Biography
DITHER, a New York based electric guitar quartet, is dedicated to an eclectic mix of
experimental repertoire which spans composed music, improvisation, and electronic
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manipulation. Formed in 2007, the quartet has performed in the United States and
abroad, presenting new commissions, original compositions, improvisations, multimedia
works, and large guitar ensemble pieces. With sounds ranging from clean pop textures
to heavily processed noise, from tight rhythmic unity to cacophonous sound mass, all
of Dither's music wholeheartedly embraces the beautiful, engulfing, and often
gloriously loud sound of electric guitars. The quartet’s members are Taylor Levine,
David Linaburg, Joshua Lopes, and James Moore.
Dither's recent collaborators include downtown bagpiper Matthew Welch, composers Eve
Beglarian and David Lang, and guitarist/composers Bryce Dessner, Nick Didkovsky,
Marco Cappelli, Elliott Sharp, and Mark Stewart. In Fall of 2008, the quartet traveled
to Hong Kong to premiere an evening-length theatrical work by Samson Young, Hong Kong
Explodes! funded by the Hong Kong Council for the Arts. Recent performances in New
York include the Performa Biennial, The MATA Festival Interval Series, and the Bang
on a Can Marathon, at which they performed a monstrous rendition of Eric km Clark's
exPAT, a Dither commission for hearing-deprived guitar orchestra. Dither’s debut
album will be released Henceforth Records in June 2010.
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