sonic mind fields @ Analogous (An Art and Sound Fusion)

We are happy to be part of Analogous – an art and sound fusion event at LRI Design Plaza. Last Saturday, featured artist Ross Capili allocated one of the tables on exhibit for our music book collection. Thank you very much Sir Ross! Thanks also to Mischa Elman from Photomaya.


music book collection







"A Peek Inside The Hobbyist's Vinyl Obsession" (with open forum) by Atty. Dante Paminutuan

ANALOGOUS – an art & sound event featuring the latest Mixed Media works on canvas of Ross Capili at the LRI Design Plaza Pavilion will run until April 2, 2011. The first feature in the Artist Series, this showcases Rosscapili’s artistic discipline in conceptualizing art fusion with painting, photography, graphic design and vinyl sound works.

For more details please call OneWorkshop at 8368799 or email one_workshop@yahoo.com.

sonic mind fields - blow out sale!

We are having a sale on May 22! Sale starts at 6PM. Books on design, arts, film, music and many more! Everything must go. Part of the proceeds will be donated to Espasyo Siningdikato creatiVEnue/artists’space.

Good Leaf will also perform that night at Espasyo for their Dub Pilipinas Album Tour, Cavite leg. So it will be a rare double treat! With ambient, noise and sound art performances by Elemento, Ugong, Nyabinghi, Inconnu Ictu, Annoy!, Ian Madrigal, Blend:er and many more. This is a fun night! See you all!

Espasyo Siningdikato is located at Block 11 Lot 9 Congressional Road, Bgy. Sta.Fe Dasmariñas, Cavite.

(Photo courtesy of Ian Sane under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License).

Luo Chao Yun at Souk Kafe

Some photos from Improv.nation Market (March 7, 2010), a night of ethno and electro-acoustic improvisations with Luo Chao Yun, special guest performer from Taiwan. Kudos to Eric Calilan for organizing this. The event was supported by Espasyo Siningdikato, Sonic Mind Fields and Experimentation in Sound Art Tradition. Hosted by Souk Kafe.

Lakbay Lahi

Dok of Lakbay Lahi playing Hegalong

Luo Chao Yun, Pipa virtuoso from Taiwan

Photos courtesy of Abet Esguerra
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"EARTH NOISE WATER MEAT" - Gangan Ensemble meets Chao-Yun Lou this Thursday at 22H

MAR 4, 2010 / 10PM THURSDAY NIGHT AT B -SIDE:

Location:
The Collective (7274 Malugay St.)
Makati, Philippines
Phone: +63 920 931 9635

SABAW MEDIA ART KITCHEN PRESENTS: Electronic sound-video improvisation group, GANGAN ENSEMBLE with special guest TAIWANESE free jazz PIPA virtuoso, CHAO-YUN LOU perform an HOUR-LONG improvisatory sound-video experiment:
"EARTH NOISE WATER MEAT"
Digital and Acoustic KUNG FU.

GANGAN ENSEMBLE is Caliph8 (mpc, fx, turntables), Malek Lopez (laptop), Tad Ermitano (live video), Tengal (live electronics, objects)

The Gangan Ensemble is loosely composed of improvisers who work on both sound and moving image and was created to explore the intricately different kinds of interaction and ways of harnessing sound/energy/musicianship alongside moving images. The evolving participation involves a variety of video-performance artists to electro-acoustic musicians hailing from the Philippines, Singapore, USA, Germany, Australia, UK, Slovenia, France, Malaysia, and Indonesia since its incarnation in 2007. The ensemble has performed in various countries in South East Asia, notably in NCCA's Sinemusikalye in Manila, in Choppa 2008 in Singapore, in the Cellsbutton Media Art Festival in Indonesia (2008-2009), as Transmissions Gangan with electro-acoustic composer Chris Brown (2009), in Kinozvočenja in Ljubljana, Slovenia (2009), and at Upgrade! Paris in Ars Longa, Paris (2010).

It was founded by intermedia artist Tengal with video artist Tad Ermitano.

CHAO-YUN LOU is the only PIPA (traditional Chinese guitar lute) player who plays traditional music to free jazz improvisation and experimental avant-garde in the contemporary music world. She is Taiwan’s famous professional Pipa Soloist/improviser, Luo Chao-yun, is a virtuoso performer on the Chinese traditional string instrument----“PIPA”. She received the master's degree in Pipa performance at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. Luo Chao-yun has performed recitals, concertos with orchestra, multimedia-performances, improvisation performances, embassy concerts,and etc. in Beijing( many times), Malaysia(2 times), Singapore, Portugal, Pakistan, Nepal, Costa Rica(2 times), Italy, USA(3 times), UK(3 times), the Netherlands(2 times), Brazil, Bulgaria, Japan, North Cyprus, Indonesia, and etc. She also has master class, and lectures in these countries, too.
http://www.myspace.com/pipawoman

ALSO right after B-SIDE presents performances by:

COSMIC LOVE
JAM SESSIONS with ALLEN UMALI, FRITZ and EL TERRIBLE MANCIO

THIS IS A FREE EVENT!