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New!!!
The Buzzerk
Eric from Numbers invented The Buzzerk musical instrument. With it, he has composed
many pieces, including the following:
Go Go Girl
New!!!
Meltdown
"Nightbird Nightmare" from The Map LP- one of the studio tracks
from the definitive Meltdown anthology. Hopefully we will be able to post some
non-LP Meltdown audio soon!
Nightbird
Nightmare
New!!!
Strategy, Momeraths, and Nice Nice Quicktime video clip
These 3 archigramophone mainstays met at Seattle's SIL2K weekly to do an improvised
joint performance in March- video montage captured and edited by Wesley Davis
from Entropic Advance. Requires Quicktime which is a free download
Strategy/Momeraths/Nice
Nice Live Video
New!!!
One Human Minute
Another track from ohm's glacial but steady full-length-in-progress
Railroad
New!!!
The Tomorrow
A historical document containing The Tomorrow. This most Portland-esque of Punk
bands which included Michael (Momeraths/One Human Minute) Ozi (Hazelrah) Ellie
(Entertainment) and Davis (A John Henry Memorial). Now you can see the marvelous
place which they come from.
Replicant
New Tattoo
New!!!
Phil Thomson
Vancouver, B.C.'s Phil Thomson sent us a copy of his 18-minute piece, Feed.
Here is a new piece from a new work entitled Scan.
mqp
(coda)
New!!
Nice Nice
An untitled improvisation
from Nice Nice central: October 2001.
untitled
improvisation October 2001
New!!!
PEOPLEX
A rough version of some new work by transatlantic improv-by-correspondance PEOPLEX
(aka Chris and Paul). Paul makes the source and Chris makes it happen.
untitled
New!!
Strategy
studio track of a semi-improvised piece performed at The Blackbird on August
8th.
The Fan
in Fanatic and the Phone in Phonetic
Plas Electric/Sarah
Voos
Chris Herbert, of Birmingham, UK: record-head extraordinaire develops software
audio sketches on his lunch hour, expertly committing art while on the clock.
He is also 1/2 of PEOPLEX!
0501
2103b
Emergency
Emergency was a live group that played a lot of shows, often at house shows.
Here are some samples of what the group sounded like live- recorded at Melanie's
house in North Portland, March 2001.
Hide
and Go Seek with Knives (live)
The
Greatest Magnifying Glass is the Splinter in Your Eye (live)
One Human
Minute
Michael and Paul do spastic punk/hc improvs and then carve them into somber
shapes.
Phoneme
Numbers
The best NO WASTE band of all time tears it up live on their first and only
Portland performance to date, also from Melanie's basement last March.
Cool
to Say Hi (live)
Intercom
(live)
Strategy
Here are some live improvs (from the Bijou Cafe, fall 2000) and studio roughs
for you. This song is based on a sample from one of my favorite Portland groups,
Reanimator!
improv
at the Bijou 1 (live)
Reanimated
Two Noises
From the unfinished LP: roughs recorded at Magnetic Park in Portland, OR, 1999.
Snippet
(rough)
Momeraths
Portland's premier fragment-pop group performing live at The Show-Off Gallery
in Bellingham, March 2001.
Hot Cup
of Science (live)
still photographs
Hello, here are some more new tour pic's from Indra Dunis:
Top Photo (L-R): Owen Casiotone,
Lily Chumley, Ethan, Amy, Paul, Dave, Josh Lowdown, Eric Landmark, Ben- in Santa
Cruz "Where's his partner?"
Bottom photo: Emergency at the Santa Cruz house show. You can't see it but the
flyer on the back wall behind the group reads "Life is Ecstatic"
Hi, here are: some more Emergency tour pic's
Ben, Paul Ethan, & Owen Casiotone
at an LA breakfast joint. Photo by Amy ?
Weed...Like to see you again.
(I've since been told that making fun of the name 'Weed' while stopping in Weed,
California during a punk rock tour can cause the van to break down--apparently
this is a very real possibility and a common punk rock superstition!)
