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ACTUARY
(los angeles)
Since forming in the latter half of the past decade, California-based extreme noise outfit Actuary use guitars, drums, bass, analog synths, digital evils, and home made and rewired power electronics to make sound, noise, and music.......but mostly noise. They have steadily cranked out a stream of split releases that saw them sharing wax (or other petroleum-based substances) with everyone from Merzbow, Bastard Noise and Gnaw Their Tongues side-project Aderlating to cult underground noise spewers like Winters in Osaka, Bacteria Cult, Juhyo and Fetus Eaters. Keeping up with their prolific output has been a daunting task, but also a rewarding one, as Actuary’s epic-length blasts of abstract electronic chaos, extreme psychedelic circuit-fuckery and monstrous synth abuse consistently deliver serious sonic skull-melt. Ugly, beautiful, and bleak. Theres no hope. |
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ALPHASTARE
(san francisco) Jeff K. has been a experimental artist since the early 90's where he conducted various social/musical experiments in Buffalo as "Smackicide". Early influences include Throbbing Gristle/EN/Crash Worship/NWW. These early shows consisted of Jeff on noise guitars and drummer Corndog McGee as well as whoever was around that day and wanted to make some noise! Usually non musicians, usually subverting spaces like a coffehouse, an all girls HS gymnasium or a normally quiet jazz bar to create walls of cacophony. He then left Buffalo for LA in 1996 where he played guitar with outsider Punk band The Flesh Eaters for 5 years, then moved on to start his own psychedelic Band The Alphastares which disbanded in 2003 when Jeff moved up to San Francisco. After a break from experimental works Jeff resurrected his old band name and shortened it to just Alphastare as a working name for any solo experimental works as well as collabs. This will be Jeff's first appearance at NF. |
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AMPHIBIOUS
GESTURES (san
francisco)
Based in San Francisco, Ca, Amphibious Gestures is an interactive electronic noise project executed by Kasper Rodenborn, and is a direct result of collaborations with Mark C. Jackman of skozey fetisch since 1993. A.G. is a sci-fi sound vessel for manipulating oscillations and implementing extreme modifications in waveform frequencies. Originally conceived as a studio project in 1998, Amphibious Gestures is based on a tale involving a world wide multi-dimensional war among humanoids using sound as a weapon to gain terrain. Since then, A.G. has been concentrating specifically on live performances, which traditionally includes phantasmagoric characters in amphibious uniforms, adorned with color morphing lights. Recently added to the project, is Zac Comacho, who is a sound artist and vocalist with a unique sporadic style that contributes an additional intensity in audio sculpture, that compliments the already existing nature of Amphibious compositions. WE EAT SOULS FOR BREAKFAST. |
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SCOTT
ARFORD (san francisco) SCOTT ARFORD (b. 1967) has been active in the Bay Area's underground music and art scene since 1995. His work has been shown globally in squats, galleries, and festivals including NORCAL Noise Festival, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Sounding Festivals in China and Taiwan, Liquid Architecture in Australia, Sonic Light in Amsterdam, and the Center for Contemporary Arts in Kitakyushu, Japan. His awards include an Honorable Mention in the 2005 Prix Ars Electronica. Arford received a Bachelor of Architecture from the College of Architecture and Design at Kansas State University in 1991. |
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BEAUTY
SCHOOL (san
francisco) Extreme extended techniques on electric bass, trumpet, and percussion intermarry with nasty homemade electronics and circuit-bent keyboards to re-define the boundaries of a kind of beauty that as yet has no name. Music can be avoided. Tom Djll (of Grosse Abfahrt) and Jacob Felix Heule (of Sult) got together to try out some ideas from a Nicolas Collins hardware hacking workshop, and invited Matt Chandler (of Burmese) to make sure it didn't get too quiet. It ended up sounding like the nastiest seconds of an electric Miles concert splintered off and expanded into their own band. Chandler named the band Beauty School after the Idea Fire Company album. |
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BIG
CITY ORCHESTRA (san francisco)
BCO has is a legendary avant-garde/art project originally from Los Angeles, California which embarked on in 1979. They have publicated about 230 hour-long releases and being an important chain in the cassette culture movement of the previous decades. They jumped out from the same nest as did other famous Californian cutting edge groups such as The Residents, and Negativeland, for instance. Their music has swerved in countless directions, veering from sound art and dada experiments and psycho-acoustic explorations to off-kilter electronica and sophisticated noise and acousmatic "folk" music. |
