Check this out ladies and gentlemen, new phog masheeen tools to bring the noise.
The Boise Bundts are joined by the recently acquired Yucca Valley Bundt. Colored Orange the Yucca Valley Bundt is a prize indeed bringing an A concert to the Bundt rack.
In the lower front of the photo is the Pick-0-Phone. Utilizing pick heads as an instant idiophone. The Pick-0-Phone brings a skewed version of tonal music to the noise of phog masheeen. I am planning to lay out the electronics and see what this setup has to offer.
Ok here is the setup with the electronics.
Here is the link to how it sounds (Dig if you will the Barking cadenza performed by Red (the dog):
The phog masheeen experience is coming back to the OCCCA in Santa Ana this Saturday 6-4-11 for the second opening of the Deep show.
We will be performing from 7:00 to 10:00 PM in three long sets of atmospheric sound. We are hoping for Rapture of the Deep without the nitrogen narcosis.
Phog masheeen is a sound art/video collective from Costa Mesa, California that focuses on using aerophones, idiophones and electronics for performance and sound design. Audio portions are accompanied by live mixed video.
William Almas and Mark Soden Jr. constitute the phog masheeen core performers.
Home-brew instruments, common objects and extended techniques involving dry ice are common features of phog masheeen performances.
The works of phog masheeen have been presented at the Boise Creative and Improvised Music Festival, Boise ID; Sonic Circuits, Washington DC; Electro-Music, Philadelphia, PA; Santa Ana Noise Festival, Santa Ana CA; Norcal Noisefest, Sacramento, CA; Wonder Valley Experimental Festival III, Wonder Valley, CA; Spring Reverb, San Diego, CA: Outsound New Music Summit, Palm Springs Museum of Art, Palm Springs, CA, San Francisco, CA; 8 Bit noise art @ Leadway, Chicago, Il; Zoom 2, Torrance, CA; Jawbone Canyon IV, Mojave, CA, Dung Mummy VI, Apple Valley, CA, Los Angeles Downtown Film Festival, The Soundwalk, Long Beach, CA, The Orange County Fair, Costa Mesa, CA and the Long Beach Pump opening night party.