Steiger
Composer: Patrick Grant
Publisher: Peppergreen Media (ASCAP)
This release is made possible through the vision and generosity of our Past-Present-Future Fall 2020 Co-Producers and Tilted Team members: Aaron Alter, Adam Levin, Aileen Bunch, Alex Durante, Amy Sue Quinn, Andrew Marks, Anthony Garone, Bob Kaufman, Chad Ossman, Chris Simpson, Christoph Goetzen, Christopher Gibbons, Courtney Gowan, Dan Gentges, Daniel Rothbart, Dave Grieg, DB Cooper, Deb Calvert, Detroit Guitar, Eleonor Sandresky, Eric and Tracey Wolfe, Eric Anderson, Erik Grant, Erin Leen, Erin Victoria Wigger, Gael Grant, Garry Rindfuss, Greg Meredith, Gwen Deely, Henry Lowman, Jason Goldstein, Jeff Georgas, Jeffrey Adams, Jim Schaeffer, Joel Blumsack, Jon Diaz, Jude Traxler, Julia Knevels, Jürgen Mühle, Kathy Starkey, Keith Vanden Eynden, Lynn Bechtold, Manfred Kohl, Marc Mellits, Maria Tegzes, Matthias Neumann, Michael Fisher, Mike McKenna, Milica Paranosic, Peter Kaufman, Pietro Russino, Ralph Valdez, Sandra Prow, Saori Tsukada, Sean and Laura Biggs, Steve Ball, Susan Montgomery, Teresa Peacock, Tom Peyton, Tony Weitner, Zero Boy, and anonymous individuals and organizations.
© 2020 all rights reserved
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https://bit.ly/32STB1h
Our Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars Fall Fundraiser has been launched HERE > https://bit.ly/32STB1h < Please become a part of our team on our Past Present Future journey this autumn. We are moving forward with a variety of new projects and media, but in order to do so, we need your support.
We are raising funds to pay our musicians, to offer free online training in remote recording and content creation, and to cover administration costs so we can continue to offer our work free to the public, whether virtually or at a safe distance. Check out the new rewards we are offering to our supporters this season.
Thank you!
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STRANGE CHANGES v1 by Tilted Axes
Tilted Axes "Strange Changes" Artists
Tilted Axes “Strange Changes” Artists (USA, Brazil, Germany)
1st row: Aileen Bunch, Alex Lahoski, Angela Babin, Anthony Garone, Christoph Goetzen, Dan Cooper,
2nd row: Daniel Reyes Llinas, Frauke Wilhelm, Gael Grant, Gerard Smith, James La Croix, Jane Mabrysmith,
3rd row: Jason Goldstein, Jeff Adams, Jeremy Nesse, Jocelyn Gonzales, John Ferrari, Jon Clancy,
4th row: Leslie Stevens, Marcelo Andrade, Michael Fisher, Michelle Zulli, Nomena Struß, Nora Elbayoumy,
5th row: Patrick Grant, Sarah Metivier Schadt, Steve Ball, Sudeip Ghosh, Thiago Cury, Tony Twilight
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Tilted Axes premieres "Strange Changes” for International Strange Music Day
June 29, 2020: For Immediate Release
On August 24, 2020, Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars will release a new music video in observance of International Strange Music Day. The new work, entitled “Strange Changes”, is part of a multiplatform meditation on the word “strange” and its many meanings.
In what could easily be the strangest year on record for many of us, 2020 brings with it a number of challenges for us to confront as a society and individually. The idea of strangeness and the unfamiliar are obstacles for many people. What is the source of the fear that these people are experiencing? How have the roots of these fears manifested into centuries old systemic barriers that need to be removed?
On International Strange Music Day, Tilted Axes invites people to begin this work simply: to listen without prejudice, to seek first to understand.
Tilted Axes is an award-winning project of post-rock composer and performer Patrick Grant, which brings especially composed electric guitar music into public spaces. The group consists of 15-18 electric guitarists playing instrumental music through wearable mini-amps, accompanied by percussionists and other performers. Stylistically the ensemble covers a number of genres, centering on the nexus where rock, classical, and world music meet. Tilted Axes performs in public squares, museums, and festivals of all kinds. Recently the group has been creating free online content in response to the current crisis.
“For ’Strange Changes’ the aim is to create something that relates to our shared moment and yet could be understood as a project by anyone anytime anywhere,” says creator Grant. “We don’t want to create another grid-style video. We’re compiling images and video footage from our musicians and other artistic collaborators and building a narrative, visually and musically, that encompasses the personal experiences that we are all sharing in this strangest of times.”
As in similar creations from Tilted Axes, expect a large complement of auxiliary material completing the “Strange Changes” picture: related music and mixes, visual art, interviews with project participants, and micro-productions popping up in social media.
Strange Music Day is a “holiday” created by Grant in 2000 as an internet meme. Ever since then, the concept has gained wide appeal and has grown internationally. Observance of Strange Music Day has been adopted by radio stations, summer schools, music festivals, and used as a platform to celebrate music, performance, and sonic innovation all over the world every August 24th.
For complete details about “Strange Changes”, its August 24th International Strange Music Day release and related events, please follow Tilted Axes on Instagram, Facebook, or on its web site.
“Strange Changes” is presented in partnership with the Festival Música Estranha (São Paulo), Make Weird Music, and is is made possible by generous private donations through our fiscal sponsor Fractured Atlas and with support from the NYU Tisch School of the Arts Adjunct Development Fund.
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Tilted Axes premieres "Touchy Subjects” video and music for the Summer Solstice
6/20 audio link launches at 5:43 pm EDT ... https://bit.ly/30QWpLV
6/21 video link launches at 8:00 pm EDT ... https://vimeo.com/426311201
Tilted Axes Touchy Subjects:
Angela Babin, Alex Lahoski, Jeff Adams, Marcelo Andrade, Steve Ball, Aileen Bunch, Eduardo Cabral,
Jude Closson, Nora Elbayoumy, John Ferrari, Michael Fisher, Michael Foti, Sudeip Ghosh, Christoph Goezten,
Jocelyn Gonzales, Gael Grant, Patrick Grant, James La Croix, Daniel Reyes Llinas, Jane Mabrysmith, Anthony Mullin,
Jeremy Nesse, Reinaldo Perez, Sarah Metivier Schadt, Christopher Simpson, Gerard Smith, Leslie Stevens, Skeeto Valdez
(USA, Brazil, Germany)
New York, NY, Release: May 22, 2020. For Immediate Release
On June 20-21, 2020, Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars will release new music (June 20) and a video (June 21) in observation of the Summer Solstice. The new work, entitled "Touchy Subjects", is a musical meditation on the real phenomenon of “touch starvation” that many are experiencing since the onset of social distancing. “Touchy Subjects” will explore the tonalities of touch, or the ways in which we physically connect to the world we inhabit have changed.
Tilted Axes “Touchy Subjects” - Make Music Day - 21 June 2020
Tilted Axes “Touchy Subjects” video trailer (0:59)
Tilted Axes is an award-winning project of post-rock composer and performer Patrick Grant, which brings specially composed electric guitar music into public spaces. The group consists of 15-18 electric guitarists playing instrumental music through wearable mini-amps, accompanied by percussionists and other performers. Stylistically the ensemble covers a number of genres, centering on the nexus where rock, classical, and world music meet. Tilted Axes performs in public squares, museums, and festivals of all kinds.
Since the pandemic, like so many other performing ensembles, the group has had to adapt to the current crisis. A number of large-scale performances were in the pre-production stage when Tilted Axes had to cancel rehearsals, postpone performances, and search for alternative outlets for their work.
In April, the group released a video for the Earth Day 50 Virtual Kick-Off as a commission from 350NYC called “Climate S.O.S.” This exposed the ensemble to a diverse new audience and illuminated fresh opportunities to make an impact in this moment.
“For ‘Touchy Subjects’ the aim is to create something that relates to our universal situation and can be understood anytime anywhere, past, present, or future,” says creator Grant. “At the same time, we don’t want to create another Zoom-style video. We're compiling images and video footage from our musicians and other collaborators and building a musical and visual narrative that encompasses the personal experiences we all share. Like other works that I have produced which are informed by science ("Genome: The Autobiography of a Species”, “Moonwalk” for the Apollo 11 anniversary, etc.), we are consulting trained psychologists in the creation of this work. We are lucky that one of our Tilted Axes members is a doctor of psychology. We feel confident that, while we are certainly making art that is open to interpretation, that the sources of inspiration are informed and enlightened.”
