Normal Love (2005-2013) delivered a melted tundra of convulsive sound-therapy. The initial conception of the group was an autonomous musical equivalent to Japanese human medical experimentation– a fuming laboratory for a kindred pool of musicians to push their own limitations, drawing upon virtually all of their creative resources, in attempt to synthesize and formulate something new without forgetting to be good. Taking cues from a variety of influences, members drew inspiration from the sounds of maverick artists working in such idioms as no wave, power electronics, outsider pop, noise, extreme metal, free improv, early industrial, and contemporary composition. After several changes in personnel, the group was distilled into a far more severe and aesthetically focused sound machine.
Normal Love was:
Eli Litwin – drums
Jessica Pavone – amplified violin/vox sometime
Amnon D. Freidlin – guitar/electronics/vox sometime
Evan Lipson – bass
Past members:
Merissa Martignoni-voice/samplers
Alex Nagle – Guitar
Carlos Santiago -Amplified Violin
NORMAL LOVE has shared the stage with artists such as: Matmos, Sun Ra Arkestra, Ruins, Daughters, Zs, Chinese Stars, Ocrilim (Mick Barr), Aa (BIG A little a), James Plotkin, Psyopus, Weasel Walter, Tim Berne, Stinking Lizavetta , Dysrhythmia, and Genghis Tron.
NORMAL LOVE has been invited to perform at Bang on a Can Marathon, Guitar Festival @ The Stone (February 2007), Dark Forces Swing Blind Punches Festival (December 2006), the 1st annual Philadelphia POPPED! Festival (April 2007), and the Clark Park Festival (September 2007).
“NL, which recently released its debut self-titled CD on High Two, makes brutally intricate music, aggressive and perfectionist. If the Warriors had scratched past the Orphans and the Baseball Furies only to chance upon a shiv-wielding chamber ensemble, Normal Love would be perfectly cast.”
-Shaun Brady, Philadelphia City Paper
