One of my favorite and arguable one of the most known and innovative experimental artists of our time is Brian Chippendale. He is most known for his drumming in the band Lightning Bolt as well as his solo project Black Pus. His drumming style is fast and chaotic and he often incorporates distorted vocals within his music. His live performances involve him playing drums on top of noisey layers of tone and yelling. He wears a mask containing a contact microphone that goes through three line 6 delay pedals and within his drums are more contact mics that initiate tones when hit. The result is an extremely energetic and colorful balance of noise, texture, rhythm, and tone.
I appreciate what Brian Chippendale does as an artist because it is extremely contemporary and original. His art style is a perfect balance between the extremely technical, mathematical, and the rhythmic and colorful. I have seen lightning Bolt perform which is Brian Chippendale along with Brian Gibson on guitar and I found myself lost in the wall of noise amongst an undulating crowd of sweaty teens. His art is appealing to the deep intellectual as well as the mindless raver. His art is an audible and visual experience. He creates an image and character in his music that is exotic and wild in direct contrast to his very average appearance outside of the context of a concert hall. I find pleasure in listening to his music, reading his comics, and listening to his collaborations with artists such as the flaming lips and the boredoms.
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