A
tour diary couldn't possibly describe all our experiences on this tour--California
is an vast and bustling place. All I can say is, it was great to know that so
many people can be so supportive.--massive thanks go out to the following people
:
Lily Chumley for being our badass roadie and California guide
Numbers, the Lowdown, Erase Errata, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, and Fast
Forward--its nice to know we're not alone out here--thanks to all of you for
your amazing music, vitality and hospitality--
everyone at the Sacramento and Santa Cruz houses we played at, Club Hot in Oakland
and The Smell in LA, everyone who helped organize shows--
Dave and Indra Numbers, Noel from the Lowdown, the Chumley family, Ilana in
LA, for letting us sleep on their floors and sofas
Jeff from KALX for having us on his radio show-
everyone who came to shows and had a good time! I'm sleep deprived, I hope I
haven't forgotten anyone!
No thanks to automobile drivers who practice the "California Merge" method of highway merging.
Love, Emergency
Polaroid I-Zones by Paul.
Top Row, L-R: Amy and Lily, Sacramento; Ben, Amy & Ethan, Club Hot, Oakland;
Ben, Sacramento
Second Row Down L-R: mysterious Jaks graffiti appearing in SF (???), The Lowdown
performing in Sacramento; Numbers playing at Club Hot, Oakland
Third Row Down, L_R: Ethan, Amy, and Lily, Sacramento; Dave, Indra, & Eric
(Numbers) in SF
Last Row (L-R) Hugh and Josh (2/3 of The Lowdown) in a mysterious "burny
polaroid"; Numbers in Sacramento (?)
Hi, here are some pictures from the Strategy/ Momeraths tour!
Bellingham day 1- all the groups were awesome but the Strategy set was goofed due to breaking equipment! Doh there goes space echo! Artie Smudges Trio, Thanksgiving, The Reeks and the Wrecks, and Momeraths were all great. Bellingham is the city of "subdued excitement". I think this roughly describes the Showoff Gallery. doh! I think I left my notebook there. We didn't know Thanksgiving was going to be there on the same nite, which was fun. Make spaghetti in the middle of the nite in Randi's sister's house. Then get really nervous about crossing into Canada with musical instruments! why is Bellingham the city of subdued excitement. Everyone walks around Bellingham! On the way to B-ham Michael takes pictures of a mullet guy who has super long platinum blond mullet with Tom Selleck moustache driving a convertible. I get worried we'll get beat up even though this is on the freeway.
Vancouver, BC, day -2- no trouble at the border despite all our preparations! vancouver looks like a city from the future and its storming rain with some sun causing an enormous double rainbow. Find the Sugar Refinery: is a vegetarian restaurant in the upstairs of a building on Granville. Super good food. Bands play in front of a piano which Mome uses to play music. Strategy, anxiety, nerves. Then throwdown for people eating dinner. Then Vancouver's Menya (enya for men!!!) throws down, very slowly like Labradford. Oh no a blown fuse! then electricity comes back. Then!!! Momeraths throw down! We are in Canada! it is culturally accelerated. Everyone sleeps in different places. Michael and Joel stay with friend Terence who is a professional GAME TESTER!!! Colleen, Josh, and Howard stay at an artists' studio, but get kicked out early so they buy kinds of candy bars you can't get here, such as Crunchie and Toffee Crisp. Paul & Randi stay with friend Scott (and his cats) who does loscil and the Multiplex Grande. (thank you Scott!!) Next day, walk all around Vancouver. Eat more really good vegetarian food. Canada is familiar and not at the same time. The sugar refinery people are tight like a family. There are photographs and projections everywhere. what a cool city. everyone throws down! go team! on to Seattle.
