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TONIGHT At High Mayhem: Cyborg Drum Show
by High Mayhem Newsletter 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

[image: High Mayhem] *Cyborg Drum Show * *with Jeff Sussman, Cory Flanigan, and iNK oN pAPER* *Wednesday, July 25* *Doors open at 7:30pm; Show begins at 8pm* ** *$10 suggested single-day membership* *All ages* * * Show features 3 drummers pushing the limits of technology and composition. All drummers play a hybridized drums combining acoustic and electronic sounds. *Cory Flanigan* I was frustrated. After almost 2 decades of playing in bands stretching from Peoria to Beverly Hills, music was still not rewarding me the way that I hoped it would when I first picked up the drum sticks at the age of 6. I yearned for more independence and control over my musical destiny. I consulted with a friend of mine (a bandmate who had become consumed with manufacturing boutique analogue synthesizers) who suggested the Alternate Mode controllers and some synthesizers as a solution to my problem. After some fortunate gifts and horse-trading, I was able to work my way into a TrapKAT and a Korg RADIAS. My system grew as I spent months camped out in my friend’s electronic music studio learning everything I could about the technology. Now I can push into new venues with this hybrid drum kit, playing both acoustic drums and triggering synthesizers through the TrapKAT and the DrumKAT. I love the power and beauty of acoustic drums and cymbals and the new soundworlds possible with samples and synthesis. www.coryflanigan.com <http://www.coryflanigan.com/> *Jeff Sussmann* Percussionist Jeff Sussmann has been playing for over 40 years and teaching for over 30. His background includes working with numerous groups and songwriters playing rock, jazz, fusion, folk, blues, country, R&B, flamenco, latin, brazilian, world beat, trance, midi percussion and programs, orchestra, percussion ensemble, modern dance and musical theatre. He has recorded with Michael Stearns, Eric Darling – “Border Town at Midnight”, Krishna Dass – “Pilgrim Heart”, Ottmar Liebert – “Nouveau Flamenco”, Tulku – “Season of Souls”, and ThaMuseMeant- “Live at Tha Mineshaft Tavern”, “Breakfast Epiphanies”, “Sweet Things” and “Grow your Own”. He has studied drumming and percussion with Paul Wertico (Pat Metheny) and Christopher Shultis (U. of New Mexico). He is co-founder and co–producer of “The Drum is the Voice of the Trees” drumming and percussion festival, held on an occasional basis in Santa Fe since 1992. He taught percussion at The College of Santa Fe, and now teaches privately. What I see as my small contribution to the future of drumming is utilizing the heels to play multiple pedals with the feet. I do this in both acoustic and electronic settings. I play an electronic setup with three Roland Handsonics, which enables the playing of multiple parts with both hands and feet, creating the possibility of performing dense mixes of percussion without the aid of loops. *iNK oN pAPER* … as if drum ‘n’ bass took a detour through an electro-acoustic free-punk Jucifer and had its downbeats addled or partly removed.”-Signal to Noise Review “Each a master of their instrument, the duo create tight, controlled, loop-driven instrumental tracks that will get inside your head and shake you around”-Santa Fe Reporter iNK oN pAPER is a drum, bass, and electronics duo from Milton Villarrubia III (drums and laptop) and Carlos Santistevan (bass and electronics). After making music together as a rhythm section for 13 years in numerous creative projects, Carlos and Milton are now honing their craft in a duo setting exploring the vast possibilities of their instruments and electronics. Both members play hybridized versions of their instruments with Milton using Midi triggers on his drums to trigger samples and processing using Ableton Live and Carlos incorporating analog live looping and signal processing on his upright electric bass. The result is a duo that is drags rhythm through the mud in unimaginably glorious ways. iNK oN pAPER is currently in the studio recording and working on new material. Collectively the 2 have shared the stages with many greats including: Dennis Gonzalez,Myra Melford, Dub Trio, Claudia Quintet, Lightning Bolt, HEALTH, The Ahleuchatistas, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Rob Brown, Roscoe Mitchell, Tatsuya Nakatani, Anthony Davis, Gutbucket, Kidd Jordan, J.A. Dino Deane,Nicole Mitchell, Chris Jonas, Ed Peterson, Mark Dresser, Thollem McDonas and Tsigoti, Zimbabwe Knenya, Vijay Iyer, Greg Osby, et al. The 2 have/still perform in: Out of Context, The Late Severa Wires, A. Barnhouse,Knot My Soul, WATIV, The Uninvited Guests, Taiji Pole, Grilly Biggs, Green Orbit, at a loss…and others.* * www.highmayhem.org/artists/music/ink-on-paper www.highmayhem.org https://www.facebook.com/highmayhem