For details about “Touchy Subjects" and the June 20-21 release info, please follow Tilted Axes on Instagram, Facebook, or go to its web site.
The work is being presented in conjunction with Make Music New York and Make Music Day.
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#GivingTuesdayNow
Dear friends and supporters,
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars is looking at today's #GivingTuesdayNow as a new beginning. We're grateful for the recognition we've received in the past year, much of it for boundary breaking performances in unusual spaces. Now, like so many others, we are adjusting the focus of our projects. Moving forward, our current work investigates our sense of place and the many ways we are redefining our exterior world to meet the needs of our inner selves. Please, we are looking to expand our team, not just musically, but in terms of integrating with the other arts and widening our mission. Please join us ... all forms of support are welcome.
Please go to: https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/tilted-axes-music-for-mobile-electric-guitars
Thank you
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“For Our Courageous Workers” – a New York City-wide fanfare April 29th at 7:00 pm
“For Our Courageous Workers” – a New York City-wide fanfare April 29th at 7:00 pm
#TiltedAxes is honored to be a co-sponsor of a massive, city-wide music performance of “For Our Courageous Workers” to be played on Wednesday, April 29, at the 7pm ‘cheer honoring our front-line workers.’
From Tenth Intervention: “Our goal is to have over a thousand participants — musicians of every level and all the people of New York City — perform the symphonic fanfare “For Our Courageous Workers” across the city. Everyone is welcome to participate. There are parts for all: musicians of any and every level — beginners, young musicians, amateurs, and professionals; on voices, strings, brass, winds, keyboards, drums — as well as all the people of the city making noise, singing, and banging on pots and pans.
Please help us spread the word today! Share this flyer with your mailing list and social media. Together we can realize this grand project as a way of both bringing the city together and honoring those who are risking their health for all of us.
Co-sponsors to date include: Make Music New York, City Winery, Kaufman Music Center, The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, DROM NYC, Greenwich House Music School, Tenth Intervention, HONK NYC, Sing In Solidarity, Galinsky Coaching, Seth Rogovoy Productions, Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars, GOH Productions, Jazz Promo Services, Jim Eigo, Slavic Soul Party!, Center for Traditional Music and Dance, Yiddish New York, Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra; and are being updated regularly.”
For more information, detailed instructions, and a downloadable score that does not require the ability to read music, go to
http://www.tenthintervention.com/workers
#playbecausewecare
#clapbecausewecare
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EARTH DAY VIDEO "TILTED AXES: CLIMATE S.O.S.
Tilted Axes: Climate S.O.S.
Performed by Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars
Presented and commissioned by 350NYC
DISCLAIMER: This video is intended for educational purposes only and is not to be duplicated, broadcast, nor is it for any commercial use. The images and music contained herein are presented under the statutes of Fair Use (USA), Fair Dealing (UK), in all applicable territories, and are credited accordingly. Our aim is to educate, inform, and inspire the people of our planet to participate in climate change activism while we can still make a difference.
Created for the Earth Day 2020
#EarthDay #EarthDay50
Composed and produced by Patrick Grant
Electric Guitars: Patrick Grant, Daniel Reyes Llinas, John Halo, Matt Grossman
Chapman Stick: Jeremy Nesse
Electric Bass: Dan Cooper, Patrick Grant
Drums & Percussion: John Ferrari, Cesare Papetti
Produced by Patrick Grant
Mixing engineer: Garry Rindfuss
Mastered by Sheldon Steiger
© 2016-2020 Peppergreen Media (ASCAP)
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17 APR - Earth Day 50 Virtual Kick-off & The Detroit Music Awards
Dear friends and supporters,
We hope that everyone reading this is safe and healthy.
There are two streaming events that are coming up that we wanted to tell you about that can be watched remotely.
EARTH DAY 50 VIRTUAL KICK-OFF
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars is proud to be a part of the Earth Day 50 Virtual Kick-off this Sunday April 19, via a new video commissioned by 350NYC. The event is presented by Earth Day Initiative and March for Science NYC from 4pm to 10pm EDT. The line up includes Al Gore, Senator Elizabeth Warren, actors Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Ian Somerhalder, and others with exhibitions by 350NYC, Climate Clock, and many more. Together we can build a better world.
To join the stream, RSVP to the Virtual Stage HERE:
http://www.earthdayinitiative.org/virtual-kick-off
#350nyc #TiltedAxes #TogetherWeCan #ClimateActionNow
THE DETROIT MUSIC AWARDS
Patrick Grant is nominated for Outstanding Classical Composer and Tilted Axes is nominated in the same field for Outstanding Small Ensemble. We are honored to be included with so many talented friends and colleagues. The 29th Annual Detroit Music Awards ceremony will be held online for the first time ever at 8pm EDT, also on Sunday, April 19. Tune in for some fantastic surprise appearances and special, never before seen, performances as Detroit celebrates its music community.
To watch the awards, follow this link:
https://bit.ly/2Vv0fpw
TILTED TIMES
In our last update, we announced some upcoming performances and new grant funding. As with so many others, our live performances and site specific events have been put on hold during this current crisis. We will be updating you soon with news of rescheduled performances and new projects.
On a brighter note, we would like to welcome Nora Elbayoumy to Peppergreen Media in her administrative role. Nora comes to us via Alchemical Studios where she works as the Technical Facilities Manager and we look forward to utilizing her Stage Managing skills for our future productions.
Thank you, stay safe, be well,
www.peppergreenmedia.com
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22 MAR - New Video Premiere for the Earth Day 50 Virtual Kick-Off
Coming to Earth Week 2020: a new video from Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars commissioned by 350 NYC
to be premiered as part of the March for Science NYC/Earth Day Initiative’s EARTH DAY 50 Virtual Kick-Off on Sunday, April 19th.
"Our aim is to convince the media to carry more climate science in their content!"
Stay tuned for more information: https://www.marchforsciencenyc.com
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12 MAR - We Received Two FINAL ROUND Nominations in the Detroit Music Awards!
Outstanding Small Ensemble - Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars
Outstanding Classical Composer - Patrick Grant
The Detroit Music Awards FINAL BALLOT is now open! If you are a registered member of the DMAs,
please consider the impactful music that Tilted Axes Detroit has created for our community when casting your vote.
Voting closes at 11:59pm on March 22nd.
Thank you!
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10 FEB - Tilted Axes Creator Patrick Grant Receives a Creative Engagement Award
from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council for 2020 Projects
More iNFO TBA
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Tilted Axes Creator Patrick Grant Receives Detroit Music Awards Phase 2 Nominations
I wanted to share news of recent nominations that were received in the past week.
Part of my identity as an artist has been that of being a passionate cultural ambassador for my home town of Detroit and of the bounty of musical innovation that continues to pour forth from its people.
I'm honored that I have been able to create a number of large-scale multidisciplinary musical events there with friends and musicians I know.
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars as a project is a mystery to a lot of people. Is it rock, world, or classical music? Actually, if you take a step back, it is all of these things and more tied together in kind of Gordian knot. It combines art, science, and theatricality in all of its presentations.
The work we do in Detroit continues to resonate via Phase 2 nominations in the Detroit Music Awards. If you are, or know a registered member of, the Detroit Music Awards, please take a moment to find out more about Tilted Axes and of the continued positive impact we've had on a number of Detroit communities since 2013.
Please vote! - Patrick Grant
Detroit Music Awards Phase 2 Voting is Now Open to All Registered Members!
