Clavius Productions presents:
Wednesday, March 1
611 Florida Ave NW WDC
8pm, $5 suggested donation
http://www.claviusproductions.org 202-360-9739 for more info
BYOB!
Owl Sounds (NYC free jazz featuring Arrington de Dionyso of Old Time Relijun)
Spaceships Panic Orbit (DC improv psych/noise, mem. of The Plums/Hat City Intuitive/Tone Ghosting)
36 (Sam Lohman of Cash Slave Clique/Nimrod/Steve Mackay/Acid Mothers Temple)
Warning Danger of Death (DC/Philly trio)
Owl Sounds http://www.vorg.net "Geezus, another prime slice of scalp-sheering post-ESP/FMP spirit-lunge from this killing new New York-based private press run by percussionist Adam Kriney. This might just be the best shot of devouring personal gravity to come from this particular universe to date, with bass clarinettist (!) DeDionyso tearing the instrument into shreds of resonant human fibre with a roaring style that matches the kind of high-energy teeth/voice collusion favoured by giants like Arthur Doyle and Peter Brotzmann with some gorgeous gulps of melody. With "Cow On Mushrooms" DeDionyso effectively drags the instrument outside of the titanic conceptual reach of previous pioneers like Eric Dolphy, Rudi Mahall, David Murray and Michael Moore, effectively reinventing it as conduit for the gush of fire in terms as unequivocal as Brotzmann himself. Rhythm section of bassist Gene Janas and Adam Kriney power the whole disc straight into the air, building huge ramps straight into the path of the sound. Great uniform label feel to Colour Sounds Recordings thats guaranteed to make you covet the set, with sleeves and inserts printed on textured card and releases limited to 100 copies. This one comes with some bonus glitter and a poem from Ryan Eggensperger. In years to come you'll poke yourself for missing them." (David Keenan, Volcanic Tongue)
Spaceships Panic Orbit http://www.panicresearch.com/spanorb.htm Spaceships Panic Orbit formed in April 2001 to explore the textural and sonic possibilities of a unique combination of electronic and acoustic sound sources and a variety of sound production approaches. The group is comprised of Many Spaceships on reeds and keyboards, PJ Brownlee (Special Orbit) on laptop electronics and keyboards, Sam Lohman (36) on acoustic drums and electronics, and Jeff Bagato (DJ Panic) performing a musical instrument of his own invention: electronic sounds triggered by scraping a vinyl LP with a small hacksaw. Spaceships Panic Orbit's music brings together the aesthetics of several contemporary avant-garde musics, including electronica, free jazz and free improvisation, power electronics or industrial music, and avant-garde rock. In Fall 2002, Spaceships Panic Orbit released their debut recording, "That Carb in the Circuit Night" as a limited edition CDR on the Nut Music label (
http://www.nutmusic.com).
Each member of the group has performed solo or as a member of other projects. Spaceships also performs and records with New York City-based avant-garde rock quartet Hat City Intuitive, whose recordings on the Crank Automotive and Superlux labels have been well-received in the alternative press; Byron Coley included HCI's "They Must Be Clapping...For Me" in his years best list published in Village Voice's Pazz and Jop survey for 2002. Brownlee has recorded and performed solo as Glow Transistor and Special Orbit, and makes video with the Dang Gang collective. A PhD candidate in American Studies at George Washington University, Brownlee is currently in residence as a McNeil Dissertation Fellow at Winterthur Museum, Library and Garden in Delaware. Bagato has performed solo as DJ Panic, "sawing" LPs to produce freely improvised electronic music. DJ Panic has released two documents: the Dead Record double 12" (2001) comprised of two "scratched" LPs in a handmade sleeve, and the "Disques Combats" CDR (2003) in a handmade package including a "scratched" record, linoleum block print, inserts, and notes. Since 1989, Bagato has edited and published Mole magazine, which documents underground music and outsider art, and has contributed music criticism and features articles to The Washington Post, Washington City Paper, Utne Reader, Factsheet 5, Pulse!, Option, and numerous small press magazines. Lohman played drums in the Osaka, Japan-based rock trio Nimrod (recordings on Bron and Scratchie labels) and was co-founder of the Japan Overseas record label. In Osaka, Lohman developed his "electric drum" solo project called 36, gigging in Japanese power electronics at Bears and other clubs. Now based in Alexandria, Virginia, Lohman recently completed a west coast tour with legendary Stooges saxophonist Steve Mackay and records for Portland's Radon records.
Spaceships Panic Orbit has performed numerous shows over the past few years, including the Sonic Circuits Festival, and shows at DCAC and Galaxy Hut with Et At It, at Montgomery College Planetarium, Decatur Blue gallery, WMUC-FM in College Park, MD, and the Red Room in Baltimore, MD.
Warning Danger Of Death http://www.warningdangerofdeath.com/ "Founded in the principles of sine wave headaches, contact mics, and feedback loops. Based 2/3 out of DC, 1/3 out of Pennsylvania. The brainchild of Steve Perrucci (drums, effects) during a trip abroad, he has created a beat that drives the members to build their own gear, find their own ways. Heavily improvised over a base of song structures, other members Joe Houpert & Jean Chrastina create the backdrop for chaos. Joe uses the 'suitcase' containing various homemade effects and jean publicly shows disregard for her classical training in a beautiful way through synthesis and effects destruction. Full-length released a few months ago on Fuzzy Panda Recording Co. in hand-packaged cases."
upcoming at 611 Florida: 3/25: Apothecary Hymns (Locust)/Function (Locust)/Coach Fingers (mem. of No Neck Blues Band/The Suntanama)/Death Chants (Time Lag)
4/8: Dogme 95 (Secretly Canadian)/Twodeadsluts Onegoodfuck (Boston noise)/Triumph Of Gnomes (grind/noise)/Snake Hips/Cash Slave Clique/sc.all/Harm Stryker/Piasa
4/14: Kohoutek/La Otracina (mem. of Lust Ionics/Owl Sounds)/Tall Firs (Ecstatic Peace)/Pepi Ginsberg
5/19: Mike Tamburo (Music Fellowship)/Keenan Lawler/Nick Schillace
6/25: Andrew Lafkas (bass) & Bryan Eubanks (electronics)
