TIM BERNE ‘Snakeoil’

Snakeoil, Tim Berne’s new touring band, is a potent blend of new voices and new ideas.  Oscar Noriega (woodwinds), Matt Mitchell (keyboards) and Ches Smith (percussion) bring fresh sounds and vibrant energy.  Berne responds with a stunning book of new pieces balancing compositional rigor with fluid group improvisation.  Hypnotic rhythms and long, seductive melodies collide with jagged dissonances and surprising textural shifts.

A lush, organic blend of saxophones and clarinets is layered with electronic and acoustic keyboards and an ever-changing tapestry of percussion.  Freedom and discipline, consonance and discord, past, present and future- all work together to power this new band from Tim Berne.

ARR: Dokkhuset Scene