Go To: https://www.detroitmusicawards.net/
Phase 2 voting closes Sunday, March 1st at 11:59pm
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
1. Outstanding Live Performance: Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars
2. Outstanding World Artist/Group: Tilted Axes
3. Outstanding World Songwriter: Patrick Grant (Tilted Axes)
4. Outstanding Small Ensemble (Classical): Tilted Axes
5. Outstanding Classical Composer: Patrick Grant
Thank you, Detroit and Third Man Records Cass Corridor, The Henry Ford, Marche du Nain Rouge, "Promenade" at the Detroit Institute of Arts, "Moonwalk" at the Michigan Science Center, 27th Annual Concert of Colors)
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Tilted Axes 20/20 Vision = Music + Art + Science: Moving Out Into the World
Join our team >>> https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/tilted-axes-music-for-mobile-electric-guitars
Feb. 5, 12, 19 * Mar. 4, 11, 25 * Apr. 8, 15, 22
Alchemical Studios, 104 W 14th St. NYC
Invitation: Tilt Core Workshops for Tilted Axes (Feb-Apr)
This post is for electric guitarists that have expressed an interest in Tilted Axes and How It Works.
Send an email to the address below if you would be available to attend some upcoming Tilt Core Development Workshops.
The focus of these workshops will be to:
1. Sharpen the skills we've developed as a group in the last year using new and traditionally tilted etudes comprised of unconventional scales, world rhythms, and unfamiliar forms.
2. Incorporate movement into our playing. We will be working with guest choreographers. We will be mobile.
3. To develop performers in general and specifically for a current Tilt Core in service of Storyscapes, The Mars Project, and other multidisciplinary work.
Workshops will take place at the Alchemical Studios, 104 W 14th St., studio# TBA, on the following Wednesday nights, 7:00-10:00pm, dates are below.
You do not have to be present at all workshops. If interested, please indicate which of these dates are possible for you to attend:
FEB 05
FEB 12
FEB 19
MAR 04
MAR 11
MAR 25
APR 08
APR 15
APR 22
To apply, please send an email to tiltedaxes@peppergreenmedia.com
with your name, email, cell phone, reason why you'd like to participate, and any related links to your work if you are new to us.
Please reply ASAP. The deadline is January 31st.
Feel free to reach out with any questions.
N.B. If you do not have a VOX Mini3 G2 or similar portable amp, you will be given an amp to borrow for the duration of the workshops.
These workshops are made possible by the generous support of the public through our fiscal sponsor Fractured Atlas. Won’t you consider joining our team? To support this and future projects, please go to: https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/tilted-axes-music-for-mobile-electric-guitars
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Thank you all for a wonderful 2019! With your generous support we were able to bring free Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars performances to the public, both indoors and out-of-doors, while transforming communities in the process. Here are some of our highlights from the last 12 months:
Cold Moon Consort I & II NYC
Winter Workshops at Alchemical Studios (6)
Third Man Records Cass Corridor Equinox
Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation
The Marche du Nain Rouge, Detroit
Spring Workshops at Alchemical Studios (6)
Space Camp at the DIME
Tilted Axes @ Rubulad Brooklyn
Tilted Axes Make Music Harlem
“Promenade” at the Detroit Institute of Arts*
Apollo 11 “Moonwalk” at the Michigan Science Center*
*Part of the 27th Annual Concert of Colors
Info and pictures > http://tiltedaxes.com/tiltedaxes.html
Over an album’s worth of new material was created and performed by Tilted Axes for these events. Look forward to new recordings being released in the coming year.
Please Join Us for Our 2020 Projects!
Donation link: https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/tilted-axes-music-for-mobile-electric-guitars
By supporting our work with your *tax deductible* donation, we are able to rent rehearsal space, maintain our mini-amps, buy batteries, engrave and print our scores, hire security and staff for our performances, create print materials and ads to spread the word about our mission, but most important of all, to pay our fine musicians. With your help, we've been able to keep our performances free to the public.
If you’ve been a part of our team in the past, now is a good time upgrade your status and renew your membership!
THANK YOU EVERYONE Who Gave Generously for #GivingTuesday. We are honored by your support! #TiltedAxes
Join Our Team
Tilted Axes Goes to Mars 2020 - Save yourself a figurative seat in Mission Control for next summer's launch of the new Mars rover! Why are we going to Mars when there are so many problems here on Earth? Because it is through initiatives like this that we will find the terrestrial solutions we need so badly. The very technology you're using right now is directly descended from the Earth to Moon missions of yesteryear. Become a part of our Mars mission and help us get out the word to all possible pioneers in a way that only art+music+science can do.
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November 5, 2019: Read the complete WSJ review HERE
NYU Awards Funding to Composer Patrick Grant for Tilted Axes Projects
"I am happy to find out that I received a 2019-2020 cash award from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. The award, from the Adjunct Professional Development Fund, is to further develop my work with mobile electric guitar ensembles in composition, performance, and public engagement. As a medium, the work will be used to address community concerns (i.e. the use of public spaces), global concerns (i.e. climate change and renewable energy), and future concerns (i.e. space exploration and unforeseen discoveries). Above all, it’s about creating music together and moving it out into the world. Thank you, NYU!" – Patrick Grant
#art #music #science #tiltedaxes
2020: Tilted Axes Goes To Mars
#NASA - "On a more cosmic note, Tilted Axes goes to Mars in 2020. Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars has joined the roster of names that will be inscribed onto a silicon chip as part of the 2020 Mars rover mission. Engineers with the Microdevices Laboratory at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California will stencil all the names onto the chip with an electron beam. "This is part of a public engagement campaign to highlight missions involved with NASA’s journey from the Moon to Mars," NASA officials wrote in a statement. The 2020 Mars rover is scheduled to launch to the Red Planet on July 2020 and land inside the 28-mile-wide (45 kilometers) Jezero Crater. The 2,300-lb. (1,040 kilograms) rover, with its nuclear power source, will search for signs of past microbial life, study the climate and geology of Mars, and collect samples that may be returned to Earth on a future mission". #TiltedAxes #GoesToMars
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On August 18, 2019, in a directors meeting at 12:34pm, phase 3.0 of the
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars project was begun,
commencing with Season 2019-2020. More iNFO TBA
TILTED AXES: MUSIC FOR MOBILE ELECTRIC GUITARS joins the 2019 Concert of Colors with two special musical processions.
On Friday, July 12 between 5:30pm-7:30pm, Tilted Axes presents "PROMENADE", which begins at the Charles H. Wright Museum and makes its way through the Detroit Institute of Arts before returning to the Wright.
On Saturday, July 13 at 1:00pm and 3:30pm, Tilted Axes premieres "MOONWALK", a new work in collaboration with The Michigan Science Center. The piece commemorates the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, the first manned space mission to land on the moon.
Produced by: Patrick Grant & Peppergreen Media
Presented in partnership with: The Michigan Science Center (Carole Wrubel, Paulette Epstein, Julia Lynn Marsh), The Detroit Institute of Arts (Larry Baranski), The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History (Charles Ferrell), Midtown Detroit Inc. (Susan T. Mosey) and The Concert of Colors (Ismael Ahmed).
Sponsors and Supporters: Vox Amps & Korg USA (amps), DIME Detroit Institute of Music Education (rehearsal space), Brooklyn Battery Works, Tan’s Club (bandanas), Fractured Atlas (fiscal sponsorship)
Electric Guitars: Adam Bodeep, Alex Lahoski, Chris Simpson, Daniel Reyes Llinas, Eugene Strobe, James Keith La Croix, Jeff Georgas, John Lovaas, Jude Closson, Manny Falcon, Pacal Zelaya, Patrick Grant, Rick Matle, Rob Knevels Baritone Ukelele: Frank Pahl Electric Bass: Tim Taebel Percussion: Skeeto Valdez, Gael Grant Associate Producer: Jocelyn Gonzales Stage Manager: Julia Lynn Marsh Tilting AAD: Jeff Adams, Sarah Metivier Schadt
Meet the performers and producers of Tilted Axes Detroit: Concert of Colors
http://tiltedaxes.com/TAD_CoC_artists.html
THE APPLICATION IS OPEN!
Google Form >>> https://forms.gle/QaUMZo7cQqNAmsqTA
WANTED: Astronauts, Flight Commanders, and Ground Control >>>
Meet the performers and producers of Tilted Axes NYC Summer 2019
http://tiltedaxes.com/NYCSummer2019_artists.html
Just announced for New York City ...
June 21, 5-7pm
a Make Music block party on W 119th Street
w/ a procession to The Apollo Theater and back
more iNFO TBA
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Just announced for July in Detroit ...
