April 2008 Archives

24 Hour Concert & Vibe Zone_May 03, 2008! from Audio Dregs Recordings on Vimeo.

24 Hour Concert Vibe Zone & Double Record Release Party: featuring Strategy and The Eternal Now Jamm Squad PDX

24 hours: May 3rd 5 pm until Sunday May 4th 5 pm

@ Hippodrome,
SE 3rd behind Office Depot, below Rotture, used to be called Loveland, Meow Meow, etc)
free admission,
all ages,
all night.
bring a cushion!

This 24 hour long concert will have no breaks in music, and will take place inside an installed vibe zone at The Hippodrome. There will be psychedelic projections and ambient tone bursts from the largest Jamm Squad in Portland psychedelic history (featuring members of White Rainbow, Valet, E*Rock, Strategy, Rob Walmart, Dark Yoga, Jackie-O Motherfucker, and 71,000,000 other local drone/psychedelic/ambient bands TBA...)
This concert/installation is also a celebration of the new collection of ambient recordings by Strategy, entitled Music for Lamping (Audio Dregs Recordings) as well the release of Ambient Not Not Ambient compilation (Audio Dregs Recordings) which features such local musicians as White Rainbow (as heard in this clip), Valet, Yellow Swans, Grouper, E*Rock and Smoke & Mirrors .

dudes, i have to announce this very last-minute Little Wings show that I had a small hand in putting together at the co-operative, collectively-run-and-owned vintage/retro/altered clothing (and record/tape/CD) store Rad Summer this Sunday, April 6th 2008. Please come out and tell a friend!

A RARE NORTHWEST PERFORMANCE BY
LITTLE WINGS

SUNDAY APRIL 6TH 2008
@
RAD SUMMER

SE Division and 36th, next to the lizard shop
Portland Oregon

7 PMish, early sunday show vibe
FREE/DONATIONS
ALL AGES
bring your own/ some snacks provided

more info on little wings:
little wings is the band name under which mysterious artist/poet/dancer/performer KYLE FIELD (aka Uncle Kritz, Dr Krunch, Kaisle Feeled etc) plays and records. He is often considered as either "a father/uncle/cousin-figure", "a founding/influential member of" or "a deep influence on" various separate-but-related micro-cultures of contemporary underground avant-folk/punk music, including the K Records/Marriage/States Rights northwest 'scene', The 'New Energy/Nu Energee Movement', the 'Freaky-Folky' trend of 2002-2006, etc etc.....
Little Wings was even the focus of a 2004 amateur documentary entitled WISE OLD LITTLE BOY, more info on which can be found HERE...

Field is also an extremely accomplished visual artist, with gallery representation across the globe. many many images of his art can be found at his art siteKYLEDRAWS.COM

several albums of material under the group name 'little wings' have been released by various independent record labels, both in the USA and abroad, dating back almost a decade:

a brief discography:
the early years: (1998-2000ish)
1999 wonder city CD (the knw-yr-own re-issued it in 2002ish)
2000 discover worlds of wonder CD (later re-issued on K records around 2002 or 2003)

the K Records era: (2001ish to 2006ish)
2001 wonderue CD/LP
2002 light green leaves CD/LP/Cassette
2003 Harvest Joy LP
2004 Magic Wand CD/LP
2005 Grow CD
also various 7 inch singles, cassettes, cd's on K records, States Rights Records and other labels

the RAD RECORDS era (late 2006-present)
2007 SOFT POW'R CD/LP
2007 small town nut SKATEBOARD
2008 BEGULLS ON THE BEACH CD/LP
(RAD is Kyle's own imprint which he runs and manages. RAD is manufactured and distributed by Marriage Records of Portland, Oregon)

more info on Little Wings, including song samples can be found at http://marriagerecs.com/rad/rad.html

Kyle is one of my deepest, oldest homies. We've played a lot of music together over the years and its always a complete delight and pleasure when he graces us with his presence up here in the Northwest. He is a very funny, bright, talented, brilliant light of a man, and none who attend this special event will leave disappointed. So please come out!