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Below we have a lot of information about Wobbly & Blevin Blectum
PROFILE of WOBBLY
By Lara Christensen and Jon Leidecker, 1989 "The beauty of the earth and all its wonderful art forms make every second of life a treasure"*
Wobbly is a multi-talented artist who excels in music, painting, singing, writing, dancing and even woodworking. Once dubbed "Mr. High on Life", his colorful high energy is like electricity as it provokes intense emotion in his audience.
Wobbly is practical and youthful. He possesses charisma and magnetism. He's been a natural artist since early youth, but has restrained himself until recently, as his creative drive is pushing him to give to the world what lies inside of him. He developed himself as a portrait painter. This year, he's gone beyond that as he fulfills his philosophical nature in the avenue of music, writing and singing. He wants to live a long life and be creative. His fulfillment will not come until he's completed the full cycle of his inborn talent. His high creativity in all areas has funneled into music where he finds himself at this time, with his artistic ability as a painter having a profound effect. It appears as if his painting background shows up in his music as he paints pictures with his words. His broad background is embraced in his inspired voice.
When Wobbly sings, you know he just doesn't say words. His singing embraces the soul, enhances the meaning of each word and incites attention, emotion, imagination and suspense. He likes his music to be of broad octave ranges. He also intends his music to tell a story. He believes it's important to be somewhat well read and that one of the best ways to make his voice better is to increase his knowledge.
Wobbly is a natural. He believes in allowing creativity to flow. This belief can be compared to the difference between a trimmed bush (neat and round) and a beautiful natural bush allowed to burst forth in its best array - free to grow. He finds balance important with a proper mixture. His awareness is superb.
All in all, he is his own self and brings out the best in all he endeavors to do as he spreads his talents out across the world like beautiful flowers.Wobbly also feels that satisfaction in the arts, largely music, could be a good avenue towards peace for mankind.
"When more people experience the euphoric ecstasy that could be obtained by sampling beautiful musical selections from rock to opera, more people will be less inclined to strife."*
* Quotes by Wobbly. With kind acknowledgement of the life works of: Ken DeFeudis.
Gular Flutter synopsis: This live performance (laptop, voice, video, assorted electronics) is a study in slo-mo sunspots, high contrast hydraulics, Cascaded Integrator-Combing, and negative acceleration. Epic sound for distressed ifrit. Peculiar winds during the eclipse allow for the rapid cooling of the organism via evaporative water loss and convection from the mucous- covered surfaces. The metal-helmeted cascade-familiar performs fountain maintenance. Shot hot in the hills of Oakland, California.
Blevin Blectum is an electronic musician. Recently relocated from the industrial armpit of Oakland, California, to the humid lovecraftian greenery of Providence, Rhode Island, Blevin released her fourth solo album, GULAR FLUTTER, on an unsuspecting public via the AAGOO label (New York, 2008). The Wire magazine (UK) chose GULAR FLUTTER as one of its top 15 Electronic records of 2008.
Blevin is perhaps best known as one half of the recently reformed and reunited groundbreaking digital duo Blectum From Blechdom, recipients of the 2001 Ars Electronica Award of Distinction in Digital Musics (for their album "The Messy Jesse Fiesta"). Blevin was a party to audio/video band SAGAN, alongside fellow e-musician Lesser, keyboardist Wobbly, and video artiste enfant terrible Ryan Junell. SAGAN released their debut CD/DVD, "Unseen Forces" on the Vague Terrain label (Matmos' vanity label), with a follow-up release, "The Resting Pleasures EP", on 333 Recordings (Oakland, CA).
Blevin produces continued electronics with a more oblique slant on the basic BFB sensation of things-not-quite-right-here, clanking, creaking grooves and anti-grooves as a coal-powered spacecraft from some steampunk parallel universe potentiality, puffing and straining as it struggles to reach escape velocity, chopped, noise-reduced and timed/stretched to the breaking/boiling point, generally fucked-with samples of everything from hand-slapped rain-drenched leaves in courtship gardens and antique broken Beatnik banks to ProTooledFree classic utterly danceable disembodied-blissful-transvestite-stand-up-comic vocals.
In May 2009 she toured Europe with Kevin Blechdom and Irene Moon's SLaughtering SLobbersville - a hyper-vaudevillian far-future carboard-costumed three-ring production - along with the likes of Ching Chong Song, Justice Yeldham, Ironing, Elisabeth King, Barnwave, and Christopher Fleeger.
Selected Recordings: "Gular Flutter" CD, solo as Blevin Blectum, on Aagoo, July 2008 "Rapid Cooling" Vinyl 12" solo as Blevin Blectum, on Aagoo, November 2007 "Magic Maple" CD, solo as Blevin Blectum, on Praemedia, October 2004 "Talon Slalom" CD, solo as Blevin Blectum, on Deluxe Records, April 2002 "Pirate Planets" CD, solo as D-84, on Phthalo, January 1999 "Unseen Forces" CD/DVD, as 1/3 of the band Sagan, on VagueTerrain , Fall 2004 "Resting Pleasures" 7" vinyl/Mini-CD, as 1/3 of the band Sagan, on 333, Fall 2006 "Haus de Snaus" CD, as ½ of Blectum from Blechdom, on Tigerbeat6, Fall 2001 "The Messy Jesse Fiesta" CD, as ½ of Blectum from Blechdom, on Deluxe Records, June 2000 "Snauses and Mallards" 12", as ½ of Blectum from Blechdom, on Orthlorng Musork, March 2000
Education: Brown University, Providence, RI - PhD Electronic Music and Multimedia, 2009 - 2014 Mills College, Oakland, CA - Electronic Music and Recording Media MFA, 1995, 1998 Oberlin College/Conservatory, Oberlin, OH - BA English, BM Violin Performance 1989–1994
Selected Awards and Honors: The Robert and Margaret MacColl Johnson Fellowships for Music Composers - Finalist - Providence, Rhode Island - 2008 Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts - Composer in Residence -Nebraska City, Nebraska - 2008 Headlands Center for the Arts - Artist In Residence - Marin, California - 2003 Ars Electronica - Jury Member for Digital Music Award, - Linz, Austria - 2002 SF Weekly Music Awards - Music Nomination - San Francisco, California - 2001 Ars Electronica - Award of Distinction in Digital Musics - Linz, Austria - 2001 New Langton Bay Area Award Show - Music Award - San Francisco, California - 1999 Recipient of Crothers Scholarship for Composition - Mills College, Oakland, California - 1998
Selected Performances: 1. European Tours - solo and duo with Kevin Blechdom (Kristin Erickson) – April - May 2009 - Slobbersville tour throughout Europe January - February 2009 - Ten performances solo and duo throughout Europe September 1 -14th 2008: Seven performances – Stavenger, Oslo, London, Newcastle, Hamburg, Berlin; Performances and lectures at Newcastle University and Oslo National Academy of Art (KHiO) 2. "Approximately Infinite Universe" Tour: 8 UK performances in collaboration with US/UK/Finnish musicians; Fonal / Contemporary Music Network (Finland/UK), September 15th – 30th 2008 3. MARS building - Providence, RI - July 2008 4. European Tour - solo performances - Norway, UK, Germany, Poland, Italy, May 2008 5. Transmodern Festival - Baltimore, MD - April 2008 6. The Stone curated by Zeena Parkins- NY, NY - February 2008 7. The Wire Magazine's 25th: Christian Marclay's 'Screenplay', London, UK, November 2007 8. European Tour, UK, Germany, Italy, Belgium, and Denmark, November 2007 9. Starry Night Art & Astronomy Sleep-Over, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA, August 2007 10. Centre Pompidou, In-Famous Carousel Festival, Paris, France, October 2006 11. San Francisco Electronic Music Festival, SF, CA, August 2005 12. "Yes" Yoko Ono, Opening Night Performance, SF MOMA, SF, CA, June 2002 13. London Musician's Collective Festival, London, UK, June 2001
"Cosmic forces can have a twisted sense of humor. I am the reincarnation of Perkin Warbeck" -TheeBradMiller Part 1: Formulation cover art by Red Cell (new Bigger Inside Sleeve!)
Track Listing; 1 Fire Alarm - AxemRangers 2 Ahi Mele - The Missing Middle 3 Witness At The Fountain - The Vivi Sect 4 Wall Of The Shot (God's Version) - No It Is Opposition 5 Burning/Crawling - Vampyramidf/F 6 Will You Come Now - Phallus Dei featuring John Walker 7 Celebration Of The Moon - Salakapakka Sound System 8 Fire - A Forgotten Tale 9 PianoSomewhere - AkuYou 10 Viral Symphony 4th Mvt (Edit) - Joseph Nechvatal 11 Gorka krv - Tearpalm 12 Echoes - Elvatorium
PRESS RELEASE: "I Was Lost, But Now I'm Fresh" Public Art Project
As of Sunday February 15, 2009, The public arts collective 'There Once Was A Rebellion' (T.O.W.A.R.) [ http://thereoncewasarebellion.org ] will have placed sweatshirts intended for those who are cold and void of shelter around the city of Richmond. Although we know it will be tempting, because these sweatshirts will look so fresh on your backs, please if you come across them, try to leave them for the homeless and those who are in more need of them than you probably are.
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There Once Was A Rebellion is beginning to have regular meetings as an initiative to advocate public art as well as produce it ourselves. The group is meeting monthly to brainstorm about projects, workshops and initiatives to have more public art in Richmond. Some of the projects will be guerrilla based (street theatre, guerrilla mosaics, guerrilla sculpture, wheat-paste campaigns etc) while others will be commissioned (murals, mosaics, etc).
The info below explains our first project. I thought that this may be a project some of you would be interested in.
On January 31st at a few people showed up at Gallery5's Lucent Phoenix Peoples Resource Center with some screen printing, sewing, stenciling and iron-on-transfer equipment for a project we are calling "I was lost, but now I'm fresh." The end result will be hoodies/sweatshirts with imagery printed/sewed on them from various artists and hung outdoors for people in need of warm clothing.
The project: 1.) Artists bought old sweat shirts, hoodies, and equipment to Gallery5 to print with. (It doesn't matter what the imagery is; we are just beautifying the clothing.)
2.) The artists print on the clothing.
3.) We printed "I was lost, but now I'm fresh" on the clothing. And replaced the Tags with the T.O.W.A.R. logo.
4.) Put the clothing on hangers (made from sticks and string) and hang them around Richmond for people to take.
By having a group meet together we can use each others' imagery/materials (depending on how comfortable the artist is with it) as well as pass clothing to each other to add imagery. Through the layering of imagery by various artists; the article of clothing becomes a documentation of a non-sensical conversation between artists and image makers.
The end result - like most public art - questions the white box in two ways: by using participants (people whom wear the clothes) as mobile galleries and by using the city as a gallery.
By adding the phrase "I was lost, but now Im fresh." the project has multiple meanings depending on the person wearing the object. -When the article of clothing is by itself the phrase might imply that the clothing was lost -When the person is wearing the clothing it might imply the participant being warm or becoming more fashionable
With this particular project we are trying to walk on the fine line of statement and entertainment.
Since 1986 Joseph Nechvatal has worked with ubiquitous electronic visual information, computers and computer-robotics. His computer-robotic assisted paintings and computer animations are shown regularly in galleries and museums throughout the world. From 1991-1993 he worked as artist-in-resident at the Louis Pasteur Atelier and the Saline Royale / Ledoux Foundation's computer lab in Arbois, France on The Computer Virus Project: an experiment with computer viruses as a creative stratagem. In 2002 he extended that artistic research into the field of viral artificial life through his collaboration with the programmer Stéphane Sikora.
Dr. Nechvatal earned his Ph.D. in the philosophy of art and new technology at The Centre for Advanced Inquiry in the Interactive Arts (CAiiA) University of Wales College, Newport, UK. He presently teaches at the School of Visual Arts in New York City (SVA) and at Stevens Institute of Technology and writes periodically on art and new technology. His book of essays Towards an Immersive Intelligence: Essays on the Work of Art in the Age of Computer Technology and Virtual Reality (1993-2006) will be released by Edgewise Press in early 2009.
Matthew Underwood received his BFA in electronic arts from the School of Art and Design at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. His work has been screened at ZKM and the European Media Art Festival and has made multimedia work at the Institute for Electronic Arts and the Experimental Television Center. Some of his work can be seen at: www.mattunderwood.net
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: wendy hsu<wendyhsu@virginia.edu> Date: Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 11:56 AM Subject: Call for Sound: Audio Exhibition in February 2009 To: wendy.f.hsu@gmail.com
Dear all,
Hope everyone's getting a good start in the new year.
Next month, we curate a month long program devoted to the celebration of sound entitled - Audio February - at the Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative [ thebridgepai.com] in Charlottesville, VA.
Our intention is to utilize the gallery space in creative ways to foster a sound-loving community. We have scheduled a series of events, including improvised music performances, robotics workshop, radio documentary demos, and sound installations and lectures.
A crucial part of the month is the ongoing Sound Room, an audio installation in the main gallery space over speakers, featuring sound pieces by artists from around the world. We would like for you to take part in this installation.
If you're interested, please send along a piece of your sound work in the form of a digital file (mp3, wav, aiff, etc) via email (greg@thebridgepai.com) or other file-transferring means (such as yousendit.com). Along with the file, please attach:
1. Text related to the track
2. Your bio and any other pertinent information
Tracks of all sort and selection are welcome. We recommend track length to be limited to 25 minutes or less.
