Traversing genres and concepts, from post punk to highlife, kraut rock to free jazz, Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp, a Swiss 12 piece juggernaut, will be bringing their hair-raising and beautifully eccentric musical experience back to Earth Sky Time this Sunday!
Transcendental, funky, and at times ritualistic, the music contains a powerful narrative, rallying around micro and macro confusions and brought to life with an eruption of sounds and sensations, from boompty trombone riffs and gleaming string arrangements to bottles breaking, eerie metallic weird-outs and poly-rhythmic pulses and notes. The overall effect is that of a cinematic cut-and-pasted trip to the sun.
Founded in Geneva 2006 by Vincent Bertholet, Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp (a mischievous title in homage to traditional African groups – Orchestre Tout Puissant Konono n°1, Orchestre Tout Puissant Polyrythmo etc. and influential French artist Marcel Duchamp) is a large-scale, ever evolving project. Ever since their inception, the band has graced the stages of Europe, from Fusion Festival to Incubate, Womad to Bad Bonn Kilbi, effortlessly proving that the formula “the more the merrier” has never been more true than on stage. When they last played Earth Sky Time in 2023 everyone was blown away by their technicolor musical mayhem!
The opening band: Mojo Birds are a funky flock too. Roots Rock Music- Inspired by the likes of The Band, a touch of Al Green, and a healthy dose of Afro-Peruvian Mojo!
During the set break, Maggie Segale will present a 15-minute contemporary dance solo that serves as a living embodiment of leading with intuition from within a murky cloud of numbing worldly stimulus... and lots of shapeshifting!
And then from 9-10, Les Freqs will DJ an afterparty in the barn.
As always, pizza, salad platters, hand cut french fries, Wilcox ice cream, beer and wine will be available.
Admission still just $15 (kids free)
www.earthskytime.com
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