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Thursday Nov. 19th- Author and Punisher, Muscle and Marrow, ot~un~et~ir
by High Mayhem Newsletter 15 Nov '15

15 Nov '15

Author and Punisher, Muscle and Marrow, ot~un~et~ir – at Ghost. *Event:* Author and Punisher, Muscle and Marrow, ot~un~et~ir – at Ghost. *Date:* 19 Nov 2015 - 8:00 pm *Description:* *High Mayhem and Ghost. present:* *Thursday November 19th, 8pm – Author and Punisher, Muscle and Marrow, ot~un~et~ir – at Ghost. * ap <http://highmayhem.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/ap.jpg> We are very excited to have Author and Punisher and his Doom Machines return. Along with Muscle and Marrow, and on-ut-et-ir. A night of glorious sludge and doom! *Author and Punisher* Author & Punisher <http://tristanshone.com> is a sonic and visual artist venturing into a new league of unwieldy, music and live performances utilizing his custom designed instruments on his albums and dynamic live displays. After leaving a career as mechanical engineer in Boston to focus on art and sculpture, Tristan Shone, the creator and sole artist behind Author & Punisher, moved west to pursue his MFA in Southern California. In the metal and machine shops of University of California, San Diego, Shone forged a relationship with design, sound and fabrication that ultimately yielded A&P’s first music and mapped the journey away from traditional instrumentation towards custom made, precision machinery that he calls Drone Machines, Dub Machines and now his series of Masks. Shone used his technical knowledge, along with his artistic background to create what Wired Magazine has hailed as his own “special brand of doom metal.” As experimental as he is at times, with the high fidelity drone so thick and pulsating it lays a sonic lead blanket waving over your core, it lingers only as long as it needs, regrouping or intensifying with pounding live rhythms and vocals. The sound builds up anxiously but always rewards with a hint of hope in the form of epic sonic phrases leaving you feeling exhausted but satisfied. All aspects of the A&P sound begin with physical movement, limbs struggling in unison to coordinate a wall of electronic rhythm and oscillation, ultimately conditioned by an organic and loose quality absent of sequencing and plastic perfection. Author & Punisher performances are a real amalgamation between man and mechanisms. They are direct, physical, heavy experiences that have amassed praise and intrigue from a wide array of audiences. Pitchfork styled him “immediate but mysterious,” Stereogum described his “chilling, unrecognizable form,” and NPR hails him as “a thrill [who] fires on all cylinders.” The custom devices that drive A&P begin mostly as big chunks of aluminum and steel that are worked into all manners of wheels, throttles, pedals, and masks to manipulate sound live. Shone’s electromechanical arsenal and physical approach to live production become to heavy music what Survival Research Laboratories was to live, unscripted performance art. Author & Punisher’s new album, Melk En Honning, was produced by Phil Anselmo (Pantera, Down, Superjoint Ritual, and label head for A&P’s new label, Housecore Records) who said, “Tristan Shone is the epitome of what Housecore Records stands for and look for in musical expression: absolute originality and innovation. There is no pigeonholing this man’s art.” With Melk En Honning, Shone has incorporated various drone machinery together, multiple physical rhythm machines, some synth and the new electromechanical masks that began to appear in A&P performances across the U.S. and Europe in 2014. After a year of heavy touring and festival appearances, the goal with this album is to capture the live dissonant power of the A&P experience. The combination of Anselmo’s persistence, expertise and Shone’s new experimentation with various vocal devices, led to a vocal-prominent, bass heavy album that combines A&P’s signature elusive drone sequences and hard hitting rhythms with unexpected terrains of melody and musicality that sustain Shone’s reputation as an unorthodox innovator in a class all of his own. *mm <http://highmayhem.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/mm.jpg> Muscle and Marrow *Muscle and Marrow is Kira Clark and Keith McGraw. They live in Portland, OR. They are without genre. They look for what they cannot see. https://muscleandmarrow.bandcamp.com/ *ot~un~et~ir*

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Thursday October 15th, 8pm – DUOS with BAD LUCK (Seattle) and Aunt Kackle and the Coleslaw King – live performance and webcast show at highmayhem.org/livestream
by High Mayhem Newsletter 13 Oct '15