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UPDATED High Mayhem Shows July 22 and 25
by High Mayhem Newsletter 19 Jul '12

19 Jul '12

[image: High Mayhem] *High Mayhem and Agitant Link Present an evening of post-rock madness ft.:* *Buildings (Minneapolis), We Drew Lightning, and Pitch & Bark * *Sunday, July 22* *Doors open at 7:30pm; Show begins at 8pm* ** *$5+ suggested single-day membership* *All ages* ** *BUILDINGS* Formed in 2006, BUILDINGS is a post-rock three piece from Minneapolis. Their music is loud, aggressive, and dynamic. Melt, Cry, Sleep” is the band’s 2nd full-length, and the follow up to 2008’s self-released “Braille Animal” (recently reissued on doubleplusgood). http://cashcow-buildings.bandcamp.com/ *We Drew Lightning* We Drew Lightning is propelled by Michael Smith's bombastic drumming and Roland Ostheim's textured guitar work. Loud, Sensual, Engaging are all words that could describe their sound. We Drew Lightning are a duo of Ruthless Sweethearts that attack with a wall of sound, but bring you back down to earth only to propel you again to another planet. http://soundcloud.com/we-drew-lightning *Pitch & Bark * Pitch & Bark is a three piece art-rock trio based in Santa Fe, New Mexico – the group pushes and pulls along the spectrum of sound that guitar, bass and drums can cover and they aim to take you with them. http://pitchandbark.bandcamp.com/ *Cyborg Drum Show * *with Jeff Sussman, Cory Flanigan, and iNK oN pAPER* *Wednesday, July 25* *Doors open at 7:30pm; Show begins at 8pm* ** *$10 suggested single-day membership* *All ages* * * Show features 3 drummers pushing the limits of technology and composition. All drummers play a hybridized drums combining acoustic and electronic sounds. *Cory Flanigan* I was frustrated. After almost 2 decades of playing in bands stretching from Peoria to Beverly Hills, music was still not rewarding me the way that I hoped it would when I first picked up the drum sticks at the age of 6. I yearned for more independence and control over my musical destiny. I consulted with a friend of mine (a bandmate who had become consumed with manufacturing boutique analogue synthesizers) who suggested the Alternate Mode controllers and some synthesizers as a solution to my problem. After some fortunate gifts and horse-trading, I was able to work my way into a TrapKAT and a Korg RADIAS. My system grew as I spent months camped out in my friend’s electronic music studio learning everything I could about the technology. Now I can push into new venues with this hybrid drum kit, playing both acoustic drums and triggering synthesizers through the TrapKAT and the DrumKAT. I love the power and beauty of acoustic drums and cymbals and the new soundworlds possible with samples and synthesis. www.coryflanigan.com <http://www.coryflanigan.com/> *Jeff Sussmann* Percussionist Jeff Sussmann has been playing for over 40 years and teaching for over 30. His background includes working with numerous groups and songwriters playing rock, jazz, fusion, folk, blues, country, R&B, flamenco, latin, brazilian, world beat, trance, midi percussion and programs, orchestra, percussion ensemble, modern dance and musical theatre. He has recorded with Michael Stearns, Eric Darling – “Border Town at Midnight”, Krishna Dass – “Pilgrim Heart”, Ottmar Liebert – “Nouveau Flamenco”, Tulku – “Season of Souls”, and ThaMuseMeant- “Live at Tha Mineshaft Tavern”, “Breakfast Epiphanies”, “Sweet Things” and “Grow your Own”. He has studied drumming and percussion with Paul Wertico (Pat Metheny) and Christopher Shultis (U. of New Mexico). He is co-founder and co–producer of “The Drum is the Voice of the Trees” drumming and percussion festival, held on an occasional basis in Santa Fe since 1992. He taught percussion at The College of Santa Fe, and now teaches privately. What I see as my small contribution to the future of drumming is utilizing the heels to play multiple pedals with the feet. I do this in both acoustic and electronic settings. I play an electronic setup with three Roland Handsonics, which enables the playing of multiple parts with both hands and feet, creating the possibility of performing dense mixes of percussion without the aid of loops. *iNK oN pAPER* … as if drum ‘n’ bass took a detour through an electro-acoustic free-punk Jucifer and had its downbeats addled or partly removed.”-Signal to Noise Review “Each a master of their instrument, the duo create tight, controlled, loop-driven instrumental tracks that will get inside your head and shake you around”-Santa Fe Reporter iNK oN pAPER is a drum, bass, and electronics duo from Milton Villarrubia III (drums and laptop) and Carlos Santistevan (bass and electronics). After making music together as a rhythm section for 13 years in numerous creative projects, Carlos and Milton are now honing their craft in a duo setting exploring the vast possibilities of their instruments and electronics. Both members play hybridized versions of their instruments with Milton using Midi triggers on his drums to trigger samples and processing using Ableton Live and Carlos incorporating analog live looping and signal processing on his upright electric bass. The result is a duo that is drags rhythm through the mud in unimaginably glorious ways. iNK oN pAPER is currently in the studio recording and working on new material. Collectively the 2 have shared the stages with many greats including: Dennis Gonzalez,Myra Melford, Dub Trio, Claudia Quintet, Lightning Bolt, HEALTH, The Ahleuchatistas, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Rob Brown, Roscoe Mitchell, Tatsuya Nakatani, Anthony Davis, Gutbucket, Kidd Jordan, J.A. Dino Deane,Nicole Mitchell, Chris Jonas, Ed Peterson, Mark Dresser, Thollem McDonas and Tsigoti, Zimbabwe Knenya, Vijay Iyer, Greg Osby, et al. The 2 have/still perform in: Out of Context, The Late Severa Wires, A. Barnhouse,Knot My Soul, WATIV, The Uninvited Guests, Taiji Pole, Grilly Biggs, Green Orbit, at a loss…and others.* * www.highmayhem.org/artists/music/ink-on-paper www.highmayhem.org https://www.facebook.com/highmayhem

