21 July 2010
AU turns on and tunes up...
AU
PDX Pop Now Fest
Friday, July 30th, 10PM - Portland, Oregon
315 SE 3rd. Ave.http://pdxpopnow.org/
"PDX Pop Now! will host “PDX Pop Now! at Portland City Hall” on July 22nd from 5:30-8:30 pm. This lead-up to the PDX Pop Now! festival is free to the public and will feature performances on the steps of Portland’s City Hall (1221 SW 4th Avenue) by the Andrew Oliver Quartet, Kelli Schaefer, Atole, and Nick Jaina Band.
The PDX Pop Now! show at City Hall is being presented conjunction with the “Fixed Spans: City Hall” exhibit from the PDX Bridge Festival where a collaborative team of artists are creating a 3D “optical illusion”in the south atrium of City Hall, using only masking tape and the Willamette River Bridges. Check it out between sets to see how that’s possible.
Portland’s mayor, Sam Adams, discussed the event today, saying “The breadth and depth of musical talent in Portland is a tremendous local resource that plays an important role in making our city great. I am proud to work with PDX Pop Now! for the fourth year to showcase that talent right here at City Hall with a free concert open for all to enjoy.”
Special support for the 2010 PDX Pop Now! City Hall event comes from a generous Community Cultural Participation Grant by the Multnomah County Cultural Coalition and the Oregon Cultural Trust."
08 June 2010
****New Record****
Using orchestral strings, vanguard soundscapes and collected field recordings, Philippe Petit’s A Scent of Garmambrosia takes us into a dense, cinematic world that mixes acoustic instrumentation with digital filtering; swaying and unfolding amid the psycho-film-noir syntax of a Lynchean universe. Fans of Kronos Quartet, Philip Jeck, and The Boxhead ensemble will no doubt appreciate Petit’s pioneering post-classical soundtrack.
The album continues Petit’s investigations into the boundaries of extant, contemporary scoring and attempts to examine mood, location and action through the lens of modern cinema. These ideas were initiated in his album Henry: The Iron Man (Beta Lactam Ring Records) and continued with “Fiends With A FAce,” his duo with James Johnston (Dirter Promotion). A Scent of Garmambrosia’s departure point is David Lynch’s groundbreaking series Twin Peaks, where Lynch defines the word Garmonbozia as “pain and suffering that is consumed,” and seems to be either a food or type of drug. In ancient Greek mythology, Ambrosia is the food and drink of the gods that confers immortality upon whoever consumes it. Thus, Petit’s Garmambrosia is a sonic hybrid of the two—a nectar embodying the agonies of both humanity and deity.
Philippe Petit considers himself more of a “musical travel agent” than a composer. His music guides the listener through stories and places—the traveled and pristine, the known and unknown—and his interest in soundtracks directly informs this creative process. Petit begins by using a computer to build up electronic layers of acoustic sounds and field recordings. Then, he moves on to various glasses or percussive objects, taking advantage of vinyl material to fondle released sounds. A journalist for various magazines and radio as well as a musical activist, Petit has celebrated his 25th year of sharing his musical passions as the man behind the cult labels Pandemonium Rdz. and BiP_HOp.
A Scent of Garmambrosia is as much the work of Petit’s collaborators as of Petit himself. Over decades of making music, he has assembled a dream team of musicians, artists and thinkers without whom this album would not have been possible.
COLLABORATORS:
Swedish cellist Helena Espvall has worked recently with neo-psych folk artists like Espers, Fursaxa, and Samara Lubelski, as well as being a member of Vashti Bunyan’s touring band.
http://www.myspace.com/helenaespvall
Bela Emerson is an innovative and prolific performer of electric cello, electronics, tenor viol and musical saw, who creates passionate, evocative and spontaneous music of no definable genre.
http://www.belaemerson.com
Raphaelle Rinaudo plays the harp, combing and messing up her strings cautiously knitting melodies that she later distorts by pulling the chords. Raphaelle also plays in the Pierre-Yves Macé ensemble and is an active member of Strings Of Consciousness.
http://www.myspace.com/stringsofconsciousness
Maria Grigoryeva has already won several International competitions for young musicians. She is art-director, violinist and composer of her own ensemble for Contemporary music in St-Petersburg, and works with many Petersburg musicians, DJs, dancers, video-artists.
http://www.myspace.com/grigoryeva
James Johnston is the singer, multi-instrumentalist, and founding member of influential UK band Gallon Drunk. He plays with Krautrock legends Faust, was a member of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds from 1994 to 2008, and has recorded and toured with a variety of other musicians including Lydia Lunch, Barry Adamson, Dot Allison.