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BLACK
ARTIODACTYLES (los angeles) Black Artiodactyls is a post industrial electro acoustic noise project hailing from sewer city( Los Angeles). Sonically this project is about layering of sounds and loops scraped from various sources. Black Artiodactles is a very last minute addition to the this years line up.. we ar happy to see him again. |
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BLOOD
INTO WATER (san jose) Blood Into Water is an audio/sound fetish project from the San Jose area, the project employs elements from established crafts such as power electronics, death industrial, dada, dark ambient, drone, roots Industrial, electronic music, and just overall an underlined intent to let sound breath. The project started in 2006 by Ryan Tomasello with revolving live members Jason Goodpasture, Mickie Flowtron, Rafter Man, Dirtle Tilbury, and Heather Apple. The main attitude of the project is to express Intent as well as embracing non intent. This will be Blood Into Water's 4th NF appearance. |
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BOTCHED
FACELIFT (morgan hill) Botched Facelift is a one person, experimental noise project from the Bay Area, California that has been active since 2005. Encompasses a wide range of ideas and genres including experiments with circuit-bending, xenharmonic/microtonal harmony, video/sound glitch and data bending, scratch built electronics, jazz improvisations, power electronics, musique concrete, extreme metal, shamanism, drone, industrial, hindustani classical and sitar music, and endless permutations of all the above all done with a DIY aesthetic. |
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MONTE
CAZAZZA (nor cal) Monte Cazazza is an American artist and composer best known for his seminal role in helping shape industrial music through recordings with the London-based Industrial Records in the mid-1970s. Based primarily in San Francisco during his early career, He is credited with coining the phrase "Industrial Music for Industrial People". This was later used to encapsulate the record label and the artists representing it. Later, the noise collages and experimental sound manipulation coming out of Industrial records came to be known as industrial music. Cazazza had built up an underground reputation as a particularly volatile performer with a potentially dangerous and antisocial aesthetic. Re/Search Magazine's Industrial Culture Handbook described his work as "insanity-outbreaks thinly disguised as art events". We are damn excited to invite and welcome Monte to play at NCNF!! |
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CHESTNUT
(los angeles) Based in Los Angeles, Chestnut, a sound duo comprised of Daniel Watkins and Christina Santa Cruz, traverses between sparse traditionalism, and avant experimentation. Their fixation of deconstruction of medium often extends to the very instruments themselves. They are named after a horse that doesn't exist. This will be their first NF appearance. |
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CHOPSTICK
(sacramento)
Chopstick has officially been playing half of the Noise Fest events. Performing sometimes with home made pedals and sometimes with modified store bought pedals he has a unique approach to creating sound. He likes coffee and ramen. As a child he had an imaginary friend that was a robotic cat that was sent back in time from the future to help him become the man he is today. |
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CONSCIOUS
SUMMARY (los angeles) Surreal soundscapes, harsh absurdity, subconscious melodies and meditative drones breathe throughout Conscious Summary's compositions. Conscious Summary was formed in 2009 by Samur Khouja who manipulates an array of hand made sound sources, amplified acoustic resonance, modified electronics and modular synthesizers. CONSIOUS SUMMARY HAS CANCELED AND WILL NOT BE APPEARING |
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DVB
(sacramento) DVB (Davy V. Bui) has been involved in the local Sacramento & national underground music scene for over a decade. Proprietor of the respected Weird Forest Records label, he's also seen his own music released on such venerable labels as S-S Records, 905 Tapes and Stunned Records |
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THOMAS
