Scrap Arts Music: Day of the Drum March 10, 2012

Its plankophone clatters with 12 hammering hands, the sigh-cordion hoots and snarls from plumbing fixtures and accordion reeds, its colossal ziggurat drum spins and booms, and junk-on-a-stick clangs with scavenged refuse. The supercharged ScrapArtsMusic is explosive choreography set to tones fueled by 145 handmade mobile music sculptures fashioned from reclaimed waste. A fivesome of eco-powered percussionists strut and pogo through outrageous compositions heard at Earth Day celebrations, games for the NBA and NHL, and the 2010 Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony. ScrapArtsMusic boosts a day-long drumapalooza led by Rocky Maffit with kinetic energy that’s palpable. In a setting that feels futuristic, like an ancient ritual site and a gritty urban landscape, this acrobatic band’s raw inventiveness is “breathtaking” (Philadelphia Inquirer).

Official Website: http://krannertcenter.com/performance.aspx?id=201161593924686128174107141