The Sound Room will open during regular gallery hours and at points during events through out the month of February.
We look forward to hearing (from) you.
P.S. We are seeking toy horses for the Opening Reception on February 6th – (seriously.) If you have any to share or leads on good pastures – PLEASE let us know at your earliest! Thank you.
[ Net-Releases are recordings provided by labels and artists dedicated to providing free quality music for the public. ]
-Cheapmachines "The Descendent" 'The Descendent' (siji) [net-release] -Scott Smallwood "Cotton Swarm" '3 soundscapes' (siji) [net-release] -Robertas Kundrotas & Gintas K "septyni tiltai pasaulio centre" 'septyni tiltai pasaulio centre' [net-release] -ONO "Mess in the head" 'Cyber Junk's Not Dead' (DaDaist Audio) [net-release] -Jesse Kudler & Jason Talbot "Live @ Ghostprint Gallery" '12.16.2007' (hzcollective archive) -Krosot "Dove" (Smell The Stench) [net-release]
-Ting Ting Jahe "313-16-3" '18(16)' (winds measure recordings) -Das Synthetische Mischgewebe "Leisure time for max in the arteries of his past dominion" 'intransitive twenty-three v/a' (intransitive) -Chuck Bettis "Neuromancy" 'Sonic Sigils' (Scarcelight) -Jazzkammer "Sound of Music" 'Live in Tokyo 11.02.2001 ' (OHM Records) -Twance Cop "Infinite Rave" END
Where: Commercial Taphouse, 111 N. Robinson St. (804) 359-6544
Cost: Free
Ages: ALL AGES!!!
In their first appearance at Commercial Taphouse, "Glows in the Dark" will once again be premiering new material! This time they are taking their road-tested song "Warren Oates," and expanding it to include pieces written for three of the late actor's best films: "Two-Lane Blacktop", "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia", and "Cockfighter."
More on Glows in the Dark:
"Burton's experience making short films and working with visual media infuses Glows-in-the-Dark's compositions with a storytelling, soundtrackish vibe."
-The Virginian Pilot
Featuring members of the bands Fight the Big Bull, Standards and Practices, No B.S., The Big Payback, and Ilad, Glows in the Dark is a "full court press" assault on musical conventions . A sound forged from a million and one influences, and honed under the watchful eyes of the true-believer. Jazz and Folk as seen through the forward-looking veil of the avant garde. Basically a heavy way of saying they make cool sounding music.
Jason Arce: sax
Scott Burton: guitar, composition
Scott Clark: drums
Reggie Pace: trombone
Cameron Ralston: bass
More on actor Warren Oates:
From Wikipedia:
Born and raised in Depoy, Kentucky (near Greenville in Muhlenberg County) and attending high school in Louisville, Oates enlisted in the Marines in the 1950s. He began his acting career in New York City starring in a live production of the television series Studio One in 1957.[1][2] The actor migrated to Los Angeles where he began to carve out a niche playing guest roles in western television programs of the period including Wagon Train, Rawhide, Wanted: Dead or Alive, Have Gun-Will Travel, The Big Valley and Gunsmoke.[2][3] Oates first met Peckinpah when he played a variety of guest roles on The Rifleman (1958-1962), the popular television series created by the director. He also played a supporting role in Peckinpah's short-lived TV series The Westerner in 1960.[4] The collaboration continued as he worked on Peckinpah's early films Ride the High Country (1962) and Major Dundee (1965). In 1962, he appeared as "Ves Painter" in the short-lived TV Series Stoney Burke, co-starring Jack Lord. Oates also portrayed a number of memorable characters in guest roles on the enduringly popular television series The Twilight Zone ("The Purple Testament" 1960, "The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms" 1963), The Outer Limits ("The Mutant" 1964) and Lost in Space ("Welcome Stranger" 1965).
In addition to Peckinpah, Oates worked with several major film directors of his era including Norman Jewison in In the Heat of the Night (1967); Joseph L. Mankiewicz in There Was a Crooked Man... (1970); John Milius in Dillinger (1973); Terrence Malick in Badlands (1973); Philip Kaufman in The White Dawn (1974); William Friedkin in The Brink's Job (1978); and Steven Spielberg in 1941 (1979).[3]
He appeared in the Sherman Brothers musical version of Tom Sawyer as "Muff Potter" the town drunk. He also starred in The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960), Shenandoah (1965), Return of the Seven (1966), The Shooting (filmed in 1965, released in 1968), The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973), Cockfighter (1974) and China 9, Liberty 37 (1978). Oates co-starred three times with friend Peter Fonda in The Hired Hand (1971), Race with the Devil (1975) and 92 in the Shade (1975).[3]
His partnership with Peckinpah resulted in two of his most famous film roles. In the 1969 Western classic The Wild Bunch, he portrayed Lyle Gorch, a long-time outlaw who chooses to die with his friends during the film's violent conclusion. According to his wife at the time, Teddy, Oates had the choice of starring in Support Your Local Sheriff, to be filmed in Los Angeles, or The Wild Bunch in Mexico. "He had done Return of the Seven in Mexico; he got hepatitus, plus the revenge. But off he went again with Sam (Peckinpah). He loved going on location. He loved the adventure of it. He had great admiration for Sam. Sam Peckinpah and Monte Hellman were the two directors Warren would work with anytime anywhere."[5] In Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, the dark 1974 action/tragedy also filmed in Mexico, Oates played the lead role of Bennie, a hard-drinking down-on-his-luck musician hoping to make a final score. The character was reportedly based on Peckinpah himself. For authenticity, Oates wore the director's sunglasses while filming scenes of the production.[6]
A year before his death, Oates would return to his native state of Kentucky to co-star with Bill Murray in the 1981 military comedy Stripes. In the role of rigid drill instructor Sergeant Hulka, Oates skillfully played the straight man to Murray's comedic character. The film was a huge financial success, earning $85 million at the box office.[7]
Oates died of a sudden heart attack in Los Angeles, California on April 3, 1982. He had co-starred in the TV mini-series The Blue and the Gray, which aired in November 1982. His last two films, Blue Thunder and Tough Enough (both released in 1983), were posthumously dedicated to him. Oates was 53 years old.[2]
Today, the actor has a dedicated cult following due to his memorable performances in not only Peckinpah's films, but Monte Hellman's independent works, his films with Peter Fonda and a number of B-movies from the 1970s.[8][9] His occasionally crude facade, likeable persona and uncommon presence are admired by such filmmakers as Quentin Tarantino and Richard Linklater. During a recent screening of Hellman's Two-Lane Blacktop, Linklater introduced the film and announced 16 reasons why viewers should love the 1971 movie. His sixth reason, "Because there was once a God who walked the Earth named Warren Oates."[1]
Please pass this information onto artists and labels that you know participate in providing free creative common net-releases.
Some of you may be familiar with HzCollective's experimental/noise/avant garde/etc. radio show, 'HzFM' (formerly 804noise Presents: Noise Solution). We air every Wednesday from 11pm - 1am EST out of Richmond, Virginia. We archive each show and make it available along with a playlist at [ http://hzcollective.com ].
In addition to spinning cds, cdr's, cassettes, and vinyl, we would like to showcase material from artists who participate in the free music movement via net-releases on net-labels or personal self-released means. I have been exposed to some amazing free music because of net-labels and would like to educate myself and others on the excellent opportunity that this free medium poses.
Please send information / press releases to [ hzcollective@gmail.com ] pertaining to your recordings.
Charity's live performances focus on the evocation of alternative timbres from the piano, and the combination of these sounds with more traditional performance techniques. The immediacy of physical gesture and collaborative communication are also strong influences in her improvisations. While her creative work is primarily in contemporary improvised music, she has also worked and studied extensively in the classical and contemporary classical idioms. Charity has performed throughout Canada and in the United States. Selected collaborations include: Lori Freedman, Anthony Martin, Sam Shalabi, Steve Bagnell, Dave Chokroun, Scott Thomson, Gordan Allen, John Heward, Damon Smith, Gino Robair, Simon Rose, Fred Frith, Maggie Nichols, Frank Gratkowski, Jean Derome, Isaiah Ceccarelli, Nicolas Caloia, Joane Hétu, and Danielle Palardy Roger. As a member of the trio Fenaison (Kris Covlin, saxophones; Rémy Bélanger de Beauport, amplified cello), she is an Ambiances Magnétiques recording artist with their first album arriving in Fall of 2007. In 2006, she conducted a tour of the Pacific Northwest (USA and Canada), performing with Noah Phillips, Scott Thomson and Jordan Glenn . She has conducted workshops in improvisation at the 1412 Gallery in Seattle WA and the 20-20 Arts Collective in Victoria BC. The summer of 2007 will include her debut at The Stone in New York City with the Ensemble Supermusique and the WONDEUR Quartet. Having earned a Bachelor of Music degree (piano) from McGill University (Montreal, QC), she is currently completing a Master of Fine Arts degree in Contemporary Improvisation at Mills College on full scholarship. There, her primary instructors are Fred Frith and Joëlle Léandre. Prior to that, she worked with Lori Freedman, Tom Plaunt, Sara Laimon, Jesse Stewart, Heather Toews, and the Penderecki String Quartet. She has also participated in workshops with Jean Derome, Malcolm Goldstein, The Sun Ra Arkestra, Joe McPhee,William Parker, Oluyemi Thomas, Lé Quah Ninh, Maggie Nichols and Frédéric Blondy. In 2006 Charity organized the inaugral "Free Improvisation Series Masterclass and Concert Series" at McGill University and has also worked as the Contemporary Performance Ensemble and Music Improvisation Ensemble at Mills College (under the direction of Steed Cowart and Fred Frith, respectively). Her academic research approaches music from a socio-cultural perspective, and focuses on embodiment, aesthetics, ethics and legitimacy, and cultural memory in improvisation. Her master's thesis is focused on the idea of expectation in different areas of improvisation: pedagogy, institutionalization, performace, reception, and aesthetics. She is a member of the International Society of Improvising Musicians and the American Musicological Society. Her academic work has been presented at the 2006 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium (University of Guelph), the 2006 International Society for Improvised Music (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) and the Fourth Annual Interdisciplinary Jazz Colloquium, 2007 (University of Kansas).
ANDUIN
Anduin is the experimental / electronic solo project of Jonathan Lee (also of Souvenir's Young America).
ROBERT BRYANT
Richmond based avant bass guitarists and electro acoustic experimentalist who has been collaborating with other local improvisors such as Ben Scott, SARS, Clifford Schwing, Marty McCavitt, Jimmy Gaphery, etc.
CLIFFORD SCHWING
Clifford Schwing hails from Richmond, Virginia as an improvising saxophone player utilizing different techniques and pushing the intrument to it's extreme limits. Lately he's been experiment with electro acoustics and feeback, using his saxaphone as a basis for controlling the feedback but not necessarily a source for sound.
-LHD all tracks 'Young and Restless' on Blossoming Noise -Sixes "Fix" 'Deluxe Incinerator 3 x 3"' on c.i.p. -Chefkirk 'Veganism' on jeshimoth -Goat "2002 v2" 'Deluxe Incinerator 3 x 3"' on c.i.p. -Coca-Cola "You Don't Know About It" from split with 3P1L3PT1CF1T -Xome "bii dama" 'Six and Under' on 'Deluxe Incinerator 3 x 3"' on c.i.p. -Prurient/Kevin Drumm "On This Slab" 'All Are Guests in the House of the Lord" on Hospital -Kevin Drumm "The Inferno" 'Sheer Hellish Miasma' on Mego -Narwhalz Track 2 from 'The Church of the Pom Wizzzard' -Carl Kruger "The Machinist spdr (edit) from 910Noise VolumeOne -The Cherry Point untitled from LA Noisescape on Bastardized -Double Suicide "This is how I want you to remember me" from 910Noise VolumeOne -Spine Scavenger track one from Va-T-En on ChondriticSound
Ambient Pancakes is an event in conjunction with The Bridge's "Audio January" series, which aims to bring our community together in an atmosphere involving ambient and experimental music both performed live and dj'ed.
Perfomers will include, but are not limited to: Monolith Zero, Pinko Communoids, Caustic Castle + Eric Eaton, Jonathan Zorn, The Cutest Puppy in the World, Myo, Birds in the Meadow, and Sadjeljko Vslykon.
Enthusiasts are invited to spend the night with artists and musicians, and between performances share their favorite recorded music by signing up for a 30 minute spot where they will then grace the audience with their favorite in ambient and experimental music via cd, mp3 player, or vinyl.
The evening will only begin to end when the sun starts to rise and the smell of vegan panacakes melds with the crisp wintry c-ville air.
The Bridge 209 Monticello Rd. Charlottesville, VA.
DC/BALTIMORE CARPOOLING BOARD! mainly for improvised and experimental music - red room, an die musik, etc - but open to any concerts people are interested in. for soliciting and offering rides.
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RICHMOND/DC/MD CARPOOLING BOARD mostly for experimental, noise, and improvised music events outside of the Richmond city limits.
