Noise Vs Doom IV recap
11/19/2019
I played a set at the Noise Vs Doom IV Fest last weekend at the DIY Seventh Circle Music Collective in Denver
Photo by Franklin Bell
Hypnotic Turtle DreamBox - Opening Celebration!
08/08/2019
Hypnotic Turtle Proudly Presents
Hypnotic Turtle DreamBox - Opening Celebration!
Hypnotic Turtle DreamBox - Opening Celebration!
August 16, 2019
Featuring:
"Science Fiction" by Arlo White - Opening Reception!
Live Music!
Tammy Shine & John Fuzz of Dressy Bessy!
Dead Orchids!
Victoria Lundy!
7:00 - Dreambox Opening / Science Fiction - Opening Reception
7:30 - "Sonic Blessing" - Victoria Lundy
7:56 - Sunset
8:30 - Tammy Shine & John Fuzz
9:15 - Victoria Lundy
10:00 - Dead Orchids
BYOB or Beverages Available For Donations*
* All Donations Will Go To The Performers
As Part Of 6-4-6!
Six(or more) Events Celebrating Six Years Of
Hypnotic Turtle Radio On Radio 1190!
Hypnotic Turtle DreamBox
The Little Gallery
A box of magic and art hidden in the suburbs of Broomfield, Colorado!
Created and curated by Hypnotic Turtle founders Arlo and Kim Kennedy White. The Hypnotic Turtle DreamBox was born out of a desire to foster imagination through creativity and inspire a sense of wonder.
(Located outside the Hypnotic Turtle Holiday Camp - Address to be released at a later date. Check in HERE on Facebook and let them know you'll be attending for more information).
Hypnotic Turtle!
Featuring:
"Science Fiction" by Arlo White - Opening Reception!
Live Music!
Tammy Shine & John Fuzz of Dressy Bessy!
Dead Orchids!
Victoria Lundy!
7:00 - Dreambox Opening / Science Fiction - Opening Reception
7:30 - "Sonic Blessing" - Victoria Lundy
7:56 - Sunset
8:30 - Tammy Shine & John Fuzz
9:15 - Victoria Lundy
10:00 - Dead Orchids
BYOB or Beverages Available For Donations*
* All Donations Will Go To The Performers
As Part Of 6-4-6!
Six(or more) Events Celebrating Six Years Of
Hypnotic Turtle Radio On Radio 1190!
Hypnotic Turtle DreamBox
The Little Gallery
A box of magic and art hidden in the suburbs of Broomfield, Colorado!
Created and curated by Hypnotic Turtle founders Arlo and Kim Kennedy White. The Hypnotic Turtle DreamBox was born out of a desire to foster imagination through creativity and inspire a sense of wonder.
(Located outside the Hypnotic Turtle Holiday Camp - Address to be released at a later date. Check in HERE on Facebook and let them know you'll be attending for more information).
Hypnotic Turtle!
DENVER ART ROCK COLLECTIVE ALL STARS: I'm playing with the Inactivists AUGUST 17 2019
07/23/2019
Saturday, August 17, 2019 8 PM / $8 / 21+
Streets Denver
1501 E Colfax Ave, Denver, Colorado 80218
The Little Fyodor Band
DJ Frank Bell
When the Denver Art Rock Collective was established in 2005, it was designed to help misfit musicians band together in support and celebration of the different, the original, and the weird. Outnumbered in a disinterested rock music scene, the DARC sought refuge in the strange.
Since those halcyon days, the DARC has seen guitar sales decline, CD sales decline, even MP3 sales decline. Clubs have all but abandoned material support for the musically wayward. While the DARC set itself apart from the mainstream, the mainstream has dried up or moved away entirely. Once the court jester to a larger kingdom, the DARC is now one of the few survivors. There is no need to point out the feet of clay, as the once indomitable genre has now withered to dust. Much like Vaughn Meader in the wake of the JFK assassination, the DARC is adrift, a rebel without a cause. Over the past 14 years, many of the bands have disbanded and rebranded before shuffling off to the great gig in the sky. Newer bands, like Bolonium and Gort vs. Goom have taken their place, fighting to keep the spirits alive.
