Nettle Gets Under Your Skin
Formed in Barcelona by electronic musician and DJ Jace Clayton (a.k.a. DJ /rupture), Nettle combines musically and geographically disparate traditions from electronic experimentalism to classical North African composition. On March 21, 2009, Nettle made its U.S. debut at Brandeis University’s Slosberg Music Center. The band’s line-up is fluid with a core membership of six musicians. For this performance Nettle was Brent Arnold (cello), Khalid Bennaji (guembri, vocals), Jace Clayton (electronics), Grey Filastine (percussion), Abdelhak Rahal (violin, banjo), and Daniel Perlin (visuals).
I interviewed Jace backstage before the performance. He talks about the history of Nettle, the band’s residency at Brandeis, and what’s in store for this long-distance project. The photos and music were recorded during the sound check.
Note: comments are closed after thirty days.
Other Featured Articles
- Podcast 65 - Q Edition One
- ISABELLA Live on RF, August 25, 2016
- Telstar Cover Versions with Glenn Jones
- Strange Attractor on Rare Frequency
- 2011 Year-End List
10 Records I Liked A Lot - Label Profile: Semata Productions
- Label Feature: Sedimental
- New England Phonographers Union
- Mike Shiflet
- Caroline Park
- Tumble (Andrea Belfi + Attila Faravelli)
- Mem1
- Luke Moldof
- Strotter Inst.
- Max Lord
- Label Profile: mAtter
- Greg Kelley
- Retribution Body
- Brandon Terzakis
- Ricardo Donoso
- Oneohtrix Point Never
- Benjamin Nelson Interview
- Nettle Gets Under Your Skin
- Nerve Net Noise
- Stephan Mathieu
- Area C
- Illusion of Safety
- More, Please! WZBC Fundraiser
- rise set twilight
- Keith Fullerton Whitman
- Howard Stelzer's Current Cassette Rotation
- Brendan Murray
- Ashley Paul
- Astronaut
- The undr quartet Turns Ten: An Interview
- RF Top 30 Records of 2007
- DJ Dabu
- Forbes Graham
- DJ /rupture
- Ophibre
- Marc McNulty
- An Interview with Ernst Karel
- Droning, Fast and Free:
An Interview with Eli Keszler - Sonic Boom:
An Interview with DJ C - Beyond Ones and Zeroes:
An Interview with Jay Sullivan - Sound Resonance:
An Interview with Asher Thal-nir - Happy Intransitive New Year:
An Interview with Howard Stelzer - Sound Narratives:
An Interview with Philip Samartzis - Interview: COH
S is for COH - The Sound Migrations of Janek Schaefer:
An Interview - Everyday Sound Sculptor:
An Interview with Sawako - Rise Set Twilight
- The Ghost in the Buddha Machine:
An Interview with Christiaan Virant of FM3 - Fe-mail: An Interview with the Pink Inferno
- Out in the Field with United States of Belt
- Lasse Marhaug: More is Better
- Brendan Murray: At Rest, Work, and Play
- Chloe Recordings
