sonic mind fields' blow out sale! featured items

Monlee & Roxlee's Cesar Asar in the Planet of the Noses
Roxlee’s 1st graphic novel. Published by Khavn dela Cruz of .MOV International Film Festival. Format: Trade paperback
Condition: brand new
Size: 8.0"x10.0"Pages: 102pp, 2008 edition
1 copy only
Price: 500.00 pesos only

RE/Search #4/5:W.S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin, Throbbing Gristle
8 1/2 x 11" 100 pp, 58 photos & illustrations
Collector's item/ 1 copy only
Sale Price Php 450.00
Amazon collectible price above 2,000.00
Save at least 1,000.00 pesos

William Burroughs, Brion Gysin & Throbbing Gristle talk about advanced ideas involving the social control process, creativity and the future. Interviews, scarce fiction, essays: this is a manual of ideas and insights. Strikingly designed, with rare photos, bibliographies, discographies, chronologies & illustrations.Reviews:"Interviews with pioneering cut-up artists William S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin and Throbbing Gristle . . . proposes a ground-breaking, radical cultural agenda for the '80s and '90s."Jon Savage, London Observer

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All books available at sonic mind fields inside Espasyo Siningdikato creatiVEnue/artists' space. Espasyo Siningdikato is located at Block 11 Lot 9 Congressional Road, Bgy. Sta.Fe Dasmariñas, Cavite near DLSU-Dasma, infront of Danphil. 6 to 9 pm.

Feel free to e-mail sonicmindfields@gmail.com for reservations (5 days only)

Part of the proceeds will be donated to Espasyo artists' space. Support your loca art community.

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
To check out more photos visit the site of EXIST here
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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!

Adbokasiya at Sining, Lasallian Festival 2010, DLSU-Dasma

Photos from Adbokasiya at Sining, DLSU-Dasma, January 17, 2010, courtesy of Abet Perez Esguerra. Sound performances by Elemento, Lakbay Lahi, Washing MAchine, Double Burner and Microwavves. Heartfelt thanks to all the DLSU students, faculty members and the entire DLSU-Dasmariñas for supporting the booth of Espasyo Siningdikato creatiVEnue, ANIKcessories and Sonic Mind Fields during the Lasallian Festival 2010. Thank you very much also to Erick Calilan (Ugong), Chef Orvin, Gilbert, Ma’am Mean, Lirio Salvador, Heidi Sarno, Abet Perez Esguerra, Jonjie Ayson, Jon Romero, Ivan, Cha, Joan, Erich, Jen, Ros Veluz, Dok, Martin, all the performers, visual and sound artists, Elemento, Lakbay Lahi, Washing Machine, Double Burner, Microwavves and Experimentation in Sound Art Tradition. Cheers!

Lakbay Lahi

Ros Veluz and fellow artist

Chef Ivan and Chef Orvin of Double Burner

Jeanilyn Kwan + Erich Diololoa of Microwavves

Erick Calilan inside the booth of Espasyo, ANIKcessories and Sonic Mind Fields

Joan, Cha and mais con yelo.

Lirio Salvador & Jonjie Ayson of Elemento

Lirio Salvador & Jon Romero of Elemento

Elemento's Sandata! Sound art and books!

Espasyo in Philippine Daily Inquirer

Espasyo is featured in today’s issue of Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 14. Please check out page 10 if you have a copy. You may also check out the online version, just click the link below. Thanks!

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Inquirer Southern Luzon
Struggling artists finally find their space

By Maricar Cinco
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 20:18:00 01/13/2010

Filed Under: Youth, Culture (general), Arts (general)

FROM THEIR FRIENDS’ homes to Manila’s streets, these young, struggling artists have finally landed on a place of their own to showcase their craft at their liberty.

“Espasyo” (Space) is how they call a 50-square-meter room in an obscure spot in the newly created first-class city of Dasmariñas in Cavite, which they have turned into an amateur artist-run gallery.

To read more, click ->http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/regions/view/20100113-247156/Struggling-artists-finally-find-their-space

Sonic Mind Fields' Featured Video

Here is a kiddy and fun experimental electronic music for everyone. Enjoy!

Few Breed of Sounds

Photos from Few Breed of Sounds, a sonic art and visuals show at Espasyo Siningdikato creatiVEnue on December 29, 2009, featuring Maggot Breeder (from Canada), Firefly Logic, Marlon Magbanua, Washing Machine, Jeanilyn Kwan + Erich Diolola and Elemento.

The show was presented by E.X.I.S.T. and Sonic Mind Fields in cooperation with Espasyo Siningdikato creatiVEnue.


Espasyo!

Gilbert of Washing Machine...

Stan of Wahing Machine...

Firefly Logic doing an improv ambient set

Visuals by Erick Calilan a.k.a. Ugong

Maggot Breeder

Marlon Magbanua

Elemento (Lirio Salvador, Jonjie Ayson & Gilbert Sanchez)

Lirio Salvador's Sandata

Firefly Logic

Photos are courtesy of Rueul Ordonez and Arth Ayson.

Thanks everyone! It was fun! See you on the next Few Breed of Sounds!

For more pictures, check out the photo and video documentation by Erick Calilan on the E.X.I.S.T. website. Visit http://soundartmovementexist.blogspot.com