Dixon's Violin - Dafmark Dance Theater
Dixon Hammond is a seeker. Hammond, 51, plays what he calls “visionary violin,” but though Dixon’s Violin is just Hammond and his five-string electric violin, the music is multilayered and textural thanks to an array of pedals, electronic looping effects and music software that he wrote for his own use. It’s also completely live and in the moment; Hammond doesn’t use pre-recorded backing tracks or samples. He is fond of introducing musical numbers by telling audiences that they are about to hear “something that has not been created yet.”
While the music for Dixon’s Violin is improvised, it’s not exactly jazz, and while Hammond’s technique was honed through years of classical violin lessons and polished as a section player in symphony orchestras, this doesn’t sound like European concert music. Meditative and easy on the ear, the music of Dixon’s Violin exists in a place where New Age ethereality, trancelike jams and hazy spirituality meet.
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