A night of experimental music is coming to Artlands Downtown Redlands featuring renown sound artists Derek Monypeny (Joshua Tree), Joe Cantrell (San Diego), Jen Boyd (Redlands), and David Rothbaum (Angeles Crest).
$10 suggested donation at the door
This is the first installment of this new quarterly event.
DEREK MONYPENY
Born in the Arizona desert, a veteran of multiple explorations into the Sahara desert via Morocco and Western Sahara, and now a resident of the Mojave, Derek Monypeny sees his musical mission as adding to and expanding on what he calls the "desert continuum;" the psychedelic sirocco swirl of desert based stringed instruments played with utter abandon by musicians the world over.
Derek’s “desert continuum” concept takes great inspiration from desert guitarists whose playing so perfectly reflects their surroundings in its gnarled beauty and all-pervasive individualism: Richard Bishop, Zoot Horn Rollo, Curt Kirkwood, Jesus Acedo, Bob Log III, and Howe Gelb to name a few. In his travels in North Africa, Derek discovered that same spirit in Saharan guitar playing, in artists such as Seddoum ould Eide, Hammadi ould Nana, and Luleide ould Dendenni. Derek uses a variety of instruments to achieve these ends. In addition to guitar, he has recorded an album of solo oud recordings (Don't Bring Me Down, Bruce) and is currently performing and recording using the 15-string electric shahi baaja (Indian electric banjo). Derek is a former member of the bands Oaxacan (Oakland, CA), ALTO! (Portland, OR), and Sir Richard Bishop's Freak Of Araby Ensemble. In addition to his solo work, he has an ongoing duo project with Bryan Hillebrandt, OAE (Oakland Afternoon Ensemble). He has collaborated and toured with artists such as Bill Orcutt, Jozef van Wissem, Mike Watt, Eva Aguila, Ak'chamel, and many others.
http://derekmonypeny.bandcamp.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1wyMpXhhcQ
https://petalmotel.com/derek-monypeny-the-hand-as-dealt/
https://foxydigitalis.zone/2021/05/28/derek-moneypeny-the-hand-as-dealt/
https://daily.bandcamp.com/best-experimental/the-best-experimental-music-on-bandcamp-august-2021
JEN BOYD
Jen Boyd is a sound artist and teacher living in Redlands, CA. She spends time recording sounds in her environment and then arranges them into layered soundscapes. In these pieces, some sounds unfold naturally while others are processed. Jen uses a variety of different microphones to explore the textures and timbres in her environment. Many of her soundscapes seek to give depth to these delicate sounds. Although her work mostly relies on 'natural' sounds she uses a wide variety of sound sources to paint sonic pictures for the listener. In future projects, Jen will continue to explore the depths of natural sound and their presentation as art through live performance and sound installations. She hopes to spark the interest in people of all ages to listen more closely to the environment they live in everyday.
For the past 10 years Jen founded and continues to co-curated Re:Sound, a sound series on Mare Island in Vallejo, CA focusing on forgotten space, environment and sound. Jen is focused on bringing a series like that to Redlands where she now resides. Bridging communities of sound and sharing space for artists to create and present is one of Jen’s passions.
Sounds:
https://touchradio.org.uk/touchradio/Radio62.mp3
JOE CANTRELL
Joe Cantrell is a sound artist specializing in installations, compositions, and performances inspired by the consequences of technological objects and practices. His work examines the incessant acceleration of technology and media production, its ownership, and the waste it produces. In the rush to get the newest and shiniest things, the less new and less shiny are cast off: today's hot commodity is often tomorrow's garbage. In solidarity with these abandoned objects and the hands that put them together, Joe makes electronic feedback soundscapes using only discarded, obsolete and / or broken technology. It's a physical collaboration: the machines listen to themselves and act accordingly. Joe offers suggestions to them and they make sound together.
DAVID ROTHBAUM
David Rothbaum is a composer and musician (modular synthesizer, bass, guitar, piano & occasionally clarinets). he lives in the mountains and works primarily in film and television.
https://davidrothbaum.bandcamp.com/