Arizona-born, Brooklyn-based Laura Ortman played violin in symphonies and formed an all Native-American orchestra, and also entered the genre of experimental electronic music. Brooklyn-based Michael Garofalo is an experimental musician and radio producer who performs electronic sounds. At the Delancey tonight, the gear was plentiful; for instance, Garofalo at one point played a virtual keyboard on his iPad on the table while fiddling with a larger programming device on the floor. The duo traded a soft wash of synthesized sounds off of each other. No vocals, no rhythms to tap your feet, just tiny bursts of low volume riffs that transcended all expectations of what was coming next. Always subtle, never overpowering, the blips, blatts and occasional reverbs of each composition seemed to reflect the inner sensitivities of the musicians. Is this the new jazz?
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