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Concert #1: Tangled in the Seaweed

Facilitated by the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Ottawa, the inaugural eMC concert featured Dutch harpist Idske Bakker of Insomnio and Vancouver percussionist Bruce Henczel amidst a dazzling array of electronics. Music by Heeneman, Polzoni, Henczel, Fitzell, Hannesson and de Leeuw.

Manifesto

Tradition is a False Prophet.

• The fearful revere dusty approval from a crumbling audience.
• The pathetic cling to the old and reject the new.
• The feeble have made a graveyard of the concert hall.

Tradition is Barren.

• The sycophant has been herded, blithely filtering and approving of only that which is palatable.
• Like endless sides of beef, hanging from hooks in the slaughterhouse.
• Only that which does not offend.
• Only that which is profitable.

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