About this project
CHINA TOUR – MARCH/APRIL 2012
Devil Music Ensemble has been given the incredible opportunity to perform our live original soundtrack to the only! remaining full length silent Kung Fu film “Red Heroine” (from 1929) in China. This will be the first performance/screening of this film in China since before the Cultural Revolution. The Jue Festival of Music and Art has invited the DME to perform Red Heroine in both Beijing and Shanghai as a part of their 2012 festival. The festival, now in its 4th year, draws over 32,000 attendees and showcases 91 different events by 300 artists from China and all over the globe.
After finding out that this film existed, it took the DME 3 years of negotiation to get a licensed copy of the film, and another 4 years to get the opportunity to bring in back to China. This is a major opportunity for us to fulfill a very long awaited dream, make further connections and collaborations with music in China, while presenting our original music for the first time to this festival. Devil Music Ensemble has received a grant from Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation through USArtists International which only covers some of the cost, so we are now seeking donations to complete the budget and make this journey possible. We hope you can help, and please spread the word!
ABOUT US
Devil Music Ensemble is a 3-piece performing arts group based in Boston that specializes in soundtrack composition and live accompaniment to classic silent film. The DME began scoring and touring original soundtracks to silent film in 2002, and since that time has had 8 national tours, and 3 European tours with originally composed scores to different silent films in the last 10 years. Recent performances by the DME have taken place at the: Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C., Chicago Cultural Center, Dallas Museum of Art, British Film Institute in London, 2009 Europalia Festival of Chinese Art in Belgium, Amsterdam Film Museum in Netherlands, 2011 Rotterdam International Film Festival, and many more.
DME’s members are Tim Nylander (drums and Chinese percussion), Brendon Wood (electric guitar, synthesizer, lap steel guitar), and Jonah Rapino (electric violin, erhu – 2 string Chinese violin, synthesizer, lap steel guitar, vibraphone)
BUDGET
The primary expenses are airline flights: roughly $1,400 each for our 3 band members to fly to Beijing and then to Shanghai. Additional expenses we have to cover are air cargo, visas, ground transportation, film licensing fees, lodging, and food. In addition to covering some expenses on the ground in China, the festival pays us a total of only $500 for our performance - this we will be giving directly to the media company that we license the film from. The USArtists International grant ended up as only the equivalent of our airplane tickets to and in China. We're counting on your donations on this Kick Starter campaign to complete the budget and make this journey possible!
MORE INFO, LINKS, PRESS & MEDIA
The DME is also actively booking other performances in and around China. As of now we might be doing rock shows in Kushan, Nanjing, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Guangzhou, and other cities in Eastern China. This is going to be an amazing opportunity to experience cities outside of Shanghai and Beijing; and share the stage with Chinese rock/folk/punk/metal and who knows what other types of bands that are making the live music scene in China happen.
* Jue video from the 2011 festival - get an inside look at what this festival is really about!
* Devil Music Ensemble website
* Devil Music Rock website
* Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation announces grant winners
* Boston Phoenix article
* Fort Wayne Gazette article
* PBA Atlanta interview
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ABOUT US
Devil Music Ensemble is a 3-piece performing arts group based in Boston that specializes in soundtrack composition and live accompaniment to classic silent film. The DME began scoring and touring original soundtracks to silent film in 2002, and since that time has had 8 national tours, and 3 European tours with originally composed scores to different silent films in the last 10 years. Recent performances by the DME have taken place at the: Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C., Chicago Cultural Center, Dallas Museum of Art, British Film Institute in London, 2009 Europalia Festival of Chinese Art in Belgium, Amsterdam Film Museum in Netherlands, 2011 Rotterdam International Film Festival, and many more.
DME’s members are Tim Nylander (drums and Chinese percussion), Brendon Wood (electric guitar, synthesizer, lap steel guitar), and Jonah Rapino (electric violin, erhu – 2 string Chinese violin, synthesizer, lap steel guitar, vibraphone)
BIO'S
Brendon Wood is the founder of the DME and is a composer and electric guitar player based in Boston Massachusetts. He earned a BFA in music from the University of Massachusetts Boston studying under composer David Patterson. He founded Devil Music in 1999 as a vehicle for exploring many types of musical genres and for collaborating with various musicians. As a principal member of the DME, Brendon has scored soundtracks to ten silent films and has toured the US eight times and Europe three times with the DME. As a composer of modern-classical music Brendon has created numerous pieces for seventeen to forty piece orchestral ensembles with performances in Boston as a part of the yearly DME modern music series. He has also begun making his name as a composer for modern film with scores to “The Day of the Cabbage”, and “The Front Runner”. His most recent composition called Motorik for 8 electric guitars, 4 electric bass, and drums premiered at the Massachusetts College of Art Event Works festival in April of 2009. Since 2004, Brendon has maintained a small body of private students whom he instructs in the fundamentals of guitar performance, music theory, and composition.
Jonah Rapino is composer and electric violin player based in Boston Massachusetts. He earned a BFA in classical performance from Boston University, studying under Dana Mazurkevich. As a performer he has worked in a myriad of different musical styles including: art-rock, modern classical, country/bluegrass, Ethiopian jazz, eastern European folk, ragtime, and more. His career in composition for film began with the performance of live soundtracks to silent film. As a principal member of the Devil Music Ensemble, Jonah has scored soundtracks to ten silent films and has toured the US eight times and Europe three times. As a composer of modern-classical music Jonah has created numerous pieces for string quartet and forty piece orchestral ensembles with performances in Boston as a part of the yearly DME modern music series. Jonah has also begun to make his name doing soundtracks for contemporary documentaries. His scores for “Darkon” (winner of the SXSW film festival audience award), and “Alice,” have both received critical acclaim. Jonah recently finished composing and recording a soundtrack to the the documentary "The Making of Planet X"
Tim Nylander is drummer/percussionist based in Somerville Massachusetts. He earned a BA in Social Sciences from Harvard University, with additional studies in music and photography at Berklee College of Music, Emerson College, Boston University and Massachusetts College of Art. A principal member of the Devil Music Ensemble, he has toured internationally and recorded with the group for the past ten years. Prior to joining DME he was a member of the alt country band Say Zuzu, recording and touring internationally. He also was an active participant in the New England musical theater scene, playing at most of the regions most popular venues with 25 productions to his credit including Jesus Christ Superstar, Godspell, Evita, Grease, Fame and many more
