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Devil Music
Brendon Wood: electrice guitars, lap steel, analog synthesizer

Jonah Rapino: electric violin & viola, analog synth, vibraphone, erhu, lapsteel
Tim Nylander: drums, percussion
, analog synthesizer

Past Projects:
live soundtracks to classic silent films
-Soundtrack to "Le Sang D’Un Poete" by Jean Cocteau
AS220 Providence RI 2001.
-Soundtrack to "Modern Times" by Charlie Chaplin Industrial Accidents Art Show Fort Port Boston MA 2001.
-Soundtrack to "Le Voyage Imaginaire" by Rene Claire, Celluloud Series at the Coolidge Corner Theatre Boston MA 2002.
-Soundtrack to the "First films of the Lumiere Brothers"
multiple performances in 2003.
-Soundtrack to the "Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" by Robert Weine 1920, for the
Devil Music Ensemble two month Sound of Silents Tour 2003.
-Soundtrack to the four Surrealist films of Man Ray 2003.
-Soundtrack to "Big Stakes" by Clifford S. Elfelt 1922 for three month live soundtrack for silent film tour of US 2004.
-Soundtrack to "Nosferatu, a Symphony of Horror" by F.W. Murnau 1922,
for DME's first entire U.S. tour, fall 2005.
-Soundtrack to "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" starring John Barrymore 1920, for DME 6.5 week tour of U.S., fall 2006, 3-week tour of Europe in spring of 2007 and 2008.
-Soundtrack to "Red Heroine" Directed by Wen Yimin 1929, for DME 6.5 week tour of the U.S. fall 2008 and 5.5 week tour of Europe in 2009.

contemporary classical music ensemble
-DME's first concert of contemporary classical music. Compostions by Brendon Wood, Jonah Rapino and a performance of Terry Riley's "In C" at the Berwick Research Institute Boston MA 2001.
-Artists in Residency at the BRI for the whole month of May 2003 with two concerts, the first featuring the music of Pauline Oliveros, K.H. Stockhausen, John Adams, and Elliot Schwartz; and the second featuring music by local composers: Daryl Loud, David Patterson, Dave Utzinger, Jonah Rapino, and Brendon Wood.
-DME hosted an evening of modern classical music at the Mass. College Art, December 17th 2004, with a 40 piece orchestral ensemble, featuring original works by B. Wood, J. Rapino, M. Tuttle, and D. Patterson.
-The Berwick Reseach Institute Artist in Residency retrospective show was highlighted by a performance of a 20 piece orchestral ensemble with the Devil Music rock trio at the Mills Gallery in Downtown Boston. Works by B. Wood, L. Bunk, E. Nugent, and J. Rapino
-DME hosted an evening of modern classical music at the Mass. College of Art, September 17th 2007, with a 40 piece orchestral ensemble featuring original works by B. Wood, J. Rapino, D.Utzinger, and D. Patterson.

live soundtrack for theatre

-Sound design and live soundtrack for "The Loft" a modern adaptation of Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" American Art Theatre Boston MA 2001
-Composition and sound design for "The Art Show Down" which was broadcast on CCTV live from Art Interactive in Cambridge MA between March and May of 2006.

performance of Terry Riley's in C for 5 piece rock ensemble

-With the addition of Erik Nugent on saxophone and Somer Waters on cello, Devil Music performed a 45 minute "rock" version of In C at O'brien's Club in Boston MA 2001.

guitar ensembles
-Wood, Nylander, and Rapino played guitars in the world premier of Glenn Branca's 100 guitar Symphony #13 World Trade Center, NYC 2001.
-Wood, Nylander, and Rapino performed as members of Rhys Chatham's G3 guitar ensemble alongside Rhys Chatham, Chris Brokaw, Winston Braman, Keith Fullerton Whitman, and David Daniel, at Great Scott in Boston, February 2007.

grants received
-in 2008 Devil Music Ensemble received two grants from the New England Foundation for the Arts. Both the NEFA Expeditions and the New England States touring grants were awarded to the DME for their "Red Heroine" project.

 

Biography:
Devil Music was founded in 1999 by Brendon Wood to explore the many facets of music (Rock, Electronic, Orchestral, Folk, Improvisation, Incidental, etc.) The name Devil Music was taken from the Fourth Image of George Crumb's "Black Angel's: Thirteen Images from the Dark Land". The group itself was ever-changing, as new members came and went, adding a variety to the sounds, and the style. Starting in 2002, Devil Music settled into the core group of Wood, Rapino (from the acclaimed New Millennium String Ensemble), and Nylander (former member of Say Zuzu). Since then Devil Music has strived to present new, original, diverse works with performances in Boston, the rest of the U.S., and now the world. Devil Music recently finished their third European tour, doing live soundtrack performances to "Red Heroine " in twelve countries in Western and Eastern Europe. The attempt to pigeon hole Devil Music's sound has been frustrating audiences and critics since its incarnation 9 years ago, and will continue as such as long as the love of experimentation stays with the group.

Bands:
Devil Music has played shows with such notables as:
U$AISAMONSTER, Lightning Bolt, Oneida, Gold,
Cul-de-Sac, Beat Science, Neptune, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, 25 Suaves, Mindflayer, Naftule's Dream, Tunnel of Love, Necronomitron, YSA, Bardo Pond,
and so many more bands we can't remember.
Venues:
From barns to 2000 seat theaters, here are some of the more memorable places: the Musuem of Fine Arts in Boston MA., the Chicago Cultural Center, the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, the Silent Movie Theatre in L.A. CA, The Danish Film Istitute in Copenhagen, and so many more!!!

Recordings: DM albums----- www.misterrecords.com
DM : version 1- by Brendon Wood - Massive Distribution 2000
Devil Music: Devil Music - by Brendon Wood - Mister Records 4/02
Devil Music plays Terry Riley's In C - Live recording 4/02
Devil Music: Mastul - first rock record - Mr. Records 1/03
DME 'The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari"- Soundtrack Highlights - MassDist 2/04
Devil Music Ensemble: 12-17-04 - Live modern classical concert - MassDist 2/05
Devil Music Ensemble: "Big Stakes"- first DVD - MassDist 7/05
Devil Music: Go! 2nd rock record - MassDist 7/05
Devil Music/Gold : Split 7" first vinyl - Mister Records 3/06
Devil Music Ensemble: "Nosferatu" DVD - MassDist 3/06
Devil Music Ensemble: "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" newest DVD - MassDist 4/08
Devil Music Ensemble: "9-29-07" - Live modern classical concert - MassDist 12/08
Devil Music Ensemble: "Red Heroine" newest CD - MassDist 7/09