Woody Sullender and Seamus CaterWoody and Seamus started this duo in spring 2008 during a residency and co-production at Steim and DNK-Amsterdam. After a second round of concerts and recordings in Holland and Germany, they are releasing their first album and planning further tours both sides of the Atlantic.
Sullender (NYC) plays acoustic and electro-acoustic banjo while Cater (UK/Amsterdam) plays all kinds of different harmonicas, often completely re-tuned. It's two instruments with a lot of cultural baggage played by two musicians involved in experimental music where such cultural associations are not so common. This new / folk / drone look into re-interpretations of instrumental and stylistic conventions sits in a place that at once embraces a post digital aesthetic whilst scanning back through 20th century music with instruments that haven't changed since the 1920's.
You won't find music quite like this in your record collection or playlists because while these instruments have numerous instances playing together within traditional folk and country groups, there is no precedent for a duo of harmonica and banjo playing instrumental music.
The following mp3's are unmixed and unedited studio recordings for promotional purposes only. A limited edition vinyl release including two of these tracks will come out on deadceo in early 2009.
D Wall 'O The Night Before