Saturday, April 19, 2003, was the second Dung Mummy: experi-mental arts/dissent culture gathering by the hop-frog kollectiv. This event is FREE w/ beer & wine available. However donations are highly appreciated for travelling artists (yes we'll have a collection plate & sermon). As always we are at the Salvation Theater, 1519 Griffith Park Blvd in Silverlake (Sunset & Griffith Park which is south of the Hollywood/Sunset Junction, it's easy to get lost), 8 - ???. Bring your own art and we'll display it too. www.hop-frog.com. this event features the following artists:
Art/Poetry: Thee Honey Twin (hfk), Addison Mersereau, Helen Teng, Michael McCanne, Will Striklen, Benjamin (hfk), Zohara (hfk), Glenn Clabough (Phoenix, hfk), Heather, Katlyn & Mark S. Ceries from Texas
Sound by:
Conure: From San
Francisco CONURE is Mark Wilson of 15 Degrees Below Zero. This is his
multi-layered noise project described as "dark, active, and
dynamic". "Conure use a wide range of elements which shape and
re-shape various
sounds, yet this compositional detail lends a strong quality to the
tracks that prevents them from merely washing over the listener with
experimentation." (excerpt from a review of his latest CDR on
Snip-Snip
Records -- http://www.angelfire.com/electronic2/snipsnip/;
the entire
review is available at http://www.immanence.co.uk/)
Phaul: From Phoenix & a member of the hop-frog kollectiv "Phaul is a new sonick seasoning in the world of noise music. With layers of bi-reality samples from media's past & present favorite nightmares, Phaul leaves you with a surreal trophy of our haunting culture" www.hop-frog.com/Phaul Appearing live FOR THE FIRST TIME with Carl Off of hop-frog.
AA23: Formerly of AZ, LA based experimental electronic sound artists AA23 have been purveyors of skillfully crafted sound and rhythm since 1996 with a rich history of opening for artists like Sol Invictus & Not Breathing. Check out their home page: http://www.cinenet.net/~jedi/
JonaTHON Wareham: LA based, Jonathon will be treating your ears with the astro-sensations generated from the Buchla Synthesizer
Donald Buchla started building and designing electronic instruments in 1960 when he was commisioned by the Avant Garde composer Morton Subotnik to build an instrument for live electronic music and composing. With a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation Buchla started building his first modular synthesisers in 1963 under the name "San Fransisco Tape Music Center", the name of Subotnik's music studio. Buchla's early synthesisers were experimental in design to accomadate the experimental music they were intended to produce, utilising unusual control features such as touch sensitive and resistance sensitive plates. Buchla's early pioneering work included the first analogue sequencers.
Buchla started to commercially produce his synthesisers in 1969 with a manufacturing deal from CBS/Fender. This deal eventually came to an end as CBS were unwilling to fund further research into instrument design. Today, Buchla continues to produce electronic musical instruments in the form of MIDI controlllers:Buchla & Associates
Sans
Soma: LA Based & a member of the gorf-poh kollectiv "San SOma
is a melancholy tip-toe trip through the poppies and tulips.
Never-ending swirling anti-guitars bleeding through a dusty fucked up
world of effects." www.hop-frog.com/SansSoma
Appearing live with e.loi & Hermit the Flog of hop-frog.
15 Degrees Below Zero: from San Francisco: 15 DEGREES
BELOW ZERO is a three member group utilizing guitar, keyboards, laptops,
samplers, effects and various other sundry items to create a form of music
referred to by Phil Easter of Malignant Antibody as "cinematic
isolationism". Like others in the CI
field, 15DBZ mixes traditional elements of ambient and
noise/drone/loop/sample-based industrial and presents it with a strong
introspective/cinematic/epic (movie-like) feel. Forthcoming by this
project is a CD EP on Crunch Pod Media and a full length CD on the above
mentioned Antibody label.
+ impromptu performances by members of hop-frog
