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Disaster Passport (left to right): Luke Bassuener, Colin Crowley, Karl Christenson, Andy Moore.

Lots of folks got turned away the last time Disaster Passport played its live score to the mind-blowing film Koyaanisqatsi at Communication. Scored and played live by Andy Moore (banjo), Colin Crowley (banjo), Karl Christenson (omnichord and electric baritone guitar), and Luke Bassuener (percussion), it’s a weird and wonderful way to spend a Saturday afternoon.

press release: Disaster Passport will perform an original, new score to a live screening of the 1983 oddball documentary Koyaanisqatsi. The original score was composed by Philip Glass.

Disaster Passport is an all-instrumental quartet that started making music together late last winter. The non-vocal nature of our original music combined with the curious sound we create led us to imagine coming up with a new track for the 85-minute film. We’ve been composing alone and together, writing to the visuals, since last spring.

Disaster Passport features two banjos played through effects and delay. Andy Moore plays one five-string in a straight Appalachian style. Colin Crowley, who recently moved his family to Madison from Kenya, plays a pop-African technique on his banjo. The combination of styles is pretty expressive. Karl Christenson (Cribshitter) plays baritone electric guitar. The band is rounded out by Luke Bassuener (Asumaya, Faux Fawn) who creates vocal loops and plays stirring African percussion.