Richmond is roughly an hour or two away from Charlottesville, DC, Norfolk, Williamsburg, & Virginia Beach. All very active cities, and practically nextdoor like Philly & Boston is to New York.
please write to jahhoo@y... well in advance of any shows you hope to have promoted on Kooltronica as the list is only posted twice-monthly - no DJ events please / JR
-Mammal "Drifter In the City" 'Lonesome Drifter' -Fe-mail "Skylubb fra Haelvete" 'Skylubb fra Haelvete' (Tevefeme) -Eric la casa "ici" 'Twenty-Three' (intransivitive) -John Wiese "Recorded Hologram" 'Soft Punk' (Troubleman Unlimited) -Jazkamer & Smegma "Portland Swamps" 'Endless Coast' (No Fun) -Birchville Cat Motel "Track 8" 'With Maples Ablaze' (Scarcelight) -Darsombra "drag the carcass" 'ecdysis' (At A Loss Recordings) -Drums like Machine Guns "Untitled No.2 " 'Split 12" with Mincemeat or Tenspeed' (Bad Master) -Fennesz "A Year in a Minute" 'Endless Summer' (MEGO) -Howard Steltzer & Jason Talbot "Side 1" 'Four Sides' (C.I.P.) -Accelera Deck "Pop Polling" 'Pop Polling' (Scarcelight) -Mr. Stonecipher "Stroke" '910noise Compilation' (910noise) *Pacific Before Tiger "In Silver" (LIVE in the STUDIO) -Idio Savant "Escape from Trick Vans" 'Shakers in a Tantrum Landscape' (Artifacts) *Pacific Before Tiger "In Rust" (LIVE in the STUDIO) -Alec Empire "God Told Me How To Kiss" 'Hyper Modern Jazz 2000.5' (Mille Plateaux) *Pacific Before Tiger "In Magnesium" (LIVE in the STUDIO) -Anla Cortis "Rastrillo - Termotanque (1995)" 'Tape Works' (Pogus) -Birds in the Meadow "The Diamond Smiles at the Twilight" 'First Flash of the Day' (Duration) -John Cage "Sonata X" 'Sonatas & Interludes for Prepared Paino (1946-48) (American Classics)
'Ambient Pancakes' is an event in conjunction with The Bridge PAI [ http://thebridgepai.com/ ] 'Audio January' series, which hopes to bring our community together in a light social atmosphere involving ambient and experimental music both performed live and dj'ed. Enthusiast will be invited to spend the night with artists and musicians, and between performances, have a chance to share their favorite recorded music by signing up during the event for a 30 minute spot where they will then grace the audience with their favorite in ambient and experimental music via cd, mp3 player, or vinyl. The evening will only begin to end when the sun starts to rise and the smell of vegan panacakes melds with the crisp wintry charlottesville air. You are invited to spend the night, so bring something comfortable to lounge/sleep in and a sleeping bag.
The Bridge PAI is located at 209 Monticello Rd. in Belmont, just across the Belmont Bridge (our partial namesake) from the Downtown Mall. Our building is the one-story brick building beside Spudnuts, easily recognizable by the large ribbon-shaped mural painted across the buildings facade (the mural is by New York artist David Ellis).
From I-64: Take exit ramp 121 and head North on Monticello Avenue (Route 20) towards Downtown Charlottesville. Turn right onto Avon Street. Go 3 blocks to next stoplight and after the signal, turn right just before the 9th Street bridge. We're in the brown building, 209 Monticello Road.
From Route 250 Bypass: Take McIntire Road towards Downtown. Turn left on East Market Street. Follow East Market Street to 9th Street. Turn right on 9th Street. Just over the 9th Street bridge take 1st left turn at Graves Street and Monticello Road.
Ambient Pancakes is an event in conjunction with The Bridge's "Audio January" series, which aims to bring our community together in an atmosphere involving ambient and experimental music both performed live and dj'ed.
Perfomers will include, but are not limited to: Monolith Zero, Pinko Communoids, Caustic Castle + Eric Eaton, Jonathan Zorn, The Cutest Puppy in the World, Myo, Birds in the Meadow, and Sadjeljko Vslykon.
Enthusiasts are invited to spend the night with artists and musicians, and between performances share their favorite recorded music by signing up for a 30 minute spot where they will then grace the audience with their favorite in ambient and experimental music via cd, mp3 player, or vinyl.
The evening will only begin to end when the sun starts to rise and the smell of vegan panacakes melds with the crisp wintry c-ville air.
The Bridge 209 Monticello Rd. Charlottesville, VA.
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RICHMOND/DC/MD CARPOOLING BOARD mostly for experimental, noise, and improvised music events outside of the Richmond city limits.
Richmond is roughly an hour or two away from Charlottesville, DC, Norfolk, Williamsburg, & Virginia Beach. All very active cities, and practically nextdoor like Philly & Boston is to New York.
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-Insects with Tits untitled track from 804noise LTD5 -Harm Stryker "Cold Days" taken from 'This is who was there' Vol 1 -Andrew D'Angelo & Marty McCavitt "Wild Horses" from 'Torn Between 2 Horses' on Duration -Records -Ghaphery/Bivens/Davis "Quite" from 'Impermanence' on Umbrella Recordings -Caustic Castle "The People's Stoker" from '4 Daggers' 804noise LTD -Narcotic Dreams "One Lifeless Eye" from 'Shattered' on 804noise -WRNLRD "WRNLRD" from 'Mask of Hate' self-produced -Daniel Menche untitled track 6 from 'Concussions' on Asphodel -Acellera Deck untitled track 2 from 'Sunstrings' EP on Scarcelight -Femail "Navrattan Korma" from 'Blixter Toad' on Asphodel -Akitsa "Terre Eternelle" from split w/Prurient on Hospital Productions -Mathieu Levesque "Nouvelle Maternite" from Monstreal Sound Matter on Pogus Productions
HzCollective Presents: NanoHz No.7 - a post x-mas pre-new years celebration of no-input harsh noise, broken electronics and percussive art noise, and probably some wierd and uncomfortable. oh an a sort of re-union show for Insects With Tits.
Friday December 28, 2007 Ghost Print Gallery (Next Door to Lift Coffee) 220 W. Broad St 7:00PM >>>>[ FREE ]<<<< >>>>[ FREE ]<<<< >>>>[ FREE ]<<<<
D.W.B. 7/19/06 from split with Kilt on Bastarised Mikroknytes "Avereeder" from Sess-Supastreng on Kavekavity Hive Mind from Sand Beasts on Chondritic Sound/Pacrec ExJesus "Bally" from LA NOISESCAPE on Bastardised Aaron Dilloway "Beggar Master" from Beggar Master on Hanson John Weise untitled from LA NOISESCAPE on Bastardised Pedestrian Deposit "Mascara" from Fatale on Hospital/Hanson Damion Romero untitled from LA NOISESCAPE on Bastardised Never Presence Forever "Collapsing Intrinsic Pulse" from 804noise comp The Cherry Point untitled from LA NOISESCAPE on Bastardised Safe "Living Room 22" from s/t on Panic Research Audio Rape Ape "Saying" from Hello My Name is Rape Ape on Panic Research Audio -END
DC/BALTIMORE CARPOOLING BOARD! mainly for improvised and experimental music - red room, an die musik, etc - but open to any concerts people are interested in. for soliciting and offering rides.
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RICHMOND/DC/MD CARPOOLING BOARD mostly for experimental, noise, and improvised music events outside of the Richmond city limits.
Richmond is roughly an hour or two away from Charlottesville, DC, Norfolk, Williamsburg, & Virginia Beach. All very active cities, and practically nextdoor like Philly & Boston is to New York.
please write to jahhoo@y... well in advance of any shows you hope to have promoted on Kooltronica as the list is only posted twice-monthly - no DJ events please / JR
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The 804noise yahoogroups list will remain the official discussion list of the Richmond Experimental / Avant Garde community, but the HzCollective would like to invite anyone who is interested in getting official announcments of upcoming HzCollective events, releases, and other news to join an announcement only mailing list. To join you can visit the HzCollective website [ http://hzcollective.blogspot.com ] or send an email to [ hzcollective-subscribe@yahoogroups.com ]
HzCollective is a Virginia based experimental, noise & improvised music collective serving to strengthen the bond between the Richmond and Charlottesville creative arts communities. The collective fosters a local network of experimental artists and enthusiasts by organizing performances and workshops involving local and touring artists from around world.
The Austrian artist, composer and musicologist Bernhard Gal has become internationally known as one of the most prolific sound artists of a younger generation. During the past ten years Gal has created around 50 sound installations and media art projects, combining sound, light, objects, spatial concepts and video projections into intense and often site-specific interdisciplinary art works. He also composes music for acoustic instruments and electro-acoustic music, as well as performing live as a (laptop) musician.
Born in Vienna, Austria in 1971, Gal began to nurture his interest in music and (sound) art around 1985. After studies at Vienna's University of Music (Sound Engineering) and the University of Vienna (Musicology), and a year-long residency in New York City in 1997–98, he has focused on his compositional and artistic activities. He runs the record label Gromoga Records and is director of the Austrian art organization 'sp ce'. Together with Ernst Reitermaier, he curates the Viennese Festival 'Shut up and Listen!'. Currently, Gal lives as a freelance composer and artist in Vienna and Berlin where he also teaches sound art at the University of Arts.
An important aspect of his work is the combination of music with other art forms, in solo projects as well as in collaborations, e.g. since 1997 with the Japanese architect Yumi Kori ('audio-architectural installations'). As a (laptop) musician, Gal performs in solo concerts and has worked together with musicians such as Tung Chao-Ming, Kai Fagaschinski and Jennifer Walshe.
Gal's work has been presented in concerts, sound installations, exhibitions, and radio portraits in Europe, Asia, and the Americas and performed by ensembles worldwide. He has been invited to numerous international music and art festivals (including Wien Modern Vienna; ICMC Berlin; MaerzMusik Berlin; Nuova Consonanza Rome; MATA Festival New York; Soundfield Chicago; Mutek Montreal) and frequently gives lectures and workshops.
For his music and art projects Gal has received numerous awards, including the Karl Hofer Prize Berlin 2001, an Annual Grant from SKE-Fonds Vienna 2002, a composer fellowship from the DAAD Artists in Berlin Programme 2003, and the Austrian State Scholarship for Composition 2004. Bernhard Gal's music has been made available on more than 25 audio publications. In 2005, the German publishing house Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg published the comprehensive catalogue book 'Installations', documenting Gal's intermedia installations since 1999.
Jesse Kudler, born 1979, improvises on guitar, synthesizer, and electronics and makes music on the computer. He attended public school until Wesleyan University, where he studied music with Ron Kuivila, Alvin Lucier, and a little bit with Anthony Braxton, among others. He eventually became active as an organizer and performer in improvised, experimental, and electronic music, forming a regular duo with fellow student Jonathan Zorn and leading the large electronic improvising ensemble Phil Collins. Kudler has also worked as a recording engineer for various projects.
In his various travels, Kudler has performed or shared stages with Jason Soliday, Brent Gutzeit, TV Pow, Nmperign, Howard Stelzer, Jason Talbot, Jason Zeh, Kyle Bruckmann, Taiwan Deth, Lotus, PSI, Milo Fine, Ellen Weller, Marcos Fernandes, Matt Bauder, Brainpaw, Mike Shiflet, Peter B, Horse Sinister, Pauline Oliveros, Matt Weston, Hrvatski, Greg Davis, Illusion of Safety, Daniel Menche, GOD, Sixes, Jack Wright, Tomas Korber, and many others.
Performs and records solo, modifying a single turntable with minimal preparations to create a cascading wall of noise and subtle, creaking musique concrete.
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Memeber of DC freeprov group Kohoutek - electronics, contact mics, field recordings, treated speakers, turntable, six string acoustic and electric (learning), hurdy gurdy (all badly played with little virtuostiy). Ocassionally collaborate with like minded people such as Ben Owen, Jeff Surak, Walter Gross, Andy Hayleck, Ilya Monosov, Jeff Barsky, Tyler Higgins, Damian Taylor, Bonnie Jones, Paul Pavlovich, Mpld, Ting Ting Jahe, Chris Jeely, Chris Grier, and others... Live in a dirty little house with a tar covered back yard, have some shitty carpets, a dead kombucha sponge on by the front door, some old lamps, a few skulls, an old laptop held together w/tape and currently no internet connection. Red Stripe and fine japanese beers.
"Electronic musician and sound artist Stephen Vitiello transforms incidental atmospheric noises into mesmerizing soundscapes that alter our perception of the surrounding environment. He has composed music for independent films, experimental video projects and art installations, collaborating with such artists as Nam June Paik, Tony Oursler and Dara Birnbaum. In 1999 he was awarded a studio for six months on the 91st floor of the World Trade Center's Tower One, where he recorded the cracking noises of the building swaying under the stress of the winds after Hurricane Floyd. As an installation artist, he is particularly interested in the physical aspect of sound and its potential to define the form and atmosphere of a spatial environment." Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain catalog for the exhibition Ce qui arrive/Unknown Quantity, 2002
BNN has something new we hope you'll think is cool and maybe find useful. You can find it at BNN/FeedCentral.
In short, you can pick any section of BNN, then slice and dice it by blog, by category, by key words, then sort the new feeds by popularity (most linked, most clicked, most commented) and then have it delivered to your cell phone, your RSS reader, your email (hourly update or daily summary) your blackberry or a custom widget on your web page.
