Olympia Experimental Music Festival

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Olympia Experimental Music Festival

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Portland, Oregon band Dendrites perform at the 14th Olympia Experimental Music Festival, 2008.
Genre Electronic music, experimental music
Location(s) Olympia, Washington
Years active 1995-present
Founded by L. Jim McAdams
Website
Olympia Strange Music MySpace page

The Olympia Experimental Music Festival, also known for a time as The Olympia Festival of Experimental Musics, [1] has been produced annually in Olympia, Washington since 1995. [2] Organizers have included festival founder L. Jim McAdams, [3] Arrington de Dionyso (founder of the Olympia Strange Music Society), [3] Aerick Duckhugger, [3] and Domenica Clark. [4] During de Dionyso's tenure as chief organizer (festivals 9–12) the festival was primarily known by the alternate name The Olympia Festival of Experimental Musics.[ citation needed ]

Olympia, Washington State capital and city in Washington, United States

Olympia is the capital of the U.S. state of Washington and the county seat of Thurston County. European settlers claimed the area in 1846, with the Treaty of Medicine Creek initiated in 1854, and the Treaty of Olympia initiated in January 1856.

Arrington de Dionyso

Arrington de Dionyso is an Olympia, Washington-based artist and experimental musician. He was a member of Old Time Relijun since the 1990s. After Old Time Relijiun dissolved, he formed a new band based on Indonesian music called Malaikat dan Singa. de Dionyso directed Reak: Trance Music and Possession in West Java, a documentary film about the music of an Indonesian trance ceremony; the film was shown by the Olympia Film Society in May, 2016.

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History

Portland, Maine performance artist Crank Sturgeon performs at the 14th Olympia Experimental Music Festival, 2008. Crank Sturgeon 13A.jpg
Portland, Maine performance artist Crank Sturgeon performs at the 14th Olympia Experimental Music Festival, 2008.

Performers have included Acre, [5] Alps of New South Wales, [5] A Nat Hema, [6] Wendy Atkinson, [5] Atropy Minor, [6] Argumentix, [5] Better People, [5] Blue Sabbath Black Cheer, [5] Bran Flakes, [7] Cabinet of Natural Curiosities, [5] Celesteville, [5] Crank Sturgeon, [8] Dead Air Fresheners, [8] [9] Amy Denio, [10] Dendrites, [8] Arrington de Dionyso, Paul Dutton, Evolution Control Committee, [11] Steve Fisk, [8] [11] Foque Mopus, [10] Gang Wizard, [3] Hans Grusel's Krankenkabinet, [5] Bill Horist, [10] KnotPineBox, [8] Al Larsen, Le Ton Mite, METAL, [5] Midmight, [5] Nequaquam Vacuum, [5] Noggin, [1] Noisettes, [5] Office Products, Oliver Squash, [5] Plants, [5] Gino Robair, [1] Sluggo, [11] Chuck Swaim, [7] Jennifer Robin, [12] White Rainbow, [5] Bert Wilson, [1] Wood Paneling, [1] [5] [9] Paintings for Animals, [13] LA Lungs, [13] Four Dimensional Nightmare, [13] Super Unity, Eurostache, [13] and Nathan Cearley (at the time performing as Godzilla).

Dead Air Fresheners American experimental music group

The Dead Air Fresheners are a Portland, Oregon, Olympia, Washington, and Seattle, Washington-based experimental and post-punk musical group with a somewhat fluctuating membership. They have been described by Portland's KPSU as "A long-time mainstay of the Experimental Rock Scene." They count Sun Ra, John Cage, Sonic Youth, Sun City Girls, and Jandek as influences.

Amy Denio American musician and composer

Amy Denio is a Seattle (USA)-based multi-instrumental composer of soundtracks for modern dance, film and theater, as well as a songwriter and music improviser. Often called an unclassifiable avant-garde jazz musician, she is also deeply inspired by world music. She is probably best known as a vocalist, accordionist and saxophone-player. Among her current musical involvements are The Tiptons Sax Quartet and Die Resonanz Stanonczi, a radical folk group based in Salzburg, Austria. She has also collaborated repeatedly with the Pat Graney Dance Company, David Dorfman Dance Company, Victoria Marks, and with many other choreographers.

Steve Fisk American record producer

Steve Fisk is a Washington-based audio engineer, record producer and musician. A veteran of bands including Pell Mell and Pigeonhed, Fisk has earned his greatest renown as a producer.

In addition to unusual, experimental, and/or noise music, many festival performers use film, multimedia, and spoken word. Yahoo News in 2007 called it a "summer festival to watch". [14] In Signum, writer Tiffany Lee Brown commented in 2001: "This was no overpriced, fancypants event full of goatee-stroking theorizers or a showcase of overserious minimalist compositions, but a romp through the tangled underbrush of homegrown experimentalism." [12]

Tiffany Lee Brown is an American writer, editor, and interdisciplinary artist. She is from Portland, Oregon.

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Christopher Delaurenti, Classical, Jazz, & Avant: Experimental Music Festival, The Stranger , June 26 – July 2, 2003 issue. Accessed online July 3, 2008.
  2. ↑ Tiffany Lee Brown, Bleepy-Bloopy Noises: Creepy-crawly creatures emerge for the Olympia Experimental Music Festival Archived November 15, 2007, at the Wayback Machine ., Signum magazine, Marrow section, issue 12, 2001. Accessed online July 3, 2008. Refers to the 2001 festival as "the 7th Annual".
  3. 1 2 3 4 Tiffany Lee Brown, "Bleepy-Bloopy Noises", page 2 Archived December 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine .. Accessed online July 3, 2008.
  4. ↑ Program, 14th Olympia Experimental Music Festival, p. 10.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Olympia Experimental Music Festival, 13th Annual Olympia Experimental Music Festival (2007) listing on Yahoo! Upcoming Events and Things To Do. Accessed July 7, 2008.
  6. 1 2 Tiffany Lee Brown, "Bleepy-Bloopy Noises", page 7. Accessed online July 3, 2008.
  7. 1 2 Tiffany Lee Brown, "Bleepy-Bloopy Noises", page 4. Accessed online July 3, 2008.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 Program, 14th Olympia Experimental Music Festival, p. 4.
  9. 1 2 Tiffany Lee Brown, "Bleepy-Bloopy Noises", page 3 Archived December 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine .. Accessed online July 3, 2008.
  10. 1 2 3 Program, 14th Olympia Experimental Music Festival, p. 3.
  11. 1 2 3 Tiffany Lee Brown, "Bleepy-Bloopy Noises", page 6. Accessed online July 3, 2008.
  12. 1 2 Tiffany Lee Brown, "Bleepy-Bloopy Noises",page 1 Archived November 15, 2007, at the Wayback Machine .. Accessed online July 3, 2008.
  13. 1 2 3 4 Ahrendt, Daniel. "Olympia Experimental Music Festival: Paintings for Animals, LA Lungs, Eurostache, and More". SSG Music. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
  14. ↑ Author unknown, Yahoo Upcoming. Accessed online July 3, 2008.

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