Pictures from Pump!

The phog masheeen line up for the Pump Opening Night party. Left to right Eric Strauss, Mark Soden Jr., Dr. K, Shauna Toh, William Almas. Under the watchful eyes of Diego and Frida...

Our Set for the Pump Opening Night...With looming chandelier...

The stage for Club Bit Map. Eric Strauss of Skunk Puppet and Potar in the background.

William Almas setting up for Club Bit Map.

Pump is on the horizon! Two phog masheeen events!

What is Pump you ask, a couple of weeks of sonic myrth and merriment all around downtown Long Beach! The particulars are included below.
Two phog masheeen events are included in the greater Pump event. You can see us Saturday 10-7-17 at the Packard Building from 5PM to 10PM. William Almas will be bringing the Retina Burning Visuals. We are doing a 20 minute set every hour. The venue will be packed (?) with performers in all the different rooms. It should be a really fun night!

The other phog masheeen event will be held at the east village arts park http://www.longbeach.gov/park/park-and-facilities/directory/east-village-arts-park/
The date is 10-15-17 from 6:30 to 9:00 pm. This event with feature Circuit Benders with Beats. We seen this sort of thing in Long Beach before with Disco Noise and Club Bitmap. For this event we are returning to Club Bitmap! William Almas will be returning with his visual overdrive projections to round out this elegant production!

We will provide more info on Pump as it becomes available or just use the links below to check the web site. 

info@lbpump.org

PUMP 2017: Multi-Sensory Arts Festival Comes to Long Beach This October

Long Beach, CA—FLOOD, the artist group that brought SOUNDWALK to Long Beach for 10 years and recently inaugurated “soundpedro” at Angels Gate Cultural Center in San Pedro, is pleased to announce PUMP (Public Urban Multi-Sensory Presentations). This arts festival, October 7–21, will highlight works by over 50 emerging and mid-career artists from throughout Southern California. Participants will not only see art, but they may hear, feel, smell and taste it as well. Works will be exhibited in spaces that range from storefront windows and a small park, to a former showroom for Packard automobiles that was built in 1926 and the massive interiors of what used to be an ice storage warehouse near the Port of Long Beach. All exhibitions and events related to PUMP are free and open to the public. Parking fees may apply for some locations. For more information visit lbpump.org and for accessibility questions, please email info@lbpump.org.

PUMP will take place at the following locations: The Packard Building, IceHouse Arts Complex, The Collaborative, Pacific Court, Artist Co-Op Gallery, East Village Arts Park and Work Evolution Laboratories.

Featured artists will include: Ihab Ali / Deborah Aschheim / Beck and Col / Pablo Bert /  Terry Braunstein / Rob Brown / Faraday Cage / Cannibalistic Caterpillar / Rychard Cooper / Dirty Chaps / DREAM WALKER / Matthew Dumpit / Martin Espino / Patrick Faulk / Andy Fedak / Frau Fiber / Kiyomi Fukui / Mimi Haddon / Yoon Chung Han / Annette Heully / Karen Holden / Cathy Hsiao / Christine Hudson / Takeshi Kanemura / David Kelley / Bessie Kunath / Olga Lah / Rosalie M. López / Sam Madeiros / Made of Hagop / Karena Massengill / Neil Mathis / Brittany Mojo / Michael Nannery / Jesse Nason / NewTown / Christine Nguyen / Margaret Noble / Tom Peters / phog masheeen / Gretchen Potts / Qrux / Radio Machine Magazine / Lauren Ruth / John Hillis Sanders / Conchi Sanford / Som Shankar / Johnny Shield / Angelica Sotiriou / Katie Stubblefield, Jennifer Gunlock & Hilary Norcliffe / Davy Sumner / Ting Zhang & Sahy Uhns aka Carl Madison Burgin / Toy Piano Cats with Steven Speciale / wikiGong.

For this festival, FLOOD is pleased to collaborate with Millworks and the Arts Council for Long Beach, IceHouse Arts Complex and the Long Beach Community Foundation. With additional support from Work Evolution Laboratories and the Port of Long Beach. After this year’s inaugural arts festival, PUMP will occur biennially.

About FLOOD

The artist group, FLOOD has been working together on projects since 2003. FLOOD is interested in testing the limits of artistic expression through collaboration and experimentation within a variety of artistic genres. Current members of FLOOD are Kamran Assadi, Frauke von der Horst, Nick Dynice, Betsy Lohrer Hall, Sheriann Ki Sun Burnham, Victoria Bryan, Kay Erickson, Jon Cicchetti and Marco Schindelmann.

                          

Hyperion Tavern Video, Sitting in with Toaster Music and the road to Norcal...