13 Oct '15

* Thursday October 15th, 8pm – DUOS with BAD LUCK (Seattle) and Aunt Kackle and the Coleslaw King – live performance and webcast show at highmayhem.org/livestream* ChrisIcasiano-5 <http://highmayhem.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/ChrisIcasiano-5.jpg> We are very excited to feature 2 very different and amazing duos BAD LUCK <http://badluckband.net> and Aunt Kackle and the Coleslaw King. We have a limited number of pre-sale tickets available for the in studio performance. By your tix here! for $10 *Bad Luck* is a 10-year collaboration between Seattle-based musicians Chris Icasiano on drums and Neil Welch on saxophone/electronics. With four albums under their belt, Bad Luck has created an incredibly diverse array of music — no small feat in the heavily trodden world of drum/saxophone duos. Their melodies, improvisations and compositions are constructed from the ground up, creating a band sound much larger than the sum of its parts. Icasiano and Welch began their collaboration as students at the University of Washington. Bad Luck formed out of late night drum and saxophone marathon sessions exploring Coltrane/Rashied Ali style duos and jazz standards. It was after adding live electronics that the unique sound profile of Bad Luck began to take shape. They were named the “Outside Jazz Group of 2011” by Earshot Jazz Magazine, and their album Two was named “Album of the Year 2012” by the New York Jazz Review They are Table & Chairs Music <http://www.tableandchairsmusic.com> recording artists with 4 albums to their credit: Bad Luck (2009), Two (2010) the Bloodroot EP (2012), and Three (2014). Welch and Icasiano are founding members of the famed Racer Sessions <http://www.racersessions.com> avant-garde performance series which takes place each week in Seattle. They are also founding members of the cutting-edge record label Table & Chairs Music, which operates as a not-for-profit record label that gives 100% of its proceed to artists. Bad Luck tours extensively, having shared the stage with local bands throughout the US as well as major figures in improvised music such as the saxophone legend Roscoe Mitchell, and performers Cuong Vu, Andrew D’Angelo, Wayne Horvitz, Dave King (The Bad Plus) and Chris Speed. *Aunt Kackle and the Coleslaw King* – this image pretty much sums it up! Audio at: https://auntkackleandthecoleslawking.bandcamp.com/ *Kackleslaw <http://highmayhem.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Kackleslaw.jpg>*

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The Bass Show at High Mayhem, June 17
by High Mayhem Newsletter 09 Jun '15

09 Jun '15

*The BASS SHOW with CJ Boyd, David Menestres, and The Uninvited Guest* *Wednesday, June 17 at 8pm* *Tickets:* We have a limited number of pre-sale tickets available for the in-studio performance. Buy your tix for $10 in advance here <http://highmayhem.org/event-details/the-bass-show-with-cj-boyd-david-menest…>. An email will be sent to you giving you the address to attend the in-studio performance. Can't make it in person? Not to worry! *This show will be **webcast live at highmayhem.org/livestream <http://highmayhem.org/livestream>* Click here for the Facebook event <https://www.facebook.com/events/1453238774970381/> *About:* We are very excited to feature 3 very different and amazing solo bass acts. Bassist, composer, vagabond, *CJ Boyd* uses low-end loops and voices in order to try and stop time. On perpetual tour since March 2008, movement and stasis are both at the center of his music. Though solo performance takes up the bulk of his time and effort, he also plays in the bands Desert Center, Kurva Choir, Rhonya, and Move. His non-stop travels between North America and Europe have been propelled by vans, cars, trains, buses, planes, and boats, but most of all a commitment to ceaseless discovery and re-invention. His oceanic sounds provide a home for the homeless and journeys to the homebound. more at http://www.cjboyd.com/ and https://www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com/cj-boyd/ *David Menestres* - new transplant from North Carolina, making his Santa Fe debut - more at davidmenestres.com *"The Uninvited Guest"- Carlos Santistevan* (High Mayhem co-founder, director, and audio engineer) making a rare solo performance. A diverse and eclectic musician from groups such as iNK oN pAPER, The Late Severa Wires, The Uninvited Guests, Out of Context, A. Barnhouse and more!** For more info: http://www.highmayhem.org/ http://www.facebook.com/highmayhem

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High Mayhem presents Lily Taylor & Johnny Bell
by High Mayhem Newsletter 20 Apr '15