FRIDAY, JULY 12
Michigan Science Center presents:
5020 John R St., Detroit, 48202
5-8 p.m. (Moving between Various Locations) TILTED AXES: MUSIC FOR MOBILE ELECTRIC GUITARS, created by Patrick Grant. Musical processions leading guests through the DIA (Detroit Institute of Arts), The Detroit Historical Society, + spaces in-between, ending at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.
SATURDAY, JULY 13
Michigan Science Center
5020 John R St., Detroit, 48202
1 & 3:30 p.m. TILTED AXES: MUSIC FOR MOBILE ELECTRIC GUITARS. Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the first crewed lunar landing in 1969, "MOONWALK" by Patrick Grant. Performances around the center and in the planetarium.
#ConcertOfColors
more iNFO TBA
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TILTED AXES is Relaunched in Detroit!
The Henry Ford Museum - photos by Jocelyn Gonzales
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kimba2/sets/72157690683205713
Third Man Records Cass Corridor - photos by Greg Siemasz
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kimba2/sets/72157706301073331
Rehearsals at DIME - photos by Jocelyn Gonzales
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kimba2/sets/72157690678917923
Third Man Records Cass Corridor, Detroit, MI, March 20th. Photo credit: Greg Siemasz
The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, Dearborn, MI, March 23th. Photocredit: Jocelyn Gonzales
The 10th Annual Marche Du Nain Rouge, Detroit, MI, March 24th. Photo credit: Jocelyn Gonzales
We achieved the three aims we set out to accomplish:
1. Relaunch the project (DIME Detroit, Third Man Records),
2. Create new partnerships (The Henry Ford, The Michigan Science Center), and
3. Renew our audience and public presence there (The Metro Times, The Detroit News, The Marche Du Nain Rouge).
Come back for more details regarding more of Tilted Axes in Detroit soon. In the meantime, see more pics of our recent performance on our Instagram page.
Meet the Tilted Axes Detroit: New Again artists and participants
Download the Press Release HERE
POST-ROCK COMPOSER PATRICK GRANT RETURNS TO DETROIT WITH HIS TILTED AXES: MUSIC FOR MOBILE ELECTRIC GUITARS PROJECT IN A TRIO OF PERFORMANCES COLLECTIVELY BILLED AS “TILTED AXES DETROIT: NEW AGAIN” AT THIRD MAN RECORDS CASS CORRIDOR, THE HENRY FORD, AND THE MARCHE DU NAIN ROUGE.
“New Again” is comprised of the following three events:
On Wednesday, March 20th (The Full Moon Equinox) The 18-plus musicians of Tilted Axes Detroit will assemble at 5:30pm at Third Man Records Cass Corridor at 441 W. Canfield, Detroit, MI to mark the project’s return to the city. Third Man Records was founded by Jack White in 2001 with locations in Nashville (2009) and in the Cass Corridor (2015). At this event, Tilted Axes director Patrick Grant will welcome visitors at 5:58pm, the minute the season transitions from winter to spring. A short in-store performance by Tilted Axes will follow. Then, during the 6 o’clock hour, Tilted Axes Detroit will perform a musical procession around the neighborhood to celebrate and promote their upcoming appearances at The Henry Ford (3/23) and the Marche Du Nain Rouge (3/24). The group will reconvene at Third Man Records Cass Corridor to complete the performance. This event is free and open to the public.
On Saturday, March 23rd at 1:00pm, Tilted Axes Detroit will appear at The Henry Ford as part of Make Something: Saturdays. The Henry Ford (also known as The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation and Greenfield Village, and as The Edison Institute) is a sprawling history museum complex located in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn, Michigan, and was named a National Historic Landmark in 1981. The museum’s Model I Theme for March is “Collaborate”. In honor of that theme, Patrick Grant will premiere new compositions that emulate an assembly line in full swing during a Tilted Axes procession throughout the museum. The event is open to museum visitors, no extra tickets required. The Henry Ford, 20900 Oakwood Boulevard, Dearborn, MI, (313) 982-6001.
On Sunday, March 24th at 1:00pm, Tilted Axes Detroit will participate in the 10th Annual March Du Nain Rouge. Every March around the Equinox, thousands of revelers gather for a parade through Midtown Detroit to celebrate their city. At 12:00 noon, the crowd gathers at the corner of Canfield and Second, right next to Traffic Jam & Snug, for a celebration of Detroit with live entertainment. At 1:00pm the Tilted Axes procession will join the parade down Second to the Masonic Temple. This event is free and open to the public.
More about Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars: Tilted Axes was created in 2011 by Detroit-born, NYC-based composer/performer Patrick Grant. Tilted Axes cuts musical pathways through the urban landscape, turning neighborhoods into their own sonic narratives. Since its inception, Grant has produced a number of Tilted Axes processions in various cities upon three continents. In 2013 Grant brought Tilted Axes to his hometown of Detroit and created a version of the project with a core of local musicians. They have performed in partnership with the DIA, WDET, the Charles H. Wright Museum, The Detroit Historical Society, the 2015 Concert of Colors, and other area sponsors.
Since Tilted Axes Detroit’s last area appearance in 2015, Grant released an award-winning album of Tilted Axes music as well as other works, one of which was nominated for a Detroit Music Award in 2018.
TILTED AXES DETROIT is a project of Peppergreen Media, sponsored by Vox Amps/Korg USA and local partnerships with Third Man Records Cass Corridor, The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, and The Marche Du Nain Rouge, with additional support from the DIME Detroit Institute of Music Education, Third Wave Music, and generous private co-producers and tax deductible donations made through our fiscal sponsor Fractured Atlas.
TILTED AXES DETROIT: MUSIC FOR MOBILE ELECTRIC GUITARS was created by Detroit Music Awards-nominated composer & performer Patrick Grant. It was premiered at the 2011 winter solstice for Make Music New York and first performed in Detroit on the vernal equinox 2013. The project’s last area performance was at the 2015 Concert of Colors. This series of performances marks its Detroit relaunch. It’s new again. Tilted Axes events are *transformational* projects. Transformational projects are ones of such scale and scope that they can change the way a community looks at everyday things. Transformational projects can change the conversation, drawing attention to new or overlooked issues, artists, or areas. Examples could be science, renewable energy, or the public place itself in which the project inhabits. Transformational projects of immensity and innovation invite audiences, intentional or incidental, to experience the work in an unexpected manner. Tilted Axes’ performances are given free to the public.
Produced by: Patrick Grant & Peppergreen Media
Presented in partnership with Third Man Records Cass Corridor (David Buick, Roe Peterhans), The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation (Cynthia Jones), and The Marche Du Nain Rouge
Sponsors and Supporters: Vox Amps & Korg USA (amps), DIME Detroit Institute of Music Education (rehearsal space), Brooklyn Battery Works, Tan’s Club (bandanas), Fractured Atlas (fiscal sponsorship)
Electric Guitars: Jeff Adams, Aileen Bunch, Jude Closson, Jeff Georgas, Christoph Götzen, Erik Grant, Patrick Grant, John Halo, Bob Kaufman, James Keith La Croix, John Lovaas, James McGlinnen, Chris McGorey, Chris Simpson, Gerard Smith
Baritone Ukelele: Frank Pahl
Electric Bass: Aaron Butler, Alex Durante, Sarah Metivier Schadt
Percussion: Skeeto Valdez, Zac Bru, Gael Grant
Associate Producer: Jocelyn Gonzales
Stage Manager: Rob Knevels
Tilting AAD: Steve Ball
Co-producers and Tilted Team Members: In Honor of Patricia E. McKenna, Julia Knevels, Richard Wise, Leslie Stevens, David Greig, Detroit Guitars - Birmingham (Eric and Tracey Wolfe), Jeff Georgas, Erik Grant, Alex Lahoski, Sarah Metivier Schadt, Susan Montgomery, Paracademia NYC (Milica Paranosic), Mary Beth Abel, Jeremy Nesse, Alchemical Studios NYC (Carlo Altomare), Tracy Seneca, In Honor of Helen Keene McKenna, Richard Rodkin, Dan Gentges, Deborah Calvert, Gael Grant, Jason Kanter, Daniel Grant, Alexander Baxter, Lana Durante, In Honor of Herman and Elizabeth Keene, Aileen Bunch, Aaron Alter, Andrew McKenna Lee, Frank Brickle, Michael Fisher, Tamara Turner, Patricia Taylor, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
We would like to thank: Ralph Valdez, “Showtime Dan” Tatarian, Neal Cortright at DIME, The Metro Times (Jim Cohen, Jerilyn Jordan, Jeff Nutter), Paulette Epstein and Carole Wrubel from The Michigan Science Center, Ismael Ahmed at The Concert of Colors, Third Wave Music, WDET 101.9 FM, Robert Fripp and guitars circles past, present, and future, and to our numerous standard bearers, satellites, and extended family around the world who, in these uncertain times, focus on doing what’s possible (plus 10%).
