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| Friday,
November
19, 2010 International House Presents: "live cinema" with live audio Sandra Gibson and Luis Recoder live film with Olivia Block audio  more info The Ibrahim Theater @ International House Philadelphia, 3701 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA, $7-10, 7:00pm. |
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| Saturday,
October
2, 2010 @ Vox Populi Gallery Bonnie Jones and Andrea Neumann (Baltimore and Berlin) electronics and innenklavier Gene Coleman and Werner Dafeldecker (Philadelphia and Berlin) bass clarinet and tapes more info Vox Populi Gallery, 319 N. 11th St., 3rd Floor, Philadelphia, PA, $5-10, 8:00pm. |
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| Friday,
July
16, 2010 @ Vox Populi Gallery Burning Star Core New York Oneohtrix Point Never [unfortunately, Oneohtrix Point Never will no longer be part of this tour - apologies for any disappointment] Family Battle Snake Berlin US Girls Philadelphia  http://www.myspace.com/cspenceryeh http://www.myspace.com/familybattlesnake http://www.myspace.com/usgirlsss Vox Populi Gallery, 319 N. 11th St., 3rd Floor, Philadelphia, PA, $7-10, 8:00pm. (map) |
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| Friday,
July
9 2010 @ Pageant:Soloveev Harpoon Pole Vault Seattle, WA Bee Mask Philadelphia Neckhold Findings Sanguine Piss Two Years on Welfare  http://pathoftheelk.com/hpv/ http://deception-island.com/ // http://www.mimaroglumusicsales.com/artists/bee+mask.html http://www.myspace.com/neckhold http://breathmint.net/?page_id=22 http://www.myspace.com/twoyearsonwelfare Pageant:Soloveev Gallery, 607 Bainbridge St., Philadelphia, PA, $5-10, 8:00pm. (map) |
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| Sunday, May
23, 2010 @ Pageant:Soloveev Gallery Jason Soliday Chicago Shattered Hymen Chicago Dave Smolen Philadelphia Scott Allison Philadelphia NOISE NIGHT!  photo: bloodlustchicago details and audio (check this out - Soliday is on the left) Pageant:Soloveev Gallery, 607 Bainbridge St., Philadelphia, PA, $5-10, 8:00pm. (map) |
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| Tuesday, May 18,
2010 @ Vox Populi Gallery Toshimaru Nakamura Tokyo solo and with: Gene Coleman in duo Philadelphia and with: Tim Albro, Ian Fraser, and Jesse Kudler in quartet Philadelphia 
details and audio Vox Populi Gallery, 319 N. 11th St., 3rd Floor, Philadelphia, PA, $5-10, 8:00pm. (map) |
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| Monday, May 3, 2010
@ Pageant:Soloveev Gallery Nate Wooley New York Color is Luxury Philadelphia Andy Giles Philadelphia details Pageant:Soloveev Gallery, 607 Bainbridge St., Philadelphia, PA, $5-10, 8:00pm. (map) |
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| Thursday,
April 15, 2010 @ Vox Populi Gallery Ignaz Schick Berlin, Germany Keenan Lawler Louisville, KY Chris Forsyth Philadelphia  details Vox Populi Gallery, 319 N. 11th St., 3rd Floor, Philadelphia, PA, $5-10, 8:30pm. (map) |
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| Thursday, April
8, 2010 @ Vox Populi Gallery Corridors Byron Westbrook NYC Tandem Electrics Richard Kamerman and Reed Evan Rosenberg NYC Ladies' Room Alex Nagle and Joe Lentini Philadelphia  faryal maroof more info Vox Populi Gallery, 319 N. 11th St., 3rd Floor, Philadelphia, PA, $5-10, 8pm. (map) |
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| Sunday, March 21,
2010 @ Vox Populi Gallery Lucre - Chris Cogburn/Bryan Eubanks/Vic Rawlings New York/Austin/Boston Ian M. Fraser and Reed Rosenberg Philadelphia/NYC Tim Albro Philadelphia  more info Vox Populi Gallery, 319 N. 11th St., 2nd floor (right below Vox), Philadelphia, PA, $7, 8pm. (map) |
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| Thursday, March 11, 2010 @
Pageant: Soloveev Gallery Sissy Spacek (John Wiese/Corydon Ronnau) Los Angeles Gerritt Wittmer/Paul Knowles Oakland, CA Rubbed Raw Baltimore/Philly FUN Philly www.gorejet.com www.gerrittwittmer.com www.myspace.com/rubbedraw http://breathmint.net/?page_id=3 Pageant: Soloveev Gallery, 607 Bainbridge St., Philadelphia, PA, $5-10, 8pm. (map) |
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| Thursday,
February
18,
2010
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Ibrahim
Theater at International House *Free concert Music of Michael Pisaro, John Cage, and Antoine Beuger programmed and produced with Barry Chabala compositions by Michael Pisaro, John Cage, and and Antoine Beuger "Silence in music was not the cessation of sound, or even a gesture: it was a different sound, one with more density than those sounds made by instruments." - Michael Pisaro  Acclaimed Michael Pisaro interpreter Barry Chabala joins PSF and an ensemble of Philadelphia musicians to realize scores by Michael Pisaro, John Cage, and Antoine Beuger in a FREE concert click for full details The Ibrahim Theater at International House, 3701 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA, FREE, 8pm. (map) |
