Some photos from the 11/20 show at the Empty Bottle.
Thanks to everyone who came out, it was a great time. Planning to play more shows soon.
11/20/12
Potions
Hear Hums
Oshwa
Rainbo Video
Empty Bottle
1035 N. Western Ave.
Chicago
doors 8 pm, show @ 9 pm
21+, FREE with RSVP ($8 otherwise)
I’m up first at 9pm. Will be playing lots of new music and it’ll probably be my vocal debut :0
p.s. Designed the poster myself
It’s my birthday weekend, and to show my appreciation for everyone who listens to my music (or might like to), I’m making my album Shadow Relics available as a free digital download through Monday (8/20).
If you haven’t grabbed it yet, now’s your chance! It’s also a perfect opportunity to share the album with any musicophile friends who might be interested.
Just head to the Shadow Relics Bandcamp page, click Buy Now, enter in the price ($0 if you want the free download), and proceed as usual. Of course, you can still also pay for it if you feel so inclined, and the $8 Limited Edition CD featuring beautiful full-color photographs of Antarctica is also still available there. :)
The Limited Edition Shadow Relics DVD is also nearing completion, so stay tuned for news on that. And speaking of which…
Rainbo Video merch and Æ art available through Bandcamp
Now that Bandcamp has added the option to sell physical goods, I’ll also be selling my non-musical merchandise and art (DVDs, paintings, prints, photos, etc.) in the Rainbo Video merch store. I recently added my acrylic painting Critical Theory #3, and will definitely post updates when more items are available.
Have a great weekend!
Who would’ve guessed Alfred Hitchcock was essentially a nonpracticing Buddhist?
Brody Condon
Cats Green
2010
Archival inkjet print and hand screenprint
“In Cats Green, Brody Condon layers two 20th c. visual references, 1970`s sci-fi illustration and the early avant-garde abstraction of Malevich. Combining the two divergent visual styles, Condon offers a simple critique of idealized notions of the future which present parallel utopic narratives.” - MutualArt.com
Wait
Arturo Evening, 2011
I’ve entered three of my photos in Fine Art America’s National TV Photo Contest. The odds are tough, but I’d be grateful if you’d throw some votes my way! The winner gets one of their photos along with their name featured on a nationally televised commercial.
The three photos I have entered are Wait (pictured above), as well as All 1 and Resonance (see below).
The contest only runs for another week, until May 31st, so please vote today! It’ll only take a few seconds. You can vote for each photo once, so please vote for all three!
Here are the links to cast your votes:
If you have a chance, please forward this post along to friends/family - every vote counts! Thanks!
All 1
Arturo Evening, 2011
Resonance
Arturo Evening, 2011
Had a great time at the DreamBait show Monday night at Hungry Brain. Thanks to everyone who came out! Always fun to see old friends and hear Chicago’s experimental music offerings.
Matthew Dotson using an E-mu Drumulator:
Lofstrom and Else brought in a DVD of jellyfish visuals. Mesmerizing!
Show tonight at Hungry Brain. Very much looking forward to the performance. Everything I’m playing is unreleased, and 90% of it will be improvised. I’ll also be performing my first ever piece in just intonation.
Just to clear up some confusion that may have been generated by the Do312 event page: this is not a record release show for me, and I won’t be playing anything remotely like my 2007 hyper-sampling speed pop track “Colors,” which someone apparently uploaded to YouTube with the incorrect assertion that it was “techno.”
All that being said, I will have CDs of Shadow Relics for sale. The DVDs are very close to being ready, but not quite yet. Sorry for the wait, but I think it’ll be worth it.
Show details again:
Monday, May 21st
DreamBait presents:
Rainbo Video
Lofstrom and Else
Matthew Dotson
Hungry Brain
2319 W. Belmont Ave.
Roscoe Village, Chicago
Doors: 8pm / Show: 9pm
21+, Free (donations encouraged)
Stopped at the video store recently. Some great, rare cult flicks visible in that shot, but what did I end up settling on? Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.
I couldn’t be happier. Decent sequel, but the high point probably came from Arnold Schwarzenegger’s commentary. Below is just a short excerpt, it’s…amazing.
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Schwarzenegger’s T3 commentary
Whispered Light, 2012
I’ll be playing a free show on Monday, May 21st at Hungry Brain here in Chicago. The show is the May edition of DreamBait, a monthly event serving as a hub for ambient music, textural composition, and improvisation in Chicago. It highlights “artists with an experimental and minimalist aesthetic.”
DreamBait presents:
Rainbo Video
Lofstrom and Else
Matthew Dotson
Hungry Brain
2319 W. Belmont Ave.
Roscoe Village, Chicago
Doors: 8pm / Show: 9pm
21+, Free (donations encouraged)
I previously performed at DreamBait in June of last year for the release of Shadow Relics and am looking forward to returning. These days my music is becoming increasingly pop-oriented, so (for the time being) this will be a rare chance to see me perform some unreleased and improvised ambient pieces live.
