THE REMOTE SHOW
About Remote
It's that ubiquitous black box that controls electronics; the TV, the stereo, the DVD player. It's the concept of oneness and solitude, of faraway places or fantasies in a distant time. The word carries connotations of mystery and possibility.
Given its double-entendre status, REMOTE is the perfect moniker for the new music project of veteran Charleston SC musicians John Fitzgerald (keyboards/percussion) and Graham Whorley (guitar). The two performers are combining disparate musical influences into a totally listenable and highly unpredictable new art form. While the music of Remote comes across as a mix of electronic breakbeat, jazz, rock, funky samplings and noise, it's the groove that sets the two man group apart from the crowd. REMOTE not only create audio intrigue, but layer the music with groove and texture. "No matter what Graham and I put together musically, we want to be sure it makes you move," insists Fitzgerald. "As performers, to see people react to tunes we've written is the ultimate interactive music experience."
"We use software as a composition and performance tool." explains Fitzgerald, "The ability to loop multiple parts on the fly keeps the music fresh at every performance. I'd seen Graham use this technology himself and I sent him a few of my tunes and we decided to collaborate and REMOTE is the result"
Whorley and Fitzgerald are consummate musicians, drawing REMOTE compositions and performances from encyclopedic knowledge of multiple music styles. Fitzgerald cites a fascination with classic and modern rock, from Springsteen to The Smiths, as well as a dunk in the R&B, soul and funk river upon his move from NY to the South several years ago which led to exploration of breakbeat and electronic music. Whorley understandably gravitates to experimental guitar gurus Django Reinhardt, Hendrix and Frank Zappa, utilizing a plethora of pedals from shifters and delays to cry baby wahs within a context of loop stations and digital triggers.
Remote's two man ability to pull off a full band sound is intriguing in itself. The tunes are thoughtful, evocative and clearly cool. There's a degree of playful fun within the soundings of keyboards, guitar, horn triggers and percussion. REMOTE rounds up diverse influences and presents an audio carnival of clever arrangements within a side show of surprising sounds.
REMOTE is music at its highest apex, creative and cutting edge. Fitzgerald and Whorley are like alchemists mixing and matching musical form, style and substance while embracing soul and technology to form a new concoction of sight and sound.
It's that ubiquitous black box that controls electronics; the TV, the stereo, the DVD player. It's the concept of oneness and solitude, of faraway places or fantasies in a distant time. The word carries connotations of mystery and possibility.
Given its double-entendre status, REMOTE is the perfect moniker for the new music project of veteran Charleston SC musicians John Fitzgerald (keyboards/percussion) and Graham Whorley (guitar). The two performers are combining disparate musical influences into a totally listenable and highly unpredictable new art form. While the music of Remote comes across as a mix of electronic breakbeat, jazz, rock, funky samplings and noise, it's the groove that sets the two man group apart from the crowd. REMOTE not only create audio intrigue, but layer the music with groove and texture. "No matter what Graham and I put together musically, we want to be sure it makes you move," insists Fitzgerald. "As performers, to see people react to tunes we've written is the ultimate interactive music experience."
"We use software as a composition and performance tool." explains Fitzgerald, "The ability to loop multiple parts on the fly keeps the music fresh at every performance. I'd seen Graham use this technology himself and I sent him a few of my tunes and we decided to collaborate and REMOTE is the result"
Whorley and Fitzgerald are consummate musicians, drawing REMOTE compositions and performances from encyclopedic knowledge of multiple music styles. Fitzgerald cites a fascination with classic and modern rock, from Springsteen to The Smiths, as well as a dunk in the R&B, soul and funk river upon his move from NY to the South several years ago which led to exploration of breakbeat and electronic music. Whorley understandably gravitates to experimental guitar gurus Django Reinhardt, Hendrix and Frank Zappa, utilizing a plethora of pedals from shifters and delays to cry baby wahs within a context of loop stations and digital triggers.
Remote's two man ability to pull off a full band sound is intriguing in itself. The tunes are thoughtful, evocative and clearly cool. There's a degree of playful fun within the soundings of keyboards, guitar, horn triggers and percussion. REMOTE rounds up diverse influences and presents an audio carnival of clever arrangements within a side show of surprising sounds.
REMOTE is music at its highest apex, creative and cutting edge. Fitzgerald and Whorley are like alchemists mixing and matching musical form, style and substance while embracing soul and technology to form a new concoction of sight and sound.
