ATHICA
Athens Institute for Contemporary Art
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Michael Manring, Solo and with Vectrexcentricity Trio
September 29, 2016 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Vectrexcentricity is a new music project led by Athens, Georgia guitarist Killick Hinds featuring his longtime drummer Jamie DeRevere with legendary electric bassist Michael Manring. The vision for this group came to Killick as just that, a vision; how would his music intersect with Michael’s deeply resonant approach? Through mutual friend (and avant-guitarist) Henry Kaiser, a connection was made for recording and performing a true hybrid. “The challenge is to honor and celebrate our individual histories blended into something very of the moment,” says Killick, “pulling together disparate threads of recent and ancient forms to invoke something vital to being alive.” Expect improvisational fluidity and meditative immersion with at least a few sonic fireworks for good measure. Like it’s namesake, obscure 80s video game system Vectrex, Vectrexcentricity is its own mini-verse, playful and angular, with colorful overlays.
Jamie DeRevere is a drummer and photographer bringing visual acumen to his music and harmony to his light canvasses. Jamie has played with the traditional jazz of the A-Train band for many years, as well as long associations with the atmospheric Breathlanes, the hard driving alt-country of Efren, and the improvisational power trio Pocketful of Claptonite. Through varied styles and genres, Jamie brings a painterly touch to his drumming, extracting as many tone colors as possible, making the “unpitched” drum set sing. (www.dereverephotography.com/) (https://www.youtube.com/
Killick Hinds is an improvising guitarist, composer, and writer living in Athens, Georgia. He plays a variety of unusual stringed instruments with a comprehensive approach to genres known and as-yet-unlabeled. Reinvention has been the constant throughout his creative output. He has toured extensively as a solo performer, and is an active organizer and promoter of lesser-heard music. Killick broadens the possibilities in his music by stretching and contracting phrases temporally, conceptually, dynamically, and stylistically. The effect more closely resembles speech patterns and emotionally-drawn architecture than it does conventional Western music. Despite its eclectic nature, the music is surprisingly familiar and accessible to audiences of all ages and levels of musical involvement. (www.killick.me) (https://www.youtube.com/
Michael Manring has been hailed by many as the world’s leading solo bassist, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible on the bass guitar for over three decades. While his technical skill and innovations always make an impression, it is his ability to communicate on a profound emotional level that most touches listeners. Building on the conceptions of his teacher, the late bass legend Jaco Pastorius, Michael has developed a new approach to the instrument that includes unorthodox tunings, techniques and methodologies. Michael has worked with a surprisingly diverse collection of musicians, from New Age keyboardist Suzanne Ciani to the aforementioned Henry Kaiser to celebrated folk troubadour John Gorka to experimental post-metal rockers Tim Alexander (Primus) and Alex Skolnick (Testament) to electro-pop pioneer Thomas Dolby. His long-term collaboration and close friendship with the late acoustic guitar genius Michael Hedges led to a lengthy stint as house bassist for Windham Hill Records. (www.manthing.com) (https://www.youtube.com/