Sunday, February 26, 2012

Palm Springs Museum of Art work file

Pick-0-phone, Samplers in operation for the Palm Springs Museum layout.
The great work has begun on creating the sound sculpture for the Palm Springs Museum of art.
Listen to the works in progress here. Remember, a swimming pool is a living thing.

Thursday, February 23, 2012

The great work continues, Palm Springs, Heat and Cold, WVE4 Flyer!

The view up.
Preparations for the Palm Springs Art Museum show have shifted into high gear. After careful evaluation of the site and a full review of the "Backyard Oasis" show that is running and will be up when phog masheeen performs for the free second Sunday on March 11, 2012 at 1:00 pm. A flurry of activity has ensued. Field recordings of the inner workings of swimming pools has occurred and new videos are in production for the March 11th performance. If you are in the neighborhood or out to the desert for the day. The show has the additional selling point of being FREE!


the Atrium at ground level. Look for us here!










Work on the Eternal Battle of Heat and Cold continues with recordings of the character of Cold. Voiced by the eminent actress Lisa Black. More Recordings of the Shambler and the newest addition to the Shambler class of instruments, the Shambone occurred at the phog masheeen desert enclave in Joshua Tree.
Shambone on left and Shambler on right with their creator Eric Strauss in the background.
















Coming to a Wonder Valley near you, WVE4!

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Performing with Daylight Bats 2-11-12


Performing with Daylight Bats 2-11-12 at Fingerprints Music, 420 E. 4th St. LB, 90802, 9PM

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Palm Springs Museum, ongoning work...

Work has begun on the next CD from phog masheeen, titled "The Eternal Battle of Heat and Cold." So far we have had outstanding recording sessions with Bobby Almon from Liver Cancer and Emmy Collins from Brutal Poodle. Both Bobby and Emmy made brilliant contributions and thank you does not express our gratitude for their participation in the project. More work is underway and we are weaving in tracks from all of our different tools. The Pick-0-Phone and The Shambler being represented among them.

Unique to this production is the fact that William Almas is working in parallel with the audio recordings creating video content and his experiments are informing the audio production. There is some back and forth there.

On the performance front, phog masheeen will be performing at the Palm Springs Art Museum on March 11th as part of their free. Second Sunday series. They are running a great show that will still be up when we perform. Titled Backyard Oasis: The Swimming Pool in Southern California Photography, 1945-1982   We will be performing from 1:00 to 2:00 PM in the James and Jackie Lee Houston Atrium on March 11, 2012.


Monday, December 26, 2011

Landfill 5 tonight at Max Steiners, Long Beach, CA

Tonight the phog masheeen side project the landfill 5 will be presenting Duke Ellington songs and two chord guitar jams at Max Steiners in Long Beach.

Some say that jazz is funner to play than it is to hear. This should be fun on all levels! If you're in Long Beach check it out.

Landfill 5 will play 2 sets starting at 8:45 PM. FREE!

Max's Steiner 
2500 East Anaheim Street, Long Beach, CA 90804-3607
(562) 433-5823 


Sunday, December 18, 2011

Incase these gigs didn't fit your schedule...

There are some posted recordings of some interesting gigs.
The phog masheeen show at SANF3 is up on Soundcloud here.

And the Drone shift recording is available for download here. Streaming here.

Just a note on the times, Droneshift was a three hour event and the download is over 300 megabytes. So plan accordingly. It is long and elegant. Suitable for watching shadows cross a room.

The SANF3 show was thirty minutes of howling intensity. The feature for the evening was Eric Strauss' instrument "The Shambler." The way it dominated the sonic space is impressive. It could crowd the entire audio spectrum at one time!

Enjoy!

Thursday, December 15, 2011



The Santa Ana Noise Fest looms large this weekend! Saturday 12-17-11. 3PM start time.
It is FREE!
We have the honor of debuting Eric Strauss' newest invention......The Shambler!
Eric will be joining us at the controls of The Shambler, Ryan Hunt will be operating the Pick-0-Phone and Dr. Kaplan will be rolling out the Kitchen Percussion.
We will be performing in the second set of bands around 7:30 PM.

Pick-0-Phone

I (heart) Noise cake for the potluck at SANF3

The Shambler