DIMUZIO (san francisco) For the past 25 years Thomas Dimuzio has worked as a solo artist and collaboratively with Dimmer, Chris Cutler, Fred Frith, Nick Didkovsky, Negativland, Matmos, Wobbly, Dan Burke/Illusion of Safety, Due Process, Voice of Eye, ISIS, 5uu’s, Poptastic, and many others. His extensive discography includes more than 100 releases on labels RéR Megacorp, Seeland, RRRecords, Asphodel, No Fun Records, Drone Records, Record Label Records, Melon Expander, Odd Size Records, Gench Music, Phage Tapes, and Isounderscore. “Attending a Thomas Dimuzio performance is like lying underneath a web of freeway bridges with your eyes closed; blocking out all visuals except the brief daggers of light that flicker with each passing car. There is a sense of probable dread — metal, wooden or cigarette debris from the vehicles could fly off and injure you — but also one of hypnotized calm, thanks to the amplified hum of Michelin and Goodyear against greased concrete. Dimuzio, a San Francisco electro-noise composer, seemingly replicates this experience with massive, body-vibrating drones punctuated by abrupt, skreeing hits of white noise. His improvised performances — usually performed with guitar feedback and short-wave radio files processed with a laptop and CDJ player-explore the gray area between tranquility and disarray, and they can draw your imagination into a wilderness it will refuse to leave, even when your nerves are shot by so many conflicting emotions.” — Cameron Macdonald, Pitchfork Media This year will mark Mr. Dimuzio's 11th NF appearance! |
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DOEL
(el dorado hills) Formed in 2013, Doel consists of Hayden Ganas and Kylie Jackson. Through the use of cheap effect pedals and various sampled objects, Doel intends to create an atmosphere of sound and disorientation while utilizing power electronics and tape loop effects. Doel was born out of witnessing previous NoiseFest acts and is honored to be playing in this year’s Norcal Noisfest. |
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+DOG+
(los angeles)
DOG was formed by Steve Davis in 1990 in Osaka Japan and released 2 cassettes tapes while there on Butt Tapes. DOG moved to MA in 1993 and played around the east coast and west coast and then moved to CA in 1998. Since then DOG has played around the USA, Europe and Japan and has over 30 releases and lots of comp tracks. DOG runs loveearthmusic and tries to support other like minded folks. We are always very honored to have +DOG+ appear at the Norcal Noisefest...you can find out more about his lable at www.loveearthmusic.com 2015 will be +DOG+'s 12th year in a row, and 13th appearance at Norcal Noisefest, but alas..perhaps his last for awhile as he makes plans to move back to the east coast this Fall. |
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EAR
SPRAY (san francisco) Ear Spray - Synthesizing electronics, acoustic percussion, voice and videos into dynamic and strange aural landscapes and improvisations. - Carlos Jennings – Electronics and Conduction - Ann O’Rourke – Vocals, Videos, Effects/Mixer, Percussion and Instagator - Mark Pino – Entertainer and Intense Percussionist Electroacoustic Noise. Electronic and acoustic instruments, vocals and videos. Occasional very short periods of melody and playing in Western time. Layering lots of different sounds at the same time. Science videos with strange processing. Galaxies and nebulas, sharks, molecules, plants, blood and cancer cells, etc. Plus lots of effects, of course!! Ear Spray started four years ago when Carlos Jennings and Ann O’Rourke met at the Luggage Store Gallery’s (San Francisco, CA) weekly avant garde/experimental music series, happening every Thursday for over 20 years. Mark Pino joined the group in early 2013. The more percussionists the better!! This will be Ear Spray's 2nd Norcal Noisefest appearance. |
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EDDIE
HONEYEATER (sacramento) I make music with no purpose. It doesn't tell a story or have a message behind it. It just happens in time and will never happen again, but it will never end. John Cage said, "An error is simply a failure to adjust immediately from a preconception to an actuality." Improvised noise. This will be my first time at Norcal Noisefest |
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ENDOMETRIUM
CUNTPLOW
(los angeles) Plants and animals. Tree hugging devil music. Textural explorations and deep sonic weirdness since 2006. ENDOMETRIUM CUNTPLOW HAS CANCELED AND WILL NOT BE APPEARING |
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GREY (oakland) Fluoresent Grey is a noisy drone project out of the east bay. He is a last minute addition to the line up for this years event. |
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GUSSETTE
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HANS
VON BARTLES (santa rosa) Hans Von Bartles began in the summer of 2012 in Santa Rosa, CA. Hans has generated upwards of seven independent releases to date in association with Arcane Visions Collective, with more in the works. Hans can be best described as “cascading noise terror”, similar to North Bay contemporaries RAEPUSBARABUS and MAGGOT THERAPY. Having seldom left the confines of Sonoma County, this will be Hans' first Noise Fest appearance. Having little-to-no online presence, interested listeners may aquire Hans' work on cassette via Arcane Visions' webstore. This will be Hans Von Bartles' 2nd NF appearance |
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JACK
HERTZ (pacifica) Inspired by the mystery of life. Jack Hertz manipulates sound to create intangible techno-organic impressions between music and noise. He has been composing and recording experimental music for more than 30 years. Generally, he is searching for a sonic middle ground between the real and the artificial. Utilizing machines, found objects, field recordings and effects processing. He designs sounds, spaces and atmospheres for listeners explore. This will be his 2nd NF appearance |
