Thus
begins the second phase of this season's planetary orbit for Alpha. Experimenting
with the resonant frequencies of the GATE this month are six fine exo-archaeological
crews, representing the local concentration of sonic diversity.
ELTRO
[From
A.D. Amorosi's article in the City Paper]:
Dense
distorted noise spun into elegant musical incantation. That's the misty
alchemy behind Eltro's second CD Velodrome (Schizophonic/ Emusic). For
those of you coming late to Eltro - cool calculated vocalist/bassist Diana
Prescott, guitarist/singer Jorge "The Great" Sandrini, scattered skittish
drummer Ted Johnson, cheap electronic layering expert Rick Henderson -
the unit's made lush, lo-tech ambient pop since 1996.
Read
more about ELTRO at:
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tp://www.citypaper.net/articles/101900/cs.music.eltro.shtml<
http://www.eltro.net
DEUCE
MACHINA
Deuce
Machina is a space craft powered by the hyperdriving fuel-injected theremin
playing of I O N (Pete Losafa, Dr. No One) with co-pilot Agent A.
Listen
to Deuce Machina at:
http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/88/deuce_machina.html
Listen
to Agent A at: http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/88/agenta.html
Listen
to ION at: http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/93/i_o_n.html
THE
GREAT QUENTINI
Resident
Gate Shaman, the Great Quentini will be performing
"How
to sneak up on machines"
"Jello
Seance"
and
Possibly a visit from "The Evil janet"
Harking
from a metaverse where we humans are the size of quarks, the Great Quentini
is the high shaman of the Gate. Without him the Gate would just be another
embedded hulk of exo-archaeological curiosity. Each "act" of Quentini is
actually a translation in form of Pythagoras secret 2049 laws of the higher
initiate. If you can reverse engineer them, then we will surely find the
portal to the lost dimension of the lesser space poets... at least, that's
what I gather from his previous performance at last months GTMBA.
DEMONOPHONIC
of
Demonophonic Ltd. is a stinking overripe pear, oozing with rotten bits.
Zakaria Von Nemitz will perform a 20 minute sketch of ambient misery and
audio rapery. Should be fun for the whole family!
Learn
more at: http://www.demonophonic.com
Listen
at: http://mp3.com/demonophonic
KNEEL
"Stunning,
gorgeous electronic music that embraces the light as much as it does the
dark. Sometimes the music swells like it's ascending to heaven; other times
demons of chaos grab you by the throat and pummel you in their bruising<
bacchanal."
Listen
at http://kneel.iuma.com and http://mp3.com/kneel
BEN
MORGAN
is a resident of West Philadelphia who has played Sitar, hguitar, and loops
with Bergheim 34, Lexicon and Slipping into Subliminity. This Friday, he'll
be performing with Eltro as well as blessing us with his vast and ever
growing knowledge of space rock, psychedelic and ambient records, in a
special dj set.
SINGING
BOWL CACOPHONY PARTY
Singing bowls will resonate
with a tone when rubbed. Perhaps you have such a bowl. Mine is made of
quartz. Others are made of copper. Bring your bowl and we can play them
together. It'll be fun!
FILM
16mm projector supplied by
the Consortium Crack Collective (ie. Gina and Mr. Space Ling). Bring any
weird 16mm film and we'll probably project it!
FOOD 'n DRINKS
Comestibles supplied by the
Comet Coffeehouse (41st btw Walnut & Chestnut). Hot Cider, Iced Ginger
Tea, and assorted pastries will be FREE. You should feinitely bring your
own protein food though. Bring to share too!
ALL THIS IS FREE?
The Gate to MoonBase Alpha
performance series is funded with a budget from the University of Pennsylvania
and made possible by the volunteer contributions of Andrew Zitcer and the
Foundation Crew. That means due to the low overhead all artiw overhead
all artists are paid and there is absolutely no cover! If you wish, donations
can be made to the Consortium or the Foundation to support future events.
We will also be accepting donations to the Ralph Nader for President campaign.
WHERE?
AT
THE ROTUNDA 4012 WALNUT STREET
Building
Information | Map
WHO ARE WE?
The Philadelphia Ambient
Consortium is an autonomous cabal centered in Philadelphia, PA. It was
established in 1998 to unify the city's dedicated space, ambient, psychedelic
instrumental, improvisational, drone, new classical, and experimental electronic
audiophiles by providing a centralized information resource and the kernel
of a community. We hope that through this activity, the scene may grow
strong and large enough to make our work largely irrelevant. PAC(MaN) is
sponsored by the volunteer contributions of its members. While it is not
technically a nonprofit organization by U.S. law, PAC(MaN) does not seek
any gain for its organizing members. PAC(MaN) publishes the PAC(MaN) Event
Update, administers the philly_ambient@listbot discussion list, curates
the Gate to Moonbase Alpha performance series, and operates the simpletone.com
website. For more information, email spaceling@iname.com,
http://simpletone.com
or write THE PHILADELPHIA AMBIENT CONSORTIUM (MUSIC AND NOISE), 512 S.
46th St. Philadelphia PA 19143, tel: 1 215 349 7725.
The
Foundation website is: http://www.upenn.edu/philly/foundation/
All of this at a totally
FREE SHOW. Come this Friday and you'll also here the awkward emcess stylings
of Spacelingus and the competent efforts of the Foundation Crew. All this
and more at this weeks exhibition of GATE TO MOONBASE ALPHA! As always, Cacaphony
improvisation and potluck food are welcome! See Gina's beautiful flyer for
this month's GATE at http://simpletone.com ; background info on the GATE
is at http://simpletone.com/pacman/pacmanphobos.htm
at the Rotunda, 4012 Walnut
St., FREE, NO COVER, ALL AGES
info: spaceling@iname.com,
mistsojorn@aol.com
Thus
begins the second phase of this season's planetary orbit for Alpha. Experimenting
with the resonant frequencies of the GATE this month are six fine exo-archaeological
crews, representing the local concentration of sonic diversity.