20 Apr '15

*High Mayhem presents Lily Taylor and Johnny Bell* *Thursday, April 23 at 8pm* Tune it to highmayhem.org/livestream for a live Pirate Video Broadcast Featuring two exceptional solo acts: Lily Taylor and Johnny Bell. We will be doing a four-camera broadcast with high quality sound from our new studio location. A limited number of 20 pre-sale tix will be made available to attend the live-in studio broadcast. Purchase tickets here. <https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&SESSION=NB7w9pzH2W9cFoP1…> *LILY TAYLOR* “Angelic and visceral vocal-driven avant pop” -Katie Capri Impose Magazine Brooklyn, NY “Vintage effects, aural soundscapes, looped melodies, and a ravishing voice all contribute to Lily Taylor’s dynamic solo performances. Taylor’s uniquely structured songs play out with an arresting passion and a sublime spirit.” -CHARLIE SWANSON Noise Pop SF. Lily Taylor showcased her solo set in the 35Denton Music Festival in Denton, TX 2012/ 2013, and The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, CA, as well as private events for SxSW in Austin, TX. She was twice presented by The Center for Integrative Research and Exhibition in Santa Fe, NM to packed houses, and the AHA Festival of 2013 completing a 5 city, 11 show tour through CA, OR, CO, and NM. Recently, Taylor released the album, The Ride with Pour le Corps Records in Dallas, TX with national critical acclaim, gaining a nomination for Best Female Vocalist by the Dallas Observer Music Awards 2014. More information including show dates: lilytaylormusic.com / http://about.me/lily.taylor Taylor also locks harmony and tours nationally with San Francisco’s darling, Karina Denike and her band. She has collaborated with dancers, performance artists, musicians, poets, fashion designers, and artists around the Bay Area and the state of Texas- exploring the art of Drag, dive rock clubs, vintage jazz halls, SoMA theaters, parlors, galleries, and underground venues of San Francisco and Oakland, CA, Austin, Denton, Fort Worth, and Dallas, TX. Other projects include: Ulnae, Locations, XIOIX, and TF -experimental/ noise acts; collaborations with Juicy The Emissary, Blue the Misfit, Joey Mousepad -hip hop; collaboration with Dan Fabricant, The Cottontails with Karina Denike, Drizzoletto and Octomutt-Jazz; Brian Mayhall -dance and electronic. Taylor tours her solo material in California and the Southwest regularly, currently working with Pour le Corps Records in Dallas, TX and collaborating with husband and video artist, Sean Patrick Miller. See more at: http://www.lilytaylormusic.com/electronic-press-kit#sthash.P4WuqfUD.dpuf *JOHNNY BELL* the man, the banjo, the man We are excited to have Johnny debut another version of his ever shifting and growing solo act of banjo and electronics.

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A Memorial Show for Max Friedenberg
by High Mayhem Newsletter 04 Dec '14

04 Dec '14

Friday, December 19at 6:30pm Warehouse Twenty One 1614 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 Help us pay tribute to one of the most important members of the Santa Fe community, Max Friedenberg, by rocking an amazing show featuring: d numbers i heart metal flamingo pink the proxemics we drew lightning jesse malmed Plus a raffle, cool art, and more! All proceeds will go to max's amazing daughter.

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High Mayhem Fall Series Final Night on Saturday!
by High Mayhem Newsletter 19 Nov '14

