Concrete Playground

The fly in the soup has finally been noticed, the question uttered: is experimental music as boring as bat shit? We're familiar with both sides of the problem. On the one hand we feel it in our gut, it's bodily, it cleaves the ears from the head, it leaves us feeling impatient/annoyed/uninformed/conservative/hungry. On the other hand, it offers a spontaneous surge of attention/appreciation — it's that very rare, very unexpected experience that suddenly opens the world like a can; irreversibly illuminating.

Part of Serial Space's NEXT NEXT: Mini-Festival of Exploratory Sound and Music, The Great Music Debate is the 5th edition in the reputable Great Debate Series. Assembling informed and poised sides, together with performances/case studies by Potato Masta, Kusum Normoyle, Lucas Abela & DJ Hot Balls, the event promises to be revealing, informative, and anything but boring.