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Plantasia
September 14, 2023 , 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Presented in Partnership with Pioneer Works and Sacred Bones Records
Rain Date Friday, September 15th
This special evening of performances pays tribute to Mort Garson’s sought-after 1976 album Plantasia. Surrounded by the Cemetery’s lush vegetation, Laraaji, Drew McDowall, DAOUI (Angel Bat Dawid & Oui Ennui), Alex Zhang Hungtai, and North Americans will reimagine tracks from Plantasia while guests explore the grounds, soak up the music, and browse vendors and Plantasia related merch for sale.
If you purchased a snake plant, asparagus fern, peace lily, or what have you from Mother Earth on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles (or bought a Simmons mattress from Sears), you also took home Plantasia, an album recorded especially for plants. Subtitled “warm earth music for plants… and the people that love them,” it was full of bucolic, charming, stoner-friendly, decidedly unscientific tunes enacted on the new-fangled device called the Moog. Plants date back to the dawn of time, but apparently, they loved the Moog, never mind that the synthesizer had been on the market for just a few years. Most of all, the plants loved the ditties made by composer Mort Garson. Over the years, Garson’s discreet electronic music has gained a cult following, leading to a reissue of the LP in 2019.
To purchase tickets or for more information, visit Pioneer Works’ website.
This program will take place at Valley Water, near Green-Wood’s Main Entrance. Attendees can only enter at 25th Street and Fifth Avenue.
In case of inclement weather, tickets will be honored on the rain date, Friday, September 15.
Please bring a blanket or lawn chair to get comfortable. Outside food and alcohol are not permitted. Bags will be checked at the door.