AIRLESS MIDNIGHT

AIRLESS MIDNIGHT

Airless Midnight is Eszter Balint s most confident effort to date, with artful and sophisticated songs with lyrics that support strong, mysterious, narratives for a decisive cinematic feel. It features three of New York's most distinguished and original guitarists: Chris Cochrane (John Zorn), Dave Schramm (The Schramms, Yo La Tengo) and Marc Ribot. The band is rounded out by drummer Brian Wilson (Johnny Dowd, Neko Case), bassist JD Foster, and Sam Phillips on vocal harmonies. Eszter sings and plays guitar, violin, melodica, mandolin, random sounds.<br><br>Eszter has played violin on records by Angels of Light, on Swans epic album The Seer, and contributes vocals and other instrumentation on multiple Marc Ribot projects including Ceramic Dog (she was a guest member through 2009). As an actress she has starred in Jim Jarmusch's classic Stranger than Paradise, was featured in Steve Buscemi's Trees Lounge, and has worked alongside Mia Farrow and John Malkovich in Woody Allen's Shadows and Fog, among other film appearances.