DOCTOR NERVE has been annihilating the boundaries between heavy metal, contemporary music, and improvisation since 1984. Founded by guitarist/composer Nick Didkovsky, the band plays tightly composed, complex, extremely energetic, fast-changing music, executed by a white-hot team of musicians, each of whom have carved out their own niches in New York City’s new music scene.
Dither, an electric guitar quartet, performs an eclectic mix of composed and improvisatory music, all orchestrated through a galaxy of stomp-boxes and effects. Formed in 2007 by Simon Kafka, Taylor Levine, Josh Lopes, and James Moore, the quartet presents new commissions, arrangements, and original compositions, as well as multimedia works and larger guitar ensemble pieces. With sounds ranging from clean pop textures to heavily processed noise, from tight rhythmic unity to cacophonous sound mass, Dither is dedicated to repertoire which wholeheartedly embraces the beautiful, engulfing, and often gloriously loud sound of electric guitars.
Among Dither's recent collaborators are downtown bagpiper Matthew Welch, composer David Lang, guitar innovator Nick Didkovsky, Mark Stewart of the Bang on a Can All-Stars, and Bryce Dessner of the indie-rock band The National. In Fall of 2008, the quartet traveled to Hong Kong to premiere an evening-length theatrical work by Samson Young, “Hong Kong Explodes!” funded by the Hong Kong Council for the Arts. Dither has also performed at The Stone, Taplin Hall at Princeton University, the Extensible Electric Guitar Festival at Clark University, and the MATA Interval series.
Dither Plays Fred Frith - B
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