19 Nov '14

*High Mayhem Fall Series, Final Night* *Saturday, November 22* *Doors open at 7pm, show starts at 7:30pm...or maybe 8pm* *High Mayhem Emerging Arts studio, 2811 Siler Lane, Santa Fe NM* ALL AGES, $10 donation at the door, no one turned away Can't make the show in person? Check out the live webcast during the show at highmayhem.org/livestream High Mayhem Emerging Arts has been Santa Fe’s base for experimental and emerging arts since 2001, and host to emerging arts festivals since 2002. Our mission has always been to challenge the homogenizing effect of pop-culture groupthink by providing opportunities for and fostering collaborations with underrepresented “experimental” artists. This November will be the final year for our annual festival/series at the Siler Lane space, after which we will focus on going back underground with pirate video show broadcasts, a weekly radio show on SomaFM in the Bay Area (http://somafm.com/, which began Oct 9), pop-up shows at other locations, and continuing to operate as a record label and produce cutting edge albums (CDs and digital downloads). Celebrate the new transition for High Mayhem at the final Fall Series at the Siler Lane space, taking place Saturdays November 1, 8, 15, and 22. *November 22 <http://highmayhem.org/event-details/high-mayhem-fall-series-night-4/>* *FUFAKA* Al Faaet- drums and Matt Norman- piano, Keys High Energy Improvisations by 2 highly seasoned improvisors. *Rumble Trio* Since 2003, the Rumble Trio has been providing low-end improvisational accompaniment to a host of touring and local musicians. The trio was formed in order to bring to the forefront the range of voices that are possible from bass instruments that typically reside in the sonic shadows. Culling a unique assortment of rumblings from a varying arsenal that might include at any given time two double basses, tuba, sousaphone, didgeridoos, musical saw, trombone, modified bugle, and little instruments, the Rumble Trio, along with their guest musicians, have consistently produced music that is beyond conventional classification. In an effort to wave the low-end flag even higher (or lower, as the frequency may be) for this very special High Mayhem performance, the Rumble Trio will be teaming up with their bottomless brothers, bassdrumbass. Since both groups share a common member, this 3+3=5 collaboration isn’t technically possible, which is appropriate as the vibrations produced by this ensemble are sure to push far beyond what is sonically feasible. New Mexico’s bassdrumsbass is a freely improvising trio consisting of Jeremy Bleich on electric bass, Milton Villarrubia on drums and Ben Wright on acoustic bass. Although fresh in this combination, each member brings extensive playing and performance experience with which to evolve a shared language in free improvisation. The spontaneous musical connection between the players remains driven to transform a soon to be discovered pallet of sound possibilities into a vibrant and captivating sonic landscape. *Dierdre Morris* Performance Artist and High Mayhem co-counder Dierdre Morris will provide us with another one of her magical pieces. Not to be missed! *The Shiners Club Jazz Band* *Cloacas <http://highmayhem.org/artists/music/cloacas/>* A tiny mountain orchestra in a wooden box with rusty hinges. Listening to Cloacas is like traveling sideways in time. This ensemble invokes elements of folk, americana, classical, jazz and American gothic styles as well as whatever their acoustic instruments inspire. They present a humorous but sincere irony that is sometimes bittersweet and melancholic, and sometimes gangly-legged and goofy. “Like stepping into some kind of musical time machine, Cloacas combines just about any kind of music their acoustic instruments can achieve to create ethereal indie-folk tunes rife with stylistic subtleties and genre-defying aplomb. Think of the local supergroup as a sort of history lesson in music that throws off the shackles of classification to delight in the unification of classical, Americana, jazz, gothic and beyond. Is it possible to all at once feel moved to sadness and elated by the power or sheer musicianship? Certainly it is, and Cloacas supplies the good stuff to make it so.” – Alex De Vore, Santa Fe Reporter “Cloacas turns out predominantly instrumental acoustic-folk tunes that are at times mournful and hypnotizing and at other times almost jazzy and vaudevillian in a playful, semi-improvisational way. It’s the kind of music that deserves to be played over a silent film about being stranded in a dusty Western ghost town with the love of your life, a jug of whiskey (or absinthe), and physical manifestations of your most fond hallucinations and troublesome inner demons.” – Rob DeWalt, Santa Fe New Mexican Pasatiempo. [image: cloacas] *For more info:* http://www.highmayhem.org http://www.facebook.com/highmayhem https://soundcloud.com/highmayhem

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High Mayhem Fall Series continues this Saturday Nov 15
by High Mayhem Newsletter 13 Nov '14