For instance, here's the RSS feed of the most clicked posts from Iowa blogs about the current battle between Hillary and Obama: http://www.blognetnews.com/iowa/search.php?media=rss&rss_query=obama+hillary&order=k
or a feed to track the most recent wisdom from New Hampshire bloggers on Romney's religion: http://www.blognetnews.com/new_hampshire/search.php?media=rss&rss_query=mormon
The element of this that I am most proud of is our partnership with BuzzMob.com. Working together, we're making blogs available in a way they never have been before - cell phones, blackberries and other mobile devices --hopefully expanding the reach of blogs and the blogosphere another important step. It is exactly this sort of thing that I had in mind when I founded BNN. By combining smart, human-edited aggregation with cutting edge technology we can make the blogosphere more useful to more people at the same time we help build readership for the best blogs.
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Richmond is roughly an hour or two away from Charlottesville, DC, Norfolk, Williamsburg, & Virginia Beach. All very active cities, and practically nextdoor like Philly & Boston is to New York.
please write to jahhoo@y... well in advance of any shows you hope to have promoted on Kooltronica as the list is only posted twice-monthly - no DJ events please / JR
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A collection of noise and experimental music created in 2006. Tracks from sold-out limited releases, live sets, outtakes, etc. Ranging from minimal ambient and experimental, to power electronics, to harsh noise.
Featuring: Fire in the Head, Harm Stryker, Envenomist, Chefkirk, Jake Vida, Lackthrow, Noisewerrrrk, Caustic Castle, LSFB, and Salvation for Sale.
Blood Ties Document is a yearly compilation that will be sent out to labels that have made contributions to Blood Ties WebZine .
1. Harm Stryker - Untitled 2. Chefkirk - Avoid Conspicuous Clothing 3. Caustic Castle - Untitled Restraint [ Excerpt ] 4. Jake Vida - Ten Arrows 1 Excerpt [ Excerpt ] 5. Lackthrow - Bound By Blood 6. LSFB - Axe Wound [ Full Track ] 7. Salvation for Sale - Angkalocaust 8. Fire in The Head - Live Dresden 05-20-06 [ Excerpt ] 9. Envenomist - Bon Voyage 10. Noisewerrrrk - A Rain
- Available for $3 - Comes in a unique hand made sleeve - Silkscreened artwork with printed insert - Each individual copy hand-numbered - Limited to 50 copies
Inspired by the supernatural entity of Navajo legend by the same name, Skinwalker is a dark, cold, dense, swirling miasmic ambient/drone/industrial hybrid developing on the "ritual" theme of previous Sky Burial recordings. Alternatingly distant and suffocating, this recording features a heavier focus on the use of electronics and vintage synths while also incorporating field recordings, aboriginal instrumentation and percussive elements.
- Available for $5 - Neatly packaged in a silkscreened envelope. - 2 postcard inserts - Hand-made, hand-numbered packaging. - Limited to 49 copies
Now accepting submissions for Blood Ties Document 2007 CDR
Submissions must have been created in the year 2007, suggested submissions may include live sets, tracks from sold-out limited releases, outtakes, remixes, etc. Tracks should not be available anywhere else. I will also be accepting graphical submissions as well (to be included as artwork). Blood Ties Document is limited to 50 copies and each participating artist will receive 2 copies each, as well as have their music sent out to participating Blood Ties labels that have contributed to the zine. A release date of early 2008 is expected. Submissions can be made in the form of digital media emailed to egan(at)existest(dot)org or CDR/tape mailed to:
Egan Budd 1 Centennial Dr. Apt. 1 Norwood, MA 02062 USA
Visit the Existence Establishment website for more information, and a list of cheap distro items!!!
-Pansonic "Uranokemia" 'Osasto EP' (Mute) -Yasushi Miura "Drizzle" 'Magnitude No.7 "Meek"' (Karidome) -Praew Jik "Auxiliary otus Experience" 'Providence and the Pounding Fist' (Smell The Stench) -Tetuzi Akiyama & Jeffrey Allport "Recorded July 1, 2006 at Western Front Vancouver" -Fari Bradley "Comment" 'Women Take Back The Noise' (ubuibi.org/wtbtn ) -Idio Savant "Escape From The Trick Vans #6" 'Shakers In A Tantrum Landscape' (Artifacts) -Big City Orchestra "Track No.3" 'Villanella' (ubuibi.org ) -Drums Like Machine Guns "Untitled #1" 'Split 12" with Mincemeat or Ten Speed' (Bad Master) -Mikroknytes "Avereeder" 'Sess-Supastreng' (Kavekavity) -Mincemeat or Ten Speed "Track No.1" 'Split 12" with Drums Like Machine Guns' (Bad Master) -I/DEX "Evox" 'Seqsextend' (Nexsound) -Underground Resistance "Jaguar" 'Knights of the Jaguar EP' (UR) -Aphasic "Anthem for Doomed Youth" 'Bass & Super Sturcture' -Sinkou Son & Kouran Kin "Songs in Grief" 'Black Mirror' (Dust to Digital) -The Night "Track No.3" 'paper bag cdr' -Myo "Some things i've lost, somethings I've Gained" 'MT6 Record Sampler' (MT6) -Merzbow "155" 'Rattus Rattus' (Scarcelight) -end
Upcoming HzCollective Show!!!!
HzCollective Presents: NanoHz No.5 - an evening of heavy experimental drone and avant electronics, be sure to read the special message from ACRE.
Sunday December 9, 2007 @ Ghost Print Gallery (next to Lift Coffee) 220 W. Broad St. Richmond, VA 23220 7:00 PM (SHARP) $3 - $5 [suggested donation]
Jonathan Zorn makes sound using voice, viola, cello, double bass, piano, accordion, harmonica, modular synthesizer, and computer. He is interested in creating systems of interaction that exceed the control of any single participant, creating surprises for both performers and audience. Jonathan was a founding member of the Middletown Creative Orchestra and The Middletown Three. He is currently working on an MA in music composition at Wesleyan University.
hey all! ACRE hails from the nw U>S>..via north dakota!.....ACRE plays heavy minimal drones by way of feedback from equalizer pedals and reverb creating a minimal but massive wall of sound.similar to the likes of phil niblock,sonic boom,and earth.I also spent the last 5 years in olympia washington playing in the power drone duo DEAD.WEATHER.RADAR,the black metal lords of lightspeed(pre wolves in the throneroom/post behead the prophet),and booking noise/ experimental shows at the historic lucky 7 house. Acts included,burning starcore,growing,yellowswans,john weise,gerritt,sixes,2673,jason zeh,opencity,twig harper,the whip,prurient,cant,pcrv,crank sturgeon,emil beaulieu, thrones,and so many others !...ACRE was also involved in the short lived exploder tapes label. my alter ego Aaron davis is currently playing bass in the bay area band gowns.
KILT = Raven Chacon and Bob Bellerue (with help from Sandor Finta sometimes)
Originally from Chinle, AZ on the Navajo reservation, Raven Chacon is one of the few American Indian composers working in the world today. His work ranges from quiet, almost silent music for classical chamber instruments and ensembles to solo noise performances involving devices created by Chacon himself. His pieces and installations have been performed and exhibited in across U.S. as well as Europe, Canada and New Zealand. He has also studied and worked with notable composers such as James Tenney, Morton Subotnick, Wadada Leo Smith and Glenn Branca and has received commissions from the University of Mary Washington and the ERGO Ensemble. Recent projects of Chacon include performing in the west coast noise trio KILT, and in the Albuquerque ensemble Cobra//group. Past projects have included the audio-recycling music of The Kleptones (U.S), founding the all-Native American experimental group Modernativensemble, and playing in Los Angeles noise band, Dog Shit Taco, as well as numerous ensembles in the Southwest experimental scene. The recently released full-length disc, Overheard Songs is available on Innova Recordings. KILT has several recordings available, including the "Snow White In Hell" LP, and "Sharp Dark Love" 3" on EMR. Chacon has an MFA from California Institute of the Arts (2003), and is currently a faculty at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. He lives anywhere between Los Angeles, California and Albuquerque, NM. http://www.spiderwebsinthesky.com
"Filling the booming structure with dark rumbles, antic squeedles and sheer blather, Bellerue fully engages the cavernous sonics, creating chittering walls of echoed overtones and hints of eternal combustion. He roars through the space like a giant robot, spluttering sparks and evil intent all the way." The Wire (Dec 2006)
"a wicked ride through high force audio death wind" Bull Tongue / Arthur (June 2007)
"the BEST DRONE to be made in the past few years... Will keep you OVER satisfied till the next TNB/ORGANUM collab... HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION!" Hanson Records
"a beautiful and serene crawl through some black sonic underworld, ambient, but subtly harsh, dreamlike, but ominous and mysteriously fucked up. The sound can
be cavernous one second, machinelike the next." Aquarius Records
over the last 20 years i've been involved in a wide range of live creative weirdness - homemade percussion ensembles, Balinese gamelan, dance/performance art sound scores, installation art. for the last 8 years i've been primarily focused on live experimental electronic noise art, and have toured extensively in the western US, as well as Europe and Indonesia. i was formerly based in Los Angeles, where i ran the sub-garde experimental music/performance space the Il Corral, as well as the Beyond Music series and festival, and a stint as TD at Highways Performance Space. further back, i was the main booker at the Che Cafe from 89-91, and played briefly with Crash Worship, Bizarro Sun, and the Super Sonic Samba School. i operate the label Anarchymoon Recordings, and am active in various ensembles including KILT (with Raven Chacon), Dead Wolf Black (with Sandor Finta), Feed the Dragon (with Albert Ortega), and LAMFs (with David Kendall), as well as sitting in with the folk-noise pioneers Smegma.
my work is based in feedback circuits used for synthesis; recontextualized field recordings; texture/drone/nonmusical instruments (shanai, rebab, gambuh, chinese cymbals, hunting calls, junk metal, sheets of glass); and a performance presence best characterized as animist/animalistic. i attempt to harness the sounds within nature, without imposing a deterministic melodic/rhythmic structure.
proper bio:
Bob Bellerue :: halfnormal is a noise artist, theater designer, writer, composer and curator. My work utilizes electronics and custom programming for live performance, sound installation, and prepared ambient (public & private) field recordings. With a background in punk / acid rock, Balinese and Javanese gamelan, and Tibetan Buddhism, I'm interested in the various ways that extreme sonic experiences affect awareness and identity, and the supple techniques used to focus and modulate energy. Over the last 20 years I've played in various percussion / rock / improvised projects, created original sound scores for many performance art, dance, theater and film pieces, and released dozens of recordings. I have collaborated with many powerful members of the west-coast noise / improvisation community, including Smegma, Raven Chacon, Albert Ortega, David Kendall, Mitchell Brown, Joseph Hammer, Circuit Wound, Jarrett Silberman, Frozen Body, and Tullan Velte. My work has been presented in Indonesia, across Europe, and throughout the United States, including the Yogyakarta Gamelan Festival, Centre de Cultura Contemporànea de Barcelona, Beyond Music Sound Festival, CEAIT Festival, SASSAS, NorCal Noise Festival, Olympia Experimental Music Festival, PDX Noise Festival, Highways Performance Space, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Living Arts of Tulsa New Genre Festival, Dairy Center for the Arts, Machine Project, 7Hz, the Il Corral, the Smell, KXLU, KFJC, Kill Radio, Stanford University, UC San Diego, UC Los Angeles, Naropa University (BA 1995), and the California Institute of the Arts (MFA 2003). Visit halfnormal.com for more salience.
Pedestrian Deposit "Mascara" from Fatale on Hospital The Kallikale Family "Bells in Bergamo" from May 23rd on Tell-All Records Craig Colorusso "b Minor 9817" Asthmatic "Digging a Well" Carlos Giffoni "Bellua Resurrectio" Chad Oliveiri "On The Radio" Gastric Female Reflex "Tough Crowd" Device Entente Cordiale "A New Alliance" Foot and Mouth Disease "xxiif" CockESP "Train Ride Home" Blood and Bone Orchestra "Arbitrary Distance" Mikroknytes "Sonerone" Insects with Tits untitled Aaron Dilloway "Beggar Master/Prayer Flush" Metalux "Sunny Krakow" Devillock "Weigh Forever" Daniel Menche untitled 6:05
MT6 FEST III Benefit for Olivia Strama, featuring:
Mogoloidian Glow, Herion UK, Human Host/Birthing Nets, Bad Liquor Pond, TempSoundSolutions, Abiku, Zind/Retarded Garfield, Agrarians, Down With Gender, Rosemary Krust, Needlegun, Cream Center, Blakk Sweat, BoLeeDa, Therom, and Eric Crapton.
DC/BALTIMORE CARPOOLING BOARD! mainly for improvised and experimental music - red room, an die musik, etc - but open to any concerts people are interested in. for soliciting and offering rides.
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RICHMOND/DC/MD CARPOOLING BOARD mostly for experimental, noise, and improvised music events outside of the Richmond city limits.
