John Roach
Sterling Basement
Description
Sterling Basement was born in 2002 when the musician and artist Jason Glasser proposed to the artist John Roach, that some of his sound contraptions might be used in a live performance context. And so they began playing in a basement... on Sterling Street.
In 2008 Sterling Basment was reborn as John Roach, Shawn Onsgard, John Hudak & Matthew Rohrer
- live @ Tonic
- songs of the gowanus
- audio
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Sterling Basement Live @ Tonic Jason Glasser: cello, percussion, samples, toys. roach-a-phonic bandophones |
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Issue Project Room
Saturday September 6th 2008
Sterling Basement presents an homage to the Gowanus Canal. The ensemble includes the multidisciplinary artist John Roach on his homemade Band-O-Fly instrument, sound artist John Hudak with homemade thumb pianos, pianist and composer Shawn Onsgard with his mockingbird Melodica and the Poet Matthew Rohrer delivering texts related to the once thriving shipping hub.
| Sterling Basement - Drowned in the Canal (please wait a moment for the player to appear above) |
| Sterling Basement - the Canal is Ablaze! (please wait a moment for the player to appear above) |
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Sterling Basement - 2002 Streaming playlist available from Last.fm here |
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Sterling Basement - Live @ Tonic 2002 Streaming playlist available from Last.fm here |
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