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. 8 I The Blue Banner I 3.28.2012 Arts & Features Experimental music finds home in Asheville scene Local musicians keep music scene fresh Emily Kendrick Photo by Alex Person -Courtesy of This is ART This is ART performed at The One Stop along with Push/Pull and Peripheral. All three artists combine live instruments with electronic influences to create an experimental vibe. ekendric@unca.edu - Staff Writer Three artists, This is ART, Push/Pull and Pe ripheral, performed last Thursday night at The One Stop and showcased some of the innova tive music the area has to offer. Michael McBride, also known as Periph eral, said Asheville is a community where people want to support each other, which helps breed the creativity of the area. “Asheville has a very experimental vibe to it to me,” McBride said. “People are always try ing different ways to do dance music.” Push/Pull and Peripheral both call Asheville their home, while This is ART brought his tal ent from Nashville, Tenn. All three artists com bine live instruments and electronic production to make very unique sounds. McBride lived in Asheville for a while then moved to Washington, D.C. He said the music scene there was much more limited, and it was hard to find people who wanted to play music. “Everybody was either into heavy metal or heavy rap and I never really found anybody who was into music for the music,” McBride said. “I remembered being in Asheville and there was always music going on. There was always somebody who was wanting to play and all different kinds of musicians. I started really missing that.” Luckily, McBride moved back to Asheville and began collaborating with other musicians. He now belongs to the band Sonmi, as well as creating music through his solo project. Periodically joining the artists on stage was guitarist Andrew Kirk, junior business man agement student at UNC Asheville and gui tarist for Agobi Project, a local live electronic duo. Kirk said he moved to Asheville in 2007 be cause the local music scene was so diverse and interesting. Other local musicians like Kirk supple mented the artists with their instruments. Miles Cramer joined This is ART on drums. Carter Magee joined Push/Pull on drums and David Mathes joined Peripheral on drums. Kirk said part of the reason for the evolution of music in Asheville is the support from audi ences. He said there’s a reciprocation between the artists and the show-goers keeping the music scene alive. Kirk said Asheville residents have respect for music in general, and that’s part of what makes the music scene interesting. “I fell in love with the respect for art and mu sic here, and I felt like I could contribute since I’ve played music all my life,” Kirk said.
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