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| Monday,
November
9, 2009 @ Vox Populi Gallery Return of Sons of God and a State Visit from the Royal Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland preceded by a panel discussion on KREV, moderated by Thomas Bey William Bailey, author of "Micro Bionic: Radical Electronic Music And Sound Art In The 21st Century"  artist info and audio Vox Populi Gallery, 319 N. 11th St., 3rd Floor, Philadelphia, PA, $5-10, 8pm. (map) |
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| Saturday,
October
17, 2009 @ Vox Populi Gallery PSF One Year Anniversary Celebration!! Brendan Murray and Richard Garet (Boston/New York) audio-visuals Jim Haynes and Murmer (San Francisco and London) audio-visuals Bee Mask (Philadelphia) electronics, tapes Jesse Kudler and Ian Fraser (Philadelphia) guitar, electronics, tapes, radios + laptop  artist info and audio Vox Populi Gallery, 319 N. 11th St., 3rd Floor, Philadelphia, PA, $5-10, 8pm. (map) |
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from this concert Monday, June 1, 2009 @ the Rotunda Deflag Haemorrhage/Haien Kontra (Basque/England) " "[sic] GOLDIE - drums, voice, credit card, amplifier, stereotaxic. MATTIN - GNU/Linux computer feedback, voice, guitar. God Willing (Philadelphia) guitar/electronics Sanguine Piss (Philadelphia) tapes and electronics Embarker (Philadelphia) electronics   artist info and video The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, $5-10, 8pm. (map) |
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from this concert Thursday, May 14, 2009 @ International House Philadelphia Sons of God (Sweden) noise and performance PIMA Group (Philadelphia) movement and music Ghost Ship (Philadelphia) harp, guitar, and vocals Ian Fraser (Philadelphia) computer It's hard for us to talk about Sons of God because we don't really know what they'll do. Without getting too theoretical or attempting a treatise on semiotics. . . well. . . sure, we can tell you we've seen a video of the Sons "performing a miracle," but we aren't sure what it would have felt like in person. We'll give you some videos of their performances to watch, but will you have really experienced their "investigation of a mental airspace, undertaken with the aid of unconventional tools"? Our favorite kind of art is that which raises questions, and Sons of God certainly do that. Perhaps it would be instructive to relate some of the Sons' past work (together and individually): the Royal Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland, "the largest – and most populous realm on Earth, incorporating all boundaries between other nations as well as Digital Territory and other states of existence"; the amazing, must be seen to be understood letter series "Experiments with dreams"; performances of snoring or laughter; recordings made in the mother's womb; attempts to fly a carpet; amplified washing machines; and much more. For this evening's performance, the Sons of God will bring one of their unique miracles to Philadelphia, using sound, bodies, props, and projected images. PIMA Group has been a key and stalwart connection between the Philadelphia experimental dance and music scenes for years, plying their unique trade in galleries, houses, historic buildings, warehouses, basements, roofs, record stores, and probably outdoors somewhere when we weren't paying attention. While too many dance and music groups seem to excel at one discipline over the other, PIMA brings an unusual focus to not just both but to their union, to using music to teach us something about movement and to using movement to teach us something about music. PIMA uses pianos, percussion, radio, and electronics to create a noisy bed of sound while dancers seemingly enter trance states to enact obscure rituals and/or secret narratives. While PIMA often employs myriad musicians and dancers, tonight it will be stripped to its core of Melisa Putz and Thomas Clark. Ghost Ship is a new and ever-changing improvised music group focused around the harp stylings of Mary Lattimore (veteran of the Valerie Project). Dark improvised string tangles. All this takes place at a new venue we are really and truly excited about: the Ibrahim Theater at International House Philadelphia, a gorgeous theater featuring newly refurbished comfortable seats and a truly killer sound system (two sub-woofers!).   artist info and video International House Philadelphia, 3701 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA, $5-10, 8pm. (map) |
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| Friday, April 17,
