Fischerspooner Entertainment — 5 May
“It's interesting, eight years later, to see that Fischerspooner have evolved into the long-running art project they sort of always were.” — Pitchfork

Self-releasing the music at first, Fischerspooner amassed a dedicated international following during the heady first flowering of the digital music era.

In 2006, Fischerspooner shared a bill with Michael Stipe, Bright Eyes and Rufus Wainwright for the “Bring ‘Em Home Now” concert. The group anchored Deitch Projects and Paper Magazine’s second annual Art Parade, crowning the procession with a dazzling float overflowing with musicians and dancers dressed by vanguard London designer Gareth Pugh. Casey also appeared as Laertes in the Wooster Group production Hamlet, which included two new Fischerspooner songs composed for the show using Shakespeare’s text.

The first tease of what was yet to come arrived in 2008 with two singles released on Paris-based cult label Kitsuné. “The Best Revenge” a driving, synth-layered pop number, was featured on Kitsuné’s Maison 5 compilation, and “Danse en France,” a slung-back, slinky dance track had a hit remix by D.I.M. A commission by choreographer Stephen Petronio resulted in an 18-minute adaptation of “Danse en France” used as the score of their piece “Beauty and the Brut,” garnering notice in the New York Times after its world premiere at the Joyce Theater in May.

In June, Fischerspooner was included in the exhibition “It’s Not Only Rock ‘n’ Roll, Baby!” at the Brussels Centre for Fine Arts along with Patti Smith, Yoko Ono, Laurie Anderson, and Brian Eno. In one area they premiered “Get Confused,” a multi-wall music and video installation hailed as the show’s highlight by Frieze magazine.

In May, Fischerspooner will release Entertainment, their third full-length album. Recorded over a two-year period with producer Jeff Saltzman (The Killers, The Sounds) the music marks a further maturation of the group’s sound. Written and recorded independently in a carriage house in Brooklyn, the primary collaborators this time were an intimate circle of artists working on the live show: Ian Pai, Ben Bromley and Sam Kearney. The album’s special guests include actress/performance artist Ann Magnuson (Bongwater), UK musician Gabriel Olegavich (Lady Sovereign, Spektrum) and electronic collagist Steven Stein (Double Dee & Steinski).