All music © Patrick Grant & Peppergreen Media (ASCAP)
Fractured Atlas is our fiscal sponsor. Tilted Axes performances are performed and provided free to the public. Won’t you consider making a tax-deductible contribution today for our future presentations?
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2018 Events
THE VILLAGER: "A Very Moving Symphony of Strings & Bells"
Dec. 28 cover story with text and photos by Bob Krasner
Read it online >>> https://bit.ly/2LFRkMI
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Winter Luminaria with
TILTED AXES: Cold Moon Consort
Make Music Winter NYC
- Dec. 21
> NYC Performers and Participants <
FLICKR Pics
https://bit.ly/2LwsIG8
FACEBOOK Clips
https://bit.ly/2SfIA2g
GETTY IMAGES
https://bit.ly/2EKErR1
Winter Luminaria with Tilted Axes
Sasaki Garden in Washington Square Village through Greenwich Village and back. Event begins at 5:00pm and runs 120 minutes.
Composer Patrick Grant and Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars, in partnership with NYU Faculty Housing Happenings, present an evening of innovative musical performance featuring a procession through Greenwich Village that begins and ends with a solstice soundscape in honor of Sasaki Garden set aglow with enchanting lights. The evening’s musical commission is titled “Cold Moon Consort” in reference to 2018’s winter solstice and the December full moon occurring within the same day. Arrive at Sasaki Garden at 5:00pm and receive a small flashlight to participate in the spectacle and illuminate the performance route.
WHEN & WHERE:
The music procession kicks off in Sasaki Garden, located in Washington Square Village, just north of Bleecker Street and west of Mercer Street, at 5:00pm and wends its way throughout Greenwich Village before returning to the garden for the finale.
HOW TO JOIN:
Just arrive at Sasaki Garden by 5:00pm to receive a small flashlight to participate in the spectacle and illuminate the performance route!
ABOUT THE PROGRAM CREATOR, COMPOSER AND CONDUCTOR:
Tilted Axes was created in 2011 for the inaugural Make Music Winter festival by Detroit-born, NYC-based composer/performer Patrick Grant. Tilted Axes cuts musical pathways through the urban landscape, turning neighborhoods into their own sonic narratives. Since its inception, Grant has produced a number of Tilted Axes processions in various cities upon three continents.
ABOUT NYU FACULTY HOUSING HAPPENINGS:
NYU Faculty Housing Happenings include occasional open to the public community events designed to celebrate outdoor spaces on the superblocks headlined by Sasaki Garden, one of the finest modernist landscapes in the city. Recommended by the Superblock Stewardship Advisory Committee, community events are generously supported by Provost Katherine E. Fleming and organized by Erin Donnelly, Community Liaison, Office of Faculty Housing & Residential Services. More info at https://www.nyu.edu/faculty/faculty-housing/happenings/Winter_Luminaria.html
A MAKE MUSIC NEW YORK FIRST!
On December 21st, as part of Make Music Winter 2018, two groups will cross paths in NYC and perform a collaborative piece together. Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars’ Patrick Grant and Bell By Bell’s Tom Peyton will have their groups perform at The Alamo, the Astor Place Cube, ca. 5:55 pm to ring in the new season with the premiere of a new composition, "Tiltinnabulation."
Meet the Performers and Participants of
Tilted Axes: Cold Moon Consort > > >
Tilted Axes' sound is powered by Vox Amps through the courtesy of our friends at Korg USA.
Tilted Axes thanks everyone who has made this music possible, especially NYU Faculty Housing Happenings, Aaron Friedman and James Burke at Make Music New York, and the kindred spirits at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and Alchemical Studios for rehearsal space.
We also give thanks to Rivington Guitars for their ongoing support.
Our biggest shout-out is reserved for our numerous satellites, standard bearers, and extended family around the world who do what's possible (plus 10%).
Fractured Atlas is the fiscal sponsor for Tilted Axes. Won't you consider making an end-of-the-year tax-deductible contribution today for our future productions? > Go to this link <
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TILTED AXES: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars
available on
iTunes ~ BandCamp ~ Google Play ~ Amazon MP3s
UPDATED DECEMBER 2018: * Feature Article - The Villager * Interview - Ultimate-Guitar * Review - Midwest Record * Review - The Huffington Post * Review - Artist View * Review - The Wall Street Journal * Review - PROG Magazine (UK) * Review - RARAs Farm Rock Music Blog *Review - Infrared Magazine * Interview - CMUSE: Classical Musicians Everywhere *Review - BlogCritics * Review - DMME Ontario * Review - Stitched Sound * Review - Quiet Lunch * Review - CMUSE: Classical Musicians Everywhere * Review - Made in Metal (Spain) * Review - Modern Mystery * Review - (Dropping) Weird Science * Review - Music News (UK) * Review - Subba-Cultcha * Review - iO Pages Magazine (Netherlands) * Interview - The MMiXdown * Review - antiMusic * Review - The Music Site * Review - Swept Media Magazine * Review - Modern Fix * Review - Sensible Reason * Review - Viral Pirate * Review - RocknRoll Rehab * Interview - Prog Sphere * Review - Audible Addixion * Review - The Static Din * Review - No Depression * Review - Jerry Lucky's Progressive Rock Files * Review - Music Street Journal * Review - East Coast Rocker * Review - WithGuitars Ezine * Feature - Ryze-Up Magazine * Review - Harlton Empire * Feature - CelebMix * Review - The Scene Magazine * Review - YouTube Video * Review - Yeah I Know It Sucks * Review - The Rock Rag * Review - Almost Real Things * Review - Short & Sweet LA * Review - Prog Sphere * Review - Obscure Sound * Review - Short & Sweet NYC * Interview - Fireworks Magazine UK * Review - 11 is Louder Than 10 * Review - New Noise Magazine * Review - The Big Takeover * Review - MoxiPop * Feature - Truth in Shredding * Review - Moshville Times * Review - Abort Mag * Review - Sputnik Music * Review - Progstravaganza * Review - Rocking Charts * Review - Guitar Sphere * On NPR and NewSounds
listen on
Tidal ~ Spotify
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars
01. Shapes 1
02. Circulation in G Maybe
03. Tilted Axes Theme
04. Pedal Swells
05. Theme Variation
06. Rivera Court
07. Techno Tilt
08. Kneadle Variation
09. Asciae Obliquiae (Anthem)
10. Alamo Tilt
11. Polymetric Patterns
12. Beaubien Blues
13. Corridor 84 + Krimson Coda
14. Shapes 2
15. Tuanna Claonta
16. Harmonic Revolutions
17. The Sound of Burning Chairs
Electric Guitars:
Patrick Grant, Matt Grossman, Daniel Reyes Llinas, John Halo, Randolph Hudson III, Reinaldo Perez, Nick Didkovsky, Gene Pritsker, Howard Glazer, Anthony Mullin, Larry Simon
Chapman Stick:
Jeremy Nesse
Electric Bass:
Dan Cooper, Patrick Grant
Drums & Percussion:
John Ferrari, Cesare Papetti
Produced by Patrick Grant
Recorded at John Kilgore Sound NYC, Peppergreen Media NYC, and the Ferrari Factory NJ
Recording engineer for Kilgore sessions: Garry Rindfuss
Guitar and amp consultant for Kilgore sessions: Nick Didkovsky
Mixed at Mercy Sound Studios NYC
Mixing engineer: Garry Rindfuss
Mastered by Sheldon Steiger
Tilted Axes logo revamp by Eric Iverson
All titles by Patrick Grant except for Track 8 & Track 13 which include variations on material by Robert Fripp and used by permission of Discipline Global Mobile (DGM)
All titles published by Peppergreen Media (ASCAP)
Thanks & Acknowledgements: Aaron Friedman (Make Music New York), D'Addario Strings & Planet Waves, Danelectro, David Singleton (DGM), Electro-Harmonix NYC, Frank Sheldon, Korg USA/Vox Amps, James Gill (Mercy Sound), Jocelyn Gonzales (audio consultation), Michael Spudic & Cia Toscanini (ASCAP), Rivington Guitars NYC, Robert Fripp, Tony Geballe, Vasko Dukovski, and not to forget: Max & Melody
© Peppergreen Media, 2016. All Rights Reserved.