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INFINITE
PLASTIC INTERNAL (san
francisco) Infinite Plastic Internal is the solo music project of Mark Pino. Mark has played music publicly in the SF Bay Area and around the the U.S. since 1990. Infinite Plastic Internal focuses on the fusion of percussion with electronics generally, sometimes adding spoken word incantations. Infinite Plastic Internal has released one 7" and one cassette, the latter being issued by the Pittsburgh, PA label Biological Radio. Collaborators have included Alphastare and Jim Ryan. This is Infinite Plastic Internal's first NorCal Noisefest appearance. |
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INSTAGON
(sacramento)
(...a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...) INSTAGON was founded in chaos theory during 1993, and has for 20 years now continued on with sonic exploration with that chaos. Never the same experience for the band as well as the audience, always changing, never stable, but all under the conceptual direction of LOB it's founder... . Instagon has appeared at ALL previous Norcal Noisefest happenings |
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JUICE
MACHINE (eugene,OR) JUICE MACHINE is the live action electronic improvisational wife and husband duo of Roger Smith (CHEFKIRK, Control Valve) + Heather Chessman - Working in and around the confined genres of experimental noise, glitch, + drone - focusing on minimal tonal + textural audio - Slowly shifting, always improvisational + always live, JUICE MACHINE - extracting the vital mineral sound™ |
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KLOWD
(corvalis,OR)
klowd is a drone project of John Frank started in Sacramento Ca 25 years ago with a focus on contact mic'd sound sources and homemade instrumentation made of re-purposed objects. Klowd is now based in Corvallis Oregon |
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KOMPRIPIOTR
(ITALY) In the early 90s KOMPRIPIOTR started working with electronic soundexperiments and has since then covered the whole spectrum between sound art, actionism and noise. His diverse and unconventional performances and installations resemble a dialogue with the unpredictable and combine so-called “sound accidents” with improvisation and spontaneity, aleatoric in generally. KOMPRIPIOTR aims at composing and deconstructing on multiple levels. Most of his concept-based radical expression forms are performances/actions with the focus on noise. Never knowing what is expecting us. For shure a strong impact nest in his abstract/extreme works. This will be his first appearance at NF. |
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LIVER
CANCER (rocklin/roseville) BOBBY HAD BEEN A MEMBER OF +DOG+ SINCE THE MID 90'S AND TOOK HIS FRIEND GEORDAN TO THE NORCAL NOISE FEST '08. GEORDAN WAS INSPIRED AT THE LIMITLESS SOUND OF NOISE AND IN THEIR MINDS MADNESS, THEY JOINED FORCES AND THUS CREATED LIVER CANCER! ...TAKING HARSH POWER ELECTRONICS TO A VIOLENT ...E X T R E M E ! ! Liver Cancer is always a NF favorite ! |
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MASTER
MORYA (sacramento) In the Ascended Master Teachings Morya is considered one of the "Ascended Masters," also known as the "Chohan of the First Ray". H. P. Blavatsky originated the belief, professing that Morya and Master Koot Hoomi were her guides in establishing the Theosophical Society. Blavatsky also wrote that Masters Morya and Koot Hoomi belonged to a group of highly developed humans known as the Great White Brotherhood. Master Morya is working on an album and plays shows in the Northern California area. This will be Master Moryas 3rd NF appearance in as many years. |
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MEDICINE
CABINET (tracy) Medicine Cabinet is an ongoing electronic music project from Tracy, CA resident Marc Schneider. The project started in the mid 90's with nothing more than the now famous Roland 303 Groovebox and a heavy delayed microphone. Marc has been active in the Northern and Southern California noise scenes since 2006. True to Marc’s fascination with the history of the genre, Medicine Cabinet shows are typically noise or noise drone based improvisations using analog synths and circuit bent devices. This will be Marc's 9th NF in a row. |
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MILSON
TILSDALE (sacramento) "found sound bull shit artist... The only interesting thing about this guy is that his name is Milson..." - Byron Coley |
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NOISEPSALM
(camino)
In April of 2008 Noisepsalm was created by Matthew Lewis as an outlet for mixing sound art and electronics with melody and traditional instruments for the sole purpose of musical experimentation. He has now had the pleasure of working with over 30 like-minded artists around the globe, often bringing in new musicians/sound artists for unique live performances. |
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O.S.
