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Two 2nd Saturday shows TONIGHT!
Resynthesize and I will be performing tonight in Midtown Sacramento at the 2nd Saturday art walk, at two different venues! alongside Psylence and Dirt.
FIRST: I will be dropping fresh beat at the Stilldream art show at:
Bonehead Tattoo
( 1017 24th St)6pm
SECOND: Doing it again at Kristen Hoard‘s art show at:
The Sacramento Art Complex
(April 11th 2nd Saturday 6-10pm 2110 K. Street) @ 8pm.
Kristen will be showing some new fire art pieces and there will be over 20 artists showing work as well! Please come out for a great night to kickoff spring! Also come see the wonderful SN&R newstands that many of the artists of the SAC have decorated. Several of the artists at the Sacramento Art Complex have been decorated SN&R Newstands for a couple of weeks and now they are all done! Soon they will be placed around midtown!
Tomorrow Night at Silk!
Looks like we got the crew together again to shatter your braindrums! I’ve been putting together a thumpin new set for this all week too. I’m on from 9:30 to 10:30 with Tha Fruitbat, Phokus, Resynthesize, Psylence, and Dirt! You don’t want to miss this rare performance by bay area whompstars and hometown heroes combined!
1011 Del Paso Blvd Sacramento, CA 95815
$5 before 10:30, $10 after…
Live art and visuals by Goren the Robot, Wes Rodriguez and Mr. Fuel
Here For Now (almost here!)
Music – Complete!
Album Art – Complete!
Mastering – (almost there!)
Friends… I am deeply deeply deeply satisfied with how this whole thing has played out.
Historically, I have had a hard time finishing personal projects… but as I’ve matured I have discovered new heights of patience, focus, and dedication. The last few tracks are off being mastered, and already this is the THE most complete production that has ever sprung from my brain. Nothing was rushed or compromised… but somehow I managed to avoid falling victim to my own ADD nature. For the first time, I have nitpicked the shit out of every detail of something, (from the music to the message to the album art) for years and actually finished what I started. I am still sort of shocked, to be honest.
I’ve spent virtually every free moment for the past 2 years working on this thing… and now that it’s over, I’m not quite sure what to do with myself.
Oh and did I tell you that it’s coming out on Muti? (www.mutimusic.com)
I couldn’t be happier about that. =) <– beaming swami
Only a few more weeks until the official release! Stay tuned… and thanks for all the love, support, and inspiration!
~S
Flaming Lotus Girls Fundraiser TONIGHT!
Hey All,
If you haven’t heard already, the Ambient Mafia is teaming up with Evil Breaks to help throw a fundraiser for the Flaming Lotus Girls. They’re totally destitute because of their last Burning Man project, Mutopia.
This is TONIGHT (Friday). The party is at an awesome spot in the East Bay. If you get there early, we’re only asking for a donation. By the way, we predict the party will be at capacity by MIDNIGHT. So yeah, get a presale or get there early!
Actual Rafiq and Redstickman will be starting out the night in the gallery room at 7pm.
The Ambient Mafia will be bringing the chill in the outdoor lounge starting at 9pm.
Yours truly will be on from 12:30-1:30 with some crunchy dubsteppy hip-hoppy haw-flakes
Come by early, save some $$ at the door, and enjoy the art. The event WILL sell out, so either get your presales or come early!
Hope you can make it – we’d love to see you!
http://www.flaminglotus.com/party.html
Flaming Lotus Girls and Evil Breaks Presents:
In The Red!
Gallery Show and late night fundraiser.
Friday December 5th 2009, East Bay Location
7pm Gallery Show and Cocktail Party
10pm-6am Party!
$15 door, $10 presales and before 11.pm
Info line for address: 415.963.3555. Presales Tickets here
Line Up:
Fine Cut Bodies- Budapest
(Chi Recordings/Record Records/Moving Target/FineCutBodies.com)
Aaron Jae (Evil Breaks, Space Cowboys) Vs BAM (Evil Breaks) vs MOD (Evil Breaks)
Mozaic (Raindance/Nexus)
Syd Gris (Opel, Opulent Temple)
JD (False Profit)
Robb Green (Shameless)
Ernie Trevino (Space Cowboys)
U9lift (Ben Maybe/House of Lotus/Additech)
Cumulus (Word-of-Mouth/SF)
Lotus Drops (Street Ritual)
Siren (Space Island/SF)
Chillout door area courtesy of Ambient Mafia
MC Boomerang Fidget (Live/Hatfyr)
SeventhSwami (Escape Artists/Want It/Stilldream)
Redstick Man (FNF)
Peek (Below Zero)
Shane (FNF)
Harken vs Hallucid (The lag/Butterzone)
Drop (Butterzone)
Stilldream vids and pics
unf-ckingreal.
