jazz
10 – Midnite
$8 donation

Dan DeChellis - piano
Brian Moran - electronics
Matt Hannafin - percussion

Robyn Wise of San Francisco’s New Langdon Arts described Chainworks as “an extreme interpretation of the piano trio, offering lyrical melodies layered over brittle electrical distortion and the harmonics of drums and cymbals,” and Ken Waxman said in Jazz Weekly that the ensemble “bleeds through the barriers that separate so-called jazz and so-called classical music.” Performing together since 2001, the trio represents a unique combination of musical experiences and improvisational approaches. Pianist Dan DeChellis comes from a conservatory background, with training that included the European-American classical tradition, jazz, and improvisation within these and other forms. His own work blends influences as diverse as Anton Webern and Brian Eno. Electronics player Brian Moran began his performance career in experimental dance, whose working methods he later adapted to music and sound design. Employing a variety of circuit-bent electronics, analog synthesizers, field recordings, and processing devices, he creates a soundscape that dissolves the distinction between music and noise. Percussionist Matt Hannafin, whose schooling was principally in Persian and Asian classical and folk traditions, abstracts the forms of these musics, blending them with modern western and industrial approaches and employing organizational principles based on textural progression, event sequencing, and tonal decay.