WEDNESDAY APR 05, 2017
Eugene Chadbourne
KLIMCHAK
If you don't know Klimchak's music, you've probably seen him around at a club, concert, or art opening. He's the pale, middle-aged Caucasian guy with a shaved head, wiry goatee, and clear-framed glasses, often wearing a brightly colored tunic and sporting a fez or Asian peasant hat. Working primarily as a soloist, David Klimchak plays an assortment of percussive and offbeat electronic and custom-built instruments — think nose flute, theremin, PVC pipes, garden utensils, and the rare Marimba Lumina. He's an accomplished composer and performer of scores for theatrical plays and puppet theater productions. His latest album, Nostalgia for the Future, is a thoroughly entertaining journey through his vivid imagination. In six tracks — each one recorded straight-up with no overdubbing, sequencing, looping, or post-production — Nostalgia ... conjures a multi-verse of styles ranging from country, folk, jazz, and blues to Irish jigs, Tin Pan Alley novelty tunes, and Chinese court music.
If you don't know Klimchak's music, you've probably seen him around at a club, concert, or art opening. He's the pale, middle-aged Caucasian guy with a shaved head, wiry goatee, and clear-framed glasses, often wearing a brightly colored tunic and sporting a fez or Asian peasant hat. Working primarily as a soloist, David Klimchak plays an assortment of percussive and offbeat electronic and custom-built instruments — think nose flute, theremin, PVC pipes, garden utensils, and the rare Marimba Lumina. He's an accomplished composer and performer of scores for theatrical plays and puppet theater productions. His latest album, Nostalgia for the Future, is a thoroughly entertaining journey through his vivid imagination. In six tracks — each one recorded straight-up with no overdubbing, sequencing, looping, or post-production — Nostalgia ... conjures a multi-verse of styles ranging from country, folk, jazz, and blues to Irish jigs, Tin Pan Alley novelty tunes, and Chinese court music.