Architeuthis Walks on Land is Amy Cimini and Katherine Young's improvised project. Cimini (viola) and Young (bassoon and accordion) explore the full expressive parameters of the duo form, working with the material and textural ranges of their instruments. Architeuthis's music spans from a slowly unfolding intimacy to a jagged, kinetic style. Both soloistic and often drone-oriented, the duo draw on their interests in contemporary classical music (which is how they first performed together more than six years ago), free music, and rock. Cimini and Young played together in the piratical folk-pop band The William Young and are part of the trio Civil War (with Adam Sonderberg) and the new music collective Till by Turning. They've worked with Fred Lonberg-Holm, Jessica Pavone, Jason Ajemian, Aram Shelton, Carol Genetti, and Anthony Braxton, among others.

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Jonathan Zorn (electronics) and Rachel Thompson (violin) have been working together on collaborative/interactive works for strings and electronics for over five years. Like musical variations on a three-legged race, no one player has control over their sound. Instead both performers must cooperate to create a group instrument. The current incarnation of their collaboration uses an interactive computer environment that moves between sharply divided electronic sounds and violin sounds to noisy hybrids where the violin becomes both sound source and controller.

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'Super Basic' is a weekly series of improvised and avant garde music curated by Martin McCavitt of Birds in the Meadow.

The Concept

Kenneth Yates (harm stryker/caustic castle/insects with tits) will be curating a quarterly improvised avant-garde music event titled 'Loops & Gestures'. Artist's will be invited to participate in a four piece collaboration in which they will have one hour to rehearse privately. With this time they will discuss how to utilize a loose improvising technique called 'looping' (sustained sound with subtle changes) & 'gesturing' (short quick bursts of sound with constant movement) into their performance. The group will choose amongst themselves, a conductor, who will determine the duration of each section within the performance. Each player will be given cards with a matching number of sections, (ie. 4 sections, 10 section, 23 sections, etc.) Each section will consist of any of the three commands (Loop / Gesture / ______ = Not Playing). Each player will have their own card, and the players will not know what the other players in the quartet will be doing until the next section is set into motion.

Pariticpants

Pacific Before Tiger, a duet from Chefkirk + ConstantMauk, Ahki Fuzzy (Norfolk), Happy Scrappy : Hero Pup (Last Show?????), a collaborative performance from the Pinko Communoids + Kenneth Yates, & a duet from Clifford Schwing (sax) + Robert Bryant (bass)

Why is 804noise presenting this? Why not? We're working people too, and as if suburban WAL-MART hasn't already had an effect on the downtown mom & pop retail and culture, there is talk about other retail giants conquering the city of Richmond too, as close as the Boulevard [Councilman: Big Retailers Looking at The Diamond].

There are those of us who have the privledge to speak out and act on behalf of others, others who in tight situations with family and medical issues to consider, are forced to repress their anger towards their oppressors. That privledge must be realized within ourselves and encouraged amongst our peers. Let things begin to amass with this event and allow ideas to turn into action and provide the struggle with a sturdy platform to conduct change in favor of everyone.

FM/Intusion is an event where performers broadcast live audio via an inexpensive fm transmitter designed for use with mp3 players in cars. To hear the performance you must come with your own headphones and FM walkmen receiver. Indoors this transmitter can potentially reach a 50 foot radius making it ideal for renegade events inside libraries, churches, or in this case a somewhat upscale Regency Mall. 804noise utilized this tactic in 2001 at the VCU Library in front of the Starbucks Cafe due to the fact that we weren't able, for a long period of time, to find a "proper" venue to have experimental events. This made it possible to have them anywhere anytime without anyone (unless we wanted them to) knowing anything about it.

FM/Intrusion once again went off without a hitch with some amazing performances by Alfred Shaprio, Some Awesome Radical Sound aka SARS, & Kelly Harm Stryker. We positioned ourselves near the Santa Claus area of Regency Mall with headphones and fm receivers in hand. We were definitely out of place as group of friends seemingly ignoring eachother and listening to the "radio".

The first performance of the evening was a great mellow dose of atmospherics and abstract noise and feedback, using only his laptop.

Next up was Kelly Nourse aka Harm Stryker, using a small toy record player which ran on batteries, an sp-202 Dr. Sample and a Micro Cassette Recorder. With these simple tools she re-invinted and revolutionized the rediculous art of chopped and screwed hip-hop.

And last but certainly not least, Alfred Shaprio put on the most energetic performance and maybe the most involved. Playing an air organ version of rudolph the red nose reindeer through a broken cassette player which not only distorts everything beautifully, but when Shapiro shakes the tape player violently it warps the sound.

Thanks to everyone who showed up to the FM/Intrusion, we'll post some pictures from it later today. If anyone else has ideas for an fm/intrusion, lets make it happen.

804noise : 804noise Community Meeting

These meetings will be open to the public. This will be the first meeting of which will be held on the last Sunday of every month. We will be talking about how others can get involved, upcoming projects, events, fliering, networking, organizing with other local organizations, etc. This will be a potluck meeting as well, which means bring a dish, eat a dish.

Accelera Deck, Satellite Grooves, Mikroknytes

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Windy & Carl, Paik

To Kill a Petty Bourgeoise, Harm Stryker, and Cristal (featuring members of Labradford)

We are encouraging everyone who comes out to bring a personal piece of anti-war art to display on the wall at the show or hold in hand. Posters, paintings, sculptures, banners, picket signs, etc.

"Futuropolis" - an experimental film featured as part of the James River Film Festival

This film features the first composition Marty McCavitt (a.k.a. Birds in the Meadow) had ever written. Released in 1984, it was filmed in the basement of the Virginia Science Museum over nine years and stands as one of the longest indepedently produced animated films ever made at 45 minutes. "Futuropolis" is a kind of homage to the sci-fi film gone awry, done in a sure-handed, tounge-in-cheek style... projected in 16mm.

Heretics in the Lab (aggro/demoralizing/industiral assualt), Sealed in Silence (chicago/coldwave/industiral nightmare) - this show will feature a special performance with both projects merging into one big improv.

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Galaxy Hut
Arlington, VA

The Disarm House
NW DC