On Saturday, August 17th, 2019 at Streets Denver, in what will either be a reunion of old or a celebration of continuation, the DARC will be hosting their All-Star event. (Hey now, you’re an art-rock star!) Expect to see active DARC bands, The Plastic Rakes, Gort v. Goom, and the Cattle Axe as well as host/MC DJ Frank Bell. And all-star members of such seminal bands as The Mourning Sickness, New Ancient Astronauts, Yerkish, the Skivvies, Amphibious Jones, and the Inactivists. Maybe we’ll even coax Little Fyodor and/or Babushka out of quasi-retirement. These are artists that have not been forgotten… mostly because people weren’t aware of them in the first place. But the few who did see them (mostly because they were dating one or more of the band members at the time) will never forget them. Maybe not in a good way, but the DARC will not go gentle into that dark night. Art Rock may smell funny, but it’s alive!
Modular Synth Fest July 27
07/23/2019
Mark Mosher (https://markmoshermusic.com/) Thomas Lundy and I will be presenting a short talk at the Modular Synth Fest on July 27:
Theremin, Musique Concrète, and Live Sampling, Oh My!
We will talk about the Carbon Dioxide Ensemble and do a short performance
2:30 pm, Colorado Media School
Colorado Modular Synth Society (CMSS) and Luigi’s Modular Supply are putting on an all-day FREE festival celebrating modular synthesis, the people who play them and build them.
The Colorado Modular Synth Festival (CMSF) will have live music and interactive hands-on activities for kids and adults interested in synthesizers and electronic music. This is a great time to hear new music and experiment with new music technology and theories. Come learn and play with the CMSS community.
Upcoming events!
04/13/2019
I'm doing a presentation about early electronic music, the theremin, Sam Hoffman and The Day the Earth Stood Still for a SF Film class at University of Denver this week. This is the first theremin-related activity I've done for quite a while. I also will have some shows and music coming up soon. Stay tuned!
Recap: Textures Ambient Showcase, 10/28/18
10/30/2018
The Textures show at Mutiny Information Cafe was great -- good sets and an amazing shadow puppet show by Herpes Hideaway
Herpes Hideaway Puppet show
And Haunted Sound Laboratory
Textures Ambient Showcase, October 28 at Mutiny Information Cafe
10/14/2018
textures ambient showcase presents
Victoria Lundy, Haunted Sound Laboratory, Herpes Hideaway
https://victorialundy.bandcamp.com/
https://www.hauntedsoundlaboratory.com/
textures ambient showcase features 3 live acts each LAST Sunday of the month, 7:30 p.m.,Mutiny Information Cafe, 2 South Broadway, Denver. Shows are ALL-AGES and beverages are available. We requests a $5 -10 donation for the artists.
Symbolicinsight.com/textures
https://www.facebook.com/events/2157100591215345/
The Flux Crew In Concert
09/30/2018
The Flux Crew in Concert at the Pine Street Church
Friday, November 16th : 8:00 PM : $20 at the door
1237 Pine Street, Boulder, CO
$15 ONLINE at www.fluxatpine.eventbrite.com (through 11/15)
$15 ONLINE at www.fluxatpine.eventbrite.com (through 11/15)
ticket link
join us for an evening of sonic shape shifting
The Flux Crew is a fifteen piece chamber ensemble that engages in real time collaborative composition. The ensemble is made up of outstanding musicians, from diverse musical backgrounds, who are adept at the art of Conduction.
ABOUT J.A. DEANE
Beginning his professional career, at the age of nineteen, as a musical arranger and multi-instrumentalist (trombone, flutes, keyboards, percussion), Dino J. A. Deane worked in funk bands around Los Angeles. He also worked as a studio recording musician and as a sideman for Ike and Tina Turner. In the mid 1970’s Deane moved to San Francisco where he became involved, as an improvising artist, in the diverse communities of dramatic theater, modern dance, free jazz and punk rock.
Moving to NYC in the early 1980's Mr. Deane pioneered the use of live-electronics, live-looping and live-sampling, simultaneously in three distinct genres of music on the international stage : In the art / punk band Indoor Life, playing trombone controlled synthesizer : In the fourth world music of trumpet master Jon Hassell, as an electro-acoustic percussionist : In the Conduction orchestras of Butch Morris, where he live-sampled the ensembles in performance.
During this period Mr. Deane also worked as a sound designer for dramatic theater, with writer directors Sam Shepard, Julie Hebert and Christoph Marthaler and maintained another long-term relationship in the world of modern dance with dancer choreographer Colleen Mulvihill, creating and performing numerous dance / music works.
