Picard as Locutus was cloned in a transporter accident, then both Picards had their Borg implants removed. Now one goes by Jean-Luc and the other by Larry. But which is which? And what do they remember?
Picard & Picard, the Philadelphia-based duo of Carlos Cotallo Solares (guitar, electronics; born in Spain) and Jeffrey Young (violin, electronics; born in NYC), moves between dreamy electro-acoustic soundscapes and harsh, deliberate noise, drawing on their backgrounds as improvisers and composers. Carlos and Jeffrey met in Philadelphia playing in the Arcana Open Sound Workshop, an ongoing project of Bowerbird‘s Arcana New Music Ensemble that served as a space for contemporary classical musicians to explore and develop open score pieces. They began working as a duo in March 2020, just before the start of the coronavirus lockdowns, and their first public concerts were performed over Zoom, with the two musicians calling in from their separate apartments across the city.
Carlos Cotallo Solares is a Spanish composer and guitarist based in Philadelphia. He studied composition at the University of Iowa, UDK Berlin, and the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg. His music has been performed in festivals and conferences across the US and Europe and his audiovisual collaborations with the filmmaker Timothy David Orme have been featured at film festivals internationally. Carlos also produces and performs experimental rock music under the name Black Stork and is a member of the free-improvisation trio Wombat. [https://cotallosolares.com/]
Jeffrey Young is a violinist, composer, and electronic musician based in Philadelphia. A native of Brooklyn, Jeffrey spent over a decade as a professional musician in the New York City music scene. He has been a member of groups including experimental ensemble thingNY, cabaret-punk band The World/Inferno Friendship Society, cross-disciplinary ensemble LUCERNE FESTIVAL Young Performance, bass and violin duo Dykes & Young. As a solo artist, he often performs with the software Ableton Live. He has toured the US, Europe, and China and has appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman, the Rachael Ray show, and more. [http://jeffrey-young.com]
Past performances
Thursday, April 15, 2021, 8:30pm EDT/5:30pm PDT: online performance to open Phoenix’s 8th Annual Oh My Ears Festival, tickets $5 to receive the YouTube link
Tuesday, September 15, 2020, 6:30pm: duo performance on Zoom opening for Bedlam‘s reading of Romeo and Juliet to benefit Communities United for Police Reform, RSVP here
Sunday, May 24, 2020, 9pm: online improv performance in the Open Improvisations: ONLINE edition Facebook group