MIKE PATTON PLAYS A WOOD BOX, WEARS A SWEATER

I read a few weeks ago on Stubbadub that Mike Patton had written a new “futuristic noise composition” that was to be performed for two dates only here in the U.S.  The catch?  Mikey won’t be the one performing it due to his FNM schedule.  No point in going, right?

Now there’s this new video of Patton recording some stuff for this project from a contraption called a intonarumori:  a noise making thing-a-ma-bobber from the WWII era that was used to mimic the sounds of machines.  Hmmm….at first I was thinking this was sort of useless, but I guess if you want to create these types of noises on a stage, a lawnmower might be slightly inappropriate.

Anyway, if you’re interested in seeing this live, there’s dates scheduled for both San Francisco and New York.  There will be works performed by a variety of noise composers.  Sounds like it would make me dizzy, but if any of you out there go, please let me know how it was.

-Elise