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KONK PACK

Presented by Ars Nova Workshop at The Rotunda

April 15, 2010

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Konk Pack is a trio of exceptional improvisers whose music is often dense, propulsive, and highly dynamic. At times the band may operate at the threshold of silence, but such moments are usually interrupted by sound barrages of volcanic intensity. Analog synth player Thomas Lehn, drummer Roger Turner, and multi-instrumentalist Tim Hodgkinson first performed together as Konk Pack at the Szuenetjel Festival in Budapest in May 1997, and from the outset discovered that they possessed both the technical skills and natural empathy required to produce compelling sonic adventures. The trio's freeform improvised music is noisy and filled with constantly changing details. Lehn, from Cologne, Germany, has studied both classical and jazz piano, and much of his work from the early '80s to the early '90s focused on classical music, including composed music of the Romantic period as well as the contemporary avant-garde. He was increasingly drawn to the electronic music world, however, in part for the practical reason that he could bring his Minimoog to perform at venues without pianos.