Posted 3 days ago
Playing two shows (solo + as O R C A S) tonight at London’s experimental music mecca Cafe OTO, along with Benoît Pioulard. It’ll be a very special night, so don’t miss if you are in town! We will also have our new 12” LP & CD for Morr Music available for sale at the concert.
Ticket link here: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/167568
Posted 2 weeks ago
new interview discussing our upcoming show at Cafe Oto, amongst other subjects.
Posted 1 month ago
Orcas’ video for “Arrow Drawn” (directed by Sean Curtis Patrick) debuted today on Vice Magazine’s Noisey.
Posted 1 month ago
Substrata 1.2 will happen the weekend of Aug 3 – Aug 5 at the Chapel Performance Space (Wallingford neighborhood) in Seattle, WA.
We will present a robust lineup of international talent in an intimate format featuring:
TIM HECKER (CANADA)
SCANNER (UNITED KINGDOM)
PAN•AMERICAN (UNITED STATES)
LAWRENCE ENGLISH (AUSTRALIA)
LOSCIL (CANADA)
DANIEL MENCHE (UNITED STATES)
WIDESKY (UNITED STATES)
1.2 ADD-ONS:
Starting this edition, Substrata will be hosting two daytime FREE educational events (open to the general public) on Saturday, August 4:
_A lecture by Australian artist and curator Lawrence English.
_Panel Discussion/Q & A with the performing artists
TICKETS
We are proud to partner this year with local ticketing startup Bookr, which will be handling all ticket sales online. Please note: Substrata tickets are LTD edition – last year it was all sold-out! All tickets are pre-sale only. Please do not arrive without a ticket.
CROWDFUNDING INITIATIVE
Substrata 1.2 is an ambitious project - we have artists coming in from all parts of the world. We believe bringing international talent to our town helps facilitate the exchange of ideas and culture while creating a unique experience for each participant.
Substrata Festival is small, and we plan to keep it that way - there are already enough big events catering to the masses. What we do is special, unique and meaningful. Every penny we raise will go towards paying for artists fees, travel costs, printing/promotion, equipment rental, etc – in other words, meet our budget!
This year we are adding two daytime free educational events, making the event accessible to anyone who wishes to attend, even those who cannot afford the evening program full ticket price. We hope those of you who follow the sound arts community around the world unable to join us physically, will at least be able to contribute – even a small $1 donation counts. Help us make it happen!
1.2 FULL-PROGRAM
DAY 1: FRIDAY, AUGUST 3
A night exploring the breadth of the spectrum of amplified sound, from the acoustic and environmental, the synthetic and processed, to the timbres hidden in radio signals and the distortion of electricity itself. Stylistically as varied in their approaches as the sound sources and the materials used to sculpt them, international artists in their own right, over decades of work all three composers have established themselves as vanguards of their form. Expect an evening of both extreme dynamics and subtle susurration, of immersion in nuanced tonalities and the lashing of dissonant cascades.
_ Pioneering UK artist SCANNER performs live in the Pacific Northwest for the first time in a decade and presents his immersive works, which traverses the experimental terrain between sound, space, image and form.
_ Australia’s mixed media artist and curator LAWRENCE ENGLISH presents selections from his latest magnum opus “The Peregrine.”
_ Portland’s DANIEL MENCHE showcases his beautiful audiovisual works, better described as “highly textural emotional rawness.”
DAY 2: SATURDAY, AUGUST 4
The second night of Substrata hosts styles of significant variance enough to defy simple classification, nonetheless all overlapping in regards to being explorers of the vague, crepuscular, immersive, deeply sonorous lower frequency and minor key tonalities of the mysterious and the subaqueous, of the diminishing twilight, the fog-filled night. Where their conceptual territory may overlap, the sagacious ear marks each style as distinctly as their individual technique and approach. A night of the guitar’s roar buffeted by tradewinds of electronic processing, of muffled low frequencies rising on buoyant piano melodies, of clockwork rhythms and electronic thrum.
_ Legendary Chicago outfit PAN•AMERICAN makes an ultra rare appearance to perform live at Substrata. This marks their first US performance in over half a decade. Seattle’s KillingFrenzy will provide live visuals, complementing a very unique (and highly anticipated) engagement.
_ Montreal-based sound artist TIM HECKER returns to present his critically-acclaimed ’Ravedeath, 1972”.
_ Vancouver’s LOSCIL debuts new piano-based compositions, performing live with Seattle’s own Kelly Wyse (Pollens/i3O/Orcas) on the piano.
_New Mexico transplant (now local Seattle resident) WIDESKY makes his Substrata debut.
DAY 3: SUNDAY, AUGUST 5
_Auditory field trip and workshop (conducted by Lawrence English & Robin Rimbaud). A selected group of attendees will travel along with the performing artists to the beautiful Puget Sound for a day of hiking, field recording, exploring and learning.
Posted 1 month ago
Ubercool Super 8 film from last year’s Substrata field trip (shot by Silas Pronk). Announcement for Substrata 1.2 line-up on Monday, April 16. Stay tuned!
