The Center is pleased to welcome Dani Dobkin and Matt Sargent (UB PhD, '18) for a presentation about their aesthetic and philosophical orientation toward American and European experimental and minimalist music.
For a sampling of their collaborative work, see their new album, Bend, out now.
Bend
Sargent's compositions have been described as “bringing a sharpened sense of the transcendental into the 21st century.” (Paul Muller, Sequenza21) On Ghost Music, Bill Meyer writes, “this music isn’t about following in anyone’s footsteps; it uses bare resources to establish a bounded and essential place.” (The Wire Magazine) His guitar work on Bend, a duo album with synthesist Dani Dobkin, was described as “a guitar record retrieved from far in the future.” (Antonio Poscic, Research Music)
Matt is currently engaged with expanding available repertoire for the pedal steel and electric guitar. In 2022, he commissioned new music for solo pedal steel from Michael Pisaro-Liu, Carl Stone, and Nomi Epstein. He co-composed a new work for just intonation guitar with Robert Carl, Splectar, which can be heard on Carl’s Infinity Avenue (Neuma Records, 2024). His solo pedal steel performance of Kevin Good’s Trails (2019-2022) was released by Sawyer Editions in 2023. His recording of James Romig’s hour-length piece for electric guitar, The Fragility of Time was released on A Wave Press in 2024.
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