sound. at the Steve Allen Theatre
Saturday, July 28
NOISY NIGHT
Noisy Night features eight players from heavy metal and harsh noise, two idioms with rich and similarly subversive histories. Improvisational ensembles will be created using random methods, drawing upon musicians who have not previously performed together but who share an interest in working at the fringes of sonic practice. With Bob Bellerue (Redglaer), Bobb Bruno (Goliath Bird Eater), David Kendall (The Kentucky Knobs), Troy Oftedal (Cattle Decapitation), Jessica Rylan (Can't), Gabe Serbian (The Locust), David Scott Stone (Melvins) and Shannon Walter (16 Bitch Pile-up).
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On Sunday, July 29, SASSAS invites local experimental musicians to attend a workshop with Jessica Rylan at the Center for the Arts in Eagle Rock. Please call 323/960-5723 for details.
MP3 samples:
Bob Bellerue - Threat Level Charlie, 2002, excerpt
1, excerpt 2
Bobb Bruno/Goliath
Bird Eater - Mongol Hammer
Jessica Rylan - Casting a
Spell (excerpt), 2005, New
Secret (excerpt), 2005
David Scott Stone - MOTM
Side, 2006.
Bob Bellerue (aka half normal) is a noise artist, theater designer, audio engineer, writer, and founder of the sub-avant performance space the Il Corral. Bellerue's work utilizes custom electronics and programming, incorporating feedback, prepared field recordings, de-musicalized instruments, and found oscillators. His work has been presented at the Yogyakarta Gamelan Festival, Centre de Cultura Contemporanea de Barcelona, CEAIT Festival, Olympia Experimental Music Festival, PDX Noise Festival, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Stanford University, UCSD, and UCLA.
Bob Bruno is a multi-instrumentalist and performer appearing in groups such as The For Carnation, instrumentalists Polar Goldie Cats, the Uphill Gardeners and Goliath Bird Eater. Past collaborators include Nels Cline, Carla Bozulich, Upsilon Acrux, Jen Wood, and Devin Sarno.
David Kendall's practice explores the essential, monadic aspects of music-making materials. Improvisation, amplification, distortion, and resonance form the basis for much of his music. Collaborators include Sandor Finta, Doug Russell, Andre Vida, Bryan Eubanks, David Rothbaum, Jonathan Zorn, Akihiro Shimizu and many others. Kendall has albums released, or in production, on the EMR, P-Tapes, Bastardised, Alienation, Helicopter, and Anarchymoon labels.
Troy Oftedal - plays bass in vegetarian grindcore band Cattle Decapitation.
Jessica Rylan builds unique synthesizers for installations and live performances which incorporate the intuition of folk music with techniques of the avant-garde. She has created sound installations at the List Visual Arts Center at MIT, the Boston Center for the Arts, Harvard University, and the Berwick Research Institute. Rylan has received grants from the Penny McCall Foundation and the LEF Foundation. She is currently a research affiliate at MIT's Center for Advanced Visual Studies.
Gabe Serbian is an American drummer and guitarist, most famous for his work in The Locust, Cattle Decapitation, and Holy Molar. He is recognized as a very capable drummer, as showcased in recent Locust albums. He is also a member of Head Wound City, a hardcore/punk rock supergroup.
David Scott Stone is a frequent performer with the Melvins also participating in the FantomasMelvins Big Band including Mike Patton, Dave Lombardo, and Trevor Dunn. Scott has collaborated with artist Cameron Jamie performing live scores to Jamie's films BB, Kranky Klause, and Spook House at Royce Hall and Centre Pompidou.
Shannon Walter is an experimental sound artist currently based in Los Angeles. Born in Ohio, she studied art and technology at the Ohio State University, where she became a founding member and 1/3 of noise-assault group 16 Bitch Pile-Up. Known solo as Allen Pyle, she has collaborated with SWORDHEAVEN, Laundry Room Squelchers, Polly Shang Quan Band, Taiwan Deth, Sharkiface, Def n Dum, Grossbarf, Latin Love Machine, Damion Romero, David Scott Stone and others...
Performance begins at 8:00 p.m.
Doors open at 7:30 p.m.
Location:
The Steve Allen Theater at the Center For Inquiry - West
at the Center For Inquiry - West .
4773 Hollywood Blvd
Hollywood, CA 90027
Advance admission: $15; $10 for students with valid I.D.
and SASSAS members.
$20 at the door
sound. 2007 is co-curated by Cindy Bernard, Jeremy Drake and Kathleen Johnson; produced by SASSAS.
The Society for the Activation of Social Space through Art and Sound (SASSAS) is supported in part through grants from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, Meet the Composer, the West Hollywood Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission, a special donation from Amoeba Music and the generous contributions of our members. For further information on SASSAS: www.sassas.org or contact us at 323.960.5723.
Contribute to SASSAS at the $50 level and receive discounts for sound.
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