Cellist and composer Lester St. Louis presents TAR BACK CYCLIC as part of his 2024-2025 Roulette Residency, featuring Shamar Watt and Chris Williams.
TAR BACK CYCLIC is a new trio work for electronics, movement and projections conjuring an energy as if standing at the foot of the ocean in total darkness with wide open eyes… like listening to dub at the edge of the universe. This work is built out of a combination of St. Louis’s solo work, the ambient-dub-cutup music of HxH (Williams and St. Louis), and Watt’s techno-noise-spirit-movement work.
A livestream will be available free of charge at 8pm on the day of the performance and archived for future viewing. Watch below or on YouTube.
Lester St. Louis (b.1993) is a New York born and based Composer, Improviser, Cellist, Sound Designer and Curator. His work traverses through performance, installation, curation, artistic research and recording. His works are rooted in dynamic environments of improvisation both sonically and socially, ecstatic sound worlds. flow and interaction. He has performed internationally throughout The U.S, The E.U, Canada, China and in South America; and collaborates with artists such as Chris Williams [under the moniker HxH], Edi Kwon Jaimie Branch, Ben Lamar Gay, Pheeroan Aklaff, Don Byron, Dre A. Hočevar, Deforrest Brown Jr, Charmaine Lee, Isabel Crespo Pardo, Emeka Okereke, TAK Ensemble, The International Contemporary Ensemble, Random International, Superblue, Terrence Nance, Found Sound Nation, Wet Ink Ensemble and many more. As a composer, Lester has been commissioned by artists such as The JACK Quartet, RAGE THORMBONES, Jennifer Koh, String noise Ghost Ensemble among others.
This work was developed as part of Lester St. Louis’s Roulette 2024-25 Residency, made possible with funds provided by the Jerome Foundation. This performance is presented through Roulette’s GENERATE program, providing over 30 artists each year with in-depth creative and technical .
Lester St. Louis: TAR BACK CYCLIC
Monday, May 19, 20258:00 pm
Cellist and composer Lester St. Louis presents TAR BACK CYCLIC as part of his 2024-2025 Roulette Residency, featuring Shamar Watt and Chris Williams.
TAR BACK CYCLIC is a new trio work for electronics, movement and projections conjuring an energy as if standing at the foot of the ocean in total darkness with wide open eyes… like listening to dub at the edge of the universe. This work is built out of a combination of St. Louis’s solo work, the ambient-dub-cutup music of HxH (Williams and St. Louis), and Watt’s techno-noise-spirit-movement work.
A livestream will be available free of charge at 8pm on the day of the performance and archived for future viewing. Watch below or on YouTube.
Lester St. Louis (b.1993) is a New York born and based Composer, Improviser, Cellist, Sound Designer and Curator. His work traverses through performance, installation, curation, artistic research and recording. His works are rooted in dynamic environments of improvisation both sonically and socially, ecstatic sound worlds. flow and interaction. He has performed internationally throughout The U.S, The E.U, Canada, China and in South America; and collaborates with artists such as Chris Williams [under the moniker HxH], Edi Kwon Jaimie Branch, Ben Lamar Gay, Pheeroan Aklaff, Don Byron, Dre A. Hočevar, Deforrest Brown Jr, Charmaine Lee, Isabel Crespo Pardo, Emeka Okereke, TAK Ensemble, The International Contemporary Ensemble, Random International, Superblue, Terrence Nance, Found Sound Nation, Wet Ink Ensemble and many more. As a composer, Lester has been commissioned by artists such as The JACK Quartet, RAGE THORMBONES, Jennifer Koh, String noise Ghost Ensemble among others.
Lester St. Louis at Roulette 2025 (audio)
This work was developed as part of Lester St. Louis’s Roulette 2024-25 Residency, made possible with funds provided by the Jerome Foundation. This performance is presented through Roulette’s GENERATE program, providing over 30 artists each year with in-depth creative and technical .
