Pittsburgh Shows Curated by Inverted Music Company
For the past year i’ve been happy to have connected to a community interested in intense experimental music from diverse paths. here are some of the events:
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/711362835645436/
Monday, Feb 23,
AMBIENT MUSIC at CITY GROWS, LAWRENCEVILLE
https://www.facebook.com/
Wednesday, March 11,
GARAGE ROCK at HOWLERS (21+)
https://www.facebook.com/
Thursday, March 12,
DEATHJAZZ at GUS’S (21+)
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Sunday, March 16, NOISE BRUNCH AT ABANDONED STORE
https://www.facebook.com/events/907747542602710/
Wednesday, March 18,
LYRICAL PROG INDIE-POP at HOWLERS (21+)
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Saturday, April 11
WEIRD POP at DEBBIE’S HOUSE OF TACOS
https://www.facebook.com/events/628550597278748/
Friday, April 17
HEAVY PSYCHEDELICA at THE SHOP
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Saturday, April 18, Wild TorVs, TBA
Friday, April 24
NOISE ROCK at STATION P (house)
https://www.facebook.com/events/1815524772005229/
Wednesday, May 6
GRIND/ BLACK METAL AT ROBOTO
https://www.facebook.com/events/641308785998308/
Sunday, May 10
EXTREME AVANT/ NO-WAVE at TBA
https://www.facebook.com/events/860696000654605/
International Coven EU Tour Project Update
The T-shirt perks are printed, and will ship out after my 3-week tour.
My European tour dates are coming together, with several excellent festivals, and over a dozen shows in the books, and counting every day. However, I really encourage you to share any contacts along my route. A personal contact is much more valuable than my own DIY research. See my dates here:
New “Constant Autumn” Demo
The widely recognized 2014 grindcore album “Longhena” by Gridlink was widely regarded by many heavy music listeners and critics to be one of the excellent metal releases of the year. I was invited to contribute string tracks because of my interaction with singer Jon Chang after performing my acoustic grindcore suite “The Inalienable Dreamless,” my first solo recording and only physical 12″ vinyl (and still reliable set material).
Only a bit of my score went on Longhena on the first and last track, but I worked the rest of my orchestration into a piano reduction of the Gridlink rhythm section and developed an orchestral grindcore suite I have entitled “Constant Autumn.”
The release “International Coven of Dangerous Violinistry will have the fully-edited version of this track.
USA Unfathomable Spring Tour (SuXbySuxWest)
Tour Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/924010147610838/
MARCH
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Fri 13 Athens at house show
Sat 14 Cincinnati at Cyde Central
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Sun 15 Bloomington, IN at Root Cellar
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Mon 16 Columbia, MO at Little Berlin
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Tues 17 KCMO/ AK TBA
Wed 18 Oklahoma City at Bad Granny’s
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Thurs 19 Denton, TX at Panhandle House
Fri 20, Dallas at Darcy’s place
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Sat 21 Austin for pre- SUXBY house show
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Sun 22 Austin at SUXBY
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Mon 23 Houston at notsuoH
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Tues 24 NOLA Sunset ritual at end of world/ blue nile
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Wed 25 NOLA at Allways Lounge
Thurs 26 Birmingham at Mono
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Fri 27 Nashville at Queen Street Artists collective
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Sat 28 Chattanooga early show with fire artists,
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late show at Ziggy’s TBA
Sun 29 Knoxville early at Big Asses Fest
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Sun 29 Asheville at House
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Mon 30 Greensboro at Hellraiser House
Tues 31 Chapel Hill at The Cave
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APRIL
Wed 1 Richmond at The Circle
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Thurs 2 Baltimore/ Philadelphia
Fri 3 Philadelphia/ Baltimore/ NJ at TBA (help)
Sat 4 NYC at house show (early)
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Sat 4 NYC at Dixon Place (evening)
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Sun 5 Staten Island potluck (early)
Sun 5 NJ (late) TBA
Improvisation Media
Most of my music is notated, and I also usually have sheet music on my merchandise table. But I also give free improvisation performances, usually alongside compositions but also in improvised solo and group sets.
Brooklyn: instant composition with Mara Mayer, Valerie Kuehne:
(violin and multiple instruments)
http://music.joelmellin.com/track/dapple-grey
Pittsburgh: improvisation with improv trio Pariah Dog:
Rotterdam: solo acoustic improvisation at Wolfart Gallery
West Virginia: improvisation at voice of the valley noise rally
(solo electric violin with foot percussion)
Dallas, Texas: improvised accompaniment to poem by Christopher Dawood George:
(violin)
Pittsburgh: improvisation with Marc Edwards:
(violin)
Lowell, MA: free improvisation at X-Fest
(violin, trumpet, circuit-bent electronics, performance art)