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low indigo – astoria – dec 05 2009

eightprime — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:35:07 +0000

Speakerbruiser and Math Rosen were both very, very good at the Astoria last night. There was a dude who played between their sets who was also awesome – big, spacious, fuzzy bangers. very very nice.

The wiring at the Astoria maybe leaves something to be desired – powerbars plugged into powerbars plugged into powerbars…eek. We managed to blow the main breaker for everything past the pool tables and had to sacrifice a projector to reduce power draw, alas. But the place sounded brilliant.

Met some new people and saw some folks I hadn’t seen in a while. Also climbed around the ceiling. Good times.

Low Indigo is irregular, ongoing and highly recommended.

walking with large animals

eightprime — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:10:55 +0000

For the past several weeks SWARM has been conducting a series of experimental sessions with an unusual collection of objects. Unusual even by our standards – which is saying something. The centrepiece has been a variant setup of Bill’s Strange Fruit tower assemblage. We’ve altered the configuration of instruments and added more contact microphones. The tower mics all run through a little 8 channel mixer which runs to the main board and through a set of powered monitors. We’re also using two sets of large cans, an assortment of pvc drums, a portable suitcase sized xylophone and a set of tuned tanks (of the sort used for holding pressurized gasses). Also rototoms, and at one point the floor.

This is the first release of that undertaking. Next week there will be video.

Walking With Large Animals

We encourage very much the disassembly, reconstruction, dismemberment, recontextualization and subversion of this work.

SWARM activity

eightprime — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:08:56 +0000

On October 17th SWARM played a second Work Less Party party at the Japanese hall to an enthusiastic audience. The show was a variation on the full-scale multimedia performance we put together for Shambhala back in August. We scaled back a couple of aspects and put together some new material to keep things fresh and – despite the inevitable technical difficulties – things came together nicely.

We’re currently working on a show with a smaller footprint so we can expand the range of venues which can accommodate our show. The new instrumentation (including a handmade cylindrical stand-up bass!) and modified electronics will provide fresh ground for developing the repertoire.

The next public show is winter solstice in Cumberland, on Vancouver Island, December 21. I’ll put up more info as it becomes available.