Richmond is roughly an hour or two away from Charlottesville, DC, Norfolk, Williamsburg, & Virginia Beach. All very active cities, and practically nextdoor like Philly & Boston is to New York.
please write to jahhoo@y... well in advance of any shows you hope to have promoted on Kooltronica as the list is only posted twice-monthly - no DJ events please / JR
Caustic Castle (Richmond, Virginia) is Kenneth Yates, also of the improvised noise duo's Harm Stryker (w/ Constant Mauk) & Insects With Tits (w/ Chefkirk) and an organizer with the HzCollective [ http://hzcollective.blogspot.com ]. Kenneth Yates utilizes the no-input mixing technique coupled with live processing using the on-board mixer EQ's, various filters, effects pedals and aux-sends to re-route the paths in which the feedback loops interact. With his music usually comes an abstract visual fascination with architecture and its psyhogeographical effects on the human psyche. Lately Caustic Castle has been collaborating with abstract visual manipulator Eric Eaton who uses looped 16mm film, detourned slide images, and stop motion video. Inspired by past revolutionary art and social movements like DaDa, Surrealism & the Situationiste Internationale, Caustic Castle struggles to find a parallel between art, sound & social unrest. Recorded live on October 23, 2007 in Richmond, Virginia @ Gallery5 Art Gallery by the HzCollective
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-Eye Ball Skeleton "Eye Ball Skeleton" -Gremlins Story Book Records (Two played simultaneously) -CocoRosie "Werewolf" -Alec Empire "Les Etoiles Des Filles Mortes" 'Les Etoiles Des Filles Mortes' (MillePlateaux) -Suicide Note From Attic -More Chopped & Screwed Gremlins Story Book Records (Two played simultaneously) -Harm Stryker "nightmare" -Andrew Deutsch "part 2" 'loops over land' -Elliot Smith "Needle in the Hay" '33 RPM 7inch' -Xenakis "Orient Occident" -Wolf Eyes "Dead in a Boat/Stabbed in the Face" (Sub Pop) -Leonard Cohen "The Partisan" -Frequencitis "Doom" -Project Sunshine "Kill" -Narcotic Dreams "Ascension" (804noise) -Experimental Audio Research "Transistor Music for ring modulators & tremolo" -Dead Machines "Anti-Protest"
DC/BALTIMORE CARPOOLING BOARD! mainly for improvised and experimental music - red room, an die musik, etc - but open to any concerts people are interested in. for soliciting and offering rides.
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RICHMOND/DC/MD CARPOOLING BOARD mostly for experimental, noise, and improvised music events outside of the Richmond city limits.
Richmond is roughly an hour or two away from Charlottesville, DC, Norfolk, Williamsburg, & Virginia Beach. All very active cities, and practically nextdoor like Philly & Boston is to New York.
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Review of Ryoji Ikeda Datamatics [ver 2.0] Centre Pompidou, Paris October 29th 2007 20h30
Datamatics [ver 2.0] is the latest electronic audio/visual creation of Japanese composer Ryoji Ikeda where he mines data mania for both the material and the theme of his work. The intention is a meditation on the wild relationship between the sound of data and the data of sound today. The effect, however, is a furious formalism that effectively entices, but flattens and thins out the longer it goes on. That said, the macabre grandeur of Datamatics2, with its repetitive super-coded/anti-coded rigor, is stunningly beautiful on début. A furious rhythm of inscrutable data discord is established from the beginning, necessarily entailing a process of attraction/repulsion that intimidated me while spawning some sublime ideas.
Ikeda makes speed manifest here, including the various speeds and slownesses that extend the retinal limit in a way that would be previously regarded as outside of phenomenological thought. The complex installation work of Tatsuo Miyajima came to mind at points. Specifically Miyajima's 1996 installation at La Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, where he made two large installations which dealt with the abstract constitution of time in the digital age. Both installations consisted of abundant LED signal-lights which flashed a countless bevy of over-excited digital numbers in what appeared to be a random order. One installation, "Time Go Round", had twenty green and red digital modules spinning in various circular orbits against an imposing dark wall. One discerned there a mystifying data constellation in transit, reminiscent of passages from Mona Lisa Overdrive.
Time Go Round was an attempt to delineate the crisis of time in relationship to the dispersed ontological self in the information age (where digital time as the only time has become non-problematic in computational work environments). Miyajima's artistic sense of time in crisis served to encourage me to value the freedom of my own interior sense of time.
By contrast, Ikeda's evocation of data time is riding high on speed, and tempo here took on the implication of a dark temporal pop-cultural product pit into which my accurate perceptions were poured - even as I resisted fragmentation and remained fixed in the logocentric seat of Renaissance three-point-perspective. This principle of hyper speed coupled to visual overload makes inoperable the usefulness of the term 'minimal' in association with Ikeda; as Datamatics2 animates a crumbling of the normal monuments to human difference we construct daily. Ikeda's mixture of technical precision with perceptual overload presented a significant challenge to experiencing interior time. Perhaps it would have been possible had I been able to divorce the musical experience from the visual torrent.
Ikeda's rapid techno music is created from slight electronic hums and pops that build into gargantuan sonic textures, sometimes reaching the noise intensity of Merzbow. Given his cornucopiastic range, Ikeda, quite scrupulously, defies melodious categorization. This range allows for virtuoso moments that provide the opportunity of exploring the intricacy of his hard-edged myriad-colored dexterity as he plays back-and-forth with elaborate but lucid musical aggregates that facilitated mild waves of aural imbrication. In piercing clouds of cacophony I heard traces of Xenakis, La Monte Young, Boulez, and Aphex Twin.
But Ikeda's primary tool of coherence is what in acoustics is called 'duration', the steady-state of a sound at its maximum intensity. My supposition here is that Ryoji Ikeda takes this musical phenomena of duration and extends it into a general spatial intelligence based on petite bursts of sound. The attraction to such an adjoining structure is strong, but it wanes quickly. I suppose it must be like doing business with a rather spectacular whore.
Conceptually, Ikeda's music reminds me that our once basic Euclidean conception of space has been expanded to include the formation of many-dimensional space. In Ikeda's music the Euclidean concept of space is modified via excess by enlarging the number of vectors which may be constructed within it from three to some much larger number (designated as n). Such n space implies the existence of a higher-dimensional geometry that mimics Euclidean geometry. Inevitably this approach shaped me as the viewer/listener into an inert subject. The audio is both clean, noisy and hardheaded in such a way that the individual's personal extension into the virtual tends to be blunted.
There also, however, is another proposed spatial reality relevant to Ikeda, most notably the topological space model of fuzzy space where there exists only a concept of nearness. In this respect he reminds us that hearing and seeing is not an activity divorced from consciousness. But really, any account of Ikeda's sonic dexterity as related to consciousness is inadequate to the facts of our actual experience of it. Yes, his music is conceptual in that his sound deprives us of our habitual perceptive boundaries by surpassing them. Through the excessive, Ikeda makes us remember that throughout time there have been consensual realities that have proven to be nothing but vast daydreams. But Ikeda's music spectacularly fails to be in opposition to what Donald Lowe in his History of Bourgeois Perception identifies as the "bourgeois perceptual field"; a mode which he characterizes as fundamentally linear, non-reflexive and overtly objective.
So, to conclude, Ikeda's initially mesmerizing presentation was an experience always about to come. I say 'about to come' as Datamatics2 contains much manic machinic stuttering (full of Nietzschean multiple affirmations and shattered teleological art-historical/art-hysterical continuums) that never resolve. The stuttering I am addressing here rests, of course, in the spectral repetitions of his mental-machinic procedures: we see and hear a digital/mechanical shifting again and again and again and again and again and again, but with slight variations full of dazzling élan. So it is a vigorous abstract stuttering I sensed in the work that took me down into a deadening sensation of unfathomable data: the data of anytime-anywhere. Given that implication of mythic indifference, Ikeda's a/v stuttering could be properly aligned with the dada artistic legacy of Hugo Ball and Tristan Tzara. It is a form of digital-dada post-conceptual art-music in its absurd machinic indifference.
How does Datamatics2 achieve this meticulous indifferent stuttering? Ikeda uses the precision of digital technology to fracture data into tangled networks of beeps and lines - initially delightful and exquisite nihilistic manipulations that tease our mind with their multiple syntactical/semantic gestures of sadism, strenuously massacring the social source material along the way. But like Op Art (which it resembles) on crack, this stuttering stuttering stuttering turns tedious and cold, shutting down feeling, reflection and contemplation and hence imagination in my mind. In that sense Ikeda only created pictographic and aural excavational moments that cannot be sustained, but are instead mental acts worthy of short but frequent revitalizations: again and again and again and again – a visual/audio whiplash that slashes into the burnt annals of symbolist romanticism. To follow Ikeda there is to evaporate into the puzzling archives of some geek heretical doctrine and pop out again into a dead excess vis-à-vis ideology writ large as system. In that sense he pictures/sounds as an obscene thrashing of, and ongoing onslaught against, innocence.
Alors? So are these subsequent revelations an abiding labyrinthian form of abject nothingness? Yes, Datamatics2 is a blustering, bursting, blatant banality, but even so I saw/heard in Datamatics2 the melancholy monstrous traces and dissimilative Dionysian mannerisms of Novalis, Chateaubriand, Nerval, Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Aragon, Bataille, Lautréamont, and Roussel. That is hardly farcical nothing (albeit by way of negation folded upon negation / instrumentalization upon instrumentalization). But what is missing in Datamatics2 for me is vague imagery and sound that does not depend on induction or deduction, and exists prior to these forms of controlling cognitions. In that sense, Datamatics2 cries out for access to the libraries of other people's subconscious experiences and hard drives.
So Ryoji Ikeda's Datamatics2 is a stuttering in a hygienic but deranged tongue within the vernacular of shattered techno signs and computer music clichés. In that way Datamatics2 is anti-automatismic. We are forced to think creatively and distinctively if we hope to un-pack and self-interpret it's quintessentially dancing chaotic vision par excellence. And when we do: we finally do come - enigmatic-lithe jouissance. But the jolt as been sadly self-inflicted, lacking, as it does, the tragic/emphatic psychic dimensions of artificial life (I saw or felt no field of intensities invoking the inchoate and the savage) and the open multiple model of atmospheric free associations. Thus the event went a bit lacking, for me, in what Deleuze suggested to us via Proust: something "real without being actual, ideal without being abstract."
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MARCH 2008 SHOW In collaboration with T.O.W.A.R. [ http://thereoncewasarebellion.org ], Gallery5 will host Repressed 3, a show dedicated to socially conscious works. This event will take place March 7th, 2008 and will be the precursor to a workshop series. Gallery5 is currently seeking workshop proposals, performers, artists, and volunteers.
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ANDREW D'ANGELO & MARTY MCCAVITT - TORN BETWEEN 2 HORSES (CD by Duration Records) BIRDS IN THE MEADOW - FIRST FLASH OF THE DAY (CD by Duration Records) Two releases from the obscure Duration label. I could not trace much information on these musicians, but it seems we are in contact here with improvisors from Richmond. On both CDs Marty Mccavitt plays harsh and heavy electronics. There is no information on the equipment he uses. But from what we hear coming from his electronics, it is evident that he likes old-style, analogue sounding electronics. Also his improvisations show that he has his very own esthetic if it comes how to play electronics and built musical structures. You make like it or not, but he has clear voice and approach. I didn't like it immediately, I must admit. But there is an sympathetic air of 'primitivism' in his his style. Is it Andrew d'Angelo who plays saxes on 'Torn between 2 Horses', on 'First Flash of the Day' it is Darius Jones who plays sax. So we have here two cds with the same instrumentation, which makes it interesting to compare them. The cd by Birds in the Meadow is the most varied and interesting one, as it shows more of Mccavitts electronic capabilities, and he is not so afraid of silence and quiet intervals here. Of both saxplayers Darius Jones plays in the most jazzy way, even lyrical and very human. This contrasts with the electronic world of Mccavitt, although it must be said that Mccavitt respects Jones in all ways. D'Angelo plays in more abstract way, and also rough. Here sax and electronics are completing each other in noisy improvisations. On both cds we hear unusual improvisations, specially because of the strange electronics of Mccavitt. And also successful improvisations as the musicians do meet and comm unicate. (DM) Address: http://www.durationrecords.com/
This CDR is presented in a raw cardboard digipack. There are two cardboard paper inserts that inform us about Harm Stryker political themes: opposition to gentrification and support of squatting, as the motto "may occupants rule." indicates.
Although it's noise, don't expect massive sound walls, distorted voices and mad samples, loud sudden white noises or loud metallic high-pitched gratings: it's not about a contest of destruction of the remaining listeners' hearing faculties. Here everything is really experimental and Harm Stryker work seems to demonstrate how to deal with and use silence. Maybe it could be called "ambient noise"…
Speaking about low sounds, we can find smooth and low oscillating humming patterns (02, 06), few rumblings (01), broken up sounds (10), and stronger distorted discharges (01, 02, 06), discrete low sound (03) or low vibration (01, 04, 06, 08) and in the closing track accompanied with stronger distorted droning sounds (12) A vibration that remains a machine even appears on the fourth track till a distorted chaotic rupture...
But, the core of Harm Stryker isn't in low sounds, but in high-pitched ones. High-pitched glitches (08) sometimes turns as annoying as some insect flying near your ear (06). Really high pitched sounds (03, 05, 07, 08, 09) are a constant. They often are oscillating and suddenly broken up (f.i. 01) by distorted discharges, rarely they get almost unbearable (06, 08)… Small white noise discharges (01, 07) also are featured, but let's not forget the white noise longer parts that sometimes replace the high-pitched hissings and sound really much more original usually (07, 08).
There are some peculiarities such as a clumsy noise remaining some brass instrument (05), radio noises (02, 08) electric noises (02, 05), metallic noises (01, 02), changing Glitches (f.i. 02), distorted parasites (07, 08), lower ones (11) and some others building accelerating patterns (05, 08). Well, let's say many noises are just indescribable (f.i. 02)… And, by the way, shrewd readers would have noticed the second track is a summary of this release diversity. Apart from that, the listener can notice some short melodic irruptions (09), sometimes as loud as brief (07), as well as the noteworthy proto-rhythmic forays made from pattern iteration on the fourth track.