13 Nov '14

*High Mayhem Fall Series, Night 3* *Saturday, November 15* *Doors open at 7pm, show starts at 7:30pm* *High Mayhem Emerging Arts studio, 2811 Siler Lane, Santa Fe NM* ALL AGES, $10 donation at the door (each day), no one turned away Can't make the show in person? Check out the live webcast during the show at highmayhem.org/livestream High Mayhem Emerging Arts has been Santa Fe’s base for experimental and emerging arts since 2001, and host to emerging arts festivals since 2002. Our mission has always been to challenge the homogenizing effect of pop-culture groupthink by providing opportunities for and fostering collaborations with underrepresented “experimental” artists. This November will be the final year for our annual festival/series at the Siler Lane space, after which we will focus on going back underground with pirate video show broadcasts, a weekly radio show on SomaFM in the Bay Area (http://somafm.com/, which began Oct 9), pop-up shows at other locations, and continuing to operate as a record label and produce cutting edge albums (CDs and digital downloads). Celebrate the new transition for High Mayhem at the final Fall Series at the Siler Lane space, taking place Saturdays November 1, 8, 15, and 22. *November 15 <http://highmayhem.org/event-details/high-mayhem-fall-series-night-3/> - **A Night of Solos and a Duo* *Axle Contemporary* <http://www.axleart.com/index/Home.html> Axle Contemporary returns for another night at High Mayhem. Housed in the back of a custom retrofitted 1970 aluminum stepvan, Axle Contemporary is an art gallery on wheels. Their 6' x 10' exhibition space features high wood ceilings, exposed beams, track lighting and a magnetically based system for displaying unframed works on paper. Axle Contemporary was founded in 2010 by artists Matthew Chase-Daniel and Jerry Wellman, as a collaborative work of art, and an innovative vehicle for arts distribution. It has since grown beyond the confines of the mobile exhibition space, and also includes book publishing, and alternative methods of creation and dissemination of contemporary arts in the public sphere. *The Proxemics* <http://highmayhem.org/artists/music/the-proxemics/> Founded in early 2009, The Proxemics are an autonomous music project with a revolving cast of musicians led by lynch pin and frontman Alex Neville (The brilliant Dullards, A. Barnhouse, Audible Whispering 1/2 Quartet). The Proxemics are a stripped down assembly, sometimes appearing as a garage-based, dirty wall of sound, sometimes as deconstructed balladeers offering you their hearts on their sleeves. Neville unites crunchy, angular alt-rock with a singer-songwriter sensibility while never letting go of his experimental roots. Mimicking the definition of their moniker, The Proxemics are at times both distant and intimate, treating their audience to an emotional tug-of-war. The songs appear effortless on the surface, but upon deeper investigation they become a complex system of asymmetrical forms with sonic threads and noise, weaving songs into a larger, continuous theme. [image: The Proxemics-1] *Johnny Bell* Johnny Bell is a musician. He plays banjo, among other things. Tonight he will do just that. [image: Solo Johnny] *Steve Paxton* Composer and conductor Dr. Steven Paxton came to the College of Santa Fe (now Santa Fe University of Art andDesign) as chair of the Contemporary Music program in 2003. His teaching specialties include composition, music technology, theory, and choral music. Dr. Paxton is an experienced music educator at both the college and high school levels and, before coming to Santa Fe, was chair of the Music Theory/Composition division in the School of Music at Texas Tech University. His former students are active as composers, performers, sound designers, inter-arts collaborators, teachers, and musical entrepreneurs throughout the United States and around the world. Dr. Paxton was a 1988 recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Composers Fellowship and has also received fellowships and commissions from The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico, the American College Theater Festival, the Atlantic Center for the Arts, the Lubbock Youth Symphony Orchestra, and 20th Century Unlimited of Santa Fe. He has worked extensively in collaborative art forms, especially as a composer, sound designer, and musical director for the stage. From 1988 to 1994, he was composer-in-residence for the Nebraska Shakespeare Festival, and his opera, Bellini’s War, was premiered at Texas Tech University in 2001. [image: steven paxton] *Angelo Harmsworth* Angelo Harmsworth is a self-proclaimed sound artist. “Elongated notes that bend and twist reflecting light and texture. Occasional changes that remove and introduce elements almost imperceptibly. Harmsworth has this way about making complex worlds of melody that feel like one singular note played indefinitely” – guide me little tape. [image: image] *BullSeal!* Oh shit! They’re back! [image: BigDaddyBullSeal] *COMING UP...* *November 22 <http://highmayhem.org/event-details/high-mayhem-fall-series-night-4/>* FUFAKA Rumble Trio Dierdre Morris The Shiners Club Jazz Band Cloacas <http://highmayhem.org/artists/music/cloacas/> [image: cloacas] *For more info:* http://www.highmayhem.org http://www.facebook.com/highmayhem https://soundcloud.com/highmayhem

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High Mayhem Fall Series continues this Saturday Nov 8!!!
by High Mayhem Newsletter 05 Nov '14

