Saturday, May 18, 2013 join me in Asheville, North Carolina as I debut material from my upcoming release (Title TBA). This 30 minute excerpt will highlight selections that are perfect for a live setting. The set settles itself nicely in post ambient/dark ambient genres, however some light does shine through from time to time for those that cling on to the traditional ambient stylings. This is my second year performing at this Fest and look forward to closing Saturday's night with new material.
Info on the Festival:
The Asheville electro-music festival brings some of the world's finest electronic and experimental musicians to Asheville, North Carolina. They will be joined by local artists for two days of concerts, workshops, demonstrations and collaborations. Musical styles cover a broad spectrum, guaranteed to be creative and original. Live video art will accompany the concerts, for an immersive multi-media experience. The musicians employ a wide variety of electronic and acoustic instruments, from synthesizers and theremins to found objects and custom controllers. Afternoons will feature hands-on workshops and interactive performances.
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Live at Asheville Electro - Music Fest
Saturday, May 18, 2013 join me in Asheville, North Carolina as I debut material from my upcoming release (Title TBA). This 30 minute excerpt will highlight selections that are perfect for a live setting. The set settles itself nicely in post ambient/dark ambient genres, however some light does shine through from time to time for those that cling on to the traditional ambient stylings. This is my second year performing at this Fest and look forward to closing Saturday's night with new material.
Info on the Festival:
The Asheville electro-music festival brings some of the world's finest electronic and experimental musicians to Asheville, North Carolina. They will be joined by local artists for two days of concerts, workshops, demonstrations and collaborations. Musical styles cover a broad spectrum, guaranteed to be creative and original. Live video art will accompany the concerts, for an immersive multi-media experience. The musicians employ a wide variety of electronic and acoustic instruments, from synthesizers and theremins to found objects and custom controllers. Afternoons will feature hands-on workshops and interactive performances.
Live at MEME 2012
Midwest Electro-Music Experience 2012
Leave the genres at the door
August 17-18, 2012
Session times: Friday 6pm-1am, Saturday 11am-5pm, Sat. 7pm-1am
Advance tickets: $8 per session or $20 for all three sessions.
Tickets at the door: $10 per session or $25 for all three sessions.
Half price for students with valid ID.
Two days of eclectic, live electronic and electroacoustic music
Irving Theater, 5505 E. Washington St. Indianapolis, IN (map)
in conjunction with Lazy Daze Coffee Shop and Bookmamas
22 Live Musicians
Workshops
Food, Beer and Wine
And more
Artist Page
Schedule
Friday, August 17th
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Workshops
Saturday, August 18th11:00am - 120:00 pm
Ourobouros: Techniques of Audio-MIDI Feedback - Jonathan Wayne Mills
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Music Performance in the Virtual World - Tony Gerber
2:10pm to 3:10pm
Getting Started with Max - Michael O'Bannon
3:20pm to 4:20pm
SuperCollider: An Introduction to Synthesis Languages and Algorithmic Music - Zach Lapidus
4:30pm to 5:30pm
Visual Performance with Electro-Acoustic Instruments - Klimchak
MEME brings some of the world's finest electronic and experimental musicians to Indianapolis, Indiana. They will be joined by local artists for two days of concerts, workshops, demonstrations and collaborations. Musical styles cover a broad spectrum, guaranteed to be creative and original. Live video art will accompany the concerts, for an immersive multi-media experience. The musicians employ a wide variety of electronic and acoustic instruments, from synthesizers and theremins to found objects and custom controllers. Afternoons will feature hands-on workshops and jam sessions open to everyone.
Time Drone Tonight
Tonight on Time Drone.
10PM ET
9PM CT
7 PT
60 minutes of cerebral ambient movements
and cinematic soundscapes.
Sated With Abandonment.
Mountain Skies Press
Mahoney and Peck Live at Mountain Skies
This Friday and Saturday marks for what is sure to become an annual event in Asheville, NC., the Mountain Skies electro-music festival. Mark and I have been busy composing and the result is a 5 movement piece that not surprisingly covers a lot of ground, and engages in mucho sonic maximus.
I gotta say, this is my first time ever entering a Masonic Temple let alone performing in one. I think it best to refer to it, from this point forward as a Mansonic Temple.
