Red Masque Gig in Philadelphia, USA & new website

Happy Anniversary! Shiny New Website and Shiny New Gigs!

This month is The Red Masque's 10 year anniversary. Although it's been a long strange trip, we have had a lot of fun along the way. We have revamped the band website* at http://www.theredmasque.com, as the old one was getting a bit long in the tooth and out-of-shape. We hope you enjoy our new website and find it easier to use and navigate. If you notice any technical issues, please email me at [email protected]. 

*Gallery pages are still under construction, but will be up in the next week or so. 

I am also very pleased to announce an unique show coming up THIS WEDNESDAY Feb. 16 at the North Star Bar in Philadelphia. 


GO TO THE FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE HERE: 
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=132331156831100 


From The Philadelphia City Paper 
http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/music/20110211_Concert_Previews.html 


This isn't the first time uber-alternative producer Martin Bisi has played Philly, but it's certainly the most fascinating. For the uninitiated listener, Bisi is a Bizarro-World (fictional planet in the comics) Daniel Lanois. Like that producer, Bisi has worked with Brian Eno on eerily atmospheric ambient stuff. But rather than go Lanois' mainstream route, Bisi has opted for avant-everything by knob-twiddling for Material, Herbie Hancock, Sonic Youth, Swans, and John Zorn. Somehow, Bisi's solo recordings have managed to sound like a guy at the apex of all that oddity: brutal and beautiful they are, his new EP Son of a Gun, in particular. On this night, cabaret-punk drummer Brian Viglione of Dresden Dolls plays with Bisi. That should be stark. Equally stark is the blast of Philly's the Red Masque. The neo-goth/progressive band fronted by siren/painter Lynnette Shelley and multi-instrumentalist Brandon Lord Ross were always fascinating. Together since 2001, they sounded like Siouxsie meets Gong. But a new guitarist and frantic newer tunes have given their wifty complexities a blunt force by honing their femme-fronted sound to a King Crimson Thrak-era brand of bold attack. Kappow. They've got art shows. They're working on a local film (The Hermits Glass Box, see it atwww.youtube.com/watch?v=x6qbSJNR1wE). Get to this show early. 
- A.D. Amorosi 

Martin Bisi with Brian Viglione (the Dresden Dolls), the Red Masque, The Love Club and Dan Malloy & Soundscapes play at 8 p.m. Wednesday at North Star Bar, 2639 Poplar St. Tickets: $10. Information: 215-787-0488, www.northstarbar.com 


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Details: 

Martin Bisi, a New York performer and well-known record producer has been at a crossroads of indie/punk, avant garde, noire/cabaret rock, and electronic music since the early 80's, recording classic albums by Sonic Youth, Swans, John Zorn, Bill Laswell/Material, Helmet, Herbie Hancock (Rockit), Africa Bambaata, The Boredoms, The Dresden Dolls, White Zombie, Cop Shoot Cop, Foetus, Unsane and others. In his own band, Martin Bisi [band] where he plays guitar and sings, the songs incorporate story-telling and range between dark and down-tempo, and fast and light-hearted. Bisi also does unique ambient sound layering that reminds of his studio work. Martin Bisi's band at this show will include Brian Viglione of The Dresden Dolls on drums. 

Visit Martin's website at http://martinbisi.com/ . Press photos available at http://martinbisi.com/media.html 


The Red Masque are a Philadelphia avant / progressive rock quartet who have been putting out incendiary live performances in the region for the past ten years. Part art, part alchemy, the group's experimental songwriting style is both angular and eerie, accented by freeform space rock improvisations, intricate acoustics, dark atmospherics and chunky riffs. Unconventional and eccentric in musical form, the sophisticatedly sinister The Red Masque fuses together such disparate musical references as horror movie soundtracks, rock-in-opposition, progressive rock, experimental, zeuhl, heavy rock, gothic, psychedelia, space rock, and kraut rock. The Red Masque are on the RER USA label out of Colorado. 

Visit The Red Masque's website at http://www.theredmasque.com for more information and downloads from the band. 


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The Red Masque 
http://www.theredmasque.com 
Look for us on RERUSA.com, iTunes, eMusic and Facebook