Globally, the music often deals with long high-pitched noises parts interrupted by short distorted breaks: they punctuate the music, more or less steadily (f.i. 03) and indicate structural changes. The focus is also put on the slow evolution be it in tone or in oscillation of main sounds (often the high-pitched ones).
Really original noise project: although high-pitched hissings are predominant, there can be found many different sounds and sound manipulations. The point is not in superimposing many sound layers, but rather on cultivating originality of sounds and of their combination, poured in an ascetic fashion. Therefore, "Class Consciousness" truly deserves the qualifier "experimental" and maybe "ambient", because of its non invasive using of sound space and exploiting of silence. The whole is mostly low and calm. There usually aren't big and sudden changes in the sound's loudness, it remains mostly calm, 'ambient': not busy trying to make the most ear-blasting music. Some exceptions, maybe: the first track and the sixth. Certainly not easy to get into, yet clearly original. Suitable for amateurs of "calm" experimental noise.
Emerging from the 804Noise collective in Richmond VA, Harm Stryker are Kelly Nourse and Kenneth Yates. Their sound is at the more compelling end of noise music: it is burbling, pulsing and glitchy, atmospheric and textural, rather than a crude sandblasting of the ears. In a better world, Harm Stryker would be heirs to the BBC Radiophonic Workshop scoring the new TV series of DR Who. As it is, they exist in a marginal zone that this release is unlikely to lift them out of.
Class Consciousness raises questions it does not answer about the relationship between sound and politics. The title, the beautifully hand-screened sleeve and a couple of inserts- one denouncing gentrification, the other quoting Situationist Raoul Vaneigem- indicate the group's anti-capitalist orientation. But the lack of any linguistic content of any kind on the record itself- all of the tracks are instrumental and untitled- means that the way in which the music is intended to function politcally is left opaque. Are we to believe that the formal experimentalism of the music is inherently political? That claim would rest not on any agit-prop potential - because it is easy to imagine a listener encountering the music without having any political thoughts whatsoever- but on the sound's capacity to uproot the listener from their assumptions about the world. The problem is that. in becoming an established musical genre, noise has lost much of it's power to 'make strange". Harm Stryker may be superior exponents of noise music, but they have not yet done enough to restore that power. Mark Fisher
C. Spencer Yeh Born 1975 in Taipei, Taiwan, moved to the US in 1980, and now based out of Cincinnati, Ohio. C. Spencer Yeh is active both as a solo and ensemble artist, as well as with his primary organized sound project, Burning Star Core. As an improviser, Yeh has been focused on developing a personal vocabulary using violin, voice, and electronics. Though those are his preferred methods, Yeh believes that an ideal player should be able to tackle most any instrument or object to create sound of interest, through focus and listening.
Collaborative partners over the years have included Double Leopards, Comets on Fire, John Olson (of Wolf Eyes and Dead Machines), Hair Police, Thurston Moore's Dream/Aktion Unit, the Hototogisu, Pengo, Pete Nolan (of Magik Markers), Jessica Rylan, Larry Marotta, and others. When possible, Yeh plays in a trio with Chris Corsano and Paul Flaherty, as a guest member of Graveyards, and with Gordy Horn, a Cincinnati-based improv group led by Tim Schwallie of BPA and Wolverton Brothers. Yeh has toured up and down both coasts and the Midwest, and has made appearances at the Victoriaville, High Zero 2005, Avantronics, the Destijl/Freedom From and the No Fun festivals. He plans to make select appearances at festivals in the UK and Europe in Spring '06.
The Carlos Giffoni sound can be described as psychedelic electronics for the new era of death and destruction hope music. He is a Venezuelan artist who resides in the New York City area since the year 2000, applying feedback systems, modular manipulation, rewired electronic instruments, analog and digital synthesis to the composition of electronic music pieces, as well as improvising live with local and international renown musicians. Carlos remains very active performing live in New York and in a number of tours and festivals in the US, South America, Europe and Japan. He is the curator of the No Fun Fest, a yearly event in Brooklyn bringing together a wide variety of international experimental musicians. He is also a member of No Wave/Noise/Rock trio Monotract.
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Just a quick note to alert folks to several singular shows happening in the next few weeks. Baltimore is the new Baltimore...... Pass this along if you know folks who might be interested.
Tuesday -September 25th baltimore-japan-baltmore-japan-baltimore Floristree 8:00pm Dan Higgs, Chiara Giovondo, Mark Brown, Trockeneis with Fuyuki Yamakawa (throat singing, heartbeat, electronics, guitar) MUST SEE!!!! - an astounding performer - absolute highlight of High Zero 2006 Aki Onda (cassettes, electronics) Atsuhiro Ito (OPTRON, electronics) Kanta Horio (handmade audio-visual device)
Fri/Sat - October 5th/6th Jenny Hoyston (Erase Errata - SF) solo work at Charm City Kitty Club Felice Shays (Performance Art - NYC) Charm City Kitty Club http://www.charmcitykittyclub.com
**Sunday - October 14th** Load of Fun Galleries - 8:30pm TWIN - Rachel Carns - a phenomenal drummer & artist - (The King Cobra, The Need, Kicking Giants, Miranda July/Wynn Greenwood cohort) brings the post-riot-grrl "lesbian math rock" of the great NorthWest. A must see - as well. Upsilon Acrux - "brutal prog" from San Diego - tighty tight - for real. Harrius - fabulous Chiara G. and Jenny Graf Lexie Mountain Boys - pile it on femalists! Susan Alcorn and Catherine Pancake - a new duo project
Also - Black Diamonds dvds finally on sale at Normals for $25.00.
Teddybear Buttplug "Tomato Plant Was Attacked by Moon Bugs or Our Neighbor" on Cosmic Dirt Esther Venrooy "Non-Executable Floorplan:Kitchen" from To Shape Volumes, Repeat on Roborecords AM Salad Untitled 1 from the cd with the best packing ever! WRNLRD "Circle of Soot" from Cperadt on Small Sacrifice Andrew Chadwick from Magnetic Personality on Hymns Zaimph "Signal Aggression" from Sexual Infinity on Hospital Productions Tik///Tik "Out of Respect for his Family, Let's Say We Ate the Cabin Boy" from An Early Winter on Deathbomb Arc Cristal untitled one from untitled cd on all is number records Hal McGee from the Man with the Tape Recorder Gaybomb live at 369 from split with Dead Vagina on Hymns One Umbrella "Xestyl" from Solve on Tell-all Records
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TONIGHT! Come be a part of HzStory in the making! In collaboration with the D.C. Sonic Circuits Festival (still going on) we are able to bring you some world class experimental artists... come check out the performances for real cheap.
This year the High Zero Festival features five major new works of sound-based art installation at Current Space. Curated by Chiara Giovando. Food and beverages will be served.
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Realicide "Jumped and Died" Mix from split with Piasa Ironing "Sorry, Wrong Number" from Pocket Almanac on Hymns Christoph de Babylon "Dead (Too)" from If You're Into It, I'm Out Of It on DHR The Rita "Naked Girl Found Dead in the Park (Mania Collaboration)" from bodies bear traces of carnal violence on Pacrec Pedestrian Deposit "Textile" from Fatale on Hospital Productions Aaron Dilloway "Prayer Flush" from Beggar Master on Hanson Records Black Meat Side one from Beneath the Cold Clay on En mi ty Records Metal "Tip Toch Cah" from Run Amok! self produced Harm Stryker untitled one from Class Consciousness on socketscdr Axiomatic Integration "Folie" from Suntonic self produced Immaculate Grotesque untitled 2 on Territory on RRRecords Sten Ove Toft/Maskinanlegg "We're Having Apartheid Tonight"
Tuesday, 9/18/07 @ Dust, 7pm 1304B East Market St. Charlottesville VA 22902 Suggested donation of $3-$5 for traveling artists For more info: HzCollective@gmail.com
The HzCollective [Cville chapter] Presents NanoHz No. 1: an evening of experimental and avant garde electronics from touring artists who are participating in D.C.'s Sonic Circuits 2007 festival [www.dc-soniccircuits.org] featuring:
Cheapmachines (UK) Arturas Bumstienas (Lithuania) Antanas Jasenka (Lithuania) Iris Garefs (UK) All Violet (US)
Cheapmachines Philip Julian (London) has been an active part of the experimental music underground since the late 1990's recording various works under the name Cheapmachines which operates at the interface between noise electronics, generative software, field recordings, tape music and long-form drones.
Arturas Bumšteinas Works as sound and visual artist. In sound field Bumšteinas has completed number of musical scores for different instrumental ensembles and orchestras, released 9 albums of electroacoustic music (in Lithuania, USA, Denmark, Ukraine, Canada, Spain, Netherlands), directed multicollaborative project Antiradical Opera with writer Jesse Glass and more than 20 persons from all over the world, curated collective mix event titled Mixthemixthemix, founded laptop quartet 20/21 which is devoted to performances of graphical notation scores and many more activities… Bumšteinas appears in festivals and concerts of experimental music all over the Europe where he performs his sound works via the electronic sound medias. As visual artist Bumšteinas started to work together with artist Laura Garbštienė. In the fall of 2002, during the exhibition Parallel Progressions 3 in Vilnius' Contemporary Art Center they founded G-Lab duo, which was devoted to video art, audiovisual installations and performances. From the year 2002 Bumšteinas participated in a number of exhibitions in Lithuania and abroad, represented Lithuanian contemporary art together with other active artists from several generations. Besides of continuous artistic work in G-Lab, Bumšteinas also did collaborations with such artists as Simon Wickham-Smith, Borut Savski, Jesse Glass, Max Reinhardt, Rytis Mažulis, Antanas Jasenka, Antanas Kučinskas… Bumšteinas is an organizer of the first-ever serie of experimental music events in Lithuania based on the concept of open mixer and simultaneous participation. Lives and works in Vilnius and Warsaw.
Antanas Jasenka ANTANAS JASENKA (b. 1965) Lithuanian electronic music composer and sound artist. In 2002 his work "Deusexmachine" received an award by Lithuanian Composer's Union for the best electroacoustic music composition, and was later released by Electroshock Records and broadcasted on radio stations worldwide. In addition to his activity in the academic electroacoustic music field, Antanas Jasenka is a works in the independent experimental electronic music scene happily creating electronic noise. He has composed music for animated cartoons, movies and theatre together with the following directors: Gytis Padegimas, Oskaras Korsunovas, Mantas Verbiejus and others. His works are released not only in Lithuania, but also by European, Russian, USA and Canadian companies. The compositions of Jasenka have been performed in many European countries as well as in USA, it broadcasted all over the world (Europe, USA, Australia, New Zealand etc.). The composer has taken part abroad in various multimedia projects with artists such as: Ralf Wehowsky, Jim O. Rourke, Brume, Achim Wollscheid, Toshiya Tsunoda, John Duncan, Ryoji Ikeda, Merzbow, The Hafler Trio, Atrac, Arturas Bumsteinas, Raimundas Eimontas, Darius Ciuta, Orlandas Narusis, Gintas K, Dziugas Katinas, Skardas and others.
Iris Garrefls Iris Garrelfs is a composer/performer intrigued by change, fascinated with voices and definitely enamoured by technology. She often uses her voice as raw material, which she transmuted into machine noises, choral works or pulverised "into granules of electroacoustic babble and glitch, generating animated dialogues between innate human expressiveness and the overt artifice of digital processing" as the Wire Magzine put it.
Described as the Diamanda Galas of Glitch, Iris' training into creating through voice began very early on. Her parents sang in the village choir, and would often practice at home with Iris making up new melodies, 2nd and 3rd voices to whatever was being sung. She got into the attractions of technology as a teenager, stumbling across her dad's pulp si-fi magazines. Iris is still waiting for an implant that will siphon off her sonic nerve impulses, fragments of melody, rhythm and correlation floating around in her body and brain. A vital part of her work, be it using voice or other sound material, is improvisation and the use of random elements, the ephemeral fragility and risk implied in giving up control to me moment, a sonic singularity.
Iris performs solo as well as in collaboration with other artists, for example Robert Lippok (To Rococo Rot), Kaffe Matthews, Scanner, Si-cut.db and others. She also performs with the improvising group Symbiosis Orchestra. Recording collaborations include si-cut.db and Freeform - the latter has beeng re-released as part of the Bernt Friedman compiled and remixed compilation "Condensed" on Nonplace
The recent album Specified Encounters, released on the French label Bip-Hop, has been moulded from dissected voice sounds. Her new release on the other hand, fresh of the press, is her first ever 10″ vinyl piece, the radio project "(Talking) Space To Space" on the German art-label lich-tung, uses no voices at all. She is currently working on a globe-spanning "(Talking) Space To Space" installation and is very much looking forward to a residency at the Mexican Centre for Music and Soundart in 2007.
Music making aside aside, Iris is the co-founder of London based underground playground and test tube for current sound Sprawl. Artists featured have included Kim Cascone, Scanner, Kaffe Matthews, Christian Fennesz, Taylor Dupree and more. She is a regular on London's soundart radio station Resonance FM and sits on the Sonic Arts Network Board of Trustees.
As an outspoken person, Iris gets invited as a speaker and panelist at conferences and events in the UK and abroad, most recently at Visiones Sonoras in Mexico. Iris has appeared on TV, for example and ARTE TV in "Well Tempered Computer - Are Computers able to compose" and most recently on ITV's Mixmasters TV. This project has been released by Moonshine in the US and has received a nomination for Best Music DVD at the Dancestar Awards.