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High Mayhem Shows July 22 and 25
by High Mayhem Newsletter 18 Jul '12

18 Jul '12

[image: High Mayhem] *High Mayhem and Agitant Link Present an evening of post-rock madness ft.:* *Buildings (Minneapolis), We Drew Lightning, and Pitch & Bark * *Sunday, July 22* *Doors open at 7:30pm; Show begins at 8pm* ** *$5+ suggested single-day membership* *All ages* ** *BUILDINGS* Formed in 2006, BUILDINGS is a post-rock three piece from Minneapolis. Their music is loud, aggressive, and dynamic. Melt, Cry, Sleep” is the band’s 2nd full-length, and the follow up to 2008’s self-released “Braille Animal” (recently reissued on doubleplusgood). http://cashcow-buildings.bandcamp.com/ *We Drew Lightning* We Drew Lightning is propelled by Michael Smith's bombastic drumming and Roland Ostheim's textured guitar work. Loud, Sensual, Engaging are all words that could describe their sound. We Drew Lightning are a duo of Ruthless Sweethearts that attack with a wall of sound, but bring you back down to earth only to propel you again to another planet. http://soundcloud.com/we-drew-lightning *Pitch & Bark * Pitch & Bark is a three piece art-rock trio based in Santa Fe, New Mexico – the group pushes and pulls along the spectrum of sound that guitar, bass and drums can cover and they aim to take you with them. http://pitchandbark.bandcamp.com/ *Cyborg Drum Show * *with Jeff Sussman, Cory Flanigan, and iNK oN pAPER* *Tuesday, July 25* *Doors open at 7:30pm; Show begins at 8pm* ** *$10 suggested single-day membership* *All ages* * * Show features 3 drummers pushing the limits of technology and composition. All drummers play a hybridized drums combining acoustic and electronic sounds. *Cory Flanigan* I was frustrated. After almost 2 decades of playing in bands stretching from Peoria to Beverly Hills, music was still not rewarding me the way that I hoped it would when I first picked up the drum sticks at the age of 6. I yearned for more independence and control over my musical destiny. I consulted with a friend of mine (a bandmate who had become consumed with manufacturing boutique analogue synthesizers) who suggested the Alternate Mode controllers and some synthesizers as a solution to my problem. After some fortunate gifts and horse-trading, I was able to work my way into a TrapKAT and a Korg RADIAS. My system grew as I spent months camped out in my friend’s electronic music studio learning everything I could about the technology. Now I can push into new venues with this hybrid drum kit, playing both acoustic drums and triggering synthesizers through the TrapKAT and the DrumKAT. I love the power and beauty of acoustic drums and cymbals and the new soundworlds possible with samples and synthesis. www.coryflanigan.com <http://www.coryflanigan.com/> *Jeff Sussmann* Percussionist Jeff Sussmann has been playing for over 40 years and teaching for over 30. His background includes working with numerous groups and songwriters playing rock, jazz, fusion, folk, blues, country, R&B, flamenco, latin, brazilian, world beat, trance, midi percussion and