Big thanks to Rich Polysorbate from Clowns and Fetuses for documenting the Phog masheeen set at Hyperion Tavern. Thanks to rock legend Don Bolles for booking said event and keeping the party rolling from the DJ/VJ booth.

Phog masheeen will be sitting in with Toaster Music at the Expo Design Center for the first Friday hoe-down in Bixby Knolls (aka Long Beach) on 9-2-16, Thanks to Sander and Sumako for the invite.

Later in September we start the northern migration to the Norcal Noisefest. The first stop is in San Francisco at the Luggage Store Gallery. The date for that is Thursday Sept. 29th at 8:00pm. The address for the Luggage Store Gallery is 1007 Market Street, San Francisco, California 94103. It would be lovely to see all our San Francisco friends there....

Friday we transit to Sacramento for the Skunk Puppet show at Luna's Cafe,

Saturday we enjoy the splendor that is Noisefest.

Sunday Phog masheeen performs around 7:30 PM at Cafe Colonial

3520 Stockton Blvd, Sacramento, California 95820. All of Sunday will be broadcast on the internet. Details and lineup....Here!

A big THANK YOU to all the performers at discoNoise, then on to Norcal Noisefest!

A big THANK YOU to all the performers at discoNoise!
Jack Pharaoh, Big Epoch, Sumako Artist, Phaul, Skunk Puppet, Jorge Martin, Potar and ... phog masheeen.
Thanks again to Maha and Company for dancing (especially Edgar and Deseree who filled in for the July show).
Thanks again for William Almas for the amazing Video.
Thanks to Eric Strauss for covering the Video in July.
Thanks to the extra percussionists in August, Mitz, Mel and Francene.

Thank you Edgar for the very cool video you put together!
You can see it here:
https://youtu.be/XCU2yZ0fu-s
And Here:

Moving right along....
Next stop the Norcal Noisefest!
http://www.norcalnoisefest.com/index15.html

Phog masheeen will be performing on Saturday October 3rd. At Cafe Colonial. If you are in Sacramento we would love to meet you. Come on Down!

DiscoNoise TOMORROW Friday 8-14-15! Last chance this summer!

The final discoNoise of this summer occurs TOMORROW!

Performing August 14th, Potar, Jorge Martin and phog masheeen. For this show we are inviting our hand druming friends to join us. So Bring your Djembe and come on down. Maha and company will be dancing. Video by Bill Almas. Sumako of Toaster Music will be the Third Stage Groove Navigator for this session. This is the last one of the summer! If you have been procrastinating this is the one to see.

Facebook event page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/911211265568558/

Potar interview here: https://youtu.be/378rimMtFFk

Potar Interview Is up!

Performing at the third and final discoNoise of summer is the pre-eminent circuit bender Potar! Here is interviewed regarding his history in circuit bending and his current projects.
Mark your calendar! August 14th, CALB 729 Pine St, Long Beach. Doors at 7:30 Music at 8:00. $5.00 suggested donation (no one turned away for lack of funds!) 

You can check it out with the link below. Thank you William Almas for the amazing video. If you start watching it in the blog. Hit the "F" and go full screen. It is lovely!

https://youtu.be/378rimMtFFk

Changing it up in August!

After a splendid show with Phaul & Skunk Puppet and dancers Edgar and Deseree we are moving on to the third and final discoNoise of Summer 2015!  In another inovative twist, we are inviting hand drummers to pack up their djembe and come on down and jam with us. More beat = more fun!
Performing in August, circuit bender Potar, modular synthesist Jorge Martin and phog masheeen!
Come on down and join in the fun!

A change in the lineup....

There has been a change in the lineup to discoNoise tomorrow. Emily Hay will now be joining us.
You can check out Emily at her web site: http://www.emilyhay.com/

http://www.emilyhay.com/

Long Beach Post article on this Friday's discoNoise!

http://lbpost.com/life/music/2000006530-disco-noise-brings-experimental-noise-and-circuit-bending-to-pine-avenue

Sound to Pine Avenue

byAsia Morris

July 07 2015 11:08

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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.

Images courtesy of GataTECH and Disco Noise.

Sonia Fierce interview up on YouTube!

Sonia Fierce will be joining us on July 10th at discoNoise. We interviewed her and discussed her roots in punk rock, her path to noise and her gear. It is a great interview! Stunning video by William Almas. Check it out!

https://youtu.be/CRLTBNAJ6Ug

DiscoNoise Opening Night! Pics from Richard Shimizu!

Big Epoch

Sumako

Jack Pharaoh

William Almas, Video Projections

DiscoNoise was out of the gate with great sets from Jack Pharaoh, Big Epoch and Sumako. William Almas activated the walls with video and Maha and Company electrified the room with dance!

Disco Noise will be back July 10th for the second edition featuring, Skunk Puppet and Gatatech with Sonia Fierce. Check back here for the Sonia Fierce interview!

