welcome to the brave new world of social networking [gulp]
i have just completed a server upgrade and with that brings new things to the site like the ability to do a post here and it spread itself to twitter and myspazz, plus links at the bottom of each post to instantly add abre ojos news to the linkosphere.
which isn’t so good, although I am happy to hear it relaxed him enough to lull him to sleep. When making tracks I often find myself going into deep meditations that end in a little snooze, hehe. Thanks for the review
Second one I found from a trackback on one of the posts here:
UNCOMFORTJUNE 24 @ 8PM. FREE FREE FREE MATT BLEAK DOC ROSS ABRE OJOS MANDARK
In 2002 Pony began hosting a free night of dark and/or heavy electronic sounds or “beats and scrapes” to expose some of Melbourne’s better and lesser known
laptop terrorists, noise manipulators, experimental DJ’s, breakbeat fetishists and glitch bunnies downstairs at Pony in a free, relaxed, easy going, face to
face environment. Now its happening again with fortnightly gigs, all free, all fun, see you there!
The DVD launch event is at Stutter on the 17th June starting from 8.30. Witness Girl plus JK Fuller will play on the night with Cat Grrl DJing between sets. The tracks Air and Spirit being played live on the modular synth matched with live visuals.
Stutter @ Horse Bazaar, 397 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
8:30pm start. $10 (full) + $5 (conc)
Click here for Stutter Myspazz
The third abre ojos DVD featuring the four tracks, Earth, Air, Water, Fire, released on Darkwinter plus an extra bonus track, Spirit which will only be available on this DVD. The DVD also features mp3 versions of all five tracks that you can download on to your favourite device.
This is a hand numbered limited edition run of 50 copies.
Cost is $15USD including postage to anywhere in the world via Paypal.
This is the first official label release from Abre Ojos.
Elements are a series of improvised audio-visual tracks based around the four alchemical elements of Earth, Air, Water & Fire. Drawing on the aesthetics of the Crowley Tarot painted by Lady Frieda Harris with imagery drawn from 50’s propaganda films these pieces combine long evolving drones from modular synths with sound reactive looping visuals and animated mandalas to create an immersive synaesthetic experience to give time for reflection and meditation.
Each week, for four weeks, a new element track will be released culminating in the fourth week with a limited edition DVD compiling all four tracks as well as an extra bonus fifth track, Spirit, which will only be available on the DVD. Purchase and ordering information will be found on Darkwinter.com or here.
Many many thanks to Darkwinter for this opportunity and support!
DE:CONstruction
Glitch Bar & Cinema again comes alive to strange sounds on Sat 28th February 2009. DE:CONstruction is performances by Zac Keiller, TJ Milian (LA), Scratchplate, Electronic Shaman, abre ojos and visuals by GID. Sounds will range from circuit bent glitch (appropriate huh?) to modular drone, guitar feedback and ambient journeys.
The 6 artists who have never played together will mix their individual sounds into a rolling snowball of warm fuzzy sonics accompanied by the vision of GID, only for it to melt away into the darkness of Saturday night. Following the tradition of the previous DE:CONstruction the night will begin with a short solo set from each artist and then after a short break will come together in a structured joint performance.
doors open @ 7.30pm performances start at 8pm sharp. Sat 28th February
entry is $5
As a part of a series of ongoing interviews by Andrew McIntosh/Screwtape of experimental musicians/artists, I was interviewed about the abre ojos project and had a chance to talk about influences, track names, ideas and equipment used. Also don’t forget to check out the other interviews on the youtube channel http://au.youtube.com/user/Lamronormal including interviews with Mark Groves, Barnaby Oliver and the amazing Clinton Green with some unique ideas about turntablism. Here’s mine, excuse the frenetic hand movements and bad hair day….
