Whether combining the rhythmic timbres of wood, metal and audience claps or duetting with the atmospheric and elegiac echoed sounds of water dripping into a metal basin, Bex Burch is a composer, percussionist, producer and improviser who emphasizes space, repetition and aspects of chaos. These themes characterize an ongoing approach she describes as “messy minimalism”.
Burch’s critically acclaimed 2023 solo album, 'There is only love and fear' was released via Chicago’s International Anthem and named The Guardian's Contemporary Album of the Month. She has previously released music as part of Boing! with Leafcutter John, and Flock with Tamar Osborn and The Comet Is Coming’s Danalogue. She runs the label and post-punk band, Vula Viel, and has collaborated with influential artists like Peter Zummo, Dame Evelyn Glennie and Ben LaMar Gay.
Bex completed an 18-month instrument-making apprenticeship in Ghana from 2008 with master gyil player Thomas Sekgura, a formative experience that gave her a deep-seated respect for Dagaare music and the confidence to pursue a path that reflected her own voice. A restless, questing spirit has informed her career since, from the open-hearted collaborations of her musical releases to the creation of a new xylophone she handmade under Jamie Linwood’s mentorship, tuning its harmonics to maximize the resonances she wanted to hear. – Bex’s music continues to evolve. More is to come as Bex’s wide-eyed approach continues to break new musical ground.
John-Francis Quiñonez is a Queer Writer
& Multimedia Artist
living & working in Providence, RI/
currently a Resident of the Dirt Palace/
Board Member for Binch Press & Queer.Archive.Work./
co-guardian of Lost Bag Space/
chef at Big Feeling Ice Cream/
& is thinking a lot about Emerging.
In October 2022 -
they released their first full collection
of Poetry entitled
”Keep Your Little Lights Alive
(Poems After Kate Bush’s Hounds of Love and Others)”
with Write Bloody Publishing.
Their greatest Joy & Fascination is Reading Poems in rooms full of People,
and hopes to do so with you soon.
Doors @ 7:30p | Show @ 8p | Door Code: #0123#
Public Transportation
Prototype is located at 237 River Street, in Paterson, NJ.
FROM PENN STATION- 1 TRANSFER
Take any train line to Secaucus
Transfer at Secaucus to the yellow main line toward Suffern or Waldwick
Get off at Paterson Station, which immediately follows Clifton Station
Twelve min walk to Prototype 237 or 5 min Lyft/Uber ride
FROM HOBOKEN TERMINAL- DIRECT
Take the yellow main line toward Suffern or Waldwick
Get off at Paterson Station, which immediately follows Clifton Station
Twelve min walk to Prototype 237 or 5 min Lyft/Uber ride
We recommend downloading the NJ Transit App to stay updated on all train times and route information.
Parking
For those who are driving, we strongly recommend carpooling, as we are limited to street parking.
DO NOT park on River Street
DO NOT park in the loading dock to the left of the building
DO NOT park in the lot to the right of the building — you’ll be towed!
You can park on Lawrence, Montgomery, and Lafayette Streets, highlighted in yellow below:
