On March 20, 2010 at the Downtown Independent Theater in Los Angeles, CA, ICS presented an evening of live cinema and music entitled ASTRAL LANDSCAPES, with original music by STRANGELOOP and AUSTIN PERALTA, visuals by STRANGELOOP and BEN OLSON, and live painting by LEIGH J. McCLOSKEY.
Also featuring performances by TIMEBOY, SHLOMO, and SEVEN SATURDAYS.
Audio performances by: DR. STRANGELOOP (Brainfeeder) CYRUSREX MIKE DOBLER WET MANGO (Darkmatter, Sonic Death Rabbit) WMX (So Simple) TED NAVA (So Simple)
Visual performances by: NABOA (Naboa) ALEX PELLY (Dublab) DR. STRANGELOOP (Brainfeeder)
The great nephew of jazz legend Alice Coltrane might be expected, destined to become a music titan himself. But Echo Park’s Steven Ellison, aka Flying Lotus, who Chris Martins profiles in our print edition, was dead set on a career in film, not music.
He packed his bags for film school and, as fate would have it, met David Wexler, himself an offspring of an offspring of a Hollywood star (Oscar-winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler) and the two started blowing each other’s minds.
Now, with his third album, Cosmogramma about to drop, Flying Lotus is being compared to another member of the music world stratosphere. “Lotus is like Hendrix — he’s completely torn up the rule book in electronic music and it’s so liberating. I hear his sound echoing in every corner of the planet right now,” Radio 1 DJ Mary Anne Hobbs, “First Lady of Bass,” told Martins.
Martins says it’s “a potential game-changer for electronica, instrumental hip-hop and jazz — hell, maybe even post-rock and the avant-garde” — looks like Great Uncle John’s got some competition.
Recently, the incredible Mary Anne Hobbs featured an exclusive a/v edit and audio mix of Dr. Strangeloop’s (aka David Wexler) ’2010‘ project on her BBC 1 program! ‘2010 : [or] How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Technological Singularity’ is an ever-evolving avant-sci-fi epic about a dystopian alternate universe where an A.I. Deity has become imprisoned within its own Ego. It discovers a transcendental media living within an archaic laptop, which upon viewing, facilitates its spiritual awakening.
Considering how many of the contributors to Pop and Hiss are ardent admirers of the mutant bass music booming out of Hyperdub’s offices, we’d be remiss not to mention Sunday’s installment of the Brainfeeder Sessionsfeaturing the London label’s boss, Kode 9. Redefining the “intelligent” in intelligent dance music, the PhD in philosophy from the University of Warwick will be doing an audio and visual presentation of his new book, “Sonic Warfare: Sound, Affect, and The Ecology of Fear, recently released by MIT Press. Additionally, there will be a screening of the 1995 Afro-Futurism documentary “The Last Angel of History.”
Starting at 9 p.m. at the Downtown Independent, Brainfeeder artist Dr. Strangeloop will be there to add visuals and to premiere his live sci-fi feature, “2010 (or) How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Technological Singularity.” Expect something well beyond Power Point and stereotypical stoner screensaver graphics. The evening will also feature special guests, plus sets from KNXWLEDGE and the Los Angeles debut of the newest Brainfeeder signing Jeremiah Jae. This promises to be the only music show this side of an Aesop Rock/Mountain Goats double billing where bringing a dictionary is recommended.
Sunday, Brainfeeder Sessions at the Downtown Independent, 251 S. Main St. 9 p.m. $12
DAVID WEXLER (aka STRANGELOOP) AND THE BRAINFEEDER CREW HOST MORE “SESSIONS” AT THE DOWNTOWN INDEPENDENT THEATER IN LOS ANGELES ON MARCH 28, 2010.
STRANGELOOP WILL BE PREMIERING HIS LIVE SCI-FI EPIC “2010: Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Technological Singularity” :: PRODUCED IN ASSOCIATION WITH ICS.
After Party WSG Flying Lotus, Dr. Strangeloop, Mahjongg Co-presented by Dark Matter The Blind Pig – 208 S. 1st St., Ann Arbor, MI 10:30PM – 2AM
An ear melting mash up of avant-garde, psychedelic hip-hop performed by Flying Lotus, live VJing by experimental astral projectionist Dr. Strangeloop, and a live set by post-punk boogie rockers Mahjonng, with Dark Matter’s DJ Forest spinning in the seismic segues. Ann Arbor Film Festival Website.