"How Can I Listen To The Stream?"
Here's the link radio.electro-music.com Click on it. I promise. It works.
When you get there, click where it says "Tune In (128kps)", I promise, it works.
You will be then prompted to save or open... You're going to want to open it.
That's it. Pretty simple. Sit back and enjoy.
If you run into any other problems, get in the Chat room for any assistance.
When you get there, click where it says "Tune In (128kps)", I promise, it works.
You will be then prompted to save or open... You're going to want to open it.
That's it. Pretty simple. Sit back and enjoy.
If you run into any other problems, get in the Chat room for any assistance.
New Year's Eve Performance
Mahoney and Peck Streaming Concert
This Saturday (09/24), Mark Mahoney and myself will be broadcasting a live, streaming concert from the Audio Propulsion Lab for the annual Autumnal Equinox celebration on electro-music.com radio. This event features electronic music artists from around the globe that represent the many facets of EM and all the sub genres that fall beneath that vast umbrella that truly is an exciting event to say the least. More information can be found here.
CitySkies Day 2
I'm currently compiling the pictures, audio and video to post. Day 2's evening set was mammoth. Shane Morris an Kevin Haller cranked out a great set of progressive ambient, followed by Mark Mahoney and myself debuting new material that went over well. My apologies for screaming at the guy in the kitchen that dropped the Chinese Gong (it was probably a pan or a skillet), you're timing was off. Fix that and you're money. Tay0 ended the night with a very impressive IDM/Glitch set that I could have listened to until sun up.
Thanks again to Jim Combs for a great weekend of music and hospitality. More to come....
Thanks again to Jim Combs for a great weekend of music and hospitality. More to come....
The Gatherings-Afterthoughts
Last Friday I took off for Philly to perform on Saturday night. Weather was perfect and the iPod shuffle was really into the Black Keys and Aphex Twin that day. Not too shabby and no complaints there.
Pulled into Carlisle rather than hopping onto the PA Turnpike and get some food and check into the Travel Lodge. Your basic Patel Hotel, but the room was surprisingly huge. So setting up for a late night jam was certainly in order.
After the show I had a few moments to say good-bye to Chuck, Art, Scott and Jeff before the drive back to the hotel. I hated to leave, but it was time to get moving as I was catching a break in the weather. The turnpike was desolate and surreal and I was buzzing from the experience of playing another Gathering.
Like I said it was raining. Pretty much the theme of the day. When I pulled into the parking lot, there was a newly formed river between me and the Patel Inn. Nice. Water was over the hood as my little Jetta dove in face first. Here's a pic of the water the next morning. Thankfully it has receded somewhat. But still.
Pulled into Carlisle rather than hopping onto the PA Turnpike and get some food and check into the Travel Lodge. Your basic Patel Hotel, but the room was surprisingly huge. So setting up for a late night jam was certainly in order.
Saturday Morning. 6:35 am. It's pissing the rain and about 50F outside. Nice. 2.5 hour drive into Philly on the turnpike. Nice. Thankfully there were no accidents. But the driving was horrible. 45mph wind gusts and everything was washed out. I got to St. Mary's at about 3:00pm. It was Record Store Day so I decided to check out what all was released. Sadly everything had been picked through and just a few things leftover from 2010. Killing time at Smokey Joe's enjoying a draft. The rain wouldn't stop.
After soundcheck, Howard Moscovitz, Bill Fox, Vic Hennegan and I went to Hummus for dinner. Good conversation over a warm Mediterranean meal.
When we got back to St. Mary's, I was pleasantly surprised to see more people had shown up despite the rain. I went on first, right at 8pm. I performed an all new 45min. set which I plan to release later this year. Mixing around the rain and watching the lightning light up the stained glass... pretty amazing backdrop to say the least.
Like I said it was raining. Pretty much the theme of the day. When I pulled into the parking lot, there was a newly formed river between me and the Patel Inn. Nice. Water was over the hood as my little Jetta dove in face first. Here's a pic of the water the next morning. Thankfully it has receded somewhat. But still.
Upcoming Live Events
Saturday April 16, 2011
The Gatherings-Philadelphia, PA.