programs, orchestra, percussion ensemble, modern dance and musical theatre. He has recorded with Michael Stearns, Eric Darling – “Border Town at Midnight”, Krishna Dass – “Pilgrim Heart”, Ottmar Liebert – “Nouveau Flamenco”, Tulku – “Season of Souls”, and ThaMuseMeant- “Live at Tha Mineshaft Tavern”, “Breakfast Epiphanies”, “Sweet Things” and “Grow your Own”. He has studied drumming and percussion with Paul Wertico (Pat Metheny) and Christopher Shultis (U. of New Mexico). He is co-founder and co–producer of “The Drum is the Voice of the Trees” drumming and percussion festival, held on an occasional basis in Santa Fe since 1992. He taught percussion at The College of Santa Fe, and now teaches privately. What I see as my small contribution to the future of drumming is utilizing the heels to play multiple pedals with the feet. I do this in both acoustic and electronic settings. I play an electronic setup with three Roland Handsonics, which enables the playing of multiple parts with both hands and feet, creating the possibility of performing dense mixes of percussion without the aid of loops. *iNK oN pAPER* … as if drum ‘n’ bass took a detour through an electro-acoustic free-punk Jucifer and had its downbeats addled or partly removed.”-Signal to Noise Review “Each a master of their instrument, the duo create tight, controlled, loop-driven instrumental tracks that will get inside your head and shake you around”-Santa Fe Reporter iNK oN pAPER is a drum, bass, and electronics duo from Milton Villarrubia III (drums and laptop) and Carlos Santistevan (bass and electronics). After making music together as a rhythm section for 13 years in numerous creative projects, Carlos and Milton are now honing their craft in a duo setting exploring the vast possibilities of their instruments and electronics. Both members play hybridized versions of their instruments with Milton using Midi triggers on his drums to trigger samples and processing using Ableton Live and Carlos incorporating analog live looping and signal processing on his upright electric bass. The result is a duo that is drags rhythm through the mud in unimaginably glorious ways. iNK oN pAPER is currently in the studio recording and working on new material. Collectively the 2 have shared the stages with many greats including: Dennis Gonzalez,Myra Melford, Dub Trio, Claudia Quintet, Lightning Bolt, HEALTH, The Ahleuchatistas, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Rob Brown, Roscoe Mitchell, Tatsuya Nakatani, Anthony Davis, Gutbucket, Kidd Jordan, J.A. Dino Deane,Nicole Mitchell, Chris Jonas, Ed Peterson, Mark Dresser, Thollem McDonas and Tsigoti, Zimbabwe Knenya, Vijay Iyer, Greg Osby, et al. The 2 have/still perform in: Out of Context, The Late Severa Wires, A. Barnhouse,Knot My Soul, WATIV, The Uninvited Guests, Taiji Pole, Grilly Biggs, Green Orbit, at a loss…and others.* * www.highmayhem.org/artists/music/ink-on-paper www.highmayhem.org https://www.facebook.com/highmayhem

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High Mayhem, Monday - Corpus Collosum with Cloacas
by High Mayhem Newsletter 08 Jul '12