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Tilted Axes: Mission 2019 PDF
TILTED AXES: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars
Official web page: http://www.tiltedaxes.net/tiltedaxes.html
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Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars is a sponsored project of FRACTURED ATLAS, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions for the purposes of Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. Individuals may donate by credit card at the following link: DONATE
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~ in development ~
Tilted Axes: Imaginary Planets
More iNFO TBA
RENEWABLE RIFFS
a new project for electric guitars,
orchestral instruments,
and the sun!
More iNFO TBA
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older news...
OCTOBER 31st
TILTED AXES to be featured in the
2016 NYC Village Halloween Parade
David Byrne American Utopia
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars has been invited to perform at the NYC Village Halloween Parade as a featured act.
The VHP is the largest event of its kind in the nation with an annual estimated audience of 250,000. The event will be broadcast in the Tri-State Area.
They said, “You have a blue guitar,
You do not play things as they are.”
The man replied, “Things as they are
Are changed upon the blue guitar.”
And they said then, “But play, you must,
A tune beyond us, yet ourselves,
A tune upon the blue guitar
Of things exactly as they are.”
— Wallace Stevens
Composer & Director: Patrick Grant
Guitars: Gene Ardor, Bruce Arnold, Angela Babin, Aileen Bunch (Philadelphia), Elisa Corona, Sudeip Ghosh, Matt Grossman, John Halo, Michael Joseph (Philadelphia), Howie Kenty, Anthony Mullin, Chad Ossman, Kevin Pfeiffer, Gene Pritsker, Sean Satin
Chapman Stick: Jeremy Nesse
Bass: Sarah Metevier Schadt (Chicago)
Percussion: John Ferrari, Cesare Papetti, Marlon Cherry
Standard Bearers: Jocelyn Gonzales, Harry Scott
Satellites: Reinaldo Perez, Leslie Stevens, & more TBA
TILTED AXES' appearance at The 2016 NYC Village Halloween is made possible through the support of The NYC Village Halloween Parade, Peppergreen Media, Korg USA & VOX Amps, the ASCAP Plus Awards, and Alchemical Studios.
TILTED AXES: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions for the purposes of Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
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JULY 2016
Album mastering completed. Even the building was tilted. Release news coming soon!
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FEB-JUN, 2016
Studio Work: Tracking, Mixing, Mastering
studio work and project completions of all sorts, long time coming.
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TILTED AXES: SÃO PAULO
Música para Guitarras Ambulantes
NOV 25-NOV 29
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The 3rd Música Estranha
International Exploratory Music Festival
Você toca guitarra e se vê em uma apresentação diferente e única, pelas ruas de São Paulo? Então acesse agora mesmo o link abaixo e veja como participar da oficina 'Tilted Axes: Música para Guitarras Ambulantes', proposta pelo compositor e músico americano Patrick Grant. Uma combinação inusitada de música contemporânea, música para teatro e performance de rua. Inicia-se em formato de workshop, culminando em apresentações.
Oficina nas manhãs de 24 até 27 de novembro, em São Paulo. Performances dias 28 e 29 de novembro, também em SP.
São somente 12 vagas. Inscrições gratuitas até 14 de novembro. É bom correr!
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TILTED AXES @ Village Halloween Parade Oct. 31st
Front row: Reinaldo Perez, Natalia de Campos, Cesare Papetti, Patrick Grant, Gael S. Grant, Marlon Cherry, Gene Ardor. Back row: Michael Joseph, Dan Cooper, Jeremy Nesse, Leslie Stevens, Jocelyn Gonzales, Aileen Bunch, Rob Knevels, Steve Carter, John Lovaas, Angela Babin, John Halo, Kevin Pfeiffer, Sarah Metievier Schadt, Daniel Reyes Llinas, Chad Ossman, Matt Grossman.
"Monster Riffs & Creepy Chords"
"The children of the night! What music they make!" - Dracula (1931)
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars (http://peppergreenmedia.com/tiltedaxes.html) has been invited to be a part of NYC's world famous Village Halloween Parade (http://halloween-nyc.com/) and for 2015 is bringing back the classic no-holds-barred big-time Tilt.
For more iNFO, send an email to: tiltedaxes@peppergreenmedia.com
Performers
COMPOSER & DIRECTOR: Patrick Grant
GUITAR: Gene Ardor, Angela Babin, Aileen Bunch (Philadelphia), Matt Grossman, John Halo, Michael Joseph (Philadelphia), Rob Knevels (Detroit), Daniel Reyes Llinas, John Lovaas (Chicago), Chad Ossman, Reinaldo Perez, Kevin Pfeiffer
CHAPMAN STICK: Jeremy Nesse
BASS: Dan Cooper, Sarah Metevier Schadt (Chicago)
PERCUSSION: Cesare Papetti (groove leader), Marlon Cherry, Gael Grant (Detroit)
TILT MANAGER & FRAMING DEVICES: Steve Carter
STANDARD BEARERS: Jocelyn Gonzales, Harry Scott
SATELLITES: Natalia de Campos, Leslie Stevens
New York's Village Halloween Parade is an annual holiday parade and street pageant presented on the night of every Halloween in New York City's Greenwich Village. Stretching more than a mile, this cultural event draws two million in-person spectators, more than sixty thousand costumed participants, dancers, artists and circus performers, dozens of floats bearing live bands and other musical and performing acts, and a world-wide television audience of one hundred million. The Village Halloween Parade, initiated in 1974 by Greenwich Village puppeteer and mask maker Ralph Lee, is the world's largest Halloween parade and the only major nighttime parade in the United States.
The parade has been featured in many national magazines and travel guides, and has been a subject of study by leading cultural anthropologists. According to The New York Times, "the Halloween Parade is the best entertainment the people of this City ever give the people of this City."
TILTED AXES' appearance at the Village Halloween 2015 is made possible through the support of The Village Halloween Parade, Korg USA & VOX Amps, GAMA - Discover Guitar, Electro-Harmonix, The ASCAP Plus Awards, and Alchemical Studios.
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars is a sponsored project of FRACTURED ATLAS, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions for the purposes of Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. Individuals may donate by credit card at the following link: DONATE
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TILTED AXES @ CONCERT OF COLORS IN THE PRESS
Here's a collection of some of the press and photo coverage that came out of it (videos & recordings asap):
FLICKR Photos - TILTED AXES @ Concert of Colors - photos are all downloadable - credit: Jocelyn Gonzales
Dress Rehearsal in the Funk Lab at United Sound: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kimba2/sets/72157653692200003
CofC - Tilt 1 - July 11: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kimba2/sets/72157653722014784
CofC - Tilt 2 - July 12: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kimba2/sets/72157656035775272
IXITI - The Experience Engine - Interview with PG of Tilted Axes
http://www.ixiti.com/20150707447/stories/detroit-music-takes-the-stage-at-the-concert-of-colors/
DETROIT FREE PRESS - Coverage of the Concert of Colors w/ Tilted photos:
http://www.freep.com/picture-gallery/entertainment/2015/07/13/concert-of-colors-series-finale-featuring-don-was/30101333/
OAKLAND PRESS - Revue of Don Was' All-Star Revue w/ Walk Thru Walls (members of Tilted Axes)
http://www.theoaklandpress.com/arts-and-entertainment/20150713/review-don-was-revue-electrifies-mojos-legacy-at-concert-of-colors
The adventure continues. With the completion of our this project, we are already planning the next events for the 2015-2016 in the USA and abroad.
Thanks again to everyone who made this recent work possible and a reality. Count on us moving forward and hoping to see you at our next Tilt.
We can be anywhere!