Performing with Jeffrey Koepper and Vic Hennegan
http://www.thegatherings.org/index.html
Friday April 22, 2011
The Hideaway-Johnson City, TN.
Performing with Pentagram Hands, KILLBOT and Captain Ahab
http://www.myspace.com/ahideaway
Saturday April 30, 2011
4th Annual City Skies Festival-Decatur, GA.
Live Collaboration with Mark Mahoney
http://cityskies.com/
The Gatherings-Philadelphia, PA.
Performing with Jeffrey Koepper and Vic Hennegan
http://www.thegatherings.org/index.html
Friday April 22, 2011
The Hideaway-Johnson City, TN.
Performing with Pentagram Hands, KILLBOT and Captain Ahab
http://www.myspace.com/ahideaway
Saturday April 30, 2011
4th Annual City Skies Festival-Decatur, GA.
Live Collaboration with Mark Mahoney
http://cityskies.com/
The Gatherings 2011 Live Performance
CIMA of PA BENEFIT CONCERT
Jeffrey Koepper | Vic Hennegan | Michael Peck - 16 April 2011
Jeffrey Koepper's precisely programmed swirling Spacemusic seduces listeners into a kaleidoscopic inner-sanctum where time is suspended and the outside world fades away. Vic Hennegan's compositions combine influences from the worlds of Prog, Techno, New Age, Ambient, Space, Electronic and World Music into a most distinctive work.
Michael Peck is an artist living in sound. Treating the soundfield like a canvas his music demands imaginative interaction and asks the listener to re-align our sensitivity to sound.
Koepper | Hennegan | Peck return to Philadelphia in a major Spacemusic event to benefit
Serving Time In The Middle of Johnson City
A few weeks ago I found out one of my all time favorite bands EYEHATEGOD were to spread the "End Time Message" in the Hideaway in Johnson City, TN. Now, if you haven't ever been to JC, it is situated at the buckle of the bible belt. And when you see a name like EHG, you immediately conjure images of pentagrams, devil worship and all other things associated with satanism. You couldn't be further from the truth. EHG, quite simply and self proclaimed is a "post amplification blues" band, albeit marinated in a heaping dose of toxic bayou runoff.
They opened up with Take As Needed For Pain, the title track from their second full length from way back in '93. Needless to say, the Hideaway and it's 100 or so patrons went berserk making me thankful that I have health insurance as fists, legs, and bottles were flying through the air like wreckage from a Greyhound and Budweiser collision. Just like the good old days. And it never let up for the rest of the sonic sermon.
They opened up with Take As Needed For Pain, the title track from their second full length from way back in '93. Needless to say, the Hideaway and it's 100 or so patrons went berserk making me thankful that I have health insurance as fists, legs, and bottles were flying through the air like wreckage from a Greyhound and Budweiser collision. Just like the good old days. And it never let up for the rest of the sonic sermon.
08/13/2010 Afterthought
Last Friday's show at the Hideaway was perhaps the most fulfilling set I've had in a long time. Days before I would not have thought that as the video card in my trusted Sager took a dump which presented a whole new opportunity to jam on some hardware. Bryan and I performed two pieces (Untitled, Hide and Play Dead) and executed them with unbridled intensity and passion. You truly had to be there (which by the way, where were you?)
Next up was Mannequin Hollowcaust, a veteran of the NETN noise scene and all around great guy. It seems MH has finally found his niche colliding power electronics with pre-war area mountain singer mashups. The result is a haunting delivery of Appalachia Experimentalism at its finest. Next up was Xrin Arms, which totally threw us a curve ball with a brilliantly executed set of underground hip hop. JC's own KILLBOT closed the night with a 20 minute set of chipped out gabbergrind. With an impromptu piece at the end discussing the terminology of Computer Science, who would of thought chanting HTML could be so fun?
Next up was Mannequin Hollowcaust, a veteran of the NETN noise scene and all around great guy. It seems MH has finally found his niche colliding power electronics with pre-war area mountain singer mashups. The result is a haunting delivery of Appalachia Experimentalism at its finest. Next up was Xrin Arms, which totally threw us a curve ball with a brilliantly executed set of underground hip hop. JC's own KILLBOT closed the night with a 20 minute set of chipped out gabbergrind. With an impromptu piece at the end discussing the terminology of Computer Science, who would of thought chanting HTML could be so fun?
