Twas an honor to attend the NYC premiere of Complicit in the Human Rights Watch Film festival at the IFC. It has been shown globally, and this week in Lincoln Center and IFC. The original score was done by the profound musician and composer Freddie Bryant. As soon as the film ends, our track plays during the credits, with words from Xu Lizhi and sung by Rachel Mason. A truly wonderful film. Not just sad, but up-lifting and with some humor. https://ff.hrw.org/film/complicit
Manus x Machina Met Gala show – Selena Gomez, Olsen Twins feat. The Use tracks
Esteemed Video Director GVS chose The Use track “Hello Everybody” for the Vogue Louis Vuitton ManusxMachina Show Met Gala. License these tracks at Audiosocket, or commission your own at ALL REAL SOUND. @selenagomez in @louisvuitton in the #ManusxMachina Experience. Directed by @gvsgvs. #MetGala A post shared by Vogue (@voguemagazine) on May 2, 2016 at 10:20pm PDT Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen in the #ManusxMachina Experience. Directed by @gvsgvs. #MetGala A post shared by Vogue (@voguemagazine) on May 3, 2016 at 12:37am PDT
Exclusive Video Premier on The Wire Magazine
New York label Alrealon Musique offered up this track for The Wire’s Below The Radar special compilation series. Watch TheUse’s exclusive video here TheUse is theremin player and electronic music producer Michael Durek, who released his debut album What’s The Use? on Alrealon Musique in 2014. His work incorporates elements of techno, jazz, hiphop and psych pop. TheUse has toured the US, Europe, India and Canada. This exclusive video was directed by Durek’s cousin Brian Bolanowski and mastered by All Real Sound. The track is available for subscribers to download as part of The Wire Below The Radar Special Edition: …
Nice review from Lives of Hamilton Fish Joe’s Pub show
It’s not often a live shot gets a thorough review (more commonly are CD reviews), so I was thrilled to read this write up from Rachel Mason’s The Lives of Hamilton Fish at Joe’s Pub show from New York Music Daily. “In a rare concert performance, backed by a tight and inspired band – Tanner Beam on lead guitar, Stu Watson on bass,Robbie Lee on flute, Michael Durek on piano and theremin and Chris Moses Kinlow on drums – Mason aired out songs The Lives of Hamilton FishAuspiciously, Mason’s latest magnum opus is currently in development as a theatre work …