3rdThurs featuring Deer Tear + Ain Soph Aur
thursday, may 15 // 8pm // $3

This 3rdThurs is a significant one for Nial Morgan (aka Deer Tear): Excepting a recent set at the Wilson High School open mike, it will be the debut performance for the 15-year-old. Using spacial drones, piano samples and signal generator tones, DeerTear creates a soundscape that, according to {open} co-owner Shea Gauer, assures him an “avant-future.”

Also on the evening’s bill is Ain Soph Aur. “Ain Soph Aur,” one of the many Hebrew names for God, translates as “the limitless light.” Fittingly, artists Sander Wolff and Carl Off (of the hop-frog kollectiv) perform along a limitless field of sound and vibration, though one could argue they are best experienced with the lights off.

“I don’t know if there is a specific intention about expressing something, or an idea,” said Wolff. “It is more about listening, creating a dialog, and allowing the moment to expand.”

Moments spent in the performance expand with an entire legion of instruments–bells, bowls, banjos, a drone unit–gently and individually played. The sounds from each are then looped, live, into the improvised performance, resulting in the nuanced evolution of the performance itself. Watch a previous performance here or listen to a room recording of their first performance here.