Devil Music Ensemble w/live score to Kung Fu film (Event Over)
- When:Fri 10/10/08 (8PM)
- Where: The Rotunda , 4014 Walnut Street, Philadelphia
- Address: Philadelphia, PA
- Cost: FREE!
Devil Music Ensemble
performs live score to only existing feature length of China's
golden silent era - 1929 silent Kung Fu film RED HEROINE
Before Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan or Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,
there was Red Heroine. Made in Shanghai in 1929 at the height of
the martial arts craze, the film was banned after the Cultural
Revolution and is the only extant feature length "Kung Fu" film of
China's golden silent era. Directed by Wen Yimin, Red Heroine
recounts the rise of a mystical young woman warrior who exacts
vengeance on the army that kidnapped her and killed her
grandmother. The Devil Music Ensemble's latest composition is the
only modern score made expressly for the film and draws from the
traditions of Chinese classical and folk music as well as
soundtracks from classic Kung Fu cinema. pictured: red heroine film
still
You can check out the trailer HERE
Comprised of three multi-instrumentalists - Brendon Wood on
electric guitar, lap steel, and synthesizer; Jonah Rapino on
electric violin, lap steel, vibraphone, erhu (two-string Chinese
violin) and synthesizer; and Tim Nylander on drums and a variety of
Chinese percussion instruments - the Devil Music Ensemble (DME) is
one of the premiere American groups currently composing and
performing original scores to silent films. Formed in Boston in
1999, the DME's tightly synced, genre-bending performances are
hypnotic and have attracted a loyal following that turns out
repeatedly, eager to experience the new sonic territory the group
explores with each project.
The DME has played everywhere from barns to 2,000-seat performing
art centers, including The John F. Kennedy Center for the
Performing Arts in Washington, DC, the Andy Warhol Museum in
Pittsburgh, PA The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, MA, the Danish
Film Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark, Caixa Forum in Barcelona,
Spain and at numerous other venues. Members of the DME have also
received acclaim for their soundtracks for recent films such as
Darkon, Day of the Cabbage and Alice.
Doors open at 7:30pm
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