Electric 8 Performance December 12, 2009

Los Angeles Electric 8, the world's only electric guitar chamber octet, returns to the Armory Center for the Arts on Saturday, December 12 at 8 p.m. to premiere a new program entitled Interlocking Textures. This debut performance will take listeners on a journey from east to west, showcasing the connections between Indonesian gamelan and American minimalism. Featuring music by ethnomusicologist Mantle Hood, minimalist composer Wayne Siegel, and more, the evening's music will run from the traditional to the inspired – all ringing from a chorus of eight electric guitars.

The concert will take place in the Armory’s Caldwell Gallery. On view in the Caldwell Gallery is Installations Inside/Out, the Armory’s 20th Anniversary Exhibition, which includes 20 new commissioned works of art.

The Los Angeles Electric 8 is: Tom Farrell, Philip Graulty, Chelsea Green, Ben Harbert, Marc Nimoy, Alexander Sack, Felix Salazar, and JohnPaul Trotter. Photo Felix Salazar.