05 Nov '14

*High Mayhem Fall Series, Night 2* *Saturday, November 8* *Doors open at 7pm, show starts at 7:30pm* *High Mayhem Emerging Arts studio, 2811 Siler Lane, Santa Fe NM* ALL AGES, $10 donation at the door (each day), no one turned away Can't make the show in person? Check out the live webcast during the show at highmayhem.org/livestream High Mayhem Emerging Arts has been Santa Fe’s base for experimental and emerging arts since 2001, and host to emerging arts festivals since 2002. Our mission has always been to challenge the homogenizing effect of pop-culture groupthink by providing opportunities for and fostering collaborations with underrepresented “experimental” artists. This November will be the final year for our annual festival/series at the Siler Lane space, after which we will focus on going back underground with pirate video show broadcasts, a weekly radio show on SomaFM in the Bay Area (http://somafm.com/, which began Oct 9), pop-up shows at other locations, and continuing to operate as a record label and produce cutting edge albums (CDs and digital downloads). Celebrate the new transition for High Mayhem at the final Fall Series at the Siler Lane space, taking place Saturdays November 1, 8, 15, and 22. *November 8 <http://highmayhem.org/event-details/fall-series-night-2-2/>* *Axle Contemporary <http://www.axleart.com/index/Home.html>* Housed in the back of a custom retrofitted 1970 aluminum stepvan, Axle Contemporary is an art gallery on wheels. Their 6' x 10' exhibition space features high wood ceilings, exposed beams, track lighting and a magnetically based system for displaying unframed works on paper. Axle Contemporary was founded in 2010 by artists Matthew Chase-Daniel and Jerry Wellman, as a collaborative work of art, and an innovative vehicle for arts distribution. It has since grown beyond the confines of the mobile exhibition space, and also includes book publishing, and alternative methods of creation and dissemination of contemporary arts in the public sphere. *Octaveleven <https://www.facebook.com/pages/OCTAVELEVEN/143564433818> * electro,synth pop,progrock. SO MUCH TO SAY.. MAKING MUSIC,VIDEO’S,MOVIES,VIDEO GAMES. [image: octaveleven] *Horned God* <https://www.facebook.com/HornedGodBand> Ancient Celtic inspired stoner rock, legends and lore of love and war!!! The Horned God is a Cosplay band, based on the comic book masterpiece by Pat Mills, and Simon Bisley, Slaine: The Horned God.Comic book writer Pat Mills brought the character of Slaine mac Roth, a Celtic barbarian warrior king who along with his axe Brainbiter and his ability to warp spasm in order to defend his people against the dark druid Slough Feg, to life in 1983 in his graphic novel series titled Slaine. Learn more here. <http://highmayhem.org/event-details/fall-series-night-2-2/> In 2012 the next adaptation of the story began in Albuquerque New Mexico when three friends took their love of the story and combined it with their passion of music and created the three piece cosplay stoner rock or as they call it, “Ancient Celtic inspired stoner rock, legends and lore, of love and war!!!”, musical interruption appropriately named, The Horned God.The Horned God consist of three members, Dominic on vocals and guitar, Robson on bass and Tim on drums. This one of a kind dynamic three piece bring the story of Slaine to life with lyrical dialog and narratives ripped from the pages of the book accompanied by full costume and projected comic book cells throughout the entire performance. The Horned God attribute their musical influences to bands such as Kyuss, Fu Manchu, Dozer, Mark Lanegan and a little touch of Nomeansno. You can hear these influences in their music as well as classic rock gods in their own right, Black Sabbath. The Horned God is three seasoned, talented musicians who just want to make amazing music and have fun doing it. They bring to the local scene not just a show but an experience unlike all others with the musical talent to back it. The saga continues for Slaine and The Horned God! [image: horned god] *Disasterman*Having reached the twenty-year mark, Disasterman continues its tradition of welding odd-meter grooves to common-time ones, only now-a-days such pairings are housed inside richly, complex structures that have massive doors for ceilings and disappearing walls for floors. Some say the band still disturbs as long and deep as ever. Others say that time has aged the band long enough for a fine balance between invitation and confrontation to take hold. No matter who said what and when, one thing remains clear: making things for the sole sake of making things has by no means gone the way of the two-headed lamb. [image: disasterman] *We Drew Lightning* <http://wedrewlightning.com/> Michael Smith and Roland Ostheim have been creating music together since 2002 starting with the band Derail. After some changes in lineup, the band pursued its lush sound and started recording “Swimming With Orange” in 2006-07 on High Mayhem Records. Throughout the recording session there was a need to change identities to progress into a new existence. During one of the recordings sessions the studio was struck with lightning during a take on one of the bands integral songs, and We Drew Lightning was born.Recently, with the addition of the amazing Aaron Jenks on keyboards, We Drew Lightning is expanding its sound to a new level.Loud, Sensual, Engaging are all words that could describe their sound. We Drew Lightning is a trio 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. [image: WDL Alley shot] *COMING UP...* *November 15 <http://highmayhem.org/event-details/high-mayhem-fall-series-night-3/>* Axle Contemporary <http://www.axleart.com/index/Home.html> The Proxemics <http://highmayhem.org/artists/music/the-proxemics/> Johnny Bell Steve Paxton Angelo Harmsworth BullSeal! [image: Solo Johnny] *November 22 <http://highmayhem.org/event-details/high-mayhem-fall-series-night-4/>* FUFAKA Rumble Trio Dierdre Morris The Shiners Club Jazz Band Cloacas <http://highmayhem.org/artists/music/cloacas/> [image: cloacas] *For more info:* http://www.highmayhem.org http://www.facebook.com/highmayhem https://soundcloud.com/highmayhem

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High Mayhem Fall Series begins this Saturday Nov 1!!
by High Mayhem Newsletter 29 Oct '14

