5/8: Composer Nico Muhly shares a bill with Phillip Bimstein on Merkin Hall’s New Sounds Live series. I play percussion and also close-mic breakfast…

Nico’s beautiful new album Mothertounge is about to be released on May 6th. Like his first album, it features collaborations with friends, most of whom he wrote for specifically. Although my involvement in the percussive sense is still unclear, one thing is for sure: I’ll be spending some time trying to figure out how to reproduce on-stage the sound of my shower, a fried egg, mr. coffee, and toast-buttering, which got me a sound design credit on the album. My dirty secret happens to be that, while I did record them all (with fancy bit rate, no less!), the real magic happened when Valgeir Sigurðsson got a hold of those files and used them in the title track “Mothertounge.” I’m super excited to be working with these great artists and looking forward to putting on this show… hope to see everyone there!

New Sounds Live: Nico Muhly & Phillip Bimstein
Thursday May 8, 2008 @ 8:00PM
Merkin Concert Hall
New York, NY

Advance: $30
Day of: $35

Read more and get tickets here.