Andy Diagram paints soundscapes with his trumpet. In the last 20 years Andy’s unique style has allowed him to join many bands such as Pere Ubu, Dislocation Dance, Pale Fountains, James, Honkies, Frank Black (Pixies), and permanently Spaceheads, and David Thomas’ 2 Pale Boys.
http://www.myspace.com/adiagram
Richard Harrison lives in Manchester and throughout his 30 year long carreer has played with Nico + Stockhausen & Walkman + Red Krayola... as well as permanently with groups such as Spaceheads , Homelife and Toolshed. http://www.spaceheads.co.uk/
Fred Lonberg-Holm is most identified with playing free improvisation and free jazz. As a session musician and arranger, he is credited on dozens rock, pop, and country records, whose most inspiring have been by The Boxhead Ensemble, Vandermark 5, the Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, God Is My Co-Pilot, Anthony Coleman, Jim O’Rourke, Bobby Conn, The Flying Luttenbachers, ZU… http://www.lonberg-holm.info/
Alexander Bruck comes from Mexico where he is a member of the National Mexican Orchestra, he also regularly improvises with local experimentalists, though his main act is La Orquesta Silenciosa who tour festivals and releases on Mandorla. http://www.myspace.com/alexanderbrucksantos
Tom Heasley is an internationally-acclaimed composer, performer and recording artist whose mesmerizing bit of loop-based, ambient tuba playing brought an ethereal beauty + unique musical voice. http://www.myspace.com/tomheasleyHervé Vincenti plays a Fender Jazzmaster and Gretsch guitar, developing graceful notes and varied melodies. Aside co-founding (w/ Philippe Petit) Strings Of Consciousness, Hervé was also a member of Foern-Set and had played with Luc Ferrari.
31 May 2010
THIS WEEK/NEXT WEEK
Okie Dokie & W.H.I.T.E. will be in NY this and next week!! They’re gonna be playing some great shows so make sure to come out..
Thursday, June 3rd @ Silent Barn:
(Note: this show is going to be really special, everything is going to happen as one long sequence, not to be missed!)
Jason John Würm (formerly Weekend) – http://www.myspace.com/weekendlifers
W.H.I.T.E. (Los Angeles) – http://www.myspace.com/whitehorsesintechnicoloreverywhere
Drip House
Nonhorse – http://www.myspace.com/nonhorsevsx
Interpretive dancing by Angela Vitacolonna
Video installation by Diwa Tamrong
Silent Barn – http://www.myspace.com/thesilentbarn
915 Wyckoff Ave
Ridgewood, NY
8pm – $6/7 (must play rock, paper, scissors, winner gets a dollar off $7)
Organized by Swill Children
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Friday, June 4th @ Monster Island Basement:
||Prince Rama – http://www.myspace.com/princeramaofayodhya
|||HIGHLIFE – http://myspace.com/highlifehighlife
||||Amen Dunes
|||||W.H.I.T.E. (Los Angeles) – http://myspace.com/whitehorsesintechnicoloreverywhere
Monster Island Basement – http://toddpnyc.com
128 River St
Brooklyn, NY
8pm – $8
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Saturday June 5th – 6PM!! @ SHEA STADIUM
SHOWPAPER BENEFIT
BBQ on the terrace starting at 6pm!
|| W.H.I.T.E. — from Los Angeles – http://myspace.com/whitehorsesintechnicoloreverywhere
|||| Orphans – http://www.myspace.com/orphansnewyork
|||||| Human Resources – http://www.myspace.com/humanresources
|||||||| Say No to Architecture – http://www.myspace.com/saynotoarchitecture
|||||||||| Darb Modnoc
|||||||||||| Graffiti Monsters – http://www.myspace.com/graffitimonsters
| SHEA STADIUM |
20 Meadow St btwn Waterbury St & Bogart St | Williamsburg, Brooklyn
L-Grand, G-Metropolitan | –| 6PM |– | all ages | $5
http://sheastadiumbk.blogspot.com
| curated & organized by Jeremy Krinsley |
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Tuesday, June 8th @ Death By Audio:
||Fiasco – http://www.myspace.com/fiasconewyork
|||Okie Dokie – http://myspace.com/okiedokieusa
||||Zulus – http://www.myspace.com/zulusnyc
Death By Audio – http://entertainment4every1.net/
42 S 2nd St.
Brooklyn, NY
8pm
Organized by Swill Children
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Wednesday, June 9th @ Party Expo:
||Graffiti Monsters – http://www.myspace.com/graffitimonsters
|||Zulus - http://www.myspace.com/zulusnyc
||||McDonalds
|||||Okie Dokie- http://myspace.com/okiedokieusa
Party Expo – http://partyexpobrooklyn.com/
929 Broadway
Brooklyn, NY
9pm
Organized by Mark Denardo & Swill Children
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Friday June 11th @ MONSTER ISLAND BASEMENT
|| SHOWPAPER BENEFIT
|| Man Forever — mems Oneida, Yeah Yeah Yeah’s, & more – http://myspace.com/manforeverusa
|||| W.H.I.T.E. — from Los Angeles – http://myspace.com/whitehorsesintechnicoloreverywhere
|||||| Spreaders — from Albany - http://myspace.com/theseshortsfit
|||||||| Hunters — http://myspace.com/huntersny
| MONSTER ISLAND BASEMENT |
128 River St @ Metropolitan Ave | Williamsburg, Brooklyn
L-Bedford, G-Metropolitan, JM-Marcy | 8pm | all ages | $tba
| curated & organized by Kid Millions & Jesse Hlebo |
22 May 2010
Final Line up
Philippe Petit and Colin Stetson Replaced by Blissed Out for Aagoo Show with Mofongo
Monday, May 24,th, 9:30 p.m.
