The second installment of DiscoNoise, a three-part summer
series of sonic events featuring an adventurous program of music and
dance beats created by “noise artists” for your curious ears and
toe-tapping tendencies, will take place on Friday evening, July 10.
Bent circuits, plug-ins, sine wave generators and video
projections will fill the Bungalow Art Center on Pine Avenue for all
those interested in an evening of experimental sound.
Sonia Fierce of
GataTECH,
who discovered the open-ended universe of electronic music while taking
classes to learn the recording trade, will be taking the stage during
DiscoNoise.
With a background in punk rock and her self-described "mad
scientist" inclinations toward her musical art, Fierce breathes new life
into thrift store toys by re-wiring their circuits to make strange new
sounds, which become the building blocks for musical structures made
with live sampling and manipulation to build her set.
Mark Soden, DiscoNoise’s organizer, explained the science and art of circuit bending, Sonia Fierce’s specialty.
“Circuit bending is the craft of opening a noise-making
device such as a child’s toy and soldering jumper wires on the circuit
board to get it to malfunction in interesting ways or ‘glitch,'" he
said.
Skunk Puppet is a Long Beach local immersed in the
all-digital realm of sound production. Using a collection of myriad
applications, plugins and digital audio workstations, this noise
artist’s act is a combination of performance-based composition and
algorithmic layers.
“One of his mainstays is a software that filters sound
through a virtual trachea," said Soden. "This lends a vocal or animal
sound to his work. However, the virtual trachea offers attributes that
are not found in the animals on our planet. So in many cases these are
animals you have never heard before.”
Another local to Long Beach, performer Phaul rescues sine wave
generators and other electronic test equipment to use in ways they were
never intended. According to the announcement, “these tools produce
amazing sonic results that will blow your mind.”
This event will be staged at the Cultural Alliance of Long
Beach “Bungalow Art Center,” 729 Pine Avenue. Doors open at 7:30PM,
music begins at 8:00PM. A $5 donation is requested, however no one will
be turned away for lack of funds. For more information and performer
interviews, click
here. The next and last Disco Noise will take place on Friday, August 14.
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