Andrew W.K., Deradoorian (Dirty Projectors) and more!

FOR THE MOUSTACHE YOU LOVE:
Andrew W.K. (solo piano set), Mon Khmer, Roadside Graves, Deradoorian
Monday May 3rd, 2010
7:00 PM 18+
TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE

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ANDREW W.K.
The recent wave of interviews, articles, and even a town hall-style meeting, was an attempt by Andrew W.K. to combat the bizarre controversies and conspiracy theories that surrounded his identity. But ultimately, nothing has proven more effective to certify his authenticity than his recent critically lauded and explosive musical performances. Shortly before returning to full-ensemble rock shows and the US release of his “lost third album” Close Calls With Brick Walls, he turned heads with 55 Cadillac, an LP of improvised solo piano performance released on Thurston Moore’s Ecstatic Peace label. Dynamic, diverse and technically flawless, the album is the product of a lifetime’s mastery of the instrument and an anthemic aesthetic that made Andrew W.K. an international superstar. After a string of highly publicized SXSW shows, he will be returning to the solo instrumental format at Santos Party House.

MON KHMER
The Berklee-trained quintet Mon Khmer create ethereal, groove-based and layered indie rock without the effects overdoses and computer-generated “lo-fi” sounds that are dominating the scene. Despite bucking the trends, they have earned praise from BrooklynVegan, Stylecaster, Dummymag (UK) and The L Magazine, who calls them “heavy and dense, but in the best possible way - you can pick up something different with each listen.” Their harmonized guitar riffs tumble into space-age synths and pulsing drums that maintain danceable, head-nodding rhythms.

ROADSIDE GRAVES
For Roadside Graves, art imitates death. The theme of mortality rules the lyrics of John Gleason, whose seven-piece ensemble includes a farfisa and banjo and features a heavy, country fried twang and gospel harmonies. Of their 2009 LP My Son’s Home, Pitchork says, “There are moments of haunting, fragile stillness here...Perhaps most admirably of all, the Roadside Graves excel at the brave and difficult paradox of suffusing death with life, injecting vivacity and humor into their reflections on mortality.”

DERADORIAN
As the bassist for the Dirty Projectors, Angel Deradoorian has already earned a reputation for clever, unsettling pop music. Her psychedelic side project is a foray into the dark side, buoyed by instrumentalism in the realms of folk and electronica, capped with a vocal range that easily slides from subdued to booming.

Faith and The Muse tomorrow!

Faith and The Muse with Weep and DJ Scary Lady Sarah
Friday - April 23, 2010
7:00 PM 18+
TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE

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FAITH AND THE MUSE
Monica Richards and Williams Faith were each holding down spots in seminal underground troupes. The former was the fiery vocalist of harDcore mainstay Strange Boutique, and the latter a multi-instrumental polymath holding down the guitars for goth-prog superstars Shadow Project. When the two shared a bill in 1993, they found each other to be kindred spirits, sharing a passion for elevating the mystical and transcendental aspects of rock music and darkwave. The two began the longtime collaboration Faith And The Muse, a pan-epochal excursion into dark, tribal, ethnic and electronic sound. The profound diversity of FatM’s catalog is its most distinguishing characteristic, with some songs resembling heavy metal and others resembling celtic dirges. They have also taken to acoustic performance, with heavy neo-classical overtones. 2009’s Ankoku Butoh (The Mercy Ground) borrows its lyrical and musical themes heavily from Japanese Shinto culture. 17 years and countless styles in the making, the duo has kept true to their stated vision: “Faith And The Muse's purpose is clear. While sequestering us inside the mythical and mystical environment of their Otherworldly music, they bring to light the real elements that are true within all of us: a quiet and perfect human connection that has guided our hearts throughout history, yet in this world, is commonly lost.”

WEEP
What’s not to like about a new wave group with a sense of humor? Weep is the magnetic mixture of 80’s post-punk and modern shoegaze to please the goth, with a proto-punk sneer that lends levity and danceability to their airy arrangements (which include a Rihanna cover). Keep your eye on these guys – they belong to their art and it shows.

Hosting the night and providing the spins is Berlin’s own dark music goddess DJ Scary Lady Sarah.

Musicka Mystica Maxima Festival - John Zorn & Bill Laswell, Genesis P-Orridge, Daniel Higgs, Nautical Almanac, Larkin Grimm + more 9/21-9/22

MUSICKA MYSTICA MAXIMA FESTIVAL
SEPTEMBER 21-22, 2009
SANTOS PARTY HOUSE
96 Lafayette St
New York, NY 10013
TWO DAY PASSES HERE
Doors at 7pm both dates



Musicka Mystica Maxima festival presented by Ordo Templi Orientis U.S.A.

