Friday, September 30, 2011

Electrogals 2011: Gals Gone Wired: Meet Installation Artist Stephanie Loveless

Stephanie Loveless is a Montreal-born artist who works with sound, video, film and voice. She makes soft-speakers out of paper cups, performance prescriptions for audience-identified ailments, and performance pieces that attempt to channel the voices of plants, animals and musical divas.
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Thursday, September 29, 2011

Meet Lovers - performing Sat., October 15 at Electrogals 2011: Gals Gone Wired!

Lovers – Dark Light

Loud and proud, Portland, OR based Lovers is a band of emotional intensity and complexity. Their new album Dark Light begins with singer Carolyn Berk’s confession, “every time the music starts, I can feel my aching, shaking heart,” and from there, Lovers embark on a spiritual journey of inspired three-part harmonies, deep introspection, and next-wave humor.
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Meet Portable Morla - performing Sat., October 15 at Electrogals 2011: Gals Gone Wired!

"Portable Morla produces digital torch songs to light data-rich landscapes, think of them as imaginary soundtracks for romantic indie flicks involving real-life nerds, its vignettes innocent and honest and devoid of the twee market-capturing antics that make us think of butcher knifes and bike chains.
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Monday, September 26, 2011

Meet Momilani Ramstrum - performing Sat., October 15 at Electrogals 2011: Gals Gone Wired!

Momilani Ramstrum searched for a way to control the computer while doing vocal improvisation. She investigated existing real time computer control devices and concluded there were no acceptable choices. So she embarked on a journey to design and create a low cost wireless MIDI glove with embedded magnetic sensors.
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Sunday, September 25, 2011

Meet Silk & Olive - performing Sat., October 15 at Electrogals 2011: Gals Gone Wired!

"Writing music is one of the most beautifully narcissistic ways of addressing the little scenarios of our existence," muses Andy Fish, aka Silk & Olive. Haunting and nostalgic, S&O’s melodic narrative tends to be stylistically sad or seductive, lyrically dwelling in the shadowy spaces of discordance, truth and eros. Read more »

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Friday, September 23, 2011

Meet Sylvia Hackathorn - performing Fri., October 14 at Electrogals 2011: Gals Gone Wired!

Sylvia Hackathorn is a long time Portland folk, rock and theater composer/performer. She has created and performed extensively; beginning with her journey to Ireland in the early 1970s to learn from Irish musician Micho Russell, through the days of the punk music scene around Portland. Read more »

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

Meet Cheetah Finesse - performing Fri., October 14 at Electrogals 2011: Gals Gone Wired!

Cheetah Finesse is a solo act created by native Portland artist Mireaya Medina purely as a vehicle for artistic expression.  She combines heavy beats with textural samples of voice and keys –those layers create an ethereal electro-soul sound.
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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Meet Briana Marela - performing Fri., October 14 at Electrogals 2011: Gals Gone Wired!

Briana Marela is a vocalist and sound gatherer from Olympia, WA. Recently graduated from The Evergreen State College with a focus on Audio Production and Music Technology, she is now devoting her energies on developing as a composer/performer.
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Meet Bonnie Miksch - performing Fri., October 14 at Electrogals 2011: Gals Gone Wired!

Bonnie Miksch, a composer and performer whose music embraces multiple musical universes, creates both acoustic and electroacoustic works.  She is passionate about music which moves beyond abstract relationships into the boundless realm of emotions and dreams.  Read more »

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Friday, September 16, 2011

Electrogals 2011 Festival Poster

Jae Diego has designed a fabulous poster for us! She's amazing and we love it. Check out her website at scatter.com

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