That was such a superb weekend i might have gotten a little emotional about it… if i wasn’t so damn exhausted from 3 solid days of busting ass (while drinking).
Despite a little snag on friday night with a neighbor calling in a noise-complaint… at first i thought we were fucked. They determined that our stage, being closest and pointed right at them, was the cause so our stage was shut down at around 2am. But in an impressive demonstration of positivity and ingenuity, we made the decision to move our sound system to the pool on the opposite end of the property and call it a pool party! Everyone was on board with this idea and we waited until we finally got the go-ahead to start moving stuff… Eugene rallied up 15 party-goers to help CARRY THE GEODESIC DOME that once covered our stage and they set it up as a shaded lounge area next to our poolside booth.
BBQ was served right on time, sunset finally arrived, and i lit up the fire art that I got from Kristen Hoard (kristenhoard.com) and much to my surprise, someone else made 4 large fire burning pedestals and lined the back of our stage with it. It felt like a pool party on the playa. The energy kicked ass for the rest of the weekend and I am still in awe of how everyone pulled together to make our little party the funnest time i’ve had at a campout in a long time! I could not have asked for a better situation!
i’m posting links to the videos and photos i took below… if you have any also, please share!
Vids:
Chilldream Stage, take 1 (forest):
www.youtube.com/watch
Moving the Stage:
www.youtube.com/watch
Chilldream Stage, take 2 (Poolside):
www.youtube.com/watch
www.youtube.com/watch
www.youtube.com/watch
Musiks and Contact Improv @ Sera Phi Tonight!!!
I’m gonna try to get there before so i can check out the contact improv workshoppy… i have always wanted to try that…
Come for the dance.. stay for teh swami. =)
Connectivate
Friday, April 18th, 9pm – 5am (at least)
Entry $15 – $25 Sliding Scale
2829 California Street
Word of Mouth is proud to announce Connectivate, a collaborative benefit to aid Jamie Luv’s community building and reproductive health project for orphans in Ghana, Africa.
Connectivate will be located at Sera Phi, a fascinating new venue in the San Francisco underground community. Sera Phi is a multi disciplinary experiment aimed at redefining the synergy, between self- healing culture and the creative arts.
The evening will be divided between 3 rooms of gathering and celebration, plus an outside area featuring live fire performance.
Room 1 – Hosted by Sera Studious –
www.sera-studios.com/services.html
An original and innovate dance floor composed of 14 subwoofers and 4 raised speakers in each corner of the ceiling. A unique dance experience you need to feel, to believe.
Room 1 Schedule:
10pm – Eye gazing workshop: Experimentation in the exhilarating and subtle art of connection to the other.
11pm- Contact Improvisation: Experimentation in playful, partnered dance.
Performers
11:30pm- Syd Gris (Opel Productions)
www.opelproductions.com/archiv…064.php
1am – Seventh Swami – (Ambient Mafia)
www.myspace.com/seventhswami
2am – Genji – (WoM, LAB) profile.myspace.com/index.cfm <profile.myspace.com/index.cfm
3am – Cumulus – (WoM, LAB) people.tribe.net/samiam805
4am – Mino – (MK2 Systems) mk2systems.com/memekast/mk021
Room 2 – Hosted by Sera Lounge www.seralounge.com/
Enjoy super food libations and the company of others over delicious conversation and energizing elixirs.
Room 3 – Hosted by Word of Mouth – www.womsound.com <www.womsound.com/>
Bay Area talent brought to you in a black light den of dance.
Room 3 Schedule
9pm – DJ Faith
10pm – Niles (MK2 Systems) mk2systems.com/memekast/mk017
11pm – DJ Free
12pm – The Spit Brothers www.myspace.com/thespitbrothers
1am – Outersect www.outersect.net/
2am – Space Invader (MK2 Systems) mk2systems.com/memekast/mk022
3am – Unagi (WoM) profile.myspace.com/index.cfm <profile.myspace.com/index.cfm
4am – Eugene Steele (WoM) people.tribe.net/djeeno
Seraphi Center
2829 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
Entry $15 – $25 Sliding Scale
Yuri’s Night 2008
Calling all cosmonauts, inventors, dreamers, and explorers…
tickets for Yuri’s Night Bay Area 2008
are now on sale!
