The Igniter season of ‘Elemental’ by percussion group Strike was a very thrashing night out. Percussion like you have never heard before.
A group of four talented percussionists from New Zealand with varying international experience form the group Strike currently playing in Wellington at Downstage.
I think their most, Wow, piece was ‘Igniter’ where the members were playing with fire, using glass pipes (fire guns) with methylated spirits sprayed down the pipes.
I also enjoyed the ‘Relentless’ piece which charts a volcanic episode – from dormancy to eruption using metal timbres that the members banded away on.
A very entertaining evening … wish I had taken up the offer of some earplugs when I first walked in though.
