featuring art & poetry by:
ZOHARA, benjamin, THEE HONEY TWIN, mind-eyed, NANCY BAKE,
music by:
Steve Mackay AND THE RADON ENSEMBLE, dame darcy in cabin fever, the master
musicians of hop-frog
July 26, 2003
@ The Salvation Theater
1519 Griffith Park Blvd, Silverlake
Steve Mackay and the Radon Ensemble
http://www.RadonStudio.com/
Currently touring with SMEGMA and Steve MacKay of THe Violent Femmes and The
Stooges, Sikhara exists in a constant state of movement claiming no home. As the
founders of Radon, they have ceaselessly blended the accumulated inertia of
their
nomadic living and animalistic stage behavior into their voodoo soaked,
ritualistic sound. Since 2000 Sikhara have performed over 150 times in the US,
Europe and Japan. This technologically corrupted, yet primitive music lends
itself to the unique situations
the band has pursued for themselves on a surreal journey through seldom
encountered circumstance. 2003 marks the 5th European tour of Sikhara, where
they have visited more than a dozen countries.
Besides invading the clubs and squats, Sikhara have deviated from the path of
other touring bands to deliver performances in such extraordinary locales as
next door to the Taxim Police station in the center of Istanbul, Turkey, amidst
heaps of flaming scrap metal in Paris and deep within the tunnels of a coal mine
in Poland.
During their stay in Japan, Sikhara joined the Master Monk inside the 1400 year
old Zenjouki Temple in which he was born. Buddhist families walked the Osaka
temple's ground as chanting and clangings sounded from within.
Sikhara's next full length release is slowly being born from recordings at
Seizure's Palace in Brooklyn, NY , Track Brack mobile studio in Los Angeles and
Torino's O.F.F. The disc will be the first co-production from the entire network
of studios within the Radon collective. Many different incarnations of Sikhara
will be revealed in 2003 as they are joined by an array of other Radon
multi-instrumentalists and each member
strikes out on his own for solo performance. In the coming months Sikhara will
enlarge the scope of their touring to include yet unvisited cities and regions,
as well as offering new releases on vinyl and cd.
Dame Darcy in Cabin Fever
www.damedarcy.com
Dame Darcy won a scholarship to the San Francisco Art Institute in 1989. She
majored in film and studied animation under Larry Jordan. That same year Dame
Darcy self-published the first issue of her comic book "Meat Cake" as well as
doing freelance illustration and cartoon work for Bay Area magazines, newspapers
and underground zines. At this time she also began her career as an actress with
parts in local independent films by directors such as George Kuchar and others.
She began her music career at the age of nine and has since been involved in
various bands, solo projects, and cabaret. Dame Darcy plays Banjo, singing saw,
electric bass, and sings. Her albums, CD's etc. have been released in the U.S.
England, Japan, and elsewhere.
In 1991, "Meat Cake" was signed to Fantagraphics Books, the largest
independent comic book publisher in the United States. In 1992 Dame Darcy moved
to the East Coast. In June 1999 Darcy toured in the US opening for Michael
Gira's current band Angels of Light (formerly the Swans).Later that summer she
then went on her European tour to exhibit art and perform. May 2000, Darcy
toured with "Meat Cake The Play," which was staged in seven different locations
in the East Coast.
In August 2000, the "Dame Darcy and EZ Bake Coven Cabaret" was hosted by
Ladyfest in Olympia, Washington. In October 2000, she was invited to judge the
animation segment of the New York Film Expo.
In December 2001 a Japanese gallery and record label hosted Dame Darcy to fly to
Tokyo and Kyoto to exhibit original comix, paintings, and dolls ,she also
performed with her current band Gem in Eye doing performance and music with
Victor Witch Dr.TNT.
In April 2002 her solo exhibit of comix, illustration, and fine art premiered in
the Richard Heller Gallery in Burgamot Station in Santa Monica.In July 2002 She
was invited to do a doll crafting workshop, perform with Gem in Eye and Lecture
about women in Comix for the San Francisco LadyFest.
Current projects include a CD compilation entitled "Dame Darcy's Greatest
Hits,"featuring murder balads, sea shanty's and other experimantal and
folk/death rock to be released out of West Virginia. Also another CD compilation
"My Eyes Have Seen the Glory" mostly expiremental and rock music by "Happy
Halloween" and many other collaborators, a Tokyo release. Another Toyko release
CD, and 7 inch London release for "Gem In Eye" digital Dada. Also a CD to be
released by L.A. based Sympathy for the Record Industry for Dame Darcy's second
band "Aye Aye Captain". This music will be distributed by K Records along with
her other art, publication, etc.
Presently her films continue to be distributed internationally by Video Pool in
Canada.Meat Cake is still going strong with issue #12, while Frightful
Fairytales, a hard bound book drawn and illustrated by Dame Darcy will be
released by Ten Speed Press in October of 2002 for Halloween.Other books in the
works include a compilation book of all Dame Darcy comics to be released by
Fantagraphics and a French version of comics, music, movies, fine art, etc.
The Master Musicians of hop-frog
www.hop-frog.com
The Master Musicians of hop-frog is a joint project of members and friends of
the hop-frog kollectiv.. This performance is a warm up and trip-in in
anticipation of the two upcoming Backworld shows that MMHF will be opening for
in Los Angeles in San Francisco. With a blend of several musicians' new ideas
swirling around the original intent of hop-frog's euphoric x-ray.
