JANUARY 17–31
SHINKOYO @ the Stone
CURATED BY MARIO DIAZ DE LEON
At the Corner of Avenue C & 2nd street, NYC

1/17 Tuesday
8 pm Ganjatronics – Doron Sadja (synth, electronics) Justin Craun (synth, drum machines)
10 pm Aki Onda (cassettes, electronics)

1/18 Wednesday
8 pm Brown Wing Overdrive w/ Yeh & Pride - Chuck Bettis (electronics, throat), Derek Morton (electronics) Special guests C. Spencer Yeh (violin, electronics, voice) Mike Pride (drums, percussion)
10 pm Alfredo Marin (laptop)

1/19 Thursday
8 pm Peter B – A presentation by instrument builder Peter B of Ciat-Lonbarde. Featuring : organalogs – touch sensitive electronic winds – nabra – woven and bent analog brains – cocolace – 8 bit samples. www.ciat-lonbarde.net
10 pm MV Carbon (cello, tape machines, electronics, voice)

1/20 Friday
8 pm Twig Harper (electronics)
10 pm Salamander Wool - Carson Garhart (bamboo flutes, vocals, electronics)

1/22 Sunday
8 pm Future Shuttle - Jessa Farkas (vocals, synth) Camilla Padgitt-Coles (bass, synth) Lizzie Harper (flute) Linnea Vedder (percussion)
10 pm Lost Monarch – Michael Beharie (guitar, electronics) P. Corwin Lamm (electronics) Ted Rankin-Parker (cello) Jeffrey Cristiani (drums)

1/24 Tuesday
8 pm Chaos Majik – Todd Pendu (electronics) Jesse Gelaznik (electronics) – Light/Sound Ritual Electronic Music
10 pm Jeremiah Cymerman / Mario Diaz de Leon – Jeremiah Cymerman (clarinet, bass clarinet, electronics) Mario Diaz de Leon (electric guitar)

1/25 Wednesday
8 pm Kevin Hufnagel (baritone ukelele, acoustic guitar)
10 pm Bryan Jacobs (guitar, electronics)

1/26 Thursday
8 pm Zeljko McMullen (electronics, voice)
10 pm Ablehearts – Thomas Arsenault (electronics, voice, video)

1/27 Friday
8 pm Doron Sadja (electronics)
10 pm Mario Diaz de Leon (guitar, synth, electronics) – CD Release event for “Hypnos” (Shinkoyo 2012)

1/28 Saturday
8 and 10pm Skeletons – Matt Mehlan (guitar, vocals) Jason McMahon (guitar) Jon Leland (drums)

1/29 Sunday
8 pm Dan Peck (tuba) – Bowel-loosening noise from a pre-civilization zombie death mass.
10 pm Joshua Rubin (clarinets, electronics)

1/31 Tuesday
8 pm Organ Trio – Amy Mills (trumpet) Andrew Hock (guitar) Peter Negroponte (percussion)
10 pm Symbol – Zeljko McMullen (guitar, voice, electronics) Mario Diaz de Leon (guitar) Doron Sadja (woodwinds, percussion, electronics) Justin Craun (synth, drum machine) plus special guests
The first show in over two years from the “house band” of the West Nile space (2006–2009).

HAPPY 2012!

Shinkoyo is psyched to announce the release of Mario Diaz de Leon’s new album “Hypnos” – out January 24th, 2012!

On the opening and closing tracks, hyper fast synth tones create a rushing, cathedral –like atmosphere. Tracks such as “Consumed”, “Hypnocaust”, and “Kukulkan” feature psychedelic, crushing distortion as their primary focus, taking influence from doom metal, black metal, power electronics, new age, and horror soundtracks.  “Cinerum” and “Faithless” are highly structured takes on dark ambient, bringing the listener into haunting, strikingly beautiful realms of isolation, bleakness, and saturated noise textures.

Diaz de Leon’s previous solo release on Shinkoyo, 2008′s “Mira”, focused on monolithic walls of distorted guitar and voice.  A debut album of his works for acoustic instruments and electronics, “Enter Houses Of” was released on John Zorn’s Tzadik label in 2009.  The disc received international acclaim from publications including Impose Magazine, The Chicago Reader, New Music Box, Pepper Zone (France), Touching Extremes (Italy), and The Bangkok Post. Time Out New York included included it in their “Best of 2009″ list; “A startling new compositional voice exploded out of this disc, with wistful melodies haunting an abrasive mix of modernist integrity and anarchic noise.”  The New York Times praised the disc for its “hallucinatory intensity.”

The SHINGLES CLUB returns with the brand new “MAXXI SHINGLE” by Salamander Wool called “Snakes and Flutes” and a slick summer Shingle by GANJATRONICS called “The Forgetting Stage”.

