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E019 Strotter Inst. Artist Showcase 05/08/2010

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May 082010
 

The Day Before Chaos

It was Friday April 30th in Nashville, Tennessee.  Swiss experimental turntablist Christoph Hess (better known as Strotter Inst.), his girlfriend Patricia, and I were sitting on my porch, drinking, talking, and enjoying the unusually good weather.  Christoph and Patricia were staying at my house after playing an incredible set at underground art venue Open Lot.  They’re currently touring the U.S., avoiding interstates, and playing shows on the way.  They planned to see a bit of Nashville on Saturday and then make way for either Gatlinburg or Chattanooga.

And then it started raining.

If you watch the news, you probably can guess the rest of the story.  The 100 year flood came to Nashville, immobilizing my Swiss guests.  We ended up staying indoors the whole weekend, subsisting on canned veggies, beer, Twitter/TV flood updates, and Netflix Watch instantly.  By Monday morning, Opryland Hotel/Opry Mills was a Grizzly River Rampage, and half the city was underwater.  Christoph and Patricia left for Chattanooga, and I went back to work.  The circumstances of our meeting were not exactly ideal, but despite the tragedy I gained two new friends.

Strotter Inst. takes record players and replaces their needles with sewing needles, pieces of sheet metal, and more.  He places surfaces of various texture (such as fabric and scotch tape) on the record player pad and lets the modified needles drag over.  He’ll also stretch rubber bands just above the surface of the player and rest a needle-less arm on top of the rubber band.  He’ll then rest pie-shaped pieces of broken records on the player.  The pieces have little raised bits that hit the rubber band when they pass it.  The record arm then acts as a pickup and records the ensuing sounds.  Instant analog loops.  Coolest thing you’ve ever heard of right?  Wait until you really hear it:

On this episode, you’ll hear Strotter Inst. live at Open Lot the day before the flood and the conversation we had on my porch afterwards.  Listen via stream or download using the link below.  Subscribe via iTunes.  If you like our show, please take a moment to share this article via Facebook/Twitter/Etc using the ShareThis icon below.  Better yet, leave us a review on iTunes.  Enjoy.

More about Strotter Inst: Our and Nashville Cream‘s preview of the Open Lot performance.  Rare Frequency’s excellent interview.  Strotter Inst. Myspace.

Mentioned in this episode:Christoph’s other two bands: Herpes Ö Deluxe and Sum of R.

Other things we talked about but didn’t make the recording: Tennessee’s cultural mecca Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge.  See Rock City! The beauty of Bern, Switzerland.   Switzerland’s Minaret ban. Norwegian experimental vocalist Maja Ratkje.  Swiss post-industrial band Young Gods.  Swiss electronica band Yello.  Norwegian prog-rock band Madrugada.  Berlin-based Melbourne formed indie rock band Devestations.

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E018 Arclyte Artist Showcase 05/02/2010

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May 022010
 

“We pressed our diving faces into fields of dead, hot grass. . . An empire left in ruins.” — Arclyte — The Rest

Craighead and Bransford, Nashville, 1:30pm, May 2nd, 2010

Louise Street near Wedgewood, Nashville, 1:35pm, May 2nd, 2010

The last two days have been hairy.  I took the above pictures a few blocks from my house.  Check out this video I took on my iPhone.  The basement where we record all the new Theatre Intangible improvs is currently lined with a few inches of water in one corner.  Luckily, not much is damaged.  But that’s more than I can say for other parts of the city, which are literally destroyed.

Quote of the showcase:

“Theatre Intangible is an avant-garde/experimental show.  A lot of people may say that [Arclyte] doesn’t fit that label.” – Tony Youngblood, host.

“Those people can kiss our asses.”  Charlie Rauh, guitarist, Arclyte.

In brighter news, I’ve finally finished editing the Arclyte artist show (Theatre Intangible Podcast 18) contained herein for your listening pleasure.  I have often mentioned that Arclyte is my favorite local band.  The sparse baroque sounds of Arclyte members Chris Rauh, Charlie Rauh, and Craig Schenker go well with upturned cars and uprooted trees.

Arclyte is a Nashville/DC minimalist rock band reminiscent of Emily Haines and Low.  The Theatre Intangible session is the last Arclyte show for the foreseeable future.  Singer and bassist Chris moved to Washington DC the day after we recorded this.

Discussed in this episode: Cultural Reflex Dance, Anthony Braxton, Hildegard Von Bingham, Mary Halvorson, John Butcher, Sigfried Sasoon, Wilfried Owen, Robert Graves, Rupert Brooke, Emily Haines, Lady GaGa, Portishead, Denali

Click the download link below for the entire podcast, including the interviews.  Or, simply subscribe in iTunes.  If you want the music without the interview, you can download the songs here in 320 kpbs, embedded in a zip file, including an improv piece not available in the podcast.  Enjoy.

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E006 Square People Artist Showcase 01/25/10

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Jan 252010
 

Square People Artist Showcase with live songs from Chris Murray and Matt Jernigan.

“Square People” by Mikhail Pigichka

Theatre Intangible would like to unveil our artist showcase series with a great interview and live performance from Nashville’s own Square People.   Square People is a one (occasionally two or three) man army, busting up your speakers with ribald beats and surrealist poetry, diced up and run through various forms of tape and squash-bit manipulation.   I sat down with Chris Murray at JJ’s Market to discuss fair use, sonic texturism, Kate Bush, and more.  The crowd met our unannounced live performance with a mixture of indifference, outrage, and sub-mild curiosity.  For one lucky lady, the show continued on into the night . . .  in the women’s bathroom at JJ’s Market and later at the Square People mansion.  When you hear this episode, you’ll wish you were her.

We recorded the four live tracks on my Tascam 80-8 tape recorder.  The results — having been put through the ringer of digital to tape to digital to tape ad infinitum — are about as low-fi as it gets.  And that’s not necessarily a bad thing.  The show’s highlight for me is Square People’s rendition of Mario & Gucci Mane’s Break Up.  Follow that link to hear the original, then listen to the version herein; and you’ll start to understand the particular fucked-up genius that is Square People.

Chris Murray on 4 track and vocals.  Matt Jernigan on Chaos Pad and vocals.

Like what you hear?  See Square People live!  They’re playing March 13/14 at Little Hamilton for benefit for a new P.A.  They’re also playing March 27 at the  Fashion>Fascism show at the Open Lot.  Hope to see you at one of the shows!

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