The thing I love about the Santa Ana Noise Fest are the surprises!

Travis from X-Eyes posing with his siren!

 The thing I love about the Santa Ana Noise Fest are the surprises!

Travis brought a siren that started its life on a police motorcycle and traveled through the band LOCUST and ended up with X-Eyes. The original plan was for the motor cycle cop to tilt the siren to rub on the tire of the motor cycle to cause it to operate.....Low Tech Style....

The festival was amazing this year. A great crowd and great performers! I was a fine and noisy time for all.

A big thanks to Astral Violet and Monks for the video. The little TVs across the front of the stage were cute!

Groovey article in the OC Weekly about the Santa Ana Noise Fest!

Check out this delightful article about the Noise fest this Saturday in Santa Ana!
http://www.ocweekly.com/music/santa-ana-noise-fest-viii-is-another-goddamn-great-festival-of-sound-and-vision-7740004

Santa Ana Noisefest declared a victory, done complaining about my gear....

Photo by Mikey Ortega

The Santa Ana Noise Fest 7 was glorious fun!  A convivial supportive crowd in attendance! Great Sets all around.

William Almas supplied amazing visuals for many of the acts!

My gear wanted a more aggressive  set, so it made one. I am feeling even more distantly involved in the proceedings. I am in a mood to take it all apart and rebuild it again. After spraying it down with contact cleaner.

Now I am done  complaining about my gear.

this years noise cake after the frosting settled in.

Video promo for SANF7!

Thank you Mikey Ortega for the cool Video promo for SANF7! Enjoy!

The line up is out for Santa Ana Noise Fest! Here it is:

/// SANF7 11-21-15 LINE UP ///

10:20 PM:: Endometruim Cuntplow
10:00 PM:: Diclonius
[9:40 to 10:00 Set up]

9:40 PM:: X-Bax
9:20 PM:: Phog Masheeen
9:00 PM:: Colony Collapse
[8:40 to 9:00 Set up]

8:20 PM:: Cold Grey Eye
8:00 PM:: see through buildings
7:40 PM:: Sean Saraf
[7:20 to 7:40 Set up]

7:00 PM:: Virons
6:40 PM:: George Bates
6:20 PM:: Charles Sharp
[6:00 to 6:20 Set up]

5:40 PM:: Small Drone Orchestra
5:20 PM:: Jesus is Dead
5:00 PM::Justin Scheid
[4:00 Load in]

Here is the link to the event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1440963149562823/

Here is the link to RSVP at Eventbrite:
 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sanf7-santa-ana-noisefest-7-tickets-18659206188?aff=eac2

phog masheeen added to Santa Ana Noise Fest 6!

Phog Masheeen is in for Santa Ana Noise Fest #6.
Please RSVP for your free Tickets here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/santa-ana-noise-fest-6-sanf6-tickets-14674328311

Should you show up without an rsvp it is $10.00 at the door. We don't want you to pay that when it is FREE with an RSVP.

Please share this with your friends!

The phog masheeen live set with video from Santa Ana Noise fest now posted!

There are two ways that you can view the recording of and the epic William Almas video to the phog masheeen performance at the Santa Ana Noise Fest this year.

First there is the link to the internet archive:
https://archive.org/details/Sanf501072b



and there is the YouTube approach: http://youtu.be/NxWKfKme2N4



Also on the burner is a new Black Masheeen track and a cassette release for the Time Lapse label. More on those later.

Revenge of the Noise, 2007 NorCal NoiseFest Compilation, SCOW returns and SANF5

There are some New offerings from The Instagon Foundation (TIF) that have phog masheeen tracks.

The first is the long anticipated Revenge of the Noise. Which features noise covers of classic punk-rock songs. Phog masheeen covers "Smash it up" by the Damned. Click on the graphic!

and SCOW returns with a cover of "Sonic Reducer" by the Dead Boys. Click on the graphic!

Here is the link to get all the tracks:
http://tiforg.bandcamp.com/album/revenge-of-thee-noise-punk-rock-covers-compilation-how-low-can-a-punk-get

In the ongoing releases of the Noisefest documentary CDs The 2007 edition is now on Bandcamp. Phog masheeen has the lead track

http://norcalnoisefest.bandcamp.com/album/this-one-goes-to-eleven-2007-norcal-noisefest-compilation-document

Phog masheeen also opened last weekend's Santa Ana Noise Fest #5. On this occasion we were Joined by Craig Sibley who performed on a variety of instruments. Most notably his "Chicken-phone."

Here is Craig's description of the "Chicken-phone."

The history of the Chicken-Phone goes back to when I lived in Fullerton, where we had a large yard behind the house complete with a chicken coop. One day while cleaning up the yard, I set a tomato trellis on top of a chicken "nesting box". I tossed a brick over where it hit the box and trellis and it made the most remarkable sound. I promptly took the objects into the garage, added some guitar strings and immediately fell in love with the instrument, where I used it on a variety of projects including a sound track on a film called "Menagerie" (complete with chicken poop and everything). Since then, I have built a nice version of the instrument (without poop) and love the thing! It has a bass string, and a guitar string, can be struck with drum sticks, plucked or bowed for some very strange and wonderful sounds!

Look for the recording of SANF5 to be up soon! With Chicken-phone and Dr. Kaplan's signature percussion.http://tiforg.bandcamp.com/track/smash-it-up-the-damned

Noise fest Compilations now available for download! Santa Ana Noise Fest #5 - 11-30-13.

Good News! The Compilation CDs from the Norcal NoiseFests are now online for download.
You can find phog masheeen submissions on the 2012 CD:
http://norcalnoisefest.bandcamp.com/album/2012-norcal-noisefest-audio-compilation-document

and on the 2009 CD:

http://norcalnoisefest.bandcamp.com/album/stop-hey-whats-that-sound-robot-farts-2009-norcal-noisefest-audio-compilation-document

These compilations are great and have exclusive tracks from all the artists. They are well worth checking out.

There is lots of activity behind the scenes here. The phog masheeen Collective is sending out applications and making videos. The above screen capture is from one of those.

Coming up Santa Ana Noise Fest #5 November 30 At the OCCCA, 117 North Sycamore, 

Santa Ana, CA. 92701 USA 714.667.1517 in the great city of Santa Ana. It starts at 5:00 pm with phog masheeen! Did I mention that it is FREE! What a great way to take the edge off the Thanksgiving weekend.

Here is the line-up

SANF5 11-30-13

10:00 PM Telecaves
9:40 to 10:00 Set up
9:40 PM Endometruim Cuntplow
9:20 PM XSXCXEXBX
9:00 PM +DOG+
8:40 to 9:00 Set up
8:20 PM Cold Grey Eye
8:00 PM Virons
7:40 PM Dragonsoundz System
7:20 to 7:40 Set up
7:00 PM Skunk Puppet
6:40 PM Invisible Path
6:20 PM Petit Sac
6:00 to 6:20 Set up
5:40 PM Insuu Bunkai
5:20 PM jesus is Dead
5:00 PM phog masheeen