D'VIL (tempe,AZ) D.J. Turntables physically manipulated then effected through Delay Pedals, a T.V. Antenna set used almost like a crude Theremin, self-modeled Phone App Synths, archaic Samplers, record Needles used as a Pickup mic, and more have all been a part of mask person O.S. D'vil's sound experiments. Live shows by this mask enthusiast and visual artist use these distorted facial images and sometimes other people for various reasons including forms of psychological projection. With two decades of experience putting sounds together, D'vil has become a music producer and recording engineer, an art & music event organizer, member of avant industrial noise group FAKE SNAKE based out of Tempe, Arizona and experimental darkwave industrial band CENTERFOLD JESUS based out of Los Angeles, California, and radio show host / d.j. with loosely based collective ABSURDA FAMILIA. This will be his first NF appearance. |
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OVERDOSE
THE KATATONIC (seattle,WA)
Overdose the Katatonic is a outlet of destructive harsh sonic violence by James Trash. It's therapy so he doesn't go insane b/c of his disgust of humanity and the sickness of physical pain that drugs barely cover!!! His show's are all improv & are a soundtrack to whats happening in his life, whether it's b/c of a tragic past,the hellish future, or b/c most my friends are in a graveyard or Prison. Odtk is East Coast born and bred but lives in Seattle, WA. |
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PAROUSIA
(south sacramento) Arrian Delabahan (Parousia) was born and raised in San Francisco. He moved to Sacramento in 1989 when he was a senior in high school. He has been playing classical guitar, metal (death metal, and thrash), since 1987. The first exposure to noise came about as a result of listening to Neurosis, and their side project, Tribes of Neurot in the 90's. Dissonant sound was something that cuaght his ear's attention way back when he first heard VoiVod's releases: Killing Technology, Dimension Hatrus, and Nothingface in the late 80's and early 90's. Godflesh is a big influence also, along with Brighter Death Now. Arrian (Parousia) went to college for fine arts, and does oil painting, drawing, and tattooing. Aside from creating just noise, Arrian would like to create noise that will accompany paintings and drawings he creates. He uses his guitar set up in conjuction with his noise set up together. His goal is to create sounds that intertwine with each other. The same intertwining of sounds one would hear when listening to a Bach fugue. This year will be Parousia's 2nd NF appearance |
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PHOG
MASHEEEN (joshua tree) Phog masheeen is a sound art/video collective from Joshua Tree, California that focuses on using aerophones and electronics for performance. Audio portions are accompanied by live mixed video by William Almas. |
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FLETCHER
PRATT (oakland) Fletcher Pratt is a Canadian experimental composer/musician currently living in Oakland, CA pursuing an MFA in Electronic Music at Mills College. His music includes use of modular synthesizer, tape and various other instruments. He has been involved in various projects including Solar Coffin, KkrakK!!and most recently, collaborations with Sharkiface and Headboggle. He runs a cassette label called Midori Records. |
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AMY
REED (sacramento) Amy Reed is a guitarist and painter from Sacramento, she is the founder of Ma Series a project focused on women in creative music. "Ms Reed... makes use of extended techniques, found objects in particular, to evoke alternating brightness and darkness. Often, her style results in two related voices simultaneously jangling, or one sustained while the other speaks. Her tone is usually clean, but she turns up the distortion toward the end of this single track for a more aggressive, yet still thoughtful, finale.” Avant Music News |
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ROMUS & C.J.
