Saturday, December 12, 2009

EVENTs


So the past two weeks I took part in two really fun shows. The most recent of the two was a house party at Lake Johnson: the home/venue of hip-hop extraordinaire NYLE (watch his ingenious video, "Let the Beat Build"). I played some new songs and Josh debuted some great visuals. Beat-boxing aficionado Andrew Flockhart made a guest appearance as did Alejandro Ghersi. Lots and lots of fun. Lots.


The other event was an exhibition of sound art at NYU's Steinhardt Art Department. "Three Part Sound Art" was a new event curated by Eva Jäger and Olivia Murphy. I'm hoping it will develop into a series. The first event went a little something like this:

7:30 - Acoustic Repitions and the Human Beatbox

w/ Andrew Flockhart and Rioux

8:00 - Improvisations in Freeform, Minimal, and loop-based Musics
w/ John Swank and Rioux


9:00 - Rioux w/ visuals by Josh Cabrido


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OK and here's a link to "Lost Hold". Geoff and I will be working on some new material shortly.

:::about:::

Born in Metro Detroit.
Lives in Brooklyn.
Makes psychedelic music incorporating electronics and instruments.
Plays kalimba, miscellaneous drums, and trumpet. Loops his guitar.
Draws from a library of self-samples to re-perform instruments using a drum pad.
Enjoys sounds.
Sings.
Aims to be challenging, accessible, universally enjoyable.
Makes music for film and multimedia.
Activities: meditation, cooking, bicycling.
Misses Germany
Performs live with synced visual accompaniment by Josh Cabrido.
Will release a debut LP on vinyl and DVD formats.