29 Oct '14

*High Mayhem Fall Series, Night 1* *Saturday, November 1* *Doors open at 7pm, show starts at 7:30pm* *High Mayhem Emerging Arts studio, 2811 Siler Lane, Santa Fe NM* ALL AGES, $10 donation at the door (each day), no one turned away Can't make the show in person? Check out the live webcast during the show at highmayhem.org/livestream High Mayhem Emerging Arts has been Santa Fe’s base for experimental and emerging arts since 2001, and host to emerging arts festivals since 2002. Our mission has always been to challenge the homogenizing effect of pop-culture groupthink by providing opportunities for and fostering collaborations with underrepresented “experimental” artists. This November will be the final year for our annual festival/series at the Siler Lane space, after which we will focus on going back underground with pirate video show broadcasts, a weekly radio show on SomaFM in the Bay Area (http://somafm.com/, which began Oct 9), pop-up shows at other locations, and continuing to operate as a record label and produce cutting edge albums (CDs and digital downloads). Celebrate the new transition for High Mayhem at the final Fall Series at the Siler Lane space, taking place Saturdays November 1, 8, 15, and 22. *November 1 <http://highmayhem.org/event-details/fall-series-night-1-ink-on-paper-acoust…>* iNK oN pAPER <http://www.iopmusic.com/> iNK oN pAPER aCOUSTIC – is a drum, bass, and often electronics duo from Milton Villarrubia III (drums and laptop) and Carlos Santistevan (bass and electronics) who share 15 years of working together as a rhythm section in various projects. The Duo takes bass, drums and electronics to a new place. Both members often play hybridized versions of their instruments with Milton using Midi triggers on his drums to trigger and process samples using Ableton Live and Carlos using live looping and signal processing on his upright electric bass. For this set iNK oN pAPER will play an aCOUSTIC set with upright bass and drums. NO electronics/looping/triggers The result is a duo that is drags rhythm through the mud in unimaginably glorious ways. Rhonda Taylor <http://music.nmsu.edu/index.php/faculty/rhondat/home.php> Rhonda Taylor has been on faculty at New Mexico State University since 2003, where she is the College Assistant Professor of Saxophone and Music Theory. Dr. Taylor is dedicated to the creation and performance of meaningful sonic art of our time. Her recent activities include presenting a recital of late 20th century solo saxophone works at Spivey Hall in Atlanta, lecture recitals on Gérard Grisey’s Anubis et Nout at the Manuel Castillo Conservatorio Superior de Música in Sevilla, Spain, and at the Université de Montréal, as well as performances at the Group for Liquid Media’s New Music for Saxophone(s) in Rochester (NY), North American Saxophone Alliance Biennials, World Saxophone Congresses, the ThreeTwo Festival of New Music (NYC), the Bowling Green State University 20th Annual Festival of New Music and Art, the University of Minnesota Duluth New Music Festival, and the University of California San Diego Spring New Music Festival. Upcoming projects include taking part in a group commission for a new work for baritone saxophone and electronics by Nathan Davis, and she is currently working closely with Guggenheim Award winning composer Steven Takasugi on a new work for solo saxophonist and electronics to be premiered in 2013. Rhonda Taylor is a Conn-Selmer artist and plays on Selmer Paris saxophones exclusively. [image: rhonda] Bad Luck <http://badluckmusic.bandcamp.com/> Called ”powerful, virtuosic, and cutting-edge” music by All About Jazz, Bad Luck is a 10-year collaboration between Seattle drummer Chris Icasiano and saxophonist Neil Welch. With three albums under their belt, Bad Luck has created an incredibly diverse array of music—-no small feat in the heavily trodden world of drum/saxophone duos. Their melodies, improvisations and compositions are constructed from the ground up and in many cases cannot be conventionally notated on a page. Bad Luck formed out of late night drum and saxophone marathon sessions exploring Coltrane/Rashid Ali style duos and jazz standards. It was after adding live pedals and electronic effects that the unique sound profile of Bad Luck began to take shape. They were named the “Outside Jazz Group of 2011” by Earshot Jazz Magazine, and their album Two was named ”Album of the Year 2012” by the New York Jazz Review. They are Table and Chairs Music recording artists with 3 albums to their credit: Bad Luck (2009), Two (2010) and the Bloodroot EP (2012). Welch and Icasiano are founding members of the famed Racer Sessions avant-garde performance series which takes place each week in Seattle. They are also founding members of the cutting-edge record label Table and Chairs Music, which operates as a not-for-profit record label that gives 100% of its proceed to artists. Bad Luck tours extensively, having shared the stage with local bands throughout the US as well as major figures in improvised music such as saxophone legend Roscoe Mitchell, and performers Cuong Vu, Andrew D’Angelo, Wayne Horvitz, Dave King (The Bad Plus) and Chris Speed. In the Fall of 2014, Bad Luck celebrates the release of their new album Three, bringing their high-energy live set to venues and universities across the U.S. on a 35 day tour. [image: bad luck] Mykel Boyd <http://www.mykelboyd.com/> Sound and visual artist using processed field recordings to create dark, static filled compositions. Known for low end dronescapes that rumble, pulse and shimmer in a particularly dark industrial atmosphere. One half of experimental duo Bokeh. Boyd often use bowed brass bowls, analog synths and contact mics to add color to his clouded sound world. more information and sound available at: www.mykelboyd.com www.somnimage.com www.bokeharts.com [image: mykel] *Heavy Breather* Debut of New solo Project by Damon Griffith of BullSeal!, Cloacas, and the Coleslaw King himself. *COMING UP...* *November 8 <http://highmayhem.org/event-details/fall-series-night-2-2/>* Axle Contemporary Octaveleven <https://www.facebook.com/pages/OCTAVELEVEN/143564433818> Horned God <https://www.facebook.com/HornedGodBand> Disasterman We Drew Lightning <http://wedrewlightning.com/> [image: horned god] *November 15 <http://highmayhem.org/event-details/high-mayhem-fall-series-night-3/>* Axle Contemporary The Proxemics <http://highmayhem.org/artists/music/the-proxemics/> Johnny Bell Steve Paxton Angelo Harmsworth BullSeal! [image: Solo Johnny] *November 22 <http://highmayhem.org/event-details/high-mayhem-fall-series-night-4/>* FUFAKA Rumble Trio Dierdre Morris The Shiners Club Jazz Band Cloacas <http://highmayhem.org/artists/music/cloacas/> [image: cloacas] *For more info:* http://www.highmayhem.org http://www.facebook.com/highmayhem https://soundcloud.com/highmayhem

