Tonight (March 2), Host Skull unveils the first iteration of the Inhabit Host Skull sound installation. The piece was conceived by David Bernabo, Chris Cannon, Will Dyar, Jeff Schrekengost, and Matt Wellins.

Opening reception on March 2, 2012, 6pm to 9pm at 707 Penn Avenue, Downtown Pittsburgh. Host Skull performs two sets, one improvised at 7pm and one of songs at 8pm. Host Skull will be David Bernabo, Chris Cannon, Erik Cirelli, Will Dyar, and Brandon Masterman for these sets.

"Inhabit Host Skull" invites the viewer to shape a constantly shifting sound environment, leaving a mark that mutates with each generation. By recording a one minute segment of sound, the viewer (and now partici- pant) enters their instant composition into a sound bank that is filtered back into the gallery, creating a constantly evolving composition. Responsibility over the quality and usefulness of the installation becomes a shared burden, similar to emerging open-source technologies. Questions on creative control arise since the viewer creates the content, the artists create the structure, and the randomized program code delivers the end product.

The “Inhabit Host Skull” installation will be paired with a four-night performance series featuring other acts that blur the lines of music, dance, film, and literature.

FRIDAY MARCH 9 - THE PILLOW PROJECT, JUSTIN HOPPER, HOST SKULL 
FRIDAY MARCH 16 - LE REX (Swiss jazz ensemble), HOST SKULL,  CHRIS MCGLUMPHY
FRIDAY MARCH 23 - JEFF BERMAN/DAVID BERNABO/GIA CACALANO, PAIRDOWN, SCOTT STEELE
SATURDAY APRIL 7 - THE DOCK ELLIS PERFORATED HEAD SOCIETY presents ”MADNESS AND CIVILIZATION”, MATT WELLINS 

Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Site: http://trustarts.culturaldistrict.org/exhibit/3950/inhabit-host-skull
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Blurb: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12061/1213432-388.stm

MODULES is a new overarching composition that allows for individual and overlapping miniature pieces for music and dance. The Pittsburgh version of Host Skull will expand to a six-piece, including three dancers and three musicians, to deliver the premiere performance of this complex and engaging work. The evening promises avant-rock, tight instructions, improvisation, athletics, lecture, and thought experiments.

Host Skull started as a recording project between Will Dyar and David Bernabo. Since the two collaborate from Sante Fe and Pittsburgh, respectively, two versions of Host Skull came into existence, one in each city (sometimes coming together as the superpower Host Skull). The Pittsburgh version of Host Skull is comprised of David Bernabo (guitar), Brandon Masterman (saxophones), and Pj Roduta (percussion). MODULES welcomes three additional collaborators: Jessica Behning, Taylor Knight, Katie Rodrigues.

Recently, Host Skull released the TOTALLY FATALIST LP on Chicago's Antephonic label. The limited edition vinyl version will be available at the performance. Host also recently performed a live score to Cecil B. DeMille's THE GOLDEN BED at the Andy Warhol Museum and will open the first INHABIT HOST SKULL art installation in Pittsburgh in March 2012.

We very much hope to can make it to this premiere performance!!

Thursday, November 17 @ Wood Street Galleries, Pittsburgh, PA
Doors 7:30, Show 8:00, pay what you can/want

Host Skull's Totally Fatalist is out now! Pick it up from Antephonic. You can find it at these places!

Antephonic label site: LP and MP3 links from the homepage. http://www.antephonic.com/

Amazon: LP http://www.amazon.com/Totally-Fatalist-Host-Skull/dp/B005DKGOCA

Insound: LP http://www.insound.com/Totally-Fatalist-Vinyl-LP-Host-Skull/P/INS98873/

In you are in Pittsburgh, feel free to grab it at Paul's CDs, Mind Cure, and Desolation Row.