Live at dublab Radio

This live performance was part of KCRW's 24hrs of Serenity event

Dublab x FEMMEBIT Present: The Art of Performance – W/ Jackie Stewart and Eva Aquila.

Jackie “Oblivia” Stewart started performing sound in 1979 in Portland, Oregon. Mostly performing within groups until 2001, when she performed a DJ “throw down” of sorts (both DJ’s performed at the same time) and it ended up as a collaboration. Groups Jackie has performed in include “the improvs” (1979), “Spy vs. Spy” (1980), “Babylon 2000” (1981-83), and “Smegma” (1982-present). Though Stewart experimented on guitar and very much enjoys vocals, she has found her focus with turntables. Her visual art medium is assemblage or collage, so it comes naturally to Jackie to assemble sounds. She enjoys hearing how beautiful or humorous “mixing” can be, in the same way things come together visually when assembling her cut-up art pieces. With Smegma she says “I can enjoy a freedom of expression, totally unrestricted and of my own: as in I choose to interpret what my part will sound like. It has enabled me to learn much about recording and live performance.” Jackie’s sounds have appeared on dozens of releases, both solo and in group formats, in addition to her work with video.

Eva Aguila is a multidisciplinary artist and organizer from Los Angeles, CA. Aguila’s artistic background includes, video, performance, and sound. Her passion for video art started in 2010 when she started the cable access television show, Experimental Half-Hour with her partner Brock Fansler. Through Experimental Half-Hour, Aguila collaborated, curated, and applied analog special effects with performers and other video artists to create collaborative art videos. Aguila co-created Coaxial Arts Foundation in 2015 as a way to further the community of media art in LA, as well as foster the community itself. Her passion for grassroots organizing started as a need to uplift underrepresented art communities. Inspired by the in-between and structuralist techniques, her work most recently is informed by the oral histories and Mexican diaspora of rural communities of Michoacan where her parents and family are from.

The performances aim to create a physical and conceptual space that enriches and promotes the practice of Los Angeles musicians and visual artists. Funding from this grant, has enabled both organizations to pair six visual artists with six musicians to create 6 new collaborative audiovisual performances. Each performance consists of an original, A/V set. The performance will be broadcast on Dublab’s webstream this Saturday 19th at 4pm.

This grant received from mediaThe foundation inc, supports DUBLAB and FEMMEBIT’s shared aim to promote and support our community of LA-based filmmakers, musicians, animators, and creative coders. The project’s all-female roster also aligns with FEMMEBIT’s mission to create a platform for female-identifying artists working in video and new media. By providing diverse talent from DUBLAB and FEMMEBIT’s communities with technical resources, physical space, and a wide-reaching web platform, The Art of Performance provides a unique opportunity for the dynamic, synesthetic aspects of live audiovisual performance to flourish and be shared with an audience now and for years to come.

Listen to Suzanne Kraft’s special, stripped-down guitar set, created specially for dublab’s 21st anniversary celebration.

Suzanne Kraft is the solo moniker of Los Angeles-based producer and DJ Diego Herrera, who is also a member of neo-disco group Pharaohs. … Disco-influenced EP Green Flash appeared on Running Back in 2011, followed by Horoscope on Young Adults in 2012.

Dublab x FEMMEBIT Present: The Art of Performance – W/ Nailah Hunter and Anna Luisa Petrisko.

Nailah Hunter is a Caribbean American experimental composer and multi-instrumentalist based in Los Angeles. Inspired by high fantasy & nature magic, she creates immersive sonic worlds for rest and rumination with harp, layered vocals, glistening synths, and pedals.