07/28/2010 Afterthoughts...
Last Wednesday proved to be an excellent night. Hostage Pageant opened the night with a wonderfully executed analog noise set. Great use of textures ebbing and flowing from some hand built and custom gear that one rarely sees here in East TN. His set was short, my only complaint because I could've withstood another 30 minutes easy. Up next was yours truly. I pulled off a totally improvised set with the laptop and my Akai MPK25 controller using Reaktor and Atmospheres. I'll post the set in a day or so. Following me was Bryan Lewis Saunders. Prior to the show he had asked if I would join him and put a little mojo to what he had going on, which I gladly obliged. Here's a clip of our set.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1Qd5c31tB8
Sadly, I had to bail before The Growth went on. But rest assured, I could hear the tortured oscillators screaming as I was walking to my car. Thanks to everyone that could make it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1Qd5c31tB8
Sadly, I had to bail before The Growth went on. But rest assured, I could hear the tortured oscillators screaming as I was walking to my car. Thanks to everyone that could make it out.
July 28 Flyer
Looks like it's going to be an interesting night to say the least. Great line up and looking forward to Hostage Pageant!
Show Added
Next Wednesday, July 28 I will be performing at www.myspace.com/ahideaway in Johnson City, TN. This was a last minute add as Todd Burris (The Growth, Kaontrol Kontraos) phoned me late last night (or was it early this morning?) asking me to fill a spot left vacant by a group that cancelled. At this time there is no confirmed line up. More to come...
City Skies Fest Day 2
The first session began on Saturday at 1pm with Drachemusik (Charles Shriner) and was easily the afternoon's standout. His set included revisited tracks from his last two Cd's, as well as some new material. I had met Charles at the Electro-Music 08 festival and was blown away by his set then, this past weekend's set was no exception.
The evening session began with my compadre Mark Mahoney that delivered an outstanding set of reverb drenched deep space atmospherics and glitched out rhythmic passages that really set the bar high for the rest of the evening that included myself, Richard Layneheart, Richard Devine and Duet for Lapsteel and Theremin. Devine's set was close to an hour long of experimental electronics composed of all modular gear, which was a treat as he generally performs with his trusted Elektron set up and laptop(s).
We made it home with no problems which was great considering that just west of us, Nashville received a year's worth of rain in just one day. Some of the performers at the festival are from Nashville, and our thoughts were going out them as we navigated our way home and avoided the rain whilst enjoying the music of Drachemusik and Judy Chicago.
All in all this was a great festival despite zero sales, complete lack of local attendance and a tight stage footprint. I played a set of new material which seems to have went over well despite a predominant dose of space/ambient music that penetrated the weekend. Don't get me wrong, I love me some ambient, obviously as I've composed my share of it, but it was 8 o'clock when I took the stage, and I was ready to drop some hell on that room, and did so gracefully. Thanks again to Jim, Kavarna and Stillstream for a wonderful weekend.
I'll be posting pics/video/audio soon.
The evening session began with my compadre Mark Mahoney that delivered an outstanding set of reverb drenched deep space atmospherics and glitched out rhythmic passages that really set the bar high for the rest of the evening that included myself, Richard Layneheart, Richard Devine and Duet for Lapsteel and Theremin. Devine's set was close to an hour long of experimental electronics composed of all modular gear, which was a treat as he generally performs with his trusted Elektron set up and laptop(s).
We made it home with no problems which was great considering that just west of us, Nashville received a year's worth of rain in just one day. Some of the performers at the festival are from Nashville, and our thoughts were going out them as we navigated our way home and avoided the rain whilst enjoying the music of Drachemusik and Judy Chicago.
All in all this was a great festival despite zero sales, complete lack of local attendance and a tight stage footprint. I played a set of new material which seems to have went over well despite a predominant dose of space/ambient music that penetrated the weekend. Don't get me wrong, I love me some ambient, obviously as I've composed my share of it, but it was 8 o'clock when I took the stage, and I was ready to drop some hell on that room, and did so gracefully. Thanks again to Jim, Kavarna and Stillstream for a wonderful weekend.
I'll be posting pics/video/audio soon.
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