I’ve been a member of Neato Torpedo since around 2001 or 2002.Β We’re an improvisational electronic group mixing humor with surrealism. Come check out our musique concrete interpretations of Michael Jackson at a benefit forΒ Art Damage.
The following transmission from local hero John Rich has the details:
Summer shows at the Art Damage Lodge are piling up! Here’s what’s going down this weekend and early next.
August 6th and 7th- ART DAMAGE LODGE BENEFIT! Two nights of damaged covers!,
August 10th- Electro-acoustic improv-noise duo BASSHATERS (members of Ettrick, Caroliner, ex-Flying Luttenbachers)
August 11th- Cello/voice and percussion improv duo KAMAMA (Audrey Chen+Luca Marini)
Got the ACs pumping, come hang and get weird!
Scroll down for much much more information!
Friday, August 6th and Saturday, August 7th
ART DAMAGE LODGE BENEFIT
Two nights of Damaged Covers!
We asked local experimental performers to pick a band and cover or reinterpret some of their songs resulting in…
FRIDAY, AUGUST 6th
NEATO TORPEDO as MICHAEL JACKSON
– electronics and Michael Jackson. can’t go wrong
1913 FLOOD COLLECTIVE as THROBBING GRISTLE
– Dayton supergroup take on legendary Industrial pioneers
IOVAE performing STEVE REICH‘s “It’s Gonna Rain”
– IOVAE takes on one of Reich’s classic early compositions
WASTELAND JAZZ UNIT performing LES RALLIZES DENUDES- “Night of the Assassins”
– Jazz dudes take on Japanese psych legends
JUNK THOUGHT as RENALDO AND THE LOAF
– Stipe Light crew take on Ralph Records weirdos
SATURDAY, AUGUST 7th
UNCLE DAVE LEWIS as ARTIE MATTHEWS
– Cincinnati/Art Damage Legend takes on ragtime jazz Cincinnatian
REALICIDE as CRASS
– digital hardcore crew in an expanded lineup take on anarcho punk legends
GORDY HORN performing THROBBING GRISTLE‘s “Discipline”
– jazz weirdos take on a TG hellstorm
HEARTS OF PALM w/ NEBULA GIRL & MARK MILANO as early THE RESIDENTS
– Cincinnati supergroup take on legendary surrealist weirdos
PETE FOSCO/CHRIS ADAMS as SPACEMEN 3 playing “Suicide”
– guitar duo takes on space rock legends’ spaced out tribute song
Each night-
doors- 9pm/show-9:30pm
all ages
$5
Also just a heads up, Nebula Girl has been nice enough to make Art Damage Lodge T-shirts and hoodies for us so bring some extra dough if you wanna pick one up from her.
Also, in case you haven’t heard the Lodge building has been sold to a new owner so we are getting booted in January which means we are in the process of finding and relocating to a new building so please come show your support and help us keep things alive.
Art Damage Lodge
4120 Hamilton Ave.
3rd floor
Cincinnati, OH
45223
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 10th
BASSHATERS (from San Francisco)
http://www.myspace.com/basshaters
Tony Dryer (ex-Flying Luttenbachers, Caroliner)- double bass, electronics
http://www.myspace.com/tonydryerbass
Jacob Felix Heule (member of Ettrick, Caroliner)- drum set, electronics
http://www.myspace.com/jacobfelix
Basshaters is a duo using double bass, drum set, and electronics to integrate acoustic free improv and electronic noise. Striving to match the fluidity of their textural acoustic music, electronics expand the timbral and dynamic options to new extremes. The duo seeks directness and intensity in execution; subtleties emerge from the bold statement of simple ideas.
DEVELOPER (from Dayton)
one more tba
9pm / $5 / all ages
Art Damage Lodge
4120 Hamilton Ave.
3rd floor
Cincinnati, OH
45223
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11th
KAMAMA
http://www.myspace.com/audreychen
AUDREY CHEN (Baltimore, MD) β cello, voice, electronics
LUCA MARINI (New York, NY) β drums, percussion
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KAMAMA in Cherokee means both elephant and butterfly. There is no overlap in meaning other than the supposed resemblance of the long trunk and flapping ears to the proboscis and wings of that insect. This duo loosely embodies elements of this kind of disparate pairing. Chen and Marini combine the raw energies resultant from and continuously growing out of their respective histories and experiences. Since their first encounter early this year in 2010, they have been forming a new language which steadily deepens, evolves, converges and exposes their inherent similarities and striking differences. It is ecstatic music; it is contrary music; and at times they depart completely from one another as two distinct creatures, but then are drawn back into the fold of an undeniable tenderness and comprehension.
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AUDREY CHEN is a Chinese-American musician who was born into a family of material scientists, doctors and engineers, outside of Chicago in 1976. Parting ways with the family convention, she turned to the cello at age 8 and voice at 11. After years of classical and conservatory training in both instruments, with a resulting specialization in early and new music, she parted ways again in 2003 to begin new negotiations with sound in order to discover a more individually honest aesthetic.
Now, using the cello, voice and analog electronics, Chenβs work delves deeply into her own version of narrative and non-linear storytelling. A large component of her music is improvised and her approach to this is extremely personal and visceral. Her playing explores the combination and layering of a homemade analog synthesizer, preparations and traditional and extended techniques in both the voice and cello. She works to join these elements into a singular ecstatic personal language.
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LUCA MARINI is a German/Italian drummer who mostly grew up in France and is now based in New York. After studying jazz and improvised music at various conservatories and music colleges in Europe and North America, he developed his own language and approach to percussion while living in Berlin.
FRACTAL FRACTAL
JON LORENZ
9pm / $5 / all ages
Art Damage Lodge
4120 Hamilton Ave.
3rd floor
Cincinnati, OH
45223
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UPCOMING ART DAMAGE EVENTS-
August 18th- Noveller, unFact (David Wm Sims of Jesus Lizard/Scratch Acid), Mike Shiflet, Early Tunnels @ Art Damage Lodge
August 24th- Pedestrian Deposit @ Art Damage Lodge
September 5th- Spykes @ Art Damage Lodge
September 8th- Jon Mueller @ Art Damage Lodge
As always, much more stuff in the works!