Anna Luisa Petrisko is an interdisciplinary artist in Los Angeles. Her mediums include experimental opera, analog video art, sound design, textiles and sculpture. Her recent project is a sci-fi opera and collaborative multimedia VR installation VIBRATION GROUP. Working with many artists and friends, she sees the shared practice as a way to nourish relationships and create communion. Anna Luisa has worked with many artist-led and non-profit organizations in LA including Coaxial Arts Foundation, Femmebit, Dublab, Los Angeles Performance Practice, LACE, CultureHub, SASSAS, Mutant Salon, Human Resources, KNOWLEDGES, Echo Park Film Center, Pilipino Worker’s Center, and the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. She teaches Video Art and Sound Design at California State University San Marcos. http://annaluisapetrisko.com​

The performances aim to create a physical and conceptual space that enriches and promotes the practice of Los Angeles musicians and visual artists. Funding from this grant, has enabled both organizations to pair six visual artists with six musicians to create 6 new collaborative audiovisual performances. Each performance consists of an original, A/V set. The performance will be broadcast on Dublab’s webstream this Saturday 19th at 4pm.

This grant received from mediaThe foundation inc, supports DUBLAB and FEMMEBIT’s shared aim to promote and support our community of LA-based filmmakers, musicians, animators, and creative coders. The project’s all-female roster also aligns with FEMMEBIT’s mission to create a platform for female-identifying artists working in video and new media. By providing diverse talent from DUBLAB and FEMMEBIT’s communities with technical resources, physical space, and a wide-reaching web platform, The Art of Performance provides a unique opportunity for the dynamic, synesthetic aspects of live audiovisual performance to flourish and be shared with an audience now and for years to come.

This performance by Mexico's La Redada was part of dublab's 10th anniversary celebration in 2020. Find more of their music here: laredada.bandcamp.com

For dublab’s 21st anniversary celebration, Sonoran band Margaritas Podridas recorded this live session in the studio Onda Sonora, in Hermosillo, Mexico. It was prepared in a very d.i.y format with cloth from their local fabric store and some help from their friends. The band also included a little sneakpeak from their upcoming album.

Margaritas Podridas (Rotten Daisies) from Sonora, México, is an alternative rock band influenced by the grunge and noise music movement of the 90’s that emerged in 2015. The band was first started by Carolina Enriquez, the lead singer and bass player, and Sofia Leon, the former guitarist of the band. Rafael Armenta, the drummer, joined the band in 2016, and after a few rehearsals, Esli Meuly also integrated the group adding a second guitar to the band. After Sofia left the project, Alfonso Lopez entered the band as a guitarist, and in july 2018 the two couples recorded and released their debut album named “Porcelain Mannequin” which is available on Spotify, iTunes, Bandcamp, Youtube, Deezer, etc. The band recorded their upcoming album in January 2020 and it is coming out at the end of the year. They have already released two singles: “Wow” and “Pétalos Mordidos” which are also available on all of their digital platforms.

Listen in and watch Suzanne Ciani’s special live set, created specially for dublab’s 21st anniversary celebration.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2W-wd6nF8I&feature=youtu.be

Suzanne Ciani is a composer, recording artist, and pioneer in the field of electronic music and sound design. She is best loved for her fifteen albums of original music which feature her performances in a broad array of expressions: pure electronic, solo piano, piano with orchestra, and piano with jazz ensemble. Her music, renowned for its romantic, healing, and aesthetic qualities has found a rapidly growing international audience, and her performances include numerous benefits for humanitarian causes.

To call NO ZU anything less than energetic would be unjust. The Melbourne-based outfit, fronted by band/cult leader Nicolaas Oogjes, has been making they’re own brand of noise since 2007. Whilst touring the states in early 2014 NO ZU crammed into the dublab studio and rained maximum musical joy down on the office and surrounding areas. Click play to unleash the heat beat.

The brilliant guitarist Peter Walker inspired a legion of strummers with his 1960’s albums on Vanguard. In 2006 Peter graced dublab along with one such devotee, Jack Rose (rest in peace), for an incredible set of guitar illuminations. Check out the Tompkins Square release, “A Raga for Peter Walker” featuring new tunes by Peter and tributes by fans: Thurston Moore, Greg Davis, James Blackshaw, Jack and more.