Smootaphilia: Ensemble Erotic Scores 'Stranger By The Lake' — live event
Smootaphilia: Ensemble Erotic performs an original soundtrack to Alain Guiraudie’s 2013 sexy French thriller STRANGER BY THE LAKE on Tuesday, March 10 at 9pm on TV Eye’s beautiful new screen!Called “the sexiest and most elegant thriller in years” by RogerEbert.com, STRANGER BY THE LAKE (aka L'Inconnu du lac) won the Queer Palm award & a best director award at the Cannes Film Festival. It was also nominated for eight César awards (the French Oscars).Set at a gay nude cruising beach in Provence, the film is a rare case in which the sex portrayed (non-simulated!) is actually integral to the plot and character development. (It makes most movies’ use of sexuality immature and merely voyeuristic in comparison.) Oshima’s 70’s Japanese masterpiece In The Realm Of The Senses was perhaps an influence in this regard.Considered by many critics to be one of the best films of its year, STRANGER BY THE LAKE is rarely screened in the theater and is ripe to be rediscovered as a classic of Queer Cinema.94% on Rotten Tomatoes Chosen as the best film of 2013 by legendary French film magazine Cahiers du cinéma.“Easily one the most groundbreaking films of the past 25 years. With its rare mix of male nudity, sex, and suspense it gives new meaning to the term Hitckcockian!” - SmootaLive scored by Smootaphilia, the film will also include full dialogue and subtitles.Smootaphilia features Ann Courtney (from Mother Feather) on vocals, Jerome Jordan on guitar, Jeremy Kay on bass, and Smoota (from TV On The Radio) on Casio & beats.SMOOTAPHILIA BIOThe best sensual experiences are primarily improvised. We can enjoy listening to the same song countless times, but when it comes to physical pleasure the key to maximum sensation is the unpredictable — improvising intimately in the moment with a partner (or partners). Smootaphilia: Ensemble Erotic embraces this idea in the pursuit of sensual music. What is the connection between music, spontaneity, desire and performance?The ensemble’s origins are innocent enough: Dave Smoota Smith first met vocalist Ann Courtney in the shallow end of a YMCA pool in Brooklyn. They became fast friends and discovered a shared taste for boundary-pushing music: Courtney is revered as the fearless and awe-inspiring leader of Mother Feather. Smoota has recorded and toured as a trombone player with cutting-edge bands such as TV On The Radio and Run The Jewels, has released solo music as SMOOTA exploring provocative and sexual themes, and leads the exploratory instrumental groups Smoota and The Beast and The Smoota Tête-a-Tête. When a friend asked Smoota to perform music at a pole dancing party, he knew it was an opportunity to share a stage with Courtney. And thus Smootaphilia was born, from pool to pole dance, with Courtney’s endlessly adventurous vocalizations reclining on a bed of slinky 69 beats per minute erotic funk. Supported by some of NYC’s grooviest musicians—Jeremy Kay on bass and Jerome Jordan on guitar—Smootaphilia continues to explore its potential as it performs live and prepares its debut album for 2026.
Starts: 2026-03-10T21:00:00Z
Ends: 2026-03-10T23:00:00Z
Where: 1647 Weirfield Street, New York 11385, United States
Price: $0.0
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