Part dance, part theater, part history lesson, part movie, part story, and part video game, Abandoned Revolution is not your average dance piece. When Boris Willis approached me about creating an original score I knew that the music had to be special. To that end I chose to create the entire score using a vintage Nintendo Game Boy and Nanoloop, a loop sequencer programmed for the Game Boy by Oliver Wittchow.

This music exists at the nexus between the Credo of John Cage and the Legend of Zelda, between the sonic structures of Edgard Varese and the geometric structures of Tetris, between the electronic world of Kraftwerk and the mushroom-fueled world of Mario. It is the gateway to a dreamworld of two-dimensional perfection complete with power-ups, extra lives, and vicious turtles. It is the soundtrack for a left-to-right path toward enlightenment. It is Terry Riley vs. Donkey Kong. And it blasts at you in glorious 8-bit sound.

Are you ready?

November 2-4, 2006 at Sullivant Hall, Ohio State

visit the official site: http://abandonedrevolution.com

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1) ALL [ What Up, Z? ]
2) YOUR [ Prelude / Zero Dance ]
3) DANCE [ The Dancers Are Stolen ]
4) ARE [ The Dancers Escape / Isadora Must Defeat Ballet ]
5) BELONG [ Martha Graham Cracker ]
6) TO [ Abandoned Revolution ]
7) US! [ bonus: Cowboy Boris Rides Again ]