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Skeletons celebrate the release of their new album "The Bus" with an evening of SKELETONS BIG BAND compositions by band members Matt Mehlan, Jason McMahon and Jon Leland, dance, boombox orchestras and special guest performances.  Recorded with upwards of 20 musicians from New York's various undergrounds (members of Little Women, Extra Life, PC Worship, Starring, Tune Yards, NOMO, and more), “The Bus” is an album like no other in the band's catalog. A culmination of ideas bubbling in the DNA of Skeletons' music for some time, "The Bus" is a raw, cinematic, melancholy experience.

Shinkoyo will be releasing the album in two very limited edition LPs on September 18th. Both editions will be pressed to white vinyl, with silk-screened custom jackets. A special edition of 100 will contain various "The Bus" ephemera: scores for the music, photos, poems, film stills - as well as nearly an album's worth of extra music, "Chicago to Elyria".

Performers will include: Matthew Mehlan, Jason McMahon, Jonathan Leland, Tony Lowe, Mike Gallope, Sam Kulik, Ryan Snow, Johnny Butler, Mike Pride, Darius Jones, Travis Laplante, Elliot Bergman, Dan Peck, Jeremiah Cymerman, Justin Frye, Erica Dicker, Caley Monahan-Ward, Keith Parker, Matt Nelson.

SKELETONS are an American entertainment unit who live in New York City. They have released recordings on the Tomlab, Ghostly, and Shinkoyo labels. We spoke with guitarist Jason McMahon.  http://skeletonstv.tumblr.com/

Mas Ysa is a recording artist for The Social Registry and a member of the Shinkoyo Art Collective.  Formerly known as Ablehearts.
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From its early settlement through present day, Brooklyn remains a village of workers and artists bursting with creativity, passion and rebellion; a community where the famous and the faceless make history together.

Join us for a groundbreaking musical and multimedia experience, as we journey through time to connect Brooklyn's past and present with a program of classics and stunning world premieres.

Program: World Premieres by David T. Little, Matthew Mehlan and Sarah Kirkland Snider, with additional works by Ludwig van Beethoven, George Frederich Bristow, Aaron Copland and Sufjan Stevens

This concert is a co-production of the Brooklyn Philharmonic, the Brooklyn Youth Chorus and Roulette Theater.

Brooklyn Philharmonic - Alan Pierson, Artistic Director
Brooklyn Youth Chorus - Dianne Berkun, Artistic Director

Ted Sperling, Director
Mellissa Hughes, Vocalist
Royce Vavrek, Librettist

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From its early settlement through present day, Brooklyn remains a village of workers and artists bursting with creativity, passion and rebellion; a community where the famous and the faceless make history together.

Join us for a groundbreaking musical and multimedia experience, as we journey through time to connect Brooklyn's past and present with a program of classics and stunning world premieres.

Program: World Premieres by David T. Little, Matthew Mehlan and Sarah Kirkland Snider, with additional works by Ludwig van Beethoven, George Frederich Bristow, Aaron Copland and Sufjan Stevens

This concert is a co-production of the Brooklyn Philharmonic, the Brooklyn Youth Chorus and Roulette Theater.

Brooklyn Philharmonic - Alan Pierson, Artistic Director
Brooklyn Youth Chorus - Dianne Berkun, Artistic Director

Ted Sperling, Director
Mellissa Hughes, Vocalist
Royce Vavrek, Librettist

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SKELETONS usual quintet is expanded here for two nights of new compositions, arrangements and ideas. A rare opportunity to hear the band explore the outer limits of their work - with a huge band of players from the wide spectrum of New York's underground music scene.

SKELETONS are an American entertainment unit who live in New York City. They have released recordings on the Tomlab, Ghostly, and Shinkoyo labels.

