thenumber46 will be performing on Thursday, July 5, at Monkey Town in Williamsburg, NY. thenumber46 is comprised of electro-acoustic flutist/improviser Suzanne Thorpe and multi-media/sound artist Philip White. A founding member of Mercury Rev, Thorpe’s recent projects include The Wounded Knees, with Jimy Shields (Rollerskate Skinny, Lotus Crown), Look It and The Forest for the Trees, with Cindy Wheeler (Caulfield Sisters, Pee-Shy), and performing with J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr., Witch) in their group Cor Craft and on his solo gigs. As an improviser, Thorpe was most recently a featured artist at Austin’s critically acclaimed No Idea Festival, performing with Chris Cogburn, David Dove, Bhob Rainey, Annette Krebs and Liz Tonne. White, co-founder of Charleston’s New Music Collective, is an emerging media and sound artist whose work has been presented across the US in a variety of formats ranging from installations to film and concert performances. Based in the bay area, thenumber46 is touring the south and the east coast with a series of new multi-media performances exploring the interplay of sound and structure with psycho-acoustic phenomena, gestures, and their interaction within the composer>performer>listener relationship.

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