08 Jul '12

[image: High Mayhem] ***Corpus Collosum with Cloacas* *Monday, July 9* *Doors open at 7:30pm; Show begins at 8pm* *$5 suggested single-day membership* *All ages* * * ** Corpus Callosum is an original music and performance art group from San Francisco, CA. They utilize a variety of traditional and obscure instruments, from accordion and mandolin to wine glasses and Stylophones. Performances may feature stilt walking, unique puppetry, parades, masks, and lots of cardboard. You have never experienced anything like this! Music, Puppets, Performance and Mayhem! Come join us in welcoming our San Francisco friends as they kick off their national tour right here in Santa Fe! This will also serve as a Cloacas tour kick off party as this will be our final Santa Fe performance before they head out on the open road at the beginning of August. It's going to be an unorthodox performance extravaganza! Not to be missed!! http://corpuscallosum.bandcamp.com/ http://www.corpus.cc/ http://cloacas.bandcamp.com/ ** *Cyborg Drum Show * *with Jeff Sussman, Cory Flanigan, and iNK oN pAPER* *Tuesday, July 25* *Doors open at 7:30pm; Show begins at 8pm* ** *$10 suggested single-day membership* *All ages* * * This* *show features 3 drummers pushing the limits of technology and composition. All drummers play a hybidized drums combining acoustic and electronic sounds.* * <http://www.coryflanigan.com/> Details here: http://highmayhem.org/event-details/cyborg-drum-show-with-cory-flanigan-ink…<http://www.coryflanigan.com/> <http://www.coryflanigan.com/> www.coryflanigan.com www.highmayhem.org/artists/music/ink-on-paper [image: http://www.coryflanigan.com/images/cf-3.jpg] www.highmayhem.org https://www.facebook.com/highmayhem *Cloacas Tour * Ladies and Gentlemen Cloacas is hitting the road. We will be touring our neighboring states at the beginning of August. If you know of, or are one of the people in the following cities please take note and spread the word. We will be visiting Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, Grand Junction, Denver, Phoenix, Jerome, Flagstaff, Prescott, Silver City and Las Cruces. For up to the minute details "like" us on face book and check out our bandcamp page. https://www.facebook.com/Cloacas http://cloacas.bandcamp.com/

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July 3 - House Concert V at High Mayhem
by High Mayhem Newsletter 01 Jul '12

01 Jul '12

[image: High Mayhem] *High Mayhem and Grasshopper Music Present:* *House Concert V with Andrew Weathers, Jeremy Bleich, and Mark Weaver * *Tuesday, July 3* *Doors open at 7:30pm; Show begins at 8pm* *$10-20 suggested single-day membership* *All ages* An evening featuring 3 modern composers: Andrew Weathers (Oakland), Jeremy Bleich (Santa Fe), Mark Weaver (Albuquerque). This is the fifth in a series of chamber music concerts that started in 2009 as a house concert series. It has since moved in larger venues like High Mayhem. Its primary goal is to provide new acoustic works from living composers in an intimate setting without sound reinforcement, giving the listener the experience of hearing the instruments up close in a small space. Russell Scharf – flugelhorn; Josh Yellon – tenor sax (from Los Lunas via Berlin, Cleveland); Christian Pincock – valve trombone; Paul Bossert – tenor trombone; Mark Weaver – Tuba They will debut Jeremy Bleich’s quintet “Suite for Brass: six short pieces for quintet” and a piece by Mark Weaver “Gelon of Syracuse” for quintet. Andrew Weathers Andrew Weathers is a young American composer and improviser originally from Chapel Hill, NC currently based in Oakland, CA. His music exists in a space between improvisation and composition – equally influenced by the 20th century American minimalists and underground noise. He has a BM in Music Composition from the University of North Carolina – Greensboro, and is currently pursuing an MFA in Electronic Music at Mills College. Andrew performs rigorously in a variety of contexts, both composed and improvised. In addition to solo performances, he heads up the Andrew Weathers Ensemble. He also performs and records regularly with Kirtan Choir, Weathers/Glover, Tethers, and Parties. In the past, he has performed with Acid of All Ruins, Bicameral Mind, Northern Valentine, Tatsuya Nakatani, Laurent Estoppey, and Hal McGee, among others. In addition to his busy performing schedule, Weathers helps run Full Spectrum Records, a label dedicated to releasing works by young musicians in unique forms and limited editions. www.jeremybleich.com/ www.andrewweathers.com www.highmayhem.org https://www.facebook.com/highmayhem

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