BOROSQUE (richmond) Rent Romus and CJ Borosque (now known more commonly as Collette McCaslin) play along the edges of many experimental genres....in this set they will combine noise and free jazz in a way that derives influences from such disparate places as Musique Concrete/Merzboiw etc and Free Jazz (the likes of Arthur Blythe and Ornette Coleman) and seeks to transcend the limits of jazz/noise by combining them... maintaining a feeling of swing/sound art in a simultaneous utterance... |
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SECURITY
(rocklin)
He comes from Rocklin,CA.. he is 10 years old... he is raw.... and his art is harsh. |
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SKRUNT
SKRUNT
(Edmonton,CANADA) SkruntSkrunt presents a mad scientist approach to noise. SkruntSkrunt offers a unique and varied combination of audio and visuals. From harsh noises to ambient, SkruntSkrunt explores the soundscape of the modern desktop, the auditory aspects of bodies and gravity, and the interaction of physical simulation and granular synthesis. SkruntSkrunt is a long-running project of Edmonton, Canada-based Abram Hindle who leverages a wide range of custom software and stolen software ranging from office applications, physics sims, video-games and custom-built user interfaces, in order to produce jarring synthesis. SkruntSkrunt has been a regular act at the former Victoria Noise Festival |
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SKUNK
PUPPET (long
beach) Skunk Puppet is the nom de guerre of Long Beach sound artist/curmudgeon Eric Strauss. His current works utilize a digital hybrid vocal tract to re-channel the atavistic voices that haunt his waking hours. |
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SMALL
DRONE ORCHESTRA (los angeles) Small Drone Orchestra is Don Lewis on bowed bass guitars, synth and vocal. One fundamental note is played on all the instruments, creating overtones which are used to create a sonic space. This project is the current manifestation of decades of playing a single pitch for long durations. Small Drone Orchestra is based out of Los Angeles. This will be Small Drone Orchestra's 2nd appearance at NCNF. |
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THE
STOLEN ELK (sacramento) The Stolen Elk is Matt Kretzmann. MK has been making strange sounds on purpose since 1995. He has played at the Norcal Noisefest several times with the long running psychadelic Sacramento band Delayed Sleep. Stolen Elk is also part of a duo with Garrincha. Visuals are important to sound. If they are not provided, they must be created or imagined. |
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THIRTEEN HURTS
(pleasant view,CO)
Thirteen Hurts is an experimental noise project that utilizes modified guitar pedals and handmade sound source devices to create a harsh noise soundscape. The earliest experimental recordings occurred in 1977, with sporadic experimental output burbling beneath the surface of efforts to create "normal" music. Years of performing and recording within the Rock and Progressive genres, it was not until 1999 and the formation of subcutaneous studios that the first full recording of experimental music took place, with exclusive usage of a Serge Modular. The following years led to soundtracks for both a documentary on the Lamborghini Miura and an independent film titled Medium Gray. This was followed by years of dormancy which eventually led to the development of the Thirteen Hurts/13Hz concept and new recordings with live performances. The live shows focus on a performance of three individual pieces, giving the audience a wide spectrum sampling of what the sound of Thirteen Hurts represents. This will be the 4th appearance of Thirteen Hurts at the Norcal Noisefest. |
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TRALPHAZ
(san francisco) Tralphaz started in 2002 in San Francisco, CA. He has recorded for labels such as Troniks, RRRecords, Iatrogenesis, Deathbomb Arc, and Harsh Noise and has toured the U.S., Switzerland, and Japan. |
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UBERKUNST
(sacramento)
UBERKUNST was first created in 1995 when the NIAD (Noise Instrument Analog Device) was first used to interface humans with machines, allowing each to comprehend the suffering of the other. UBERKUNST engaged in multiple dangerous and outrageous battles with hideous transdimensional beings and the enemies of structure and order, often misconstrued as "noise performances," until 2007 when their efforts to scare the Elder Gods to the other side of the cosmos left them so depleted that they had to be stored in cryogenic healing chambers. They can only be released from their chambers for 10-15 minutes a year, both to ensure their future survival when needed to carry out NIAD's will, but also to protect audiences from the deadly toxic radiation that the band emits after prolonged exposure to the horrors of the cosmos. Uberkunst has appeared at ALL previous Norcal Noisefests |
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UNEASY
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VERTONEN
(chicago,IL) Vertonen has been the solo project of Blake Edwards since 1991. His most recent work has focused on reappropriating and manipulating dead and dying media to accentuate communication and its various limitations / frequent failings. |
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WORCERACS
(sacramento)
WORCERACS began in 2012 as a solo project that explored experimental sounds with an emphasis on drone. In 2014 he performed his first 2 live shows as ensembles with a theremin. This year he returns to his roots on solo guitar. This will be WORCERACS 2nd NCNF appearance |
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X-BAX
(los angeles) X-Bax is the (mostly) solo experimental project of Phil Dole. Phil is primarily know as a member of the Chicago-based power-ambient group Chord, whose structured one-note-per-player approach has produced several excellent albums that explore various aspects of tone and texture, discarding superfluous concepts such as melody and harmony. This will be Phil's first time to Norcal Noisefest. |
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XOME
(sacramento)
Xome is a harsh noise music project conceived and operated by Bob Scott. Xome first started experimenting with dissonant forms of music in 1989 but the first organized live performance in Tokyo in 1994 marks the true activation of the project. Now based in Sacramento, CA, Xome has evolved into a highly refined and extremely harsh noise music unit by means of improvised manipulation of sound generating and processing equipment. 2015 will mark Xome's 16th NF appearance....in a row! |
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