All Violet All Violet is the live collaboration between Scott Allison (custom electronics & lloopp) and Violet (Jeff Surak - archival sonic debris & trash)
Friday @ The Pom Palace - Hal McGee, Ironing & AM SALAD
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"Hissing Across America" featuring Hal McGee and Ironing
Friday, Sept. 14 @ Pom Hole, Richmond, VA 500 W. Marshall with AM Salad (Baltimore)
Ironing is focused on manipulating and recontextualizing somewhat autobiographical sound sources, altering them through lo-fi analog processes. A pile of cast off equipment, hissy tapes and damaged records get worked into a collage of microcassette field recordings, blown out Miami beats, local radio and abused cassettes in a noise collage meets hyperactive dub frenzy. www.myspace.com/ironing
All you need to know about Hal McGee is that you will kick yourself in the ass if you miss this!!!! An excerpt from his bio on the Sonic Circuits site: "Over the last 24 years I have made recordings in a wide variety of experimental music subgenres and styles (and have crossed and mixed these styles to make new creations): electronic, free improvisation, space music, electroacoustic, tape cut-ups, tape collage, industrial, power electronics, deconstructed rock, spoken word, "noise", ambient, abstract sound sculpture and painting, etc. Recently I became a member of the Tapegerm Collective, the Internet's premier musician community. And in October of 2006 I started doing live performances again, after a dry spell of 19 years. I have released 158 albums." www.myspace.com/halmcgee
A.M. Salad is an ever-changing sound sculpture set in motion, currently existing at a junction between energized, chaotic rumble and waves of trancing drone; a moody, schizo-sensory treatment fusing meditation and destruction. Sounds are teased from mic'd wire, metal, tools, assemblages, and junk instruments by way of flailing, untamed movement from man, device, and environment. Sounds are altered and infused with various electronics. www.amsalad.com
HzCollective is a Virginia based experimental, noise & improvised music collective serving to strengthen the bond between the Richmond and Charlottesville creative arts communities. The collective fosters a local network of experimental artists and enthusiasts by organizing performances and workshops involving local and touring artists from around world. - visit: [ http://myspace.com/hzcollective ]
DETAILS: Wednesday September 19, 2007 @ The Camel 1621 W. Broad St. Richmond, VA 23220 804-317-1938 7:00pm $3-$5
The HzCollective Presents: an evening of experimental and avant garde electronics from touring artists who are participating in D.C.'s Sonic Circuits 2007 festival [ http://www.dc-soniccircuits.org/2007 ]
::::CHEAPMACHINES Philip Julian (London) has been an active part of the experimental music underground since the late 1990's recording various works under the name Cheapmachines which operates at the interface between noise electronics, generative software, field recordings, tape music and long-form drones.
::::POLYPHASIC Polyphasic are a two-piece and produce their live set with reel-to reel machines, weird old synths, scanners, mixers, ect. Its somewhat composed but elements of improvisation are unavoidable
::::CAUSTIC CASTLE Caustic Castle is Kenneth Yates, also of the duo's Harm Stryker (w/ Constant Mauk) & Insects With Tits (w/ Chefkirk). Kenneth Yates utilizes the no-input mixing technique coupled with live processing using various filters and pedals. With his music usually comes an abstract visual fascination with architecture and is psyhogeographical effects on the human psyche. Inspired by past revolutionary art and social movements like DaDa & the Situationiste Internationale, he struggles to find a parallel between art, sound & social unrest, or just perhaps provide a sort of soundtrack to it all.
::::JASON TALBOT Performs and records solo, modifying a single turntable with minimal preparations to create a cascading wall of noise and subtle, creaking musique concrete.
Overall Rating: B+ Composition: B+ Sounds: B Production Quality: B Concept: B+ Packaging: B
Harm Stryker's latest release doesn't really bring much of anything new to the table but it is yet another great addition to their unique catalog of subtle high-pitched experimental sounds and subdued noise bursts. As usual the concepts of socialist underpinnings here are obtusely hinted at throughout the artwork but completely lost in translation through the entirely instrumental noise. The few screen printed inserts reveal a diatribe printed in reverse railing against the evils of capitalism and private landholding.
But you don't have to be a socialist, communist, or anarchist to enjoy the focused restraint that Harm Stryker revels in while leading the listener through the sonic labyrinth that is Class Consciousness. Inaccessible, abstract, and yes, even sometimes annoying but there is a clear vision here that cannot be denied. From the sounds of the first track, actually one of my favorites on the album, beginning with actually a higher mid-ranged tone rather then high pitched, and meandering to chunky hallowed passages of humming, onto screeching so-high-its-actually-quiet feedback, and dipping low again to bubbling grains of mangled synths the traack moves along nicely and offers an engaging opener.
Although probably the biggest issue with this album can be how forgettable it is as a whole, it takes focus and concentration on the part of the listener to truly glean the value of sounds presented here. If you are an unpatient person, I do not suggest this will be the album for you. The second track is another strong one with helicopter-like electronics joined by metallic "light" feedback squiggling about and melding together at times. The joy in these sounds is really how each sound is manipulated once it has been presented.
Generally I prefer the louder material here and the high-pitched tones that Harm Stryker appears to kind of fall back on by default don't help matters much. It seems to take the place of a "back beat" if this were rock music and can become tiring especially since it often doesn't differ greatly from track to track. Though the fuckery never stops, and yes, it could be said that they fall into wankery at times, but it all stays underneath a stylistic umbrella that defines the Harm Stryker sound.
Even though there are slow parts, and a lull about ¾ of the way through the album, Class Consciousness has a consistent aesthetic and solid, uncompromising vision. If I could have my wish I would have liked to see Harm Stryker come out of their shell a little bit and try something new, but I'm fine with having them continue to refine their unique style they practice on the fringes of noise and experimental music.
Experience a sonic mashup of everything from free improv sax+cracked electronics (Jack Wright & Michael Johnsen), dutch ultra minimal techno (GOEM|FDW) Argentian MTV indie pop star doing harsh digital sounds (Naila Borensztein), field recordings of Berlin backyards (Gilles Aubry), punk rawk madness on theremin and acoustic guitar (Buck Gooter), krautrock fueled electronica (RDK), intense drones (Christoph Heemann-from HNAS, Current 93, Mimir with Jim O'Rourke, Edward Ka-Spel and Andreas Martin, etc) and much much much more!
WAMU 88.5 FM will spotlight the festival Friday at 1pm on the Metro Connection program. Tune in and hear host David Furst and Sonic Circuits choir boy Jeff Surak talk about Sonic Circuits and hear a few tracks by festival artists http://wamu.org/
PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY! THE SHOWS WILL START AT THE TIMES INDICATED. REALLY!!!
Friday, September 7 at the Velvet Lounge 915 U St NW, Washington, DC 20001 Metro: U ST/Cardoza Show time: 8:30pm Tickets: $10.00 Freiband Gilles Aubry Jack Wright & Michael Johnsen Ben Owen Brown Wing Overdrive Buck Gooter RDK
Saturday, September 8 at The Warehouse 1017 7th St NW, Washington, DC 20001 Metro: Mount Vernon Sq/Convention Center All Ages! Show time: 8:00pm Tickets: $15.00 Humcrush Christoph Heemann Goem|FDW Naila Borensztein Noveller Pink Communoids Element Kuuda Cutest Puppy in the World This Bag is not a Toy Twilight Memories of the Three Suns
Sunday, September 9 at Electric Possible George Washington University Phillips Hall, 801 22nd St, NW, Rm B120 (in the basement) Metro: Foggy Bottom All Ages! Show time: 8:00pm Tickets: $5.00 TL0741 Rape Ape Birds in the Meadow Tone Ghosting
-Kites Band For Self-Defense "Something Anout America" 'Peace Trials' (Load) -These Are Powers "Silver Lung" 'These Are Powers 7"' (s/r) -Public Image Ltd. "Poptones" 'Second Edition' -Tortoise & The Ex "Huge Hidden Spaces" 'In the Fishtank' (Konkurrent) -Liars "Leather Prowler" 'Liars' -Merzbow "Cannibalism of Machine" 'Tauromachine' (release) -Mikroknytes "span & cram" 'mikroknytes' (car) -Myo "Untitled Feb. 2005" 'Atari Sky' -Mr. Stonecipher "Stroke" '910noise Vol. 1' (910noise) -A.M. Salad "Cylons Demise" 'lo-fi for hi-fi' (Eerie Materials / White Tapes) -Pinko Communoids "Gust" 'Vol. 1' (inharmonik 001) -The Cutest Puppy in the World "not the intended outcome" 'Shut in the Basement' (s/r) -Birds in the Meadow + Andrew D'angelo "Wild Horses" 'Torn Between Two Horses' (Duration Records) -Matt Weston + Tone Ghosting Duo "Ghone West" 'Live @ Sonic Circuits 2006' (Panic Research) -Fe-Mail "Residents" "Water Music" "a merry day in the woods" 'Skylubbb fra Haelvete' (TV5) -
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also we saw that you have some new releases. are you interested in sending us promo copies for a reviews? sure i can send you some copies for review if you like. THANK YOU!
ok thats all for now. please answer as soon as you can. cheers, nenad
- First of all, introduce whole 910noise collective idea to our readers. How, where, when and why the whole story started? 910 Noise Collective The numbers 910 represent our area code. The idea is to bring experimental & noise artists in the area together allowing them to express their art forms, exchange ideas, talk about gear, eat BBQ etc.
I spent many hours creating noise, strange, low brow tracks (whatever you may call them) over the last years all alone & never really knew how to find other people who saw the sound experiments as an art like I did. Then I saw 804 Noise in Richmond VA founded by Kenneth Yates 804noise.org. I really wanted something amazing like that here in Wilmington NC. I knew there had to be a way to bring noise artists together, so I started my own.
- What are the latest news in your collective? New releases are the news for the collective. Here they are:
910-002 Mr. Stonecipher An opposite turn from the first 910 Noise pro pressed disc. "3 - Codes" over 20 minutes of knob twisting by Mr. Stonecipher. Very limited 3 inch release featuring a hand painted insert with metal shavings included. Only ten copies were made. The release was given to chosen people only from the artist. Mr. Stonecipher info: myspace.com/mrstonecipher
910-003 Baby Daddy Baby Daddy is harsh noise by Mr. Stonecipher & Carl Kruger. Produced in Wilmington NC u.s.a. Superb packaging & superb noise collab. Limited to 30 handmade copies. Carl Kruger info: tibprod.com/carlkruger.htm
We are recording a new release from experimental guitarist Jeff Chapple. Chapple plays live guitar for The Love Language myspace.com/thelovelanguage This will be his solo recording, it will be a 10 disc release, a journey of sorts as described by Chapple. Production has started on the first 3 inch now.
Also related news: Mr. Stonecipher has a collab coming out with notorious harsh harsh harsh noise artist from the Sinister & secluded hills if Oregon, IDX1274. Entitled 1451 BLING. Blinged out packaging (diamond blings and all) 21 minutes of well blend harshness.
Mastered in Oregon by IDX1274 & packaged in Wilmington NC. This release makes me tingle with joy.
this will not be an official 910 release but it will be given out because Mr. Stonecipher is a 910 guy.
- What have you done so far? I see few releases, it looks like you do some noise festival too. We have held a few shows here and the response is quite good surprisingly. We haven't held a noise fest as of yet. We were invited to play at the We Fest here which hosts all kinds of local rock type stuff. So it was fun. I would say that we are walking baby steps at the moment but the idea is growing & more artists are showing up wanting to do new things. So this is a positive thing for the art and 910.
- Any more acitivities? I am in the search for a sound source that everyone can use at the shows, that we can take with us. I believe that if we carry our own sound source, we can play almost anywhere & not being so reliant on the venue per say. There are some things in the works for some activities soon.
- Listening to your first release 910noise vol.1 we could see that noise and experimental expression is very developed i Wimington. Can you give us a bit of experimental and noise history of Wilmington? As far as the history of noise I cannot really say myself, I have only been living back here for the last 3 years. But I would definitely think that there were and are other people doing or have done experimental stuff here..? They just have to look us up on Myspace.
What was like in the begining and what it's like now? Simmilarities and differences? - How does enviroment and Wilmington effects your noise? What is like living in Wilmington? Tell us something about town too.. Wilmington is actually a beautiful coastal town that is circled by the Cape Fear River. I would say most people enjoy their time here in this town. There aren't many noise shows to go to or anything like that but if you wanna see a 70's rock metal bands and that sort of thing if that is what you are into. There are some great & talented visual artists here as well.
- Just how often are shows in you hometown? Where can you perform usually? Do you have any clubs or you performe at art exibitions, performances, festivals,... - What is reaction of wider audience? Are there many prejudice or people are open minded? We are trying to do shows about once a month, although the summer is a busy time for everyone. So it dosen' t always work out. The audience seems fine with the noise. I mean they clap at the end of a performance and all. So I would assume that the people enjoy themselves. To be honest though the audience dosen't even matter, we do this stuff for our selves. If no one ever shows up then so be it.
- 910noise vol.1 was first release for obscura art & records. Now I see new releases 910 02 Mr. Stonecipher and 910 03 Baby Daddy. So, is 910noise sublabel of obscura art & records or what? Or 910noise's purpose is to release just 910area bands and Obscura has wider releasing plans? Just, how Obscura and 910noise collective are connected?