Salamander Wool’s “MAXXXI SHINGLE” contains 3 sides (we can do that now) and is a celebration of the end of Winter, Nowruz (the Ancient new year and start of Spring), and the end of the Piscean Age (11/11/11).

Salamander Wool is Carson Garhart’s journal of experience with music and spirit – which he offers up with humility and grace. Carson is a member of Sejayno and lives on the West Side of Baltimore.

Please listen, share and enjoy via the Shinkoyo Shingles Club.

GANJATRONICS presents their newest work “The Forgetting Stage” – 2 dreamy summer sun-bathers – the perfect soundtrack to your next neon sunset cruise through the Hollywood Hills! Broken down hi-fi, brooding, lurching – The Forgetting Stage represents their most minimal work yet.

Brooklyn based electronics duo GANJATRONICS have been making a splash in the blogosphere with their many free digi-releases – described as “straight up lone-BP-station-at-night cold wave”, “Fern Gully on entheogens”, and “worth sharing a dark room with by any appreciator of contemplative electronics and expressive synthscapes, filled with somber, pensive mood that at the same time feels vibrantly erratic and emotionally combustible.”

WFMU’s “Beware of the Blog” just posted a fantastic write up on their music, with some bonus downloads HERE!

Listen, share and enjoy via the Shinkoyo Shingles Club.

Skeletons in “More Than the One Thing” from Shinkoyo on Vimeo.

New video for “More Than the One Thing” by Skeletons, out now via Shinkoyo / Crammed Discs / Sockets.

Directed by Matthew Mehlan.

With one person per lyric, the video (directed by the band’s Matt Mehlan) is a fantastic snapshot of a moment in time, Brooklyn, USA – featuring members of Skeletons, Zs, Dirty Projectors, Janka Nabay, Nine 11 Thesaurus, Blondes, Highlife, Little Women, Effi Briest, Sisters, Fuck Ton, PC Worship, NOMO, Light Asylum, Ablehearts, Up Died Sound, Child Abuse, Knyfe Hyts, Starring, Bow Ribbons, Grooms, People Get Ready and many many more friends, family, and “scene” makers – including Todd P, Death By Audio’s Edan Wilber, Jef and Joce Soubiran from Zebulon and the late Ariel Panero…

The hyper-limited vinyl version of “PEOPLE” is now available for order via Sockets’ website! Pick up your copy before they’re gone – or grab one from the band directly as they continue their trek across Europe!

GET THE VINYL!

The SHINGLES CLUB is in full effect with two new additions:

TEZEO – “Royale / Old Light”

WISH – “Take My Hand / We Can Disappear”.

The SHINGLES CLUB is Shinkoyo’s new series tackling the  ”single”. We’re taking it on A-side / B-side style without cutting down any vinyl-tree rainforests. If your listening habits have changed through the “digital music revolution”, our SHINGLES should slip perfectly into your party shuffle.

 
Tezeo is the song project of guitarist and composer Michael Behare. “Royale / Old Light”, Tezeo’s debut release, is a celebration of hope and chaos condensed into lovely pop gems. Backed by an eclectic range of electronic and acoustic sources, Tezeo is a troubadour designed for the virtual age. Both JAMS have visual accompaniment, watch them HERE.

 
Wish is the latest project from artist Zeljko McMullen – his sounds and images deconstruct the present space, replacing it with a perpetually shifting immersive architecture to curl up in – a counter-din to the information saturation of the present day. In other words, Wish creates a womb-like shelter with room enough for your own personal catharsis… Watch the video for “We Can Disappear”, a series of love stories played by characters enacting the 7 sins and 7 virtues  - shot on 16mm black and white film!

Shinkoyo’s Mario Diaz De Leon and Matthew Mehlan (Skeletons) are BOTH premiering new chamber works at the end of the month in NYC!

March 27th is the premiere of “Where is My New Face?” written by Matthew Mehlan for the Brooklyn Philharmonic String Quartet, along with performances of “Hands” by Matt and the fantastic “Workers Union” by Louis Andriessen. The concert starts at 2pm at the Brooklyn Museum of Art.

On March 30th, ICE (the International Contemporary Ensemble) will be performing an entire evening of music composed by Mario Diaz De Leon at Le Poisson Rouge. On the concert are two NY premieres (“The Soul is the Arena” and “Prism Path”) and the World premiere of Mario’s brand new piece “Portals Before Dawn”. This is a rare oppotunity to catch some of the country’s finest players tackle Mario’s intense and beautiful music! The doors open at 6:30 and the concert is FREE (reservations are strongly recommended!).

All info is below.

