Dafna Naphtali and Hans Tammen have been collaborating and performing together since 1998, in many different ensembles and projects. Their duo, Dangertown probes and playfully undermines the elements of their technical and aesthetic practices, using a variety of noise makers, oscillators and other machines – all along the way paying homage (in a twirl of the radio dial) to ambient music, electroacoustic music, free jazz and improvised music, as well as all manner of non-Western musics. See also “Mechaniques” for Tammen/Naphtali duo work prior to 2023.
Dangertown is an historic nickname (circa 1900) for Brooklyn’s once rough and tumble Greenpoint neighborhood (where the current day Dangertown duo is based).
In the video below Dangertown played their first set for the memorial for Michael Evans, percussionist and electronic musician, and a dear friend (who passed away in 2021.) Dangertown uses Michael’s custom electronic instruments: the Ballerina, the Radio and a Therevox (also adding a STEIM Cracklebox). Video originally presented and live streamed by Roulette Intermedium on Jan 28, 2023.
Discography as Mechaniques Duo:
