Internationally acclaimed avant-electronica superduo Matmos slice breakbeats out of ballad stanzas in a brand new collaboration with poet Monica Youn, based on her just-released book of poems Ignatz, which itself is a reconceptualization of George Herriman’s classic comic strip Krazy Kat.

Matmos Performance: 8pm / $10 donation
Ignatz Book Party: 9pm / FREE
Date: Saturday, March 20, 2010
Time: 8:00pm – 10:00pm
Location: The Asian American Writers Workshop
Street: 16 West 32nd Street, Suite 10A, New York, NY

Matmos (M.C. Schmidt and Drew Daniel) are notorious for their musique concrete mash-ups: amplified crayfish nerve tissue, liposuction surgery, a cow uterus, latex fetish clothing, a five gallon bucket of oatmeal. They have released eight albums, most recently Supreme Balloon (Matador 2008). In 2001 they were asked to collaborate with the Icelandic singer Bjork on her Vespertine album, and subsequently embarked on two world tours as part of her band. They have also collaborated with a wide range of artists across disciplines from the Kronos Quartet and Antony and the Johnsons to visual artist Daria Martin and playwright Young Jean Lee (for her play The Appeal).

AAWW Board member Monica Youn’s second book of poems Ignatz was recently published by Four Way Books. Her first book Barter was published in 2003 from Graywolf Press. She has been awarded poetry fellowships from the Library of Congress, the Rockefeller Foundation, and Stanford University and has been a visiting professor of creative writing at Pratt Institute and at Columbia University. She works as an attorney at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, where she is the director of the campaign finance reform project. Purchase your tickets by visiting our ticketing site: http://www.nycharities.org/events/EventLevels.aspx?ETID=1227