The 804noise Fest is an all day experimental, noise & multi-media festival held each year in Richmond, Virginia showcasing experimental & noise artists mainly from Virginia along side a handful of special out of town guests. All artists perform for the sake of exposure and community growth and proceeds go back into the 804noise community to help fund future events and the 804noise community record label.

The 3rd Annual 804noise South Eastern Experimental & Noise Festival will be held on Sunday October 16th at the Art Works Gallery. This years festival features over 19 experimental and noise artists and collaborations, visual artwork from local artists; information tables from local radical and independent organizations, and a label expo featuring independent experimental and noise labels from across the country. On Saturday October 15th, Chop Suey Books will host a series of 804noise workshops on the subjects of circuit bending, community organizing, an open source resource optimized for producing noise, and more.



[Saturday October 15, 2005]

Chop Suey Books
1317 W. Cary St.
Richmond, VA 23220
[3:00pm - 6:00pm]
FREE

804noise Fest (Workshop Series):

Community vs. Scene: Harm Stryker will talk about the idea behind the (areacode)noise concept, the potential of building a working network of experimental communities tied together by a common philosophy based on open community participation, and encourage everyone to organized their own 804noise events.
[3:00pm]

Open Source Software and Noise: In this workshop, Pataphonic will demonstrate open source software resources available for making noise. Special emphasis will be placed on Pure Data, Jack, and setting up a low latency kernel Linux noise workstation on a PC.
[4:00pm]

Circuit Bending: The workshop on circuit-bending will explore the deliberate short-circuiting and re-wiring of a noise-making device to create a unique instrument. No experience with electronics is necessary to enjoy this creative DIY project; attendees will not only learn about and observe the process but be able to play with some circuit-bent devices.
[5:00pm]


804noise Fest 2005 (Outdoor Festivities):

Following the workshops, 804noise will setup the rest of the weekend with a free experimental/noise event with an emphasis on fun in the back yard of Chop Suey Books! And if everything goes right, there will be food with the music. The following musical acts will be performing under the (hopefully) clear night sky:


Silver Ninjas - Silver Ninjas began in the late 90s as the alter-ego of a band called IDI AMIN. Silver Ninjas is now a revolving group of assassins intent on aural domination.


Drums Like Machine Guns - Masters of the seven-minute sonic set, reign supreme as visionaries of all things aural. They will urge you to "Get Radical", and Get Radical you will!


SARS - SARS (Some Awesome Radical Sound) produces experimental breaks of the abstract variety using laptop and various other processing techniques.


Radioshock - Radio Shock is a one-man band that plays sometimes danceable, often dissonant, noise-party music. Radio Shock's infectious beats will make you want to get up and dance while trying to trip you up at the same time. Created by M*P*Lockwood specifically to tour and entertain live audiences, Radio Shock is designed for maximum mobility. The music is made using only an 80's-era Yamaha keyboard, a uniquely tuned guitar, and a few Toys'R'Us noise-makers (sometimes played all at the same time), all of which can be carried on M*P*'s person. Because of this, he has been able to tour across the country by Greyhound bus. In fact, Radio Shock is considered to be on "permanent tour" and any lack of shows in the immediate future should be considered a brief break.


[Sunday October 16, 2005]

Art Works
320 Hull St. (just across the 14th St/Mayo Bridge Downtown)
Richmond, VA 23220
12:00am - 11:00pm
$8 At The Door

804noise Fest 2005 (Main Event):


For the third year now, 804noise will be bringing you a complete day of noise and experimental music. Over twenty artists in eleven hours, record labels from across the country, information and non-profit groups, visual art and more. Below you will find a complete list of participants in the order they will be performing:


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Mark Richardson - Mark Richardson collects and writes about experimental music. His DJ sets,which incorporate drones, noise, and miscellaneous arcane audio, are inspired in part by the idea of lost radio transmissions that have returned to earth from space.

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Kohoutek & Trust Riots - Kohoutek are improvised psych with noise tendencies and abstraction. Sonic explorations in any combination of drums, percussion, guitar, bass, laptop, homemade electronics, field recordings, contact mics, chord organ, and household appliances. Have been described as "if Can were a 4AD band" and been compared to Jessamine, Acid Mothers Temple, and Skullflower. The Trust Riots consist of Mike Karadimos and Chris Jeely (aka Accelera Deck - also operator of the Scarcelight record label). Their sound revolves around the use of live processed guitars, laptop and multiple tape players creating an atmosphere that is equal parts drone, noise and found sound.


The Mental Hygiene League & Jabber Wocky - The Mental Hygiene League is a loose consortium of friends that grew out of basement jam sessions in Danville, Virginia at a time when only parents used the word Noise. The current line up is anchored by Alan Walker and Brent Raper, yet their ranks have been known to swell to include fellow MHL’ers from Richmond, Charlotte Courthouse and the Shenandoah Valley. They were featured at the 2004 Shenandoah Space-Music Symposium and performed at the 2-day 434Noise Festival in July, 2005. Their music incorporates acoustic & electronic instruments and aspires to emulate the idiot savant and art created by apes. Jabber Wocky's style/sound falls in the audio collage/plunderphonics category, an artform mastered by the group Negativland in the 80's and early 90's where the artist takes recognizable mainstream music, talk radio, commercials, etc, samples it, manipulates and distorts it, strips away the ryhthm, then re-sequencing it to make something completely new and sometimes making a statement that wasn't intended by the original material.