TILTED AXES: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars
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JULY 11-12, 2015
Detroit, MI
TILTED AXES DETROIT
Music for Mobile Electric Guitars
CONCERT OF COLORS 2015
On July 11, Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars will be performing and processing in the vicinity of the Wolverine Outdoor Stage from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. At approximately 6:45 pm, Tilted Axes will take the stage to officially premiere one of the new pieces commissioned by the Concert of Colors 2015.
On July 12, Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars will be performing and processing in the vicinity of the Wolverine Stage from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. A special finale is being planned for somewhere in the neighborhood.
Performers
COMPOSER & DIRECTOR: Patrick Grant
GUITAR: Jeff Adams, Sean Biggs, Aileen Bunch (Philadelphia), Jude Closson, James Keith La Croix, Erik Grant, Eric Iverson, Bob Kaufman, Rob Knevels, John Lovaas (Chicago), James McGlinnen, Chris McGorey
BASS: Dean Western, Sarah Metevier Schadt (Chicago)
PERCUSSION: Skeeto Valdez (groove leader), Gael Grant, Jocelyn Gonzales (NYC)
TILT MANAGER & FRAMING DEVICES: Beth Landry
STANDARD BEARERS: Irina Goldman, TBA
SATELLITES: Emma McGlinnen, Diane McGorey
TILTMOBILE: Sally Omally Schroeder
Performer Bios
More iNFO @ www.concertofcolors.com
TILTED AXES' appearance at the Concert of Colors 2015 is made possible through the extra support of The Dearborn Community Arts Council, GAMA - Discover Guitar, Korg USA & VOX Amps, Midtown Detroit Inc., Showtime Clothing Detroit, United Sound Systems Recording Studios,and the ASCAP Plus Awards.
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars is a sponsored project of FRACTURED ATLAS, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions for the purposes of Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. Individuals may donate by credit card at the following link: DONATE
The Concert of Colors is metro Detroit’s free annual diversity music festival. It is produced by the Arab American National Museum with partners Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Institute of Arts, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, ACCESS, Midtown Detroit Inc. and University of Michigan – Detroit Center. The goal of this five-day festival is uniting metro Detroit’s diverse communities and ethnic groups by presenting musical acts from around the world. Over its 23-year history, the festival has become a artistic highlight of metro Detroit’s summer festival season, and one of the few free-admission music festivals remaining locally.
World music, including the indigenous music of the Motor City, is the major focus of the Concert of Colors, but not the only focus. The festival also offers ethnic food and merchandise vendors and an annual Forum on Community, Culture and Race, which examines the role of arts and culture in overcoming racial and ethnic barriers.
The Concert of Colors was established by Ismael Ahmed – then head of the Dearborn, Michigan-based human services organization ACCESS – and New Detroit in 1993 as a one-day event at Chene Park on Detroit’s riverfront. The inaugural event drew a modest crowd to Chene Park, but by 1999, some 10,000 music lovers were coming out each year. The festival expanded to three days in 2001, when it was part of the official festivities for Detroit’s 300th birthday, drawing an audience of 100,000. In recent years, annual attendance at the Concert of Colors has been about 80,000.
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July 12, 2015
One Night Only!
Photo: John Thiry - Editing: Eric Iverson
WALK THRU WALLS
TILTED AXES DETROIT members Eric Iverson, Patrick Grant, Jude Closson, & Dean Western reform the original WALK THRU WALLS new wave band as part of the DON WAS DETROIT ALL-STAR REVUE 2015 CONCERT.
This year's revue honors 80s Detroit radio personality THE ELECTRIFYING MOJO whose on-air journey of musical and social development shaped a generation of music-lovers in Detroit and throughout southeastern Michigan and Canada and was of importance to the development of Detroit techno.
Presented by
The Concert of Colors
Max M. Fisher Music Center
3711 Woodward Ave.
Detroit, MI
8 PM
More iNFO TBA
WALK THRU WALLS was a new wave band on the Detroit scene from 1981-1984. The nucleus of the group was songwriters Patrick Grant (synthesizers & vocals) and Eric Iverson (guitar & vocals). Grant is a composer and performer living in NYC since 1985 and is the creator of Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars. His work history includes John Cage, the Philip Glass studio, Billy Joel & Quincy Jones, avant-garde theatre visionaries Robert Wilson, The Living Theatre, and he is currently an active member in The Orchestra of Crafty Guitarists lead by Robert Fripp. Iverson is an artist, musician, and programmer from Detroit. His other musical collaborations over the years include creating techno music with Ex Machina, making effects pedals with Red Panda, and he is also a founding member and regular performer with the Detroit branch of Tilted Axes. Dean Western (electric bass) has been playing in Detroit bands for over thirty years. He has had the pleasure of working with many creative and dedicated people during this time and is pleased to be a part of this event. Jude Closson (percussion) has played drums and guitar with rock/alternative bands in the Detroit area since the 80s. He started out on drums with new wave group Walk Thru Walls and moved on to many other punk/rock groups and into the present day with Celtic Rock group Bill Grogan’s Goat. WTW thanks everybody involved.
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APR 01, 2015
New York City, NY
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars'
TILT CORE ~ STUDIES IN MOTION & VELOCITY
Music for a Theater Space
Wednesday, April 1st at 8:00 PM
Alchemical Theatre Laboratory
104 W 14th Street, New York City
House opens at 7:45 - $5 at door
Performers: Patrick Grant, Dan Cooper, Matt Grossman, John Halo, Jeremy Nesse, Cesare Papetti, Reinaldo Perez, & Daniel Reyes-Llinas
TILT CORE is an ensemble drawn from the larger group of NYC performers in TILTED AXES: MUSIC FOR MOBILE ELECTRIC GUITARS as a means to explore and experiment with new material. Its smaller size, 5-9 members, enhances musical and practical possibilities. Outside of the larger processional projects, Tilt Core is a more agile and easily presentable ensemble as well a its members serving as the creative catalysts for future Tilted Axes work.
STUDIES IN MOTION & VELOCITY is a performance inside of a theater. This gives the group an opportunity to use the space in a combination of mobile and stationary formations. They will perform new music as well as other pieces from the Tilted repertoire in the form of a narrative. This is the challenge.
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MAR 20, 21, & 22
Royal Oak & Detroit, MI
TILTED AXES DETROIT:
Music for Mobile Electric Guitars
Upcoming Tilted Axes: Detroit Shows Previewed in the Metro Times
Tilted Axes to Return to Detroit — and Royal Oak?
By Michael Jackman
"...Tilted Axes? It's the brainchild of Detroit native and New York experimental composer Patrick Grant, a procession of electric guitars playing compositions in public places. Grant has brought the performance, which he's staged in Germany and New York, to Detroit's Cultural Center, and returned last year for the city's 313th birthday.
This year he's back, and his choices are even more interesting, in that he's chosen to participate in larger events that perhaps match the creative spirit of his endeavor.
The axes will be rocking in the Detroit area for three days this March, including March 22, at the Marche du la Nain Rouge (this iteration of Tilted Axes will become the decidedly Francophone "Haches Incliné"), adding to the insurrectionary spirit of the event. His schedule also includes the Bestest Concert Ever IV, on March 21, at the Royal Oak Farmers Market, and something called the Equinox Procession in downtown Royal Oak on March 20…"
Read the full article HERE
Friday, March 20 - Equinox Procession
Downtown Royal Oak - various locations
Pop-up performances in the evening
If you're there, you won't miss us!
#tiltedaxes for our location
Saturday, March 21 - 4th Annual The Bestest Concert Ever
5:00-8:00 PM - Royal Oak Farmers Market
316 E 11 Mile Rd, Royal Oak, MI
w/Horse Cave Trio, Motor Honey, Candy Band, Evenin' Gentlemen
Activities Include: Rockin the Red Carpet photos, Crazy Hair Salon, Zany Face Painting and a haute couture dress-up station. You can also get your hand immortalized in wax with Creative Arts Studios or play all the instruments you can imagine at the Mccourts Musical Petting Zoo. New this year is Gem Mining with the Miners Den!! Also play games with the Royal Oak High School Drama Club and Band Boosters!! Hungry and thirsty? There will also be some super yummy food available for purchase including Detroit BBQ, Treat Dreams and The Market Cafe. Milking It Productions will also be on hand with their famous AXL Pale Ale and BRIK Red Ale for the over 21 set. $5 admission - kids welcome
FB event page: http://tinyurl.com/pfrlou8
Sunday, March 22 - Marche du Nain Rouge
1:00-3:00 PM - Midtown Detroit
Beginning at Traffic Jam & Snug (Canfield & 2nd Ave.)
