„Higgins is one of the most gifted guitarists working right now“ – The Quietus
Higgins „guitar gets positively Merzbow-ish“ – The Wire: Adventures In Modern Music
Described by The New Yorker magazine as one of the „prime movers of the local avant-garde“, and an „exacting avant-classical guitarist“ by TimeOut NY, Patrick Higgins is a New York based composer/performer of experimental music. Higgins has composed works for some of the nation’s leading ensembles, ranging from chamber orchestra works, percussion cycles, and string quartets to smaller ensembles and soloists.
He has scored works for television, museum exhibitions, and films both short-form and feature-length. Higgins plays guitar and composes in ZS, hailed by the New York Times as „one of the strongest avant-garde bands in New York.“
As a soloist, he performs both classical acoustic and electric guitar in genre-bending contexts, utilizing extended technique and electronic processing. A work of „visionary […] master-craftsmanship on guitar“ (Tiny Mix Tapes), his record of quadraphonic guitar compositions STEREO was named to the Best of 2012 by Impose Magazine, and his electro-acoustic project Bachanalia has received numerous plaudits for its re-interpretation of the Baroque master’s work. A unique double LP of Higgins‘ String Quartet No.2 and its electro-acoustic „remix“ Glacia is out on Ex Cathedra Records – called „stunning“ by Experimedia.
Social Death Mixtape – a record of assorted experimental composition, is now available on NNA Records. Zs‘ most recent relase Xe was named no.3 avant record of the year by Rolling Stone, and listed as one of the best records of 2015 by the LA Times.
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Projekt Spoje je komprovizačné duo v zložení Dalibor Kocian aka Stroon (vibrafón, laptop) a Jozef Krupa (bicie). Obaja sú súčasťou improvizačného kvarteta Škvíry & Spoje. Vo svojich skladbách prezentujú Dalibor a Jozef loopovanú a hypnotickú hudbu s vopred nezadefinovaným smerovaním. Jediné čo má svoje pevné miesto je melodickosť a atmosferickosť.
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Projekt podporil z verejných zdrojov Fond na podporu umenia.