THE IMPOSSIBLE MUSIC SESSIONS

When:Wednesday March 3, 2010
Time:7pm
Where:littlefield
622 Degraw Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Cost:Free

A unique new project called THE IMPOSSIBLE MUSIC SESSIONS connects censored artists from around the world with artists in New York who learn and perform their music live. In the first of the Sessions, Brooklyn-based group CRUEL BLACK DOVE will play a tribute to the music of the illegal Iranian band THE PLASTIC WAVE, who will appear remotely from Tehran, Iran. The Plastic Wave write songs in English and feature a female vocalist, in defiance of the government’s ban on solo singing by women. Their singer Maral and principal songwriter Saeid Nadjafi spent time in prison in 2008 for participating in an unauthorized outdoor concert. In 2009, the band was accepted to the SXSW music festival in Austin, Texas but were denied travel visas. Although their self-produced recordings are circulated widely in the Iranian musical underground and among ex-patriot communities worldwide, The Plastic Wave cannot perform live.

Session organizers connected The Plastic Wave to Cruel Black Dove because of similar vocal styles, aesthetic, and shared inspiration in atmospheric, brooding electronic rock. The Brooklyn quartet, who have released two recordings of their original music, Full Powers in 2008 and The Myth And The Sum in 2010, have been described as “full to the brim with infectious sound and fury.” The two groups, communicating via Skype and email, became fans of each others’ work. Cruel Black Dove have rehearsed a set of The Plastic Wave’s music for the March showcase, which will include a conversation with the Iranian trio in a private location in Tehran.

www.impossiblemusic.org
www.myspace.com/theplasticwave
www.myspace.com/cruelblackdove
www.freemuse.org