Fire Over Heaven returns from summer break on September 21st, with transatlantic electro-acoustic trio Kertenkele and a (mostly) solo 8-string bass from Sunwatchers lowender, Peter Kerlin. Hailing from Queens and Berlin, Kertenkele is an improvising trio featuring composer Cenk Ergün on electronics, Nick Dunston on double bass and electronics and singing multi-instrumentalist "Joan Sue". In their own words "At any given moment the trio of Kertenkele could switch from a walking bass line to a distorted banjo tune with lyrics by Christian Bök, before settling on a time-stretched remix of a Turkish folk requiem. With an array of instruments including home-made and circuit-bent electronics, processed radios, synthesizers, a banjo, a double bass, and voice, Kertenkele creates music which welcomes any and all forms of sound into a performance practice informed by improvisation, composition, and herpetology." Peter Kerlin is best known for holding down the low end in psychedelic outré rockers Sunwatchers, with Chris Forsyth's Solar Motel Band and for his recent LP with keyboardist Brent Corduro. He's also been developing a melodic and dubby solo set for 8-string bass guitar and synths, which we're very excited to hear the latest version of. Percussionist Rob Smith (of Gray/Smith fame) will be joining him on a few songs to boot. Please join us for the start of a great new season!