Fall Came Early: Marian McLaughlin's "Fourth Son"

Marian McLaughlin uses a technique called "dérive", which is a French term/theory created in the 1940's to describe psychogeography (the effect of the geographical environment on individuals) and it was picked up in the 1950's by radical avant-garde artists. If you haven't Google translated already, the technique means "to drift" - and McLaughlin doesn't begin her set with any motives - she allows the landscape to dictate the direction of her song patterns and vocals. According to situationist theorist Guy Debord, "In performing a dérive, the individual in question must first set aside all work and leisure activities and all their other usual motives for movement and action, and let themselves be drawn by the attractions of the terrain and the encounters they find there." McLaughlin plays the Bottle this Wednesday, August 20th with American Wolf, Gabriel Reid, and Deadbeat. It's gonna be interesting to see how the dérive technique pans out alongside Ms. Pacman, free pizza, and our Radley mural (RIP). But we bet that it's going to be fucking beautiful. Out of Town Films recently filmed Marian McLaughlin at Little Berlin in Philadelphia. Watch the vid after the *jump*.