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Fwd: High Mayhem Fall Series: Nov 1, 8, 15, 22
by High Mayhem Newsletter 20 Oct '14

20 Oct '14

*High Mayhem Fall Series* *Saturdays, November 1, 8, 15, and 22* *Each night doors open at 7pm, show starts at 7:30pm* *High Mayhem Emerging Arts studio, 2811 Siler Lane, Santa Fe NM* ALL AGES, $10 donation at the door (each day), no one turned away Can't make the show in person? Check out the live webcast during the show at highmayhem.org/livestream High Mayhem Emerging Arts has been Santa Fe’s base for experimental and emerging arts since 2001, and host to emerging arts festivals since 2002. Our mission has always been to challenge the homogenizing effect of pop-culture groupthink by providing opportunities for and fostering collaborations with underrepresented “experimental” artists. This November will be the final year for our annual festival/series at the Siler Lane space, after which we will focus on going back underground with pirate video show broadcasts, a weekly radio show on SomaFM in the Bay Area (http://somafm.com/, which began Oct 9), pop-up shows at other locations, and continuing to operate as a record label and produce cutting edge albums (CDs and digital downloads). Celebrate the new transition for High Mayhem at the final Fall Series at the Siler Lane space, taking place Saturdays November 1, 8, 15, and 22. *November 1 <http://highmayhem.org/event-details/fall-series-night-1-ink-on-paper-acoust…>* iNK oN pAPER <http://www.iopmusic.com/> Rhonda Taylor <http://music.nmsu.edu/index.php/faculty/rhondat/home.php> Bad Luck <http://badluckmusic.bandcamp.com> Mykel Boyd <http://www.mykelboyd.com> Heavy Breather [image: rhonda] *November 8 <http://highmayhem.org/event-details/fall-series-night-2-2/>* Axle Contemporary Octaveleven <https://www.facebook.com/pages/OCTAVELEVEN/143564433818> Horned God <https://www.facebook.com/HornedGodBand> Disasterman We Drew Lightning <http://wedrewlightning.com/> [image: horned god] *November 15 <http://highmayhem.org/event-details/high-mayhem-fall-series-night-3/>* Axle Contemporary The Proxemics <http://highmayhem.org/artists/music/the-proxemics/> Johnny Bell Steve Paxton Angelo Harmsworth BullSeal! [image: Solo Johnny] *November 22 <http://highmayhem.org/event-details/high-mayhem-fall-series-night-4/>* FUFAKA Rumble Trio Dierdre Morris The Shiners Club Jazz Band Cloacas <http://highmayhem.org/artists/music/cloacas/> [image: cloacas] *For more info:* http://www.highmayhem.org http://www.facebook.com/highmayhem https://soundcloud.com/highmayhem

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