Rozz-Tox
2108 3rd Ave, Rock Island, IL 61201
Events at this location
february

Location
Rozz-Tox
2108 3rd Ave, Rock Island, IL 61201
Time
(Friday) 7:00 pm
Event Details
JON MUELLER + TOM LECKY: ALL COLORS PRESENTA sound and visual meditation Jon Mueller’s singular performance idiom is an awe-inspiring display of elegant athleticism, preternatural focus,
Event Details
JON MUELLER + TOM LECKY: ALL COLORS PRESENT
A sound and visual meditation
Jon Mueller’s singular performance idiom is an awe-inspiring display of elegant athleticism, preternatural focus, brute restraint, and ecstatic, monastic reverie. Paired with Tom Lecky's photographs, it becomes a deliberate focus on form, shape and detail. It requires and demands a state of inner quietude from witnesses. Yet, from this seemingly metronomic exercise blossoms every possible tint and hue of infinite spectral sound.
Renowned percussionist and drummer Jon Mueller is celebrated for his uncommon technique, rigor and virtuosity. Mueller’s aim has been to move drums, percussion and rhythm from its anticipated backbeat to a central musical focus, something more intuitive and natural than usually imagined. Audiences throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan, and the United Kingdom have experienced this idiosyncratic point of view as, paradoxically, both ‘cathartic’ and ‘meditative’. Notable solo performances have taken place at the Guggenheim Museum, New Museum, Issue Project Room, SXSW, Big Ears Festival, Hopscotch Fest, and Witching Hour Festival. Beyond his solo work, Mueller has performed and recorded with Olivia Block, Aaron Turner, James Plotkin, Who is the Witness?, Mind Over Mirrors, Volcano Choir, Collections of Colonies of Bees and Pele. www.rhythmplex.com
Tom Lecky has worked in photography, music (as Hallock Hill), the book arts, prose and poetry writing, and literary criticism. His creative work concentrates on memory, place, and environment, the work of the imagination, perception, and the intersections of abstraction and representation. He often interweaves appropriated texts and images with his own, evoking a conversation with the history of book design and illustration.
These creative pursuits are linked to Tom’s career as an internationally recognized expert in the field of rare and antiquarian books and manuscripts. He has worked in the auction world – notably in a 17-year run as a specialist and Head of Christie’s New York Books and Manuscripts Department – and as an advisor to collectors and institutions. He is the owner of Riverrun Books, and the founder of the rare book and manuscript appraisal and advisory firm Lecky Art Group. www.tomlecky.com

Location
Rozz-Tox
2108 3rd Ave, Rock Island, IL 61201
Time
(Saturday) 8:00 pm
Event Details
In celebration of the new Cardiacs book released by Melodic Virtue, Cardiacs: A Big Book and a Band and the Whole World Window, Jon Mueller
Event Details
In celebration of the new Cardiacs book released by Melodic Virtue, Cardiacs: A Big Book and a Band and the Whole World Window, Jon Mueller will play records from throughout the cult band's history, from the raw, yet complex songs of the 70s and 80s, to the powerful and ultra-polished masterpieces of the 90s. Never heard of them? You're not alone, but join us on this night for perhaps one of the most gratifying and exciting listening experiences of your life!
Cardiacs are an English rock band formed in 1977, originally as Cardiac Arrest, led by Tim Smith. Noted for their complex, varied and intense compositional style and for their eccentric, theatrical stage shows, they have been hailed as an influence by bands as diverse as Blur, Faith No More and Radiohead. www.cardiacs.net