Obscura and 910noise are connected because I run both of them. I use both outlets to push the information about things.
Obscuraart.com is involved with releases like the first 910 Compliation & also subbed out to an online label for digital distro
Another outlet I deal with is Numberonenoise.com Which is also another label that I run that deals in online sales of recordings
On Number One Noise we put out a release of some GREAT industrial/noise produced in Warsaw Poland by artist Wiracki www.myspace.com/wiracki
910 Noise is focused on releasing works and doing shows with 910 North Carolina area code noise artists only. www.myspace.com/910noise
- On your profile I saw a lots of area organized collectives. Is that way of associating noise aritst popular lately in the States? The nationwide noise collectives are broken down by the area code in which they live. http://www.myspace.com/acnoise
- For the end massage to our noise geeks here in Balkan countries. Last noise is yours!!!
I have made some great friends (brothers) with the start of 910 Noise here in NC and all over the world. Finally I can create with a few other people what I have always wanted to. The love of it crushes any wall of noise. For me personally it's been a wonderful experience. Heck all you need is a BBQ, don't they have that in the Balkans? Bet cha they have great beers!
Dear subscribers, September is festival month in DC and Baltimore. Most or all of the DC Sonic Circuits 2007 shows are listed below, but to stay abreast of any changes, see: http://www.dc-soniccircuits.org/2007/ & don't forget about High Zero: http://www.highzero.org/ in Baltimore from September 20 through October 3.
DC/BALTIMORE CARPOOLING BOARD! mainly for improvised and experimental music - red room, an die musik, etc - but open to any concerts people are interested in. for soliciting and offering rides.
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RICHMOND/DC/MD CARPOOLING BOARD mostly for experimental, noise, and improvised music events outside of the Richmond city limits.
Richmond is roughly an hour or two away from Charlottesville, DC, Norfolk, Williamsburg, & Virginia Beach. All very active cities, and practically nextdoor like Philly & Boston is to New York.
please write to jahhoo@y... well in advance of any shows you hope to have promoted on Kooltronica as the list is only posted twice-monthly - no DJ events please / JR
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Wednesday September 19, 2007 @ The Camel 1621 W. Broad St. Richmond, VA 23220 804-317-1938 7:00pm $3-$5
The HzCollective Presents: an evening of experimental and avant garde electronics from touring artists who are participating in D.C.'s Sonic Circuits 2007 festival [ http://www.dc-soniccircuits.org/2007 ]
::::CHEAPMACHINES Philip Julian (London) has been an active part of the experimental music underground since the late 1990's recording various works under the name Cheapmachines which operates at the interface between noise electronics, generative software, field recordings, tape music and long-form drones.
::::POLYPHASIC Polyphasic are a two-piece and produce their live set with reel-to reel machines, weird old synths, scanners, mixers, ect. Its somewhat composed but elements of improvisation are unavoidable
::::CAUSTIC CASTLE Caustic Castle is Kenneth Yates, also of the duo's Harm Stryker (w/ Constant Mauk) & Insects With Tits (w/ Chefkirk). Kenneth Yates utilizes the no-input mixing technique coupled with live processing using various filters and pedals. With his music usually comes an abstract visual fascination with architecture and is psyhogeographical effects on the human psyche. Inspired by past revolutionary art and social movements like DaDa & the Situationiste Internationale, he struggles to find a parallel between art, sound & social unrest, or just perhaps provide a sort of soundtrack to it all.
::::JASON TALBOT Performs and records solo, modifying a single turntable with minimal preparations to create a cascading wall of noise and subtle, creaking musique concrete.
Caustic Castle + Eric Eaton NET-RELEASE on Dadaist Audio
Dadaist Audio [ http://myspace.com/dadaistaudio ] presents a new FREE net-release from Caustic Castle [ http://myspace.com/causticcastle ] feat. Eric Eaton [ http://www.myspace.com/draculavalucard ] called a "a monumental moment with eric eaton". This is a multi-media release featuring a hi quality audio track and a seperate video with lo-fidelity audio of the abstract re-workings of slides and 18mm film loops by Eric Eaton.
::::Double Muslims Great instrumental outfit from Knoxville, Tennessee. On their debut 7" they do something like a hybridisation of Sun City Girls and Minutement (at their most Beefhearty). Which is not to say that all the music occurs at quite that level, but the intent is certainly there and the delivery is not far behind. - June 2007 (Wire)
Double Muslims hail from my hometown of Knoxville, TN and have the dubious honor of being one of my favorite local bands from the past few years. On this recording they are Eric Lee on guitar, Jason Boardman (proprietor of local venue The Pilot Light) on drums, and Marcelle Good playing cello. Everytime I've seen them live I've gotten a completely different impression, once they were two drummers and two guitarists playing complex math-rock but then another time they were Lee alone with Mountains of Moss main man Adam Ewing joining him on banjo. Regardless, they make some great music and you get a taste of both of those elements here. "Errors of Menace/Stupor Creek" comes off like a hybrid of Dirty Three, Abilene, and possibly Don Caballero to a lesser extent. This one's limited to 300 copies, numbered and sealed with a wax stamp. Good stuff. -Joe Davenport
Wiry, spacious rock/improv trio of guitar, cello and drums, in bed together, and the mattress springs are sticking out all over, if you get my drift - sharp turns of play and space, subverted by digital delay and percussion that allows the musical elements to breathe and sweat as needed. Squalor, to them, would probably equal the most uniform and thought-out compositions of your GHQs of today, with a composition-based attack and a full command of its wide vocabulary. Wouldn't place these guys too far away from Gastr del Sol in terms of the attack, though there's considerably more geniuine "rock" action here in a precipitated kinda way. "Twice But Once" has a fine time exploding into reverie, then pulling back with the appropriate amount of tension, until the track sounds like it's weeping at its unresolved ending. Smart, joyous times within a beautiful package, all from somewhere small in Tennessee. Numbered edition of 300 in a letterpressed, foldover sleeve, closed with a wax seal. -Dusted Magazine
::::Caustic Castle Caustic Castle is Kenneth Yates, also of the duo's Harm Stryker (w/ Constant Mauk) & Insects With Tits (w/ Chefkirk). Kenneth Yates utilizes the no-input mixing technique coupled with live processing using various filters and pedals. With his music usually comes an abstract visual fascination with architecture and is psyhogeographical effects on the human psyche. Inspired by past revolutionary art and social movements like DaDa & the Situationiste Internationale, he struggles to find a parallel between art, sound & social unrest, or just perhaps provide a sort of soundtrack to it all.
::::Diagram A Not a whole lot of information out there about Diagram A since he doesn't have a website or anything, but he did send along a couple really nice CD's of abstract electronics which contain a lot of depth and color, and a lot of variation and restrain within the realm he explores, which is sometimes more on the harshnoise end of things. he makes his own analog instruments out of found objects and deconstructed everyday electronic objects.
Adventurous music and exploratory visions from over 70 artists from the DC Metro area, United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Spain, & Lithuania
Friday, September 7 at La Casa 3166 Mt. Pleasant St. NW. Washington, DC 20010 Metro: Columbia Heights Show time: 8:30pm Tickets: $10.00 Freiband Gilles Aubry Jack Wright & Michael Johnsen Ben Owen Brown Wing Overdrive Buck Gooter RDK
Saturday, September 8 at The Warehouse 1017 7th St NW, Washington, DC 20001 Metro: Mount Vernon Sq/Convention Center Show time: 8:00pm Tickets: $15.00 Humcrush Christoph Heemann Goem|FDW Naila Borensztein Noveller Pink Communoids Element Kuuda Cutest Puppy in the World This Bag is not a Toy Twilight Memories of the Three Suns
Sunday, September 9 at Electric Possible George Washington University Phillips Hall, 801 22nd St, NW, Rm B120 (in the basement) Metro: Foggy Bottom Show time: 8:00pm Tickets: $5.00 TL0741 Rape Ape Birds in the Meadow Tone Ghosting
Wednesday, September 12 at Warehouse Screening Room 1021 Seventh Street NW, Washington, DC 20001 Metro: Mount Vernon Sq/Convention Center Show time: 7:00pm Tickets: suggested donation - $5.00 an evening of alternative audio-visual art, film + video sponsored by DC SONIC CIRCUITS and QUEERING SOUND Gunter Krüger Marianna Ellenberg Lamathilde Andy Wilson BLK w/ BEAR
Thursday, September 13 at the Velvet Lounge 915 U St NW, Washington, DC 20001 Metro: U ST/Cardoza Show time: 9:00pm Tickets: $8.00 Facemat 36 Cash Slave Clique Radio Shock Myo Piasa
Friday, September 14 at the Velvet Lounge 915 U St NW, Washington, DC 20001 Metro: U ST/Cardoza Show time: 9:00pm Tickets: $9.00 Macronympha Ramon Churruca xedh Scraping Teeth
Saturday, September 15 at The Warehouse 1017 7th St NW, Washington, DC 20001 Metro: Mount Vernon Sq/Convention Center Show time: 2:00pm Tickets: FREE BLK w/ BEAR + VJ Poppins Presented as part of the annual Arts on Foot festival
Saturday, September 15 at The Warehouse 1017 7th St NW, Washington, DC 20001 Metro: Mount Vernon Sq/Convention Center Show time: 8:00pm Tickets: $12.00 Baseline Esther Venrooy Oier Etxeberria Hal McGee Gunung Sari Zan Hoffman Ironing Constant Mauk am salad Musica Ex Machina festival presentation
Sunday, September 16 at The Black Cat 1811 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20009 Metro: U ST/Cardoza Show time: 8:30pm Tickets: $10.00 Martijn Tellinga Michael Thomas Jackson & Brian Osbourne Northern Machine Safe People Alexis
Wednesday, September 19 at Goethe Institute 812 Seventh Street, NW, Washington DC, 20001 Metro: Gallery Place Show time: 7:00pm Cost : $5.00 Films and videos by James Schnieder, Josh Bonnetta, Thorsten Fleisch.
Thursday, September 20 at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage 2700 F Street, NW, Washington DC, 20566 Metro: Foggy Bottom Show time: 6:00pm Cost : FREE Ira Lundén & Sara Lundén - joint set Arturas Bumsteinas - premiering new work for laptop and two cellos performed by Janel Leppin and Doug Poplin
Thursday, September 20 at the Velvet Lounge 915 U St NW, Washington, DC 20001 Metro: U ST/Cardoza Show time: 9:00pm Tickets: $9.00 Ergo Promute Insect Factory Spaceships Panic Orbit Kuschty Rye Ergot
Friday, September 21 at The Warehouse 1017 7th St NW, Washington, DC 20001 Metro: Mount Vernon Sq/Convention Center Show time: 8:00pm Tickets: $15.00 Tony Conrad & Violent Raid o.blaat Iris Garrelfs Antanas Jasenka Sara Lunden All Violet koen holtkamp Corridors
Saturday, September 22 at The Warehouse 1017 7th St NW, Washington, DC 20001 Metro: Mount Vernon Sq/Convention Center Show time: 8:00pm Tickets: $15.00 Nick Didkovsky & Sirius String Quartet Ida Lunden Shelf Life Murmer Moljebka Pvlse Cheapmachines Kohoutek Percussion Ensemble Caustic Castle
Sunday, September 23 at the Velvet Lounge 915 U St NW, Washington, DC 20001 Metro: U ST/Cardoza Show time: 9:00pm Tickets: $9.00 Thomas Ankersmit Animental Caution Curves Mind Over Matter Music Over Mind Janel and Anthony
DC/BALTIMORE CARPOOLING BOARD! mainly for improvised and experimental music - red room, an die musik, etc - but open to any concerts people are interested in. for soliciting and offering rides.
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RICHMOND/DC/MD CARPOOLING BOARD mostly for experimental, noise, and improvised music events outside of the Richmond city limits.
Richmond is roughly an hour or two away from Charlottesville, DC, Norfolk, Williamsburg, & Virginia Beach. All very active cities, and practically nextdoor like Philly & Boston is to New York.
please write to jahhoo@y... well in advance of any shows you hope to have promoted on Kooltronica as the list is only posted twice-monthly - no DJ events please / JR
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-Kit Clayton "untitled #2" 'lateral forces' (vertical format) -T.Raumscmiere "erloesun durch strom" 'anti' (hefty) -Like a Tim & Gina V. D'orio "leader of pack" 'bass girl' -Mira Calix "Ithanga (Eccelsall mix)" 'Peel Session' (Warp) -Jason Talbot "Untitled" 'Thank You' -Kites "Something About America" 'Peace Trials' (Load)
-Terry Riley's "In C" 'Performed Live @ Chop Suey Books in Richmond, Virginia 08/08/2007' Presented by the 804noise Richmond Experimental Collective and Currated and Conducted by Robert Bryant'
-K.K. Null "Giant Walking In A Tunnel of Libido" 'split cd w/ Moz' (CrionicMind) -Yellow Swans "I Woke Up" 'Psychic Secession' (load) -Andrew Deutsch "Untitled Songs" 'Various Artists / Untitled Songs' (SIRR) -Iovae "Ode To Schadenfreude" 'Civilization' (SNSE)
friends and lovers. i am playing a duo with jack wright on wednesday august 15 here in richmond. local superstars caustic castle and eorðe grówan are playing as well.
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 15 @ ARTSPACE. 7PM. $5. jack wright & jason talbot caustic castle w/ live images by eric eaton eorðe grówan