The Tank, 354 West 45th St., NYC
Due to an immigration issue and other unfortunate events, Philippe Petit and Colin Stetson will be unable to play Aagoo Record’s Monday night showcase with Mofongo. Although we are disappointed that these two great musicians will not be joining us, we are extremely happy that Blissed Out has jumped in to save the day for this special event.
The reclusive Mofongo will emerge for a rare performance for an evening of sonic adventure and hypnotic soundscapes. In his debut album, Tumbao, Jose Ayala (performing as Mofongo) created minimalist electronic symphonies with restrained percussion, discarded field sounds and finely machined glitches. Mofongo will debut new pieces Monday, playing live guitar while simultaneously creating organic loops.
Blissed Out will open up the show with a layered DJ set using only a sampler and delay pedal. The electronica duo is well-known for its dance music, trancelike drones and avant garde collaborations with some of New York’s finest musicians. They’ll continue through the evening, backing Mofongo and capping off the show with a finale set.
13 April 2010
Jesse Hlebo's Sorrow/Jubliance featuring OKIE DOKIE
Okie Dokie's two tracks mark a move into a heavier direction for the Valencia based surf-hardcore three piece. The first track, 'Forcefeed', is a frustratingly chaotic two minutes while 'UV Dust' reference's an older-school punk structure mixed with an breakdown that references Jazz harmonies.
Nü Sensae's 'New Lies' is a journey into destruction and despair, reminiscent of the sounds a falling building. Andrea Lukic's piercing vocals and torn guitar accompany Daniel Pitout's harsh drumming style.
333 of these in cyan colored vinyl with custom printed covers.
get your copy here: http://swillchildren.org/
06 April 2010
NO KIDS 7” PICTURE DISC HAS ARRIVED!
The genre-mixing No Kids have released a picture disc that is as artful, playful and poignant as everything we have come to expect from this talented group. Produced by Phil Elverum of Mount Eerie fame, this 7” is sure to sell out quickly. Only 145 copies out of a press of 500 are still available, so get a copy before they're all gone.
Click Here to Order: http://aagoo.bigcartel.com/product/no-kids
06 April 2010
Father Murphy on Tour: Spreading Black Easter Throughout Europe
For thirty days and thirty nights, Father Murphy will descend upon the European Union, bringing their dolorous organs, brooding bells and heavy riffs to the ancient continent. Part White Stripes, part Gregorian mass, the music of Father Murphy is without description and must be experienced to be believed. Don’t miss this rare chance to catch them live in Germany, The Netherlands, Scotland, England, Belgium, Switzerland and Italy.
Click Here for Tour Dates and Info: http://www.myspace.com/reverendmurphy
Click Here for Album: http://www.aagoo.com/records/80.php
25 March 2010
OKIE DOKIE to play in the POW Festival !
Yep, it's going down: OKIE DOKIE to play with Pierced Arrows , Ty Segall and many more March 28th.
19 March 2010
Au to Play Communikey Festival
Communikey Festival of the Electronic Arts
April 16th, Boulder, Colorado
Don’t miss this very special show! Capping off a 7-day Rockies residency, Au will play its back catalog of songs at the Communikey Festival and debut a new 20-minute piece that promises to be epic. Local band Dovekins will join Au onstage for the rock extravaganza.
http://www.myspace.com/dovekins
Artis Laura Goldhamer will be building a site-specific, onstage sound sculpture with which Au and Dovekins will interact. The speaker installation will act as both sound source and microphone, making this performance a truly unique event.
http://www.myspace.com/lauragoldhamer
Also on the bill for the evening is the critically acclaimed NYC-based The Books.
Order tickets now to secure your seat:
http://www.communikey.us/festival2010/?page_id=4#schedule-1
www.au-au-au.com
myspace.com/peaofthesea
19 March 2010
Aagoo Presence at MtyMx Music Festival in Mexico
The MtyMx Festival kicks off tomorrow where music fans from around the world will hear 25 bands play over three days in the shadow of the Sierra Madre Oriental mountains. Check out a huge mural painted by Aagoo honcho Alec Dartley and gobble up Aagoo merch at the store.
For more information, go to http://toddpnyc.com/mtymx/