Ending at the Detroit Masonic Temple, 500 Temple St.
Procession route map: http://tinyurl.com/k4ecvlg
Supposedly, for 300 years, on the Sunday after the Vernal Equinox, Detroiters have celebrated liberation from the Nain Rouge, the fiendish embodiment of all that holds us back. Revelers dressed in costume converge at or near Cass Park and hope for better things for Detroit’s future, celebrating whatever is good and working in the city: happiness, success and freedom from the antagonism of the Nain in the new year. Unfortunately, on occasion, the Nain Rouge is able to manifest, and reveals himself to the revelers, taunting them with tales of his evil machinations and plans meant to bring the city down. Just in case, revelers are advised to come in disguise, so the Nain can’t exact revenge.
More info at: http://marchedunainrouge.com/
Performers include: Patrick Grant (NYC), Paula Messner, Skeeto Valdez, Howard Glazer, Rick Matle, Jeff Adams, Erik Gustafson, Bob Kaufman, Chris McGorey, Dean Western, Eric Iverson, Gael Grant, James McGlinnen, John Halo (NYC), John Lovaas (Chicago), Jude Closson, Rob Knevels, Sarah Metevier (Chicago), Erik Grant, Sean Biggs, and others TBA
Tilted Axes: Detroit 2015 is powered by the help and support of VOX amps, KORG/USA, Discover Guitar, Peppergreen Media (ASCAP), Strange Music Inc., Candy Band, Showtime Detroit, The Metro Times, McCourt’s Music Royal Oak, & The Detroit School of Rock and Pop
TILTED AXES: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars
Combining the energy of rock, the creative discipline of theater, and the experimental spirit of the downtown NYC arts scene, Tilted Axes is both a processional event, and an ensemble of mobile electric guitarists created by composer/performer Patrick Grant.
Inspired by his background in gamelan music and vanguard theater work, classically-trained post-rocker Grant conceived of Tilted Axes in 2011 as part of Make Music Winter, an event which transforms New York’s cityscape with participatory musical parades in honor of the winter solstice. Tilted Axes was a way of untethering the electric guitar from both heavy stage amps and traditional band structures, as well as bringing live music directly to its audience.
The guitarists of Tilted Axes perform original compositions written specifically for the event by Grant as well as those from the Tilted repertoire, using portable amplifiers strapped to their sides as they walk through the city streets. The outdoor procession of musicians moves along predetermined routes in selected areas, in honor of an event, landmark, or organization unique to that community.
Since its inception, Tilted Axes has evolved as a project with multiple incarnations in New York, Detroit, and Düsseldorf, Germany. In 2015 the project will manifest itself in performances in the USA, Europe, and South America.
The musical pieces themselves, with their interlocking sections, make room for many kinds of genres and grooves. A democratic approach to interpretation allows the musicians - soloists, rhythm players, and percussionists - to shine in an ensemble of uncommon textural power. Flexible in number, Tilted Axes adapts itself to the environment or occasion, and feeds on the energy of a constantly shifting audience.
Tilted Axes cuts musical pathways through the urban landscape, turning neighborhoods into sonic narratives. As a form of street theater, the ensemble brings potent, ecstatic riffs, and an element of surprise, to an unsuspecting public. Tilted Axes is always in motion; striding in, rocking out, and moving on. Above all: it rocks.
"Music in urban spaces? We are the Urban Spacemen!" - from a 2012 interview
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JAN 28, 2015
New York City, NY
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars'
TILT CORE ~ STUDIES IN MOTION & VELOCITY
Music for a Theater Space
Wednesday, January 28th at 8:00 PM
Alchemical Theatre Laboratory
104 W 14th Street, New York City
House opens at 7:30 - $5 at door
Performers: Patrick Grant, Dan Cooper, Matt Grossman, John Halo, Randolph Hudson III, Jeremy Nesse, Cesare Papetti, Reinaldo Perez, & Daniel Reyes-Llinas
TILT CORE is an ensemble drawn from the larger group of NYC performers in TILTED AXES: MUSIC FOR MOBILE ELECTRIC GUITARS in 2014 as a means to explore and experiment with new material. Its smaller size, 5-9 members, enhances musical and practical possibilities. Outside of the larger processional projects, Tilt Core is a more agile and easily presentable ensemble as well a its members serving as the creative catalysts for future Tilted Axes work.
STUDIES IN MOTION & VELOCITY is a performance inside of a theater. This gives the group an opportunity to use the space in a combination of mobile and stationary formations. They will perform new music as well as other pieces from the Tilted repertoire in the form of a narrative. This is the challenge.
Facebook Event Page
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TILTED AXES: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars
Combining the energy of rock, the creative discipline of theater, and the experimental spirit of the downtown NYC arts scene, Tilted Axes is both a processional event, and an ensemble of mobile electric guitarists created by composer/performer Patrick Grant.
Inspired by his background in gamelan music and vanguard theater work, classically-trained post-rocker Grant conceived of Tilted Axes in 2011 as part of Make Music Winter, an event which transforms New York’s cityscape with participatory musical parades in honor of the winter solstice. Tilted Axes was a way of untethering the electric guitar from both heavy stage amps and traditional band structures, as well as bringing live music directly to its audience.
The guitarists of Tilted Axes perform original compositions written specifically for the event by Grant as well as those from the Tilted repertoire, using portable amplifiers strapped to their sides as they walk through the city streets. The outdoor procession of musicians moves along predetermined routes in selected areas, in honor of an event, landmark, or organization unique to that community.
Since its inception, Tilted Axes has evolved as a project with multiple incarnations in New York, Detroit, and Düsseldorf, Germany. In 2015 the project will manifest itself in performances in the USA, Europe, and South America.
The musical pieces themselves, with their interlocking sections, make room for many kinds of genres and grooves. A democratic approach to interpretation allows the musicians - soloists, rhythm players, and percussionists - to shine in an ensemble of uncommon textural power. Flexible in number, Tilted Axes adapts itself to the environment or occasion, and feeds on the energy of a constantly shifting audience.
Tilted Axes cuts musical pathways through the urban landscape, turning neighborhoods into sonic narratives. As a form of street theater, the ensemble brings potent, ecstatic riffs, and an element of surprise, to an unsuspecting public. Tilted Axes is always in motion; striding in, rocking out, and moving on.
The process is simple: When a festival or other institution wishes to stage a Tilted Axes event, a call is put out to local guitarists to apply to participate. When an ensemble is selected from the applicants, they are given via MP3s and PDFs the music to be performed at the event so they can learn it in advance.
A week before the event, Grant arrives with members of Tilt Core (see below) and rehearses the local musicians in the various techniques of musical performance, improvisation, and staging that make up the procession itself.
A procession route within the host city is predetermined. The routes often include city squares, centers of transportation, and indoor structures like museums. The procession is accompanied by posters and placards which let the public know more about the event, sponsors, the hosting organization, and its purpose.
Above all: it rocks.
TILT CORE is an ensemble drawn from the larger group of NYC performers as a means to explore and experiment with new material.
Its smaller size, 5-9 members, enhances musical and practical possibilities. Outside of the larger processional projects, Tilt Core is a more agile and easily presentable ensemble as well a its members serving as the creative catalysts for future Tilted Axes work.
More iNFO at ~
https://www.facebook.com/tiltedaxes
Contact: tiltedaxes@peppergreenmedia.com
Tilted Axes and Tilt Core are powered by VOX amps through the help of KORG/USA and Discover Guitar
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TILTED AXES - SELECTED PERFORMANCE HISTORY
Tilted Axes: Düsseldorf - Sep. 13, 2014
Tilted Axes: Detroit (313) - Jul. 19, 2014
Tilted Axes NYC (Asciae Obliquiae) - Jan. 5, 2014
Tilted Axes NYC (The Alamo's Last Stand) - Dec. 21, 2013
Tilted Axes Detroit (What's the Big Idea?) - Mar. 20, 2013
Tilted Axes NYC (Tilted Variations) - Dec. 21, 2012
Tilted Axes NYC (Make Music Winter) - Dec. 21, 2011
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