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MESS Synth Cafe
MESS Synth Cafe: From Recording to Performance with Popular Music
Sunday July 28, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Free
Popular Music will deliver a mini in-studio performance followed by a detailed breakdown of how they recorded their album Minor Works using various pieces of equipment at MESS. They will also discuss how they translated the recordings into a live setting, addressing the creative and technical challenges encountered along the way.
About Popular Music
Popular Music is the Naarm-based duo of Zac Pennington (née Parenthetical Girls, Xiu Xiu) and composer Prudence Rees-Lee.
Their debut LP is Minor Works — a widescreen record written for the end of time. Recorded across three continents, Minor Works’ ambitious productions were pieced together in sessions between Los Angeles, Melbourne, Moscow and New York — with percussion by Deerhoof’s Greg Saunier, contributions from celebrated composer Jherek Bischoff (Angel Olsen, Xiu Xiu, David Byrne), plus a 17-piece Russian chamber orchestra conducted over Zoom (no, really).
Live, Popular Music strips back to electro-pop efficiency — deploying a small arsenal of analog synthesizers for maximum melodramatic effect.
