Fri. March 188pm SHARPGate to Moonbase Alpha (GTMBA)Every 3rd FridayFeatured this month:Homage to OhmKatastatikMy Evil TwinThe Great QuentiniTheatre of the Mind HOMAGE TO OHMFor his most ambitious project in his 20+ year, wildly eclectic career, Patrick Staceyhas constructed a one of a kind sound control station, painstakingly sampled thepioneers of early electronic music, and created an experimental audio abstractionunique in its history, form, and presentation. A project going into its second year,Patrick started by delving into the roots of his life long passion, electronic basedsound, and came across a three disc compilation recently released by Ellipsis Artsentitled "OHM: the early gurus of electronic music". Using computer based digitalsignal processing technology, Patrick methodically extracted hundreds of sound bitesfrom throughout the collection, loaded them into a performance based applicationfrom Ableton software called "Live", and slowly put together a piece that is allat once an improvisation, a tribute, a science, and an art. KATASTATIKFrom his web site: "I'm Mandra. I used to play guitar for the now dormant greatmutant skywheel. I do play guitar (and the manDrum) for the remarkable telesma, Ido a lot of improvised music with people and machines as Katastatik or the manDrum,quite often playing breakbeats and Drum N Bass on my body with a trigger suit andcomputer program I've created... I've been doing electro-acoustic music since theearly '80s, and began integrating orchestral instruments and interactive computertechnology in the '90s, all while playing in various bands, writing music for theaterpieces, indie films, installation art projects, and having music I'd written playedat conferences in exotic locations populated by well meaning but dull people thatI feel lucky to have escaped from. I love sound.MY EVIL TWINWhat happens to an audio engineer when he likes the noises the board makes betterthan the recorded music? My Evil Twin (Bernard M. Cox) mixes noise with classical,jazz and other motifs producing swelling crescendos and delicate abstract passagesall aimed at creating dark emotive soundscapes. The artist also avoids the use ofsequencers in order to yield an organic sound from what looks like a bunch of knobturning.THE GREAT QUENTINI (performance art)There are many lines that can be and have been written about The Great Quentini,the shaman of the pasta strainer, the enlightened one who sees art where others seetrash, the only human with whom Barbie wil truly converse, but our favorite description comes from a web page dedicated to Quentini: Born in an obscure corner of Pennsylvania. Abducted by space aliens for cross cloning with Yeti. Twelve year residency at Dr Zorg's secret underground space station. Five year unexplained gap. Thirteen years in Philadelphia recovering from wounds received while fighting Gondar. In the words of an 8-year-old critic: "Don't be afraid Mom, he's just a Sacred Clown."THEATRE OF THE MIND (visuals)Mark Baechtle, aka Theatre of the Mind, has been performing live in a variety ofvenues for many years. Both his electronic music and psychedelic visuals are originalcreations which transport both listener and viewer to other worlds. For this event,Mark will provide visual backdrops only, to the performersÕ musical sets. Undoubtedly, he will create live while adding some tried and true eye candy to enhance the sensory experience of each person in the audience.As one of the oldest series at The Rotunda, GTMBA showcases the newest in music and more. Featured is live music (of local, national, and international artists) fromsuch genres as ambient, experimental electronic, free improv, found sounds, fieldrecordings, IDM, tech-ambient, noise, post-rock, psychedelic, dark ambient, hard-to-define sounds and new music styles, and neo classical.In addition to music, video art, oil projections, slides, 16mm films, performanceart, interactive presentations (such as those from MIDI jumpsuits or audience participation), visual art, and more can be found at a single GTMBA event.___