All photos by Richard Shimizu!

Counting down to the first discoNoise of summer!

We are counting down to the first discoNoise of summer.
William Almas is projecting video!
Dancers from the world famous Maha and Company dance troup will be joining us.
And we have an amazing line up of artists for this first discoNoise!

Jack Pharaoh!
Is a Long Beach local that specializes and produces : Trip Hop, Experimental Electronica, Performance based beats, Electronic Jazz, Dance, and more!
As stated in his bio, "Jack Pharaoh continues to pursue the magic of making music through technology and bringing live performance to the stage to show that DJing and electronic music is not just pressing play."
http://jackpharaoh.com/

Big Epoch!
To watch Big Epoch perform is a revelation of what can be done with various DJ tools and groove boxes. His fluidity on these instruments is like watching one of the musical legends at the top of their game. The Big Epoch performance is not just about technique, it is his freshness of approach that sets him apart!
http://bigepoch.bandcamp.com/ 

Sumako Artist will be stepping in for Pulsating Cyst this evening.
Sumako is a respected noise artist in Long Beach. His work has been featured with Toaster Music in an ongoing set at the Expo Design Center at the first Friday art walk. He is a legend of texture and sound design!


Facebook event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/444061499096175/

Disco Noise comes to Long Beach! Dancing to Noise is the Dance of the Future!

After field testing in Wonder Valley last August, Disco Noise is coming to Long Beach on the second fridays of June, July and August. Mark your calendar!

Phog masheeen performing this Sunday 4-19-15 5:30 PM at CALB 729 Pine Ave. Long Beach, CA 90802.
Performing with Andrea Pensado and Isolde Tough. These Performers are ending their tour in Long Beach and are not to be missed! They killed it big time at Wonder Valley Experimental last weekend and you will forever live in regret if you miss their Long Beach show!

Phog masheeen large ensemble to close William Almas art show in Long Beach 1-25-15

At long last phog masheeen returns to Long Beach on 1-25-15, 1:00 pm, 729 Pine Ave. Long Beach CA. FREE!

This is a unique gig in that phog masheeen is augmented with the talents of Shauna Toh, Tom Neas and Jeff Bostock as well as the regular phog masheeen contributors Eric Strauss, Dr. Kaplan and Mark Soden Jr.

More people = more noise.

Mark your calendar and come on down!

Coming soon to a bookstore near you!

We are bringing our trip to Gatsby Books, Saturday Nov. 2 at 6:00 pm. We have the great honor of sharing a bill with Terrence McManus who is out from Brooklyn. I recommend checking out the link on guitar building. He has built some very cool instruments.

On other fronts, I am preparing a piece for LOB's Thee Revenge of the Noise: Punk Rock Covers Comp.

Don't forget you can download the new Shoutland CD. The physical copies should be arriving by the end of the year.

Soundwalk, Twitter and where's phog masheeen

This Saturday at Soundwalk I will be tweeting the locations of my performances. To get the tweets click the twitter button to subscribe to @phogmasheeen.


Follow @phogmasheeen

Site plan for Soundwalk

Here is the link for the pdf to load on the phone.

Here is the updated map as of 10-5-13 at 1:40 PM.

http://soundwalk.org/SW2013_siteplan.v3.pdf

phog masheeen visits the Soundwalk Video up now!

William Almas has completed work on the video documentation of the phog masheeen participation in Soundwalk 2012.

Pumped up, high octane visuals communicate the energy that the Soundwalk brings to the streets of Long Beach.





Available streaming and Hi-Def here:

http://archive.org/details/PhogMasheeenVisitsTheSoundwalkInLongBeachCa2012

Enjoy!

Soundwalk 2012 recap, Monk notes...

Another festive Soundwalk has come and gone. Thanks to Ken Huntington for documenting my set in front of the Mystery Cave/Glow Room with this fine picture. I like the mobility aspect of being able to find interesting spots at interesting times. Andy Sykora was cruising the event on his bike and stopped to jam. We threw down in front of a metal gate (which was clearly marked "No Loitering" much to my delight!) things got interesting when we started playing the gate.


On a different note: I got this scan of notes from Thelonious Monk. It is part rant, part journal. I think it is interesting to see how much handwriting contributes to your knowledge of a personality. In Monk's case, print not cursive, underlining for emphasis.

Soundwalk tonight! First phog set 6:00...

Tonight is the Soundwalk. The first phog masheeen set will be at 6:00 pm on the Northeast corner of 3rd and Elm. It will be a short set before the Cerial Box Orchestra (CBO). Then we are off to the races moving about the area. Hit the twitter button to follow the tweets of where the performances are. Or look for the phog masheeen sign. Come on down! It will be fun!