"Last year's underrated Money found the Silent Barners delving into dramatic, Afro-punked Gastr del Sol-like sweeps-a thread continued during the band's recent shows with the horn-abetted Skeletons Big Band. Oddly, the effect is similar to how Hall Overton's big band arrangements forThelonious Monk brought the pianist's bent-note melodies into focus, straightening Mehlan's into something simultaneously dense but with even more voices." - Village Voice

"If there is beauty in music - and I'm talkin' unconditionally transcending beauty, not just some superficial pretty surface - then Skeletons are right at the heart of it." - (((unartig)))

http://skeletons.tv

SKELETON$ BIG BAND plays "NUMBERS" from Skeletons, Inc. on Vimeo.

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SKELETONS usual quintet is expanded here for two nights of new compositions, arrangements and ideas. A rare opportunity to hear the band explore the outer limits of their work - with a huge band of players from the wide spectrum of New York's underground music scene.

SKELETONS are an American entertainment unit who live in New York City. They have released recordings on the Tomlab, Ghostly, and Shinkoyo labels.

"Last year's underrated Money found the Silent Barners delving into dramatic, Afro-punked Gastr del Sol-like sweeps-a thread continued during the band's recent shows with the horn-abetted Skeletons Big Band. Oddly, the effect is similar to how Hall Overton's big band arrangements forThelonious Monk brought the pianist's bent-note melodies into focus, straightening Mehlan's into something simultaneously dense but with even more voices." - Village Voice

"If there is beauty in music - and I'm talkin' unconditionally transcending beauty, not just some superficial pretty surface - then Skeletons are right at the heart of it." - (((unartig)))

http://skeletons.tv

SKELETON$ BIG BAND plays "NUMBERS" from Skeletons, Inc. on Vimeo.

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SKELETONS usual quartet is expanded here for three nights of new compositions, ideas, and improvisations. A rare opportunity to hear the band explore the outer limits of their work! Featuring excerpts and new arrangements from their record in progress "PEOPLE" , a long form piece based around conversations in Greyhound busses and stations, and beyond...

SKELETONS are an American entertainment unit who live in New York City consisting of Matt Mehlan, Jason McMahon, Jonathan Leland, and Anthony Lowe. They have released recordings on the Tomlab, Ghostly, and Shinkoyo labels. Their most recent album, "MONEY" was released in the Fall of 2008.

http://skeletons.tv

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SKELETONS usual quartet is expanded here for three nights of new compositions, ideas, and improvisations. A rare opportunity to hear the band explore the outer limits of their work! Featuring excerpts and new arrangements from their record in progress "PEOPLE" , a long form piece based around conversations in Greyhound busses and stations, and beyond...

SKELETONS are an American entertainment unit who live in New York City consisting of Matt Mehlan, Jason McMahon, Jonathan Leland, and Anthony Lowe. They have released recordings on the Tomlab, Ghostly, and Shinkoyo labels. Their most recent album, "MONEY" was released in the Fall of 2008.

http://skeletons.tv

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SKELETONS usual quartet is expanded here for three nights of new compositions, ideas, and improvisations. A rare opportunity to hear the band explore the outer limits of their work! Featuring excerpts and new arrangements from their record in progress "PEOPLE" , a long form piece based around conversations in Greyhound busses and stations, and beyond...
SKELETONS are an American entertainment unit who live in New York City consisting of Matt Mehlan, Jason McMahon, Jonathan Leland, and Anthony Lowe. They have released recordings on the Tomlab, Ghostly, and Shinkoyo labels. Their most recent album, "MONEY" was released in the Fall of 2008.
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Shinkoyo Art Collective, record label, and performance space (ParisLondonWestNile) founders Matt Mehlan and Doron Sadja present the FREEMUSIC FUNHOUSE - an all ages, extraordinary extravaganza of wacky sounds, video clones, Frankenstein instruments, and guests galore! Matt and Doron will lead the group in a free multimedia improvisation, discuss why music is fun, free and easy, and teach all in attendance how to use everyday items to annoy your parents.

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