Two nights of Musick made by practicing magicians or practicing musicians who's work celebrates the Magical lifestyle, as well public performances of Ceremonial and other Magick ritual.

9/21 DAY ONE – TICKETS
GENESIS BREYER P-ORRDIGE with THEE MAJESTY (Bryin Dall & Morrison Edley)

Singer, multi-instrumentalist, spoken work artist and philosopher Genesis Breyer P-Orridge has been one of the most recognizable figures of fringe music since the the 70’s. She is a core member of industrial noise pioneer band Throbbing Gristle, as well as the punk wave outfit Psychic TV and now Thee Majesty, the ensemble that combines punk, noise and P-Orridge’s spoken word contributions.
Genesis Breyer P-Orridge homepage

AMBER ASYLUM
Kris Force unites with various allies in the gothic world (members of Neurosis, Hammers of Misfortune, Weakling and Giant Squid), to create a symphonic ambience that is misanthropically dark. Driven by cello and violin as well as haunting vocals, the music is a folkloric take on neoclassical post rock.
Amber Asylum on Myspace

ARRINGTON DE DIONYSO
A sound sculptor who has a particular mastery of the woodwinds and human larynx, Arrington de Dionyso’s manifests multiple eccentric concepts and frameworks for improvisation. His main tools are jagged assaults at free jazz instrumentation, twisted throat singing and a combination of the two. He liberally incorporates avant garde dancing, homespun instruments and props.
Arrington de Dionyso on Myspace

LARKIN GRIMM
The Applachian daughter of cult-member parents creates music that is rife with psychic energy and the urge to return to the primal. Deftly picked strings that invoke the tambours of country folk mixing with a haunting vocal and the incursion of chillingly dark electronic sounds are the hallmarks of her sound.
Larkin Grimm on Myspace

NAUTICAL ALMANAC

Currently waving the banner for Baltimore noise is the duo Twig Harper and Carly Ptak, both visual artists and the taylors of electronic contraptions and music that’s about as horrifically uplifting as can make sense. They create experimental noise that nods to metal, minimal techno, jazz and punk. No strangers to concept either, their ’98 album Rooting for Microbes employed no electricity in the creation of sound. They have collaborated with Andrew W.K., Wolf Eyes, Nate Young and more.
Harper and Ptak Homepage

DAY TWO –TICKETS
MONICA RICHARDS (of Faith and the Muse)Poet, painter and philosopher Monica Richards just happens to be a punk veteran from the DC wells from which sprang Bad Brains and Minor Threat. In the early 90’s her notoriety grew with Faith and the Muse, her duo project with William Faith, which incorporated her punk roots along with electronic music, experimentalism, jazz, art music, folk along with the songwriting sensibilities of pop. Her solo music continues in this direction, with a tendency towards the multi-media.
Monica Richards homepage

4TH SIGN OF THE APOCALYPSE
By using no wave post rock as a foundation, 4Th Sign of the Apocalypse inhabits the realm of stark experimentalism. The portentous sound of grooves bereft of vapid joy and unconventional instrumentation results in a sound that uses the power of uncertainty to fill in the space.
4th Sign of the Apocalypse homepage

DANIEL HIGGS

Daniel Higgs, formerly of Reptile House and the post-punk pioneers Lungfish, has become a cult figure for spiritually jarring folk music. His pulsing riffs on his long-neck banjo invoke the stark loneliness of Americana and the ethereality of East Asia.
Daniel Higgs homepage

SPIRES THAT IN THE SUNET RISE
Airy and atmospheric, Spires that in the Sunset Rise are pagan folk with an experimental attitude. Creatively arranged and esoteric instrumentation features harps, harmoniums, strings of all kinds, xyolophones, mbiras, spike fiddles and more.
Spires That In The Sunset Rise homepage

JOHN ZORN & BILL LASWELL
Both originators of free and experimental jazz since the mid-70’s, Zorn and Laswell are improvisational legends in multiple sects of sub-culture. Each with foundations in jazz music (Zorn on woodwinds and Laswell on bass ), their ensemble performances often include brilliant compositions and structures in which improvisation can flourish. They regularly collaborate with each other and have also worked with Lou Reed, Anthony Braxton, Mike Patton, Serj Tankian, Motorhead, White Zombie, Fred Firth, Iggy Pop, Kronos Quartet, Herbie Hancock and Derek Bailey.
John Zorn homepage
Bill Laswell homepage