Ropeadope
Marco Benevento: Live At Tonic
by Marco Benevento
Marco Benevento: Live At Tonic
by Marco Benevento
RELEASE DATE: 2007-08-14
On five consecutive Wednesday nights in November of 2006 Marco Benevento set up shop at the legendary (and now defunct) club Tonic in New York City. Each night featured two sets, various guests and a musical theme. Each night was documented on tape resulting in over 16 hours of live music. Marco went into the labs and lovingly edited the wall of sound into a 3 CD set that mixed and matched the magic.
Track Listing
- CD 1
- 1. Clouds
- 2. Record Book
- 3. Fearless
- 4. The Arrival of Greatness
- 5. Sabbath
- 6. The Night Before October
- 7. Carnival of Souls
- 8. Prestidigitation
- 9. Moonglow
- CD 2
- 1. Peppermint Hippo
- 2. We're Using Time For Fun
- 3. Seems So Long Ago Nancy
- 4. You Must Be A Lion
- 5. Intro
- 6. Nobody Does It Better
- 7. Executive Session
- 8. Elmer's Tune
- CD 3
- 1. Bye Ya
- 2. The Weathermen
- 3. Diego Garcia
- 4. Church of God Victory
- 5. Chalaza
- 6. Teardrop Tea
- 7. Birthday Boy
- 8. Gimme Some Lovin
- 9. Sing Sing Sing
About the Artist
Marco Benevento is best known as one half of the Benevento/Russo Duo, the acclaimed instrumental indie rock, post jazz experimentalists, who’ve earned a legion of fans performing at high profile events like Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, Fuji Rock Festival and Bonnaroo, while drawing rave reviews at publications ranging from Rolling Stone to Pitchfork.com. Holding court behind a dizzying array of vintage keyboards, upright and toy pianos, pedals, samplers and other circuit bent gadgets, Benevento has established a reputation as one of the most exciting young keyboardists to emerge in the last decade.
Inspired by Ropeadope’s recent release “Christian McBride Live at Tonic”, Benevento invited his old friend Andy Hurwitz (Ropeadope label boss) along to document the proceedings. Alternating between group and solo performance, Benevento played two sets a night and was joined by a different cast of musical co-conspirators for each show. The highlights were edited down, mixed and matched and presented here on three discs of wide-eyed, daringly fierce and cosmically joyous music entitled Marco Benevento--Live At Tonic.
Inspired by Ropeadope’s recent release “Christian McBride Live at Tonic”, Benevento invited his old friend Andy Hurwitz (Ropeadope label boss) along to document the proceedings. Alternating between group and solo performance, Benevento played two sets a night and was joined by a different cast of musical co-conspirators for each show. The highlights were edited down, mixed and matched and presented here on three discs of wide-eyed, daringly fierce and cosmically joyous music entitled Marco Benevento--Live At Tonic.