| monsters from the id |
![]() Photo of Ray Harryhausen's Kali, from "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad" ( d. Gordon Hessler, 1974) ![]() Photo of Barbara Steele from Mario Bava's "Black Sunday" (Italy, 1960) |
Along with "The Golem" and "Sounds of the Surreal", Gary Lucas has yet a third film project where he accompanies films of the fantastic, the outre, and the macabre with appropriately nail-biting music...the project known as "Monsters from the Id". Premiered at Brooklyn Sugar on Oct. 28th 2006, "Monsters from the Id" finds guitar madman Gary Lucas playing totally improvised solo guitar soundtracks to accompany and enhance clips from some of Gary's favorite horror and sci-fi sound films — color and black and white fever dreams such as Polanski's "Rosemary's Baby", Mario Bava's "Black Sunday", "Mothra", "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad", "Carnival of Souls", "The Brain that Wouldn't Die", the original King Kong, and more... Infamous cinematic fleurs du mal — further coloured, shaded and illuminated by Gary Lucas' chilling and imaginative live music. Gary made the European premiere in Vienna at Porgy and Bess in September and the Canadian premiere at Pop Montreal in October this year. Read a rave review of Gary's Pop Montreal show of "Sounds of the Surreal" and "Monsters from the Id" from the Montreal Gazette here. Check out a clip of Gary performing "Monsters from the Id" here. Total running time: 30 minutes For bookings of "Monsters From the Id", in tandem with "Sounds of the Surreal" or by itself, please contact bookings@garylucas.com. |