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Colorform - Music and Live Art

Rank #819 Brooklyn, NY Rock / Live Art

50% of sales go to the charity Oxfam America.

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Members: Kate, Matt, Ben, Sarah, Mike, Chris

Label: none

Manager: self

Bio: Catchy lyricism, a wide range of material and lust-for-life are three things that Colorform holds dear. The synaesthetic rock band - featuring female vocals, guitar, cello, bass, drums and visual art - has evolved over time from an intimate acoustic outfit into a plugged-in powerhouse of sight a... See Full Bio

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: Kate wrote this BRAND NEW SONG and the next day we did this live take for @SensibleReason 's Spring Awakening series https://t.co/XHUMLdV3vW

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"All this was set amongst a backdrop of about 10 local musical acts who suited the event well. The stand out was Colorform, a simple act featuring a female singer with band including an excellent cellist, who sang catchy songs whilst a friend of their's created a piece from scratch in front of the stage using pastels. A creative and inventive idea that suited the event to a tee."

— Meredith Webb, Shakefist Magazine

"I was [also] intrigued by the complementary visual element, which is part of the complete Colorform experience..." "..in addition to the world of aural expression, Colorform also encompasses visual art. At all live performances and in rehearsals, NYC artist Sarah Valeri provides simultaneous live artwork.." "When performing with the band, Sarah tapes a few sheets of drawing paper on the ground and uses pastels to draw on them as the music plays..." "Each painting is unique and has a part of the venue in it..." "...the band doesn't fall into the popular music cliche of using bowed strings as an afterthought to provide a superficial touch of classical sophistication... Matt's cello is absolutely central to the sound, and demonstrates an astonishing breadth of tone and expression..." "On some songs, I think I can hear something akin to the stylish dream-pop of The Sundays, while on others their is an angrier almost aggressive vibe at work..."

— "Griff", The Streetlamp Doesn't Cast Her Own Shadow Anymore

"Good news, Streetlampers! Our long-time, favourite NYC band, Colorform, are poised to release a new EP. Cue much joy at Streetlamp HQ. Unfortunately, due to the presence of the pesky Atlantic Ocean, we won't be able to attend the EP release party tomorrow, but those of you in and around New York City may be interested to know that the band can be found at the Parkside Lounge .... ... If you've read my previous writings on Colorform you'll know that I find this band particularly intriguing due to their synaesthetic merging of music and visual art and to their inclusion of cello as an integral part of their sound. That cello, by turns intimate or fiery, but always graceful, is weilded by the lovely Matt Logan, who as well as being a cellist is also a photographer, political activist and producer of the excellent ventilate blog.... See link for more

— The Streetlamp Doesn't Cast Her Shadow Anymore

"Colorform is variously electric and acoustic with cello, percussion and atmosphere guitar (last night’s show was electric) and is fronted by singer-songwriter-guitarist Kate Logan and artist Sarah Valeri. Both Logan and Valeri are “physical” performers—Logan, who can wail lyrical riffs and in that she is constantly in motion, exuberantly “dancing” to her song and Valeri in that she is (most times, and as she was last night) on her hands and knees in the gestures of an Action painter over a huge “canvas” that is (most times, and as it was last night) stretched out on the floor before the stage. Her gestures bring to mind Jackson Pollock, de Kooning, Jean-Michel Basquiat. Valeri is an artist just born to create live, “live” as in before an audience, in a performance atmosphere. She puts out as much energy as a drummer."

— Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino, Eratio Poetry Journal

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Colorform - "Separate" - Live at Arlene's Grocery

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Jun 7

Trash Bar
Brooklyn, NY, US | 10:00pm
Trash Bar
Brooklyn, NY, US
Fri Jun 07 10:00pm
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