2PM–2AM SATURDAY 12 APRIL 2008
NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER, MOFFETT FIELD, CA
$40 online, $50 at the door
VIP tickets $200
Tickets are available at www.ynba.org
Once a year in over a hundred places all over the world, Yuri’s Night commemorates the anniversary of the launch of the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin.
This year the San Francisco Bay Area will be home to the largest Yuri’s Night celebration ever. At the NASA Ames Research Center over 8,000 people will join scientists, musicians, and artists to learn, celebrate, and pay tribute to our global space heritage; and to celebrate the anniversaries of the first human spaceflight and the first space shuttle mission. Yuri’s Night Bay Area 2008 is a one-of-a-kind local community event: a perfect fusion of celebration and tribute, technology expo, Maker Faire, art exhibition, and music festival; all rolled into one.
Yuri’s Night Speakers
Come and be inspired by amazing talks by NASA scientists and other pioneers in space exploration and radical technology, and keep your minds moving through the event with our brand-new Festival of Ideas!
Here are some of this year’s speakers to whet your appetite:
World-renowned video game designer Will Wright, creator of SimCity, SimEarth, The Sims, and many other games, including his exciting upcoming game of life, evolution, and exploration, Spore
NASA astrobiologist Jonathan Trent, leader of the new NASA G.R.E.E.N. team for green technology research
Saul Griffith, an MIT-trained mad scientist and founder of one of the most innovative green power companies today, Makani Power
Remarks by Stewart Brand, a founder of The Long Now Foundation and creator of the Whole Earth Catalog
… and many more!
Yuri’s Night Music
This year we are expanding our musical offerings to include TWO FULL STAGES, which means more performers and more variety. Artists from a wide array of musical traditions will be playing all day long. Check the schedule for details.
Electronic music by:
Amon Tobin (Ninja Tune, Montreal)
A special twilight downtempo set by Tipper (HI)
John Tejada (LA/palette recordings): live set
Lusine (Ghostly Intl., Seattle): live set
Scuba (Hotflush Recordings, UK)
Digitonal vs. Posthuman (UK): with live violin
… and many more!
Live vocal and instrumental music by:
Telstar (Featuring: Phil Lesh, Steve Molitz, & John Molo)
Freezepop (Rykodisc, Boston): indie synthpop / new wave
Particle (LA): free-wheelin’ space grooves
BLVD w/ Souleye (LA): hip-hop flavored jam shred
Zoë Keating: avant garde looping cello
… and many more!
Other Highlights
A technology showcase featuring leading Bay Area alternative energy companies including SolFocus, Wrightspeed, The California Cars Initiative, and Tesla Motors.
Dozens of art and science installations spanning everything from NASA Lunar Research Robots to the unveiling of the newest sculptures by Michael Christian the Flaming Lotus Girls.
Live performances of all kinds, from dance and acrobatics by Capacitor (San Francisco’s ground-breaking interdisciplinary dance company) to aerial demonstrations featuring Yuri-Gagarin-era Aerobatic Aircraft.
…and much, much more!
Check out www.ynba.org for all of the details.
2008 VIP Information
The VIP area will feature a quiet indoor lounge overlooking the hangar, in addition to a heated tent providing easy access to the rest of the event; both will be excellent for small business meetings and networking. The VIPs will also have private demonstrations from several of the technology exposition participants about current and future technologies and projects.
The VIP package is fully catered and includes food and drinks throughout the day in addition to a dinnertime meal. Discounted hotel accommodations may be available for out-of-town VIPs. VIP tickets are onsale now for $200.
Equity, TONIGHT! — Yuri’s Night, THIS SATURDAY!
Just a quick heads up… I will be performing at two different events this week, and unveiling two new tracks to the public ear… If you have nothing else going on, swing on by!
***TONIGHT***
EQUITY @ IL PIRATA
2007 16th St, SF.
5:30pm-9:30pm
– Swami from 7:30-9:30pm –
www.false-profit.com/2008/04/09/equity/
***SATURDAY (4-12-08)***
YURI’S NIGHT @ NASA-AMES RESEARCH CENTER
Moffett Field, CA.
2:00pm-2:00am
– Swami from 6-7pm –
www.ynba.org/2008/
Younger Brother: The Last Days of Gravity
One of the absolute greatest joys in my life is to hear a simon posford production for the very first time. This album is every bit as genre-bending and incredible and satisfying-to-my-bored-ears as i hoped it would be.
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