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Soundcrawl 2011, The Feedback Project by Derek Webb
I can’t say enough great things about Soundcrawl Nashville, the yearly sound festival that curates experimental compositions from around the globe. This year’s event will take place October 6th at Brick Factory Nashville and the First Saturday Art Crawl at the downtown Arcade.
If you can’t wait that long, Brick Factory will host a special Soundcrawl free sneak preview Thursday, July 12th from 6:30-8:30pm. You can listen to submissions alongside the judges who will be selecting the works for Soundcrawl 2012. Nashville Public Television and Nashville Arts will be on hand videotaping the event. Warning: You may be on TV!
Soundcrawl Preview
July 12th, 6:30pm, free event
Brick Factory Nashville
Suite 126 @ Cummins Station
209 10th Ave South
Nashville, TN
37203
Catch one of Austin, Texas’ best and brightest rock bands this Sunday at Brick Factory Nashville. WEIRD WEEDS make GREAT music, and you need to be at this show. That’s as poetic as I’m going to wax. For more, listen to the songs on their Bandcamp and read the below quote from Sedimental Records. Weird Weeds helmer Nick Hennies has his hand in many pies, including solo recordings of the works of ALVIN LUCIER and the occasional collaboration with outsider music enigma JANDEK.
Ten years, five records, and The Weird Weeds remain a band without a country. With songs too lopsided and winding to rock and tunes too overt for stuffier experimentalists, they happily occupy a territory all their own – strange and singular, but not devoid of a knotty interior logic. – http://sedimental.com/catalog/index.php?ID=67
Also on the bill are Nashville’s THE CHERRY BLOSSOMS and DELUXIN’. Check the Facebook event page for more info. (Full disclosure: I helped organize this show.)
Hope to see you there!
Sunday, June 24th, 9pm
Weird Weeds, The Cherry Blossoms, Deluxin’
$6-$10 suggested donation, byob and Yazoo beer on tap.
Brick Factory Nashville (inside Cummins Station)
Suite 126 by Elevator B (middle of building, bottom floor)
209 10th Ave South
Nashville, TN 37203
If you like the Murfreesboro improv collective HORSEHAIR EVERYWHERE and the experimental drums/sequencers/sound effects of HOBBLEDEIONS (aka Nashville’s hardest working drummer SCOTT MARTIN), then you don’t want to miss tomorrow’s show at Brick Factory. The lineup features HOBBLEDEIONS and three of the members of Horsehair Everywhere doing their own sets, including TJ RICHARDS’ New York City band TRABAJO (also featuring YUCHEN LIN), FRANK BAUGH’s SPARLKING WIDE PRESSURE and STEPHEN MOLYNEUX. Frank, Stephen, and TJ all appeared on this episode of Theatre Intangible. Scott Martin appeared on this one.
Tim Kaiser live in Pittsburgh. Photo by Larry Rippel
An Evening of Experimental, Ambient, and Space music at Brick Factory Nashville
Folks, I’m incredibly excited to announce this TIM KAISER show at Brick Factory. When I sought out other artists for the bill, I decided to aim high and ask a dream list. To my ecstatic surprise, they all said yes!
TIM KAISER (Duluth, MN) – Instrument designer extraordinaire and ambient experimental wunderkind. Ask anyone who has seen Tim perform live, and they’ll tell you he is not to be missed! Tim was featured on Make TV. Check out the video below.
GERBER & GERBER (Tony Gerber & Todd Gerber, Nashville) – Space music pioneers and Nashville music scene trailblazers. A rare treat to see the brothers Gerber performing together!
GOOD RESTER (Brian Siskind, Andy Alexander, Jason Goforth, Nashville) – New York producer and beat-maker Brian Siskind’s ambient project. Brian recently performed a solo commission at Houston’s famed Rothko Chapel.
AETHER JAG (Nashville) – Circuit bender and instrument designer Bridget Venuti’s textural noise soundscapes.
Monday, May 7th, 8pm sharp
$5 cover to touring band
Brick Factory Nashville (inside Cummins Station)
209 10th Ave S Suite 126, Nashville, TN 37203
Enter Cummins Station, walk towards center, take elevator B to level one, you’re there. If you arrive after 9pm, take the outside steps leading to the loading dock and enter through the dock doors. Follow hallway to Brick Factory.
Tim Kaiser is a Minnesota-based musician, inventor, and artist who has been making experimental art for the past 25 years. He designs and builds his own instruments, both acoustic and electronic, using toys, vintage electronic gear, and other found materials. Tim’s work was featured in Make Magazine and presented in Germany, Brazil, Sweden, Hong Kong, Cuba, Canada, and more. He tours across America performing ambient improvised music incorporating his inventions. http://tim-kaiser.org/
Gerber & Gerber:
Musician, visual artist, and record-label entrepreneur — Tony Gerber has proven to be the Renaissance man of Nashville’s music underground. As a member of the trailblazing electronic music band Spacecraft and as the owner of the Internet-based Space for Music record label, Gerber has helped popularize space music both across the United States and in Europe. His music has appeared in soundtracks (including Cameron Crowe’s “Vanilla Sky”), planetarium shows, and on the NPR program “Hearts of Space.” He also breaks boundaries in the virtual world as “Cypress Rosewood,” his avatar who performs concerts in the virtual reality world of Second Life. http://tonygerber.com/
Todd Gerber has been experimenting with the Casio SK-1 keyboard for over 20 years. In bands such as UMLAUT, Dinah Shore Jr and drrdrr, Todd & his bandmates create bizarre worlds of sound using SK -1’s, gongs, drums, synthesizers, and more, performing on bills with Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew, Trey Gunn, The Amazing Delores, and Trans Am. http://spaceformusic.com/toddgerber.html
Good Rester:
Fresh off a commissioned solo ambient performance at Houston’s famed Rothko Chapel, Brian Siskind is an acclaimed producer, musician, photographer, and ace beat-maker, recently transplanted from New York City to Nashville. He’s worked with artists such as Bela Fleck, Bill Frisell, Michael Shrieve, and Jeff Coffin. He creates ambient electronic music with his alter ego Fognode, of which Brian Eno said, “It has to me, a seductive quality. . . I want to listen to what’s going to happen” http://fognode.virb.com/
Aether Jag:
Nashville circuit bender and electrical engineer Bridget Venuti coaxes textural noise soundscapes out of instruments she designs and builds. She’s a staple on the Nashville experimental scene and has performed at the International Noise Conference, Bloodfest, and the Geek Media Expo. http://www.myspace.com/aetherjag