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“Where is My New Face?”
Sunday, March 27, 2011 at 2 PM

Brooklyn Museum | Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium
In conjunction with the long-term installation: Hank Willis Thomas,”Unbranded”

A Brooklyn Philharmonic string quartet and guest artists will perform an exciting program co-curated by renowned composer Randall Woolf and BPO Composer Fellow Matthew Mehlan.

The concert will feature Matthew Mehlan’s world premiere work, “Where is My New Face?” inspired by the Brooklyn Museum’s special exhibit, Hank Willis Thomas, “Unbranded.”

Also on the program is Mehlan’s “Hands” and “Workers Union” by Louis Andriessen.

Tickets

$15 Adults

$10 for students, seniors and Museum members

By Phone: BP Patron Services | 718.488.5913

In Person: Museum lobby day of concert starting at 12 PM

Tickets include admission into the Brooklyn Museum and a guided gallery tour at 1 PM.

Brooklyn Museum

Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium

200 Eastern Parkway

3rd Floor

Brooklyn, NY 11238

Directions

By Subway:

2 or 3 train to Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum

By Bus:

B71 in front the Museum

B41 or B69 to Grand Army Plaza

B48 to Franklin Avenue at Eastern Parkway

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PRISM PATH:  ICE performs music of Mario Diaz de Leon

Wednesday, March 30, 2011, 7:30

Mario Diaz de Leon blends acoustic instruments and electronic sound into otherworldly hybrids. Prism Path, a sixty minute instrumental cycle, builds from a duo of two flutes (featuring Claire Chase and Eric Lamb), to a blistering bass clarinet solo with electronics (featuring Joshua Rubin), to a new large ensemble piece, Portals Before Dawn, using influences from industrial, noise rock, spectral harmonies and electronic music from past and present.

Program:

Portals Before Dawn for two flutes, clarinet, percussion, piano, and synth (2011) WORLD PREMIERE

The Soul is the Arena for bass clarinet and electronics (2010) NEW YORK PREMIERE

Prism Path for two alto flutes and percussion (2010) NEW YORK PREMIERE

Altar of Two Serpents for two flutes (2010)

Mansion for two alto flutes, percussion, and electronics (2009)

The Flesh Needs Fire for flute, clarinet, and electronics (2007)

Le Poisson Rouge

http://lepoissonrouge.com/
158 Bleecker Street

New York, NY

Free admission; reservations strongly encouraged

RSVP: ice@lprnyc.com

www.iceorg.org

http://shinkoyo.com/artists/mario-diaz-de-leon/

Related show

• Artist: Matthew Mehlan
• Date: Sunday, March 27th 2011
• Time: 2:00pm
• City: Matthew Mehlan in Brooklyn, NY
• Venue: Brooklyn Museum of Art
• Country: United States
• Age restrictions: All Ages
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• Artist: MARIO DIAZ DE LEON
• Date: Wednesday, March 30th 2011
• Time: 7:30am
• City: MARIO DIAZ DE LEON in New York City
• Venue: Le Poisson Rouge
• Country: United States
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Stream “Grandma” on Bandcamp:

Shinkoyo is pleased to announce the release of Skeletons’ new album “People” on April 26. Co-mixed by Rusty Santos (also known for his work with Owen Pallett and Animal Collective/Panda Bear) is the first released in an exciting union between Shinkoyo and Crammed Discs (home to the amazing Congotronics series among many others!) with a special vinyl edition on DC’s Sockets Records.

One of the most fascinating bands from the hugely creative Brooklyn/NYC scene of recent times, Skeletons create intense, original and revelatory music, working a globe-spanning realm of inspirations into a singular and colourful vision of guitar-based songcraft. Led by Matt Mehlan and his long-term collaborators Jason McMahon and Jonathan Leland, Skeletons have spent the last few years touring their potent live show all around, releasing a string of bold, beautifully recorded albums in the process.

People brilliantly boils down all the band’s thrilling sonic excursions into a collection of concise, fluid and emotive songs: rich, subtly dramatic musical atmospheres envelope Matt Mehlan’s compelling lyrical tales, inhabited by unlikely real-life characters (Jimmy Damour, Tania Head, Lil’ Rich and others) whose stories are told from a viewpoint which is both human and social/political.

