Thurs. July 1

When I say "experimental percussion duo" do you think of a coupla guys banging on cans in fron of Fenway Park? Or maybe Mickey Hart and Bill Kruetzmann of the Dead during "Space Jam?" Although maybe even more ethereal in space. That might describe  Brooklyn duo Loop 2.4.3., Thomas Kozumplik and Lorne Watson, playing the Lily Pad on Thursday July 1st. What have they up there?  Drums, cymbals, marimba, acoustic/electric steel drum, Chinese opera gongs, prayer bowls, crotales, sleigh bells, and temple blocks. Their new album, "Zodiac Dust", introduces two new instruments, the eLog and Rose Echo, and utilizes cello, violin, piano and voice, along with their standard percussion arsenal to create what Audiophile Audition describes as the "fusing of mainstream perceptiveness and a post-modern philosophy" that "makes 'Zodiac Dust' something that can be listened to over and over."
 
 
Loop 2.4.3 started out as a daring, widely varied chamber music group in New Haven, CT performing music by other composers, but after establishing a studio in Brooklyn in 2005 they changed focus towards writing, improvising and creating their own style. NPR’s Fresh Air  “reinvent percussion from the bones out, so that drums and other beat-makers surprise you, throw you off base and draw you into a vortex of pulses.”  All About Jazz adds, “this music is meant to be heard live.” Starts at 7; $10 donation requested.

1353 Cambrdige St., 617-395-1393 www.lily-pad.net