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Rhys Chatham performs "Guitar Trio"

With 1977’s seminal “Guitar Trio,” legendary No Wave composer Rhys Chatham tapped the radical simplicity of punk to further explore the overtone-saturated drones of his minimalist mentors Tony Conrad and LaMonte Young. The piece, as well as the multi-guitar symphonies that followed (involving as many as 400 players in a recent Paris performance), set the blueprint for guitar-based art rock as interpreted by everybody from Sonic Youth to Godspeed! You Black Emperor. At Soundlab tonight (Feb. 2), Chatham revisits “Guitar Trio,” re-conceiving it as a 40-minute piece in two parts for six guitarists, drums and bass. In addition to Chatham and touring partner David Daniell on guitars, the ensemble includes all-stars from the Buffalo experimental scene, including members of Bare Flames, Novelist, Post and Redman/Whitman/Sack. An added bonus is the original accompanying projections created for the piece by visual artist (and former Buffalonian) Robert Longo. Opening is drone rock experimentalists Novelist. This is a free show.

Tonight at 9pm. Soundlab, 110 Pearl Street (440-5907

www.bigorbitgallery.org/soundlab). FREE.