Vilam Priest & Controlled Dissonance - Description pending.


Khate + FERALCATSCAN - Two of 757Noise's mad scientists join forces, manipulating an orchestra of circuit-bent, homemade, and junk instruments. The result is a hypnotic collage of dark textures, static-laden beats, and bursts of free noise, punctuated with unusual samples from the Vinyl Translator (a circuit-bent turntable).


Red Canasta - Circumstantial relocation reunites two old cohorts for another dance with sonic exploration. Aural whirling dervishes ensue. Measurements: 3' x 3' x 7'.


A.M. Salad - A.M. Salad is a one man boxing match; construction hand tools and game hunting supplies in one corner... and in the other corner: broken strings, dental equipment, and chaotic fumblers. Prepare to punch yourself in the face.


Pataphonic - Noise performed on a risky combination of computers and electro-acoustic instruments.


Birds in the Meadow - Birds in the Meadow is Marty McCavitt (improvised electronics), who creates layers of tight and calculated bursts of frantic glitching squeals and squalls that move from one end of the tonal spectrum to the next in a heartbeat.


Black Meat - Black Meat is Travis Morgan of NCC-Records and Graham Moore of Blossoming Noise Records. Two noise label heads collide in a raucious blend of harsh noise, drone, plunderphonics and music-concrete.


The Caution Curves - The Caution Curves are a Washington DC-based trio combining vocal gymnastics with improvised drums and guitars rounded out by textured layers of laptop drone.


ENE & Monolit Zero - ENE has been making experimental electronic music for over a decade. The ENE discography features three full length CDs plus a mind boggling array of compilations and remixes, while ENE's live history is even more varied than its recorded. Monolith Zero is Adam Hudson, his solo live performances consist of gaping atmospheres of almost silent drone cut with short burst of harsh noise, usually lasting between 5 and 15 minutes total.

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Lust Ionics - Improv-no-wave-garage-death-grind by three sick Downtown NYC freak-jazzers


Brian Jones Percussion Ensemble - Improvised music featuring small percussion instruments (line-up TBA).


Nautical Almanac - Smooth Jazz.

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Never Presence Forever - Never Presence Forever's sound revolves largely around a blend of dark ambient/death industrial soundscapes often steeped in cryptic personal exploration or apocalyptic undercurrents.


Xiphoid Dementia & Burn Ward - Dark ambient noise from Xiphoid Dementia merges with the harsh, cut-up gutter electronics of Burn Ward.


Harm Stryker & Narcotic Dreams - Harm Stryker is Kelly Nourse & Kenny Yates, a politically and socially motivated experimental project which employs carefully crafted samples, minimal sequencing, feedback & theremins, processed with filters, stomp boxes, and other effects to create a rich atmosphere of abstract rhythm & noise. Narcotic Dreams is James McCrea, who uses electric guitars, vocals and effect pedals to create shifting atmospherics, slicing into vague reverberations with ominous drones and wailing razorblade feedback.


Projexorcism - Projexorcism is made up of a quad 16mm projector array that is suspended from a lighting pole - the projectors are synchronized with a 4-channel sound-actuated variable speed lighting controller. The projected images are split, inverted and bent using silver reflective CD-Rs and a plastic fresnel lens. The optical audio is fed through various effects and samplers before being replayed - the mechanical sounds of the relays and the bulbs brightening and dimming add further organic sounds to the collage of sound.



(Label Expo):

In an adjacent room during the main event the 804noise Fest will be hosting a label expo featuring independent record labels, not-for-profit groups, and collectives from across the the U.S. Some of those groups are as following

Blossoming Noise - Featuring releases by Merzbow, K.K. Null, Aube and more.

Existest Establishment - Featuring dark ambient and harsh noise excellence.

Filco Productions - Featuring low profile limited DIY releases from a wide range of styles.

Ghost King - Featuring harsh noise, power electronics, ambient and psychedelic creep jams

Orginlis Records - Dealing with anything along the lines of egrind (electronic/digital grindcore), ambient, electronica, soundscapes and noise. "We have DIY ethics and a hands on policy in regards to artist participation with label activities."

NCC Records - Featuring releases by Travis Morgan, Lockweld, Lament Configuration and more.

Scarcelight - Bringers of new noise for a new day.

Silber Records - Purveyors of drone love honesty sound.

Slang Sanctuary - Featuring a selection of avant-jazz releases.

WRIR Richmond Indy Radio - WRIR 97.3 FM will be present with information t-shirts, stickers, and literature. Show your support and listen to Richmonds only independent radio station serving the largest population per capita in the nation.


804noise
PO Box 4296
Richmond, VA 23220

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