In 1997 after collaborating with Butch Morris for twelve years, Deane began conducting his own ensemble, Out of Context (1997 to 2013) and by 2000 he was teaching Conduction in workshops. Since Maestro Morris' passing in 2013, Mr. Deane has committed himself to continuing the legacy of Conduction through education, by providing workshops for conductors, musicians, actors and spoken word artists. He is a co-editor of Morris' book The Art of Conduction and co-produced the 10 CD Box-Set Testament : a Conduction Collection. His current Conduction ensemble is the FluxCrew based in Denver/Boulder.
ABOUT CONDUCTION
Between 1985 and 2012, Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris created and produced over 200 Conductions worldwide, refining with each performance this unique musical concept. His numerous recordings and projects express a range of accomplishment that distinguishes him, then as now. Butch Morris' Conductions have embraced improvisatory and interpretive musical cultures - from Jazz ensembles, symphonic orchestras, and electro-acoustic, choral and Pop to traditional musicians and instrumentation from North America, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle-East -.Through it, Morris has engaged an astonishing number and variety of musicians from different cultures and traditions. He defines it this way:
“Conduction®: The practice of conveying and interpreting a lexicon of directives to modify or construct sonic arrangement or composition; a structure-content exchange between composer /conductor /instrumentalist that provides immediate possibilities to alter or initiate harmony, melody, rhythm, tempo, progression, articulation, phrasing or form by manipulating pitch, dynamics (volume/intensity/density), timbre, duration, silence, and organization in real-time”.
Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris is now recognized as the principal theorist and practitioner in the evolution of the Art of Conduction® -- a significant innovation in the confluence of jazz, new music, improvisation and contemporary classical music. Mr. Morris's work redefines the roles of composer, conductor, arranger and performer, and bridges the gap between composer, interpreter and improviser. His is a world of synthesis whose music and performance contributions will help to sustain the health, longevity, and creativity of music, culture, and the arts in this, our 21st century.
ValHallows Eve at Lair of Abraxas October 13
09/27/2018
I will be playing a theremin set at ValHallows Eve at Lair of Abraxas this year. Lair of Abraxas are a Viking themed tabletop gaming establishment serving Mead, Wine, and local beer and provide snacks and some foods.
This is a ticketed event.
We will have food, fun, performances, contests, and most excitingly (and for the first time EVER), VIP access before our doors even open! Of course, as ever, we will also include a charity fundraiser.
Saturday, October 13, 2018 at 6 PM – 1 AM
Great Hall of Abraxas
12004 Melody Drive, Westminster, Colorado 80234
https://www.lairofabraxas.com/
m.me/greathallofabraxas
Call (720) 502-2142
https://www.facebook.com/events/427164607689659/
Rocky Mountain Synthesizer Meetup: A Century of Electronic Music -Talk & Performance
09/18/2018
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
https://www.meetup.com/Rocky-Mountain-Synth/events/254651176/
Clancy's Irish Pub
7000 West 38th Avenue · Wheat Ridge
Meetup #67 will feature a presentation and performance by Thereminist Victoria Lundy. Well also be at a new venue. Details below.
PRESENTATION: A CENTURY OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC
The theremin was invented by a young Russian physicist named Lev Sergevich Termen (known in the West as Léon Theremin) in 1919, so we're coming up on the 100th anniversary. It’s a electronically straightforward but musically difficult instrument, and it influenced everything that came after it. But what came before it? We’ll take a look at early electronic instruments and see how we’ve come back to the theremin after it almost disappeared in the 20th century, only to experience a renaissance in the 21st.
VENUE
Clancy’s Irish Pub in Wheat Ridge has a great traditional pub feel upstairs with a separate stage and bar down a set of stairs in the basement that will be great for performances. They offer a full pub menu and a variety of beers. Checkout pics and menus here https://iloveclancys.com.
SCHEDULE
7:00-7:20 Arrive, get name tag, consider a donation, order some food and drink
7:30-7:45 Meetup kickoff and announcements
7:45-8:30 A Century of Electronic Music Presentation by Victoria Lundy
8:30-9:00 Mingle and hands-on with Analog Four
9:00-9:30 Theremin performance by Victoria Lundy
9:30-10:00 Mingle, wrap-up