ARCTIC MOTH
Arctic Moth represents the collaborative work of cellist Wayne Smith and sound artist Lysha Smith. The pair seeks to explore new sonic territories that emerge from the synergy of classical cello and modern electronic sound design techniques. Improvisation is essential to the duo's current explorations--each session or performance is unique unto itself. The soundscapes that unfold vacillate between tense drones and soaring, sweet-melodic bliss
--originating almost entirely from the cello itself as it's vibrations move through analogue circuits and digital wizardry.
Arctic Moth - Sanya || Live Performance, Arctic Moth Studios, Dec 24, 2018
Arctic Moth - Sanya || Live Performance, Arctic Moth Studios, Dec 24, 2018
Man with a Movie Camera
Arctic Moth - Waiting Room || Live Performance, Arctic Moth Studios, Dec 24, 2018
Cellist, Wayne Smith, gave his recital debut at the Kennedy Center in 1996, and has appeared as soloist and chamber musician in the United States, Italy, Germany, Romania, Hungary, Austria, Poland, and China. He has played with the New Jersey Chamber Music Society, the National Chamber Orchestra, the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, the Philharmonic of New Jersey, the Princeton Chamber Symphony, and the Heidelberg Castle Festival Orchestra in Heidelberg, Germany, among other groups, and was a featured soloist on the PBS Series “Musical Encounters”.
Wayne has recorded and performed with such artists as Joe, Richard Smallwood, and the Spin Doctors’ Anthony Krizan, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra and the Moody Blues. He has also enjoyed an active teaching career and has taught lessons and master classes at Amherst College, Salisbury State University in Maryland, and the University of Massachusetts. He did his undergraduate studies at the Eastman School of Music with Steven Doane and his graduate studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst with Astrid Schween.
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Lysha Smith is a sound artist, producer and musician from Shelburne Falls, MA. He works with machines/electronics to create a palette of morphing organic soundscapes, in an effort to paint the air with sound. Improvisation and spontaneity are key elements in all of Lysha's work, this most apparent in his work with cellist Wayne Smith and their Arctic Moth project. Lysha graduated from Marlboro College (VT) in 2018 with a degree in Sound Studies, where his work was centered around finding a synergy between sound art and Vipassana meditation via studio recordings, live performance and site specific sound art installations.
ARCTIC MOTH STUDIOS
Shelburne Falls, MA
Performance
Arctic Moth began improvising together in 2015 and has performed in various locations throughout New England, including: Amherst College, The FlyWheel Arts Collective, Greenfield Community College and the Dorchester Art Project.
Film Scoring
In 2015 AM teamed up with violinist Patrick Doane to compose an original score for Dziga Vertov's 1929 silent film Man with a Movie Camera. The group performed the score live summer of 2016. Since, Arctic Moth has done multiple projects scoring commercials for TV and radio, as well as Sound Art installations.
Recording
In 2019 AM will begin offering recording opportunities at Arctic Moth Studios in Shelburne Falls, MA. Our beautiful space is setup to record full bands, and we can help you craft your new sound with a strong technical skill-set and wide range of instrumentation and production gear. Contact us to set up a time for your Recording session today!
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