“Plug in Cello, Add DJ and Club, then Stir”
By Steve Smith – NYTimes
“For the cellist Matt Haimovitz, playing at Le Poisson Rouge on Thursday night must have felt like vindication. The club, which opened on Bleecker Street in the summer, has devoted a sizable part of its ever increasing claim on the city’s night life agenda to classical offerings, ranging from straightforward recitals to more eclectic presentations like a recent collaboration between the Bang on a Can All-Stars and the composer Terry Riley…After the Beethoven, DJ Olive, a turntable improviser, initiated a chiming drone that segued into Nicole Lizée’s “Cryptograms.” Layering fuzz and crackle, throbbing pulsations and snatches of recorded speech, DJ Olive fashioned a teeming sonic environment. Mr. Haimovitz’s composed lines clambered through the din, offering a running commentary.” [Read More]