2009 @ the Big Rock Candy Mountain Ratatosk (Chicago) electronics and drums Shattered Hymen (Chicago) noise Breakway (Chicago) jazz/electronics Bee Mask (Philadelphia) electronics Dick Neff (Philadelphia) drums/electronics A stellar line-up of noise in its various incarnations, with some jazz and plenty of live drums sneaking in. Should be a killer time! Ratatosk is our old pal Jason Soliday, Chicago stalwart and veteran of such great projects as Coeurl, Zeropoint, Gunshop, Medium, and a million more. His latest jam has him spitting out harsh layers of detailed noise while young-un' Ben Billington pounds the drums behind him. Soliday always reminds us how great noise can be when played by a veteran who knows what he's doing, so expect to be wowed. Shattered Hymen is the harsh noise project of Vadim Spirkut. Name aside, he informs us that "The motivation is not power, control or violence but rather using volume, density and dynamics as a means to alter consciousness. " Having seen Spirkut before, and having listened to his myspace page, we believe him! Far from some lazy harsh-noise by the numbers, Spirkut crafts cathartic, busy, full, constantly-moving pieces of harsh noise excitement. A lot of people attempt what he does, but few do it this well. Breakway combines contemporary electronics and laptoppery with the Chicago jazz tradition, harking back to Miles Davis or Herbie Hancock. But the group updates their sound with a contemporary/digital spin and an open-ness to noisier textures that recalls Supersilent or the likes of Radian and Trapist. Philadelphia is represented by Bee Mask and Dick Neff, two highly personal solo projects. Bee Mask uses home-made synthesizers and light-sensitive controls to concoct a slow-moving, hovering mass of sound, while Dick Neff contrasts acoustic drum beats with swirling electronics.  artist info and audio Big Rock Candy Mountain, 1822 North Hancock, Philadelphia, PA, $5-10, 8pm. (map) |
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| Friday, December 12,
2008 @ Vox Populi Gallery Bryan Eubanks, Andrew Lafkas, and Vic Rawlings (NYC, NYC, and Boston) bass, electronics, and cello/electronics Jack Wright, Ben Bennett, and Jon Barrios (Easton, PA, Columbus, OH, and Philadelphia, PA) sax, drums, and bass Tim Albro and Ian Fraser (Philadelphia) guitar, electronics, laptop A real treat for those who love names; there's eight of them in this show. Our most "improv-y" show yet has the potential to reveal some real surprises and some real gems. Bryan Eubanks and Andrew Lafkas have been playing together for years, not so much developing as honing a super-focused, minimal yet rich wealth of electronic tones and bass bowings. It's held together by their impeccable taste, restraint, and sense of timing. Local geniuses Jack Wright and Jon Barrios are to be joined my mystery man Ben Bennett on percussion, but if their audio clip and past performances of Barrios and Wright are anything to go on, this should be fantastic. An acoustic counterpoint to the other two sets of gritty electronics. Tim Albro are Ian Fraser are two Philly stalwarts who share an affinity for surprise and constant tweaking of their set-ups. Guitars? Laptops? Electronics? CD players? Radios? Some or all of the above should appear, either in thick noisy bursts or in carefully doled out filigrees of sound or maybe both or maybe neither. YOU HAVE TO COME TO FIND OUT.  artist info and audio Vox Populi Gallery, 319 North 11th Street, Third Floor, Philadelphia, PA, $5-10, 8pm. (map) |
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from this concert Saturday, November 22 @ Vox Populi Gallery Mattin + Margarida Garcia (Basque and Portugal via New York, NY) laptop and bass Barry Weisblat + Michael Evans (New York, NY) electronics and percussion Moss Forest (Zajack/Danges) (Philadelphia) audio and video  artist info and audio Vox Populi Gallery, 319 North 11th Street, Third Floor, Philadelphia, PA, $5-10, 8pm. (map) |
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| Saturday, October
18 @ Mascher Space Co-op Alessandro Bosetti (Berlin, Germany; Milan, Italy; and Baltimore, MD) voice and laptop Corridors/Byron Westbrook (New York, NY) audio and video projections "Meet" (Philadelphia) Dancers: Nicole Bindler, Liza Clark, Shannon Murphy, Rebecca Patek, Gabrielle Revlock, and Michele Tantoco Two acts who present "not quite music." Bosetti, from a background in improvisation, has in recent years focused on the voice, speech, text, and vocal abstraction, refracting language through abstract sound and blurring the line between both. Situating the voice amidst samples, musical instruments, computer noise, and processing, Bosetti bends the tenuous line between representation and abstraction, speech and sound. Corridors is Byron Westbrook, who augments his live drone pieces with multi-screen projections that probe the relations among the senses while they create an immersive environment of both sound and light. Rich drones shimmer as abstract patterns flicker. Sink in.  artist info and audio Mascher Space Co-op, 155 Cecil B. Moore Avenue 2B Philadelphia, PA 19122 (map) (directions) |