Shinkoyo will be releasing PEOPLE on CD, Digital and Cassette formats in the US and Canada, with Crammed releasing the CD and Digital in the rest of the world. Stay tuned for more details and pre-order info! Tracklist is below:

1. L’il Rich
2. Grandma
3. More Than the One Thing
4. Walmart and the Ghost of Jimmy Damour
5. No
6. Tania Head
7. Barack Obama Blues
8. People

Skeletons Artist Page and Bio here:
Skeletons Artist Page

Skeletons elsewhere on the Web:
Skeletons.tv
Skeletons Facebook
Skeletons Bandcamp
Skeletons Myspace
Shinkoyo
Crammed Discs
Sockets Records

Press on previous Skeletons releases:
A hugely ambitious and inventive record, both dazzlingly complex and curiously child-like in its patchwork compositions. Its vast, sonic panoramas are packed full of detail, with jazzy jams, blissed-out psychedelia, avant folk and electronic noise, underpinned by funky, Can-like mantras. That the result is magical, rather than messy, says much about Mehlan’s vision (Uncut, UK)

While the lyrics offer up fragments of magical realism, the music is resolutely fantastical. (The Wire, UK)

An undeniably fashionable band, capable of helplessly popular tunes, but marked by a particular brand of excellence beyond the pale of true acceptance. (Papermag, US)

If you find yourself looking for something slightly leftfield but still traditionally cohesive (and even fun), Skeletons are there for you in a way that few others are  (Tiny Mix Tapes, US)

Matt Mehlan [is] welding together an impressive musical contraption of his own, bound by anecdotal tales of an awkward life apart… An outsize global-a-go-go mélange of unceasing polyrhythms, Afrobeat guitars, free jazz, and Timbaland’s approach to kitchen-sink percussion.  (Pitchfork, US)

Skeletons pull off so many different artistic currents at once it’s unbelievable. Their music is both funky and evil at the same time. This is a rare combination indeed, with 70’s Miles Davis being the only precursor that springs immediately to mind. (Charlie Looker, Extra Life, US)

Skeletons are one of the few contemporary bands that can legitimately be called “original.” The New York quartet has wrangled a distinctive mélange of leftfield influences into un-purist jolts of sonic dazzlement. A mere list of Skeletons’ stylistic tropes–No Wave, free jazz, Afrobeat, post-punk, high life, the artiest art rock–doesn’t do justice to the wallop of exciting newness that each track delivers.  (XLR8R)

Hope your transition to 2011 was a joyous one!

SHINKOYO is kicking it off with a new video by ABLEHEARTS: “GET IT”.

Ablehearts is the work of sound and video artist Thomas Arsenault, who fashions his wares on the picturesque coast of the East River.

“Get It”, a sultry warning for ambitious lovers, comes on the (digital) b-side of Ablehearts “A Name / Get It” single released in October. The video affectionately borrows footage from “The Swimmer” and reminds us that this bitter winter cold won’t last forever.

Grab the DELUXE download via Shinkoyo, which includes videos for both jams and those high quality 320kbps MP3s to treat your eyes and ears right…

Seasons Greetings from Northern Cali. Photograph by Warner Jepson.

Happy Holidaze!

SHINKOYO is very proud to release for the first time ever, a most auspicious recording, Warner Jepson’s Buchla Christmas.

I’ll let Warner  explain it in his own words…

San Francisco Bay Area: 1969

“I’d been playing Buchla music in various galleries for openings, as well as MOMA openings. They liked them enough, since the music gave a good time, was infectious and totally new to people. So MOMA asked me to provide music for their annual Christmas party for Children on a Saturday morning.
So I took off one evening for Mills College where the Buchla now was kept to take up my usual time time slot of 8pm. At the time use of the Tape/Buchla room was very loose; I could stay as long as I liked after the building closed at 10; sometimes I would be there almost till dawn. There were times, however, when I’d go back home at midnight dejected at having found nothing exciting.
This night I was already across the Bay Bridge when I realized I hadn’t brought any Christmas music, no carols! I was going to have to remember what I could. Turned out I knew enough of them to play with.
The Buchla doesn’t’ have a keyboard like a piano (with twelve notes to the octave), just slits in a metal plate with two tuning knobs to give each slit a pitch or a pair of pitches. I didn’t have to reconstruct all twelve notes of a scale, just the notes needed in the song. Tuning what few notes I needed for each tone was fairly easy. But one carol sounded like church bells because it one of the notes sounded out of tune as some church bells because their tuning doesn’t fit with a tempered tuning so goes out of tune with the other notes. At first I thought this a problem, but since it did resemble church bells it decided it added to the charm. Other sounds reminded me of lighter caroling bells as I imagined in old Germany or the Alps, at least, as I remembered hearing them.
The most pleasure came when I incorporated the sequencing module that gave a tune rhythm that it never had nor would have, since it came from a synthesizer with a different kind of creativity that a human wouldn’t have. The unusual rhythm added a kick to the carol.
I didn’t have enough carols to make a long enough session so I added here and there, especially at the end, some synthesizer music that I’d previously made on the Buchla that sounded shimmering and might evoke a starry sleigh filled night.”

Buchla Christmas is available exclusively from SHINKOYO via buchlaxmas.bandcamp.com for the remainder of 2010, as a pay as you wish (including free!) download.