Seattle day 3- very tired now. back into the US with no problem. Get to Seattle, go straight to the venue. Doh! The Rendez-vous is a very down and out dive bar! Inside is hidden a very small movie theater, which Rex says was DW Griffiths screening room. The room is decrepit and has bad voodoo. I try to get out of playing but Josh insists (whew). Whoa! Guys in Dutch Flat who set up show are from Idaho, and Pullman Washington, via Missoula. I know these guys from the early 90s. Strategy improvises, lots of noise and an elephant march. spin the tempo dial. Then, Recidivist play. they sound kind of like Don Caballero with a Dr. Sampler. Then, momeraths throw down a badass set, but the soundsystem is kind of lousy. Then Dutch Flat play, they are playing ROCK! and they barely need the PA except for vocals. Yeah! Then the Rendez-Vous people try to get everyone to leave. I am glad Josh talks me into playing.
Seattle day 4- sleep in at Randi's parents. call everyone in Seattle to come to the show. meet crew downtown. "we brought cookies from Randi's grandma!" , then, try to find the I-Spy. where is it? Debate the pro's and con's of Seattle trying to find the I-Spy. Which is closed at the time so we go to an art bar upstairs staffed by a Scottish guy who disses portland. Scam drinks! everyone goofing around. We know that Strategy, Momeraths, and Nice Nice (friends from Portland also playing at the show), must form like Voltron at the end. We are nervous. What is the Seattle Improv weekly like? load in. lots of seattle friends arrive! SIL2K guys are super mellow and soundguy is not mad that we have so much weird stuff, and insist on keeping all 3 groups set up at the same time. nice sound system! nice nice do a super nice set! go Portland! at SIL2K, which is the every-monday-improv event we are performing at, they project the names of the groups on the wall while they play. Announcer guy is very eccentric! Then, Strategy set for 15 minutes based on a sample of someone saying "an accident is not the same thing as a mistake" and then Mome gets up one by one. first howard and so there's electronic drums jam for a minute and then here comes Josh and Colleen and Michael and Joel. Strate-Mome ! Then-- Nice Nice come back up STRATE-MOME-NICE! throwdown in Seattle. people are glad we did not rely on frenetic atonal skronk. 8 people from POrtland onstage, and Seattle crews say we have been fun to watch and tasteful. Our two cities at peace (for now.) Then the Greg Sinbaldi trio plays. they are all SICK musicians and everyone takes a solo. it is clear they hear cues at the psychic, advanced level. everyone is stoked about this group. Then, sell CDs, goof around with all our friends for a long time. I talk to Noise guys about doing Noise music. Thanks, SIL2K and its regulars!
end of day 4: bye, Pacific Northwest! Hello, day jobs! (for some of us anyways)
 strate-mome at the I-Spy 4/01/01, Seattle |
 momeraths at the sugar refinery, Vancouver BC, 3/31/01 |
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 strategy at the sugar refinery, vancouver BC 3/31/01 |
 strategy at the sugar refinery, vancouver BC, 3/31/01 |
 strate-mome-nice at the I-spy, 4/01/01 |
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 Nice Nice at the I-Spy, 4/01/01 |
 Michael in Bellingham |
 Nice Nice at the I-spy |
Momeraths in Vancouver (Sugar Refinery) Polaroid snapshot by Randi Johnsen |
 this is a mullet guy in a silver chrysler convertible that Michael was taking pictures of 
Michael from Momeraths at the Sugar Refinery- Polaroid Snapshot by Randi Johnsen |
(L-R) Amy, Ethan and Ben from Emergency, taking a break at Insta-Fame
Studio in Milwaukie, Oregon. Polaroid I-zone photo by Paul Dickow
A blurry portrait of The Tomorrow (now on permanent {?} hiatus).
Pictured (L-R) are Michael (ex-Entertainment), Davis (A John Henry Memorial),
Ellie (ex-Entertainment) and Ozi
(aka Hazelrah, the new addition to the Archigramophone family). From the Tomorrow/Supersprite
tour to Washington State. Photo by ??
Here's Chris Herbert aka Plas Electric/Sarah Voos and aka 1/2
of PEOPLEX (with Archigramophone's Paul Dickow.) Pictured here in Birmingham
during Paul's visit to the UK
in September, 2000. "Should I wave my hands in the air like I just don't
care?" Polaroid I-zone by Paul
Strategy goes to London-Polaroid I-zone
by Chris or Clare (?)