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from this concert Friday, October 17 @ Circle of Hope Broad Street Brendan Murray (Somerville, MA) laptop and electronics Mike Shiflet (Columbus, OH) laptop and electronics Trig (Philadelphia, PA) laptops, electronics, vocals Two geniuses of the drone attack from different angles. Shiflet's shifting, crunching, pulsing laptop and electronics reveal a wealth of tiny details subsumed into a river of flowing sound, evolving majestically. Murray provides pure, deep beauty: a heavy, heady, and physical soup of tones and grit that lulls even as it exhilarates. Paradoxical? That's all the fun! Like Sarah Palin, Trig (Alex Nagle and Joe Lentini) choose life. But not the simple life of moose-hunting, forced teenage motherhood, snow-mobiling championships, secret pregnancies, lies about earmarks, "spiritual warfare," media sequestering, "troopergate," and unalloyed support for oil drilling. No, Nagle and Lentini prefer to get messy and hands-on, mixed up in the guts and innards of that most common yet inscrutable piece of hardware: the computer. Writing custom patches long into the night, tweaking code and parsing syntax: this is the life of *our* Trig. Not that the audience would know, as screamed vocals and visceral noise textures should carry the day. What, you expected gentle mousing and pecked keystrokes? These pushup-enthusiasts will have none of that.   artist info and audio Circle of Hope Broad Street, 1125 S. Broad Street at Washington, Philadelphia PA (map) |
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from this concert Friday, October 3, 2008 @ Slought Foundation Polwechsel (Vienna, Austria) Werner Dafeldecker - double bass Martin Brandlmayr - percussion Michael Moser - cello, electronics Burkhard Beins - percussion Will Guthrie (Nantes, France) percussion, electronics, microphones, and gadgets An evening of fascinating approaches to percussion. Polwechsel, the long-running Austrian group, has been at the forefront of new approaches to both instruments and sound arrangement since their landmark 1995 debut. After several lineup changes, the group has now coalesced around two of the world's most fascinating drummers: London phenom Burkhard Beins and Martin Brandlmayr, best known for his contributions to the seminal electronic/noise/post-rock/? group Radian. Carefully layering sounds using precise starts and stops, Polwechsel lets us hear the grit and friction of contrast, deceptively masked behind a "cool" exterior. Somehow, Will Guthrie has discovered the perfect intersection between noise, electro-acoustic improvisation, musique concrete, and his own background as a jazz drummer. Using an array of cheap microphones and radios to amplify and augment his simple percussion setup, Guthrie evokes a world where all your home electronics might come alive and then have the good taste to just sound right. A busy, shifting, textured, yes-maybe-even-with-a-bit-of-"swing", one man band.   artist info and audio/video (photo: Fergus Kelly) Slought Foundation, 4017 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA (directions) Presented with Soundfield and Bowerbird. |
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from this concert Wednesday, October 1, 2008 @ The Marvelous Jason Kahn and Jon Mueller (Zurich, Switzerland and Milwaukee, WI) percussion, tapes, and electronics HZL (Jesse Kudler and Tim Albro) (Philadelphia, PA) guitars, electronics, radios, and tapes Using drums more as resonators than as struck instruments, Kahn and Mueller both use microphones, electronics, and feedback techniques to slowly build complex textures until they fill a room. A previous Philadelphia concert found the two working up a fascinating, detailed, and tough wall of layered sound, rendering any attempts to relate sounds to percussion sources useless. Simply thrilling. Local favorites HZL will give their first concert since May, 2007 (!). Their rare performances are justifiably highly-regarded and have become, at this slow pace, something of events. The group performs with the audience in the round and speakers surrounding them, turning concerts into complex collaborations with the acoustics and ambiences of a given room. Don't wait until 2010 to see them again!  artist info and audio (photo: Angeline Evans) The Marvelous, 208 S. 40th St. (between Walnut and Locust), Philadelphia, PA (map) |