Posts Tagged ‘experimental’

Speak Onion w/ David B. Applegate, more, at Port d’Or on Fri., Aug 27!

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

YES! I’m playing at a rad place with some of my favorite old friends and some awesome new friends. This will be a bonkers night for sure. From the Free Techno of David B. Applegate to the straight weirdness of Bubblegum Octopus and Mysterious House to the true rocking of Xrin Arms, and of course some shattered rhythms from your #1 boss of drum’n'noise, the party will NOT BE STOPPING FOR ANYTHING. You’ve been warned.

Also, look how many Speak Onion shows are happening in the next few weeks. Pretty rad, huh? Between the I.B.N. Presents show at Party Expo where I’ll be doing the battle set, the ExperiMENTAL Fest Noise BBQ, August 26 at Goodbye Blue Monday, and this one, I’m a busy, man. That’s why I’m the boss, I guess. Anyway, I’ll see you out there!

Bubblegum Octopus
David B. Applegate
Mysterious House
Speak Onion

Port d’Or, 841 Sterling Place, Brooklyn, NY
Friday, August 27, 2010, 9PM
$5 donation

EDIT: Xrin Arms, sadly, won’t be able to make it up to NYC due to some rough times out on tour, so the GBM show is cancelled, and there will be only 4 bands at this show at Port d’Or. Still mad freshness guaranteed, though. Pour one out on the curb for XA, though.

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Speak Onion at ExperiMENTAL Fest, This Sunday, Aug. 8. NOISE BBQ!

Friday, July 30th, 2010

I’ll be bringing the drum’n'noise furor to Goodbye Blue Monday this coming weekend for the ExperiMENTAL Fest. It’ll be the Sunday afternoon, Noise BBQ portion of the fest, so that rules. I think I’ll even be playing outside. There’s a lot of other cool acts on the bill as well, including long-time home-girl, Joy Through Noise. New beats and bonks, some sunshine and intense volume. Sounds like a plan, right?

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Sunday night at The Charleston was like whoa!

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

Show Report! Things that ruled on Sunday:

Everyone’s sets were killer. Maruosa whipped up so much energy I thought I was going to die in that basement, and I was ok with it. Digit216 and David B. Applegate also were really at the top of their respective games. It was like, “this is exactly the type of show I would want to see if I wasn’t putting it together myself.” Amazing.

Oh yeah, about the Nord, uh, I know I said I wasn’t going to use it, but then at the last minute I got a bigger box and reorganized and rewired and repatched everything. Heh. I was a little shaky on a completley new setup with only 1 day’s practice, but it was all good. Pretty glad with how everything is going with that. I’ll probably expound on it later. . .

So, thanks a million to everyone who showed up and thanks a b-b-b-billion to Maruosa and Miyagi for coming all that way, and thanks to the Charleston for the wet basement and the free pizza. Best.

Oh, and check out all the pics here. I dont’ have any of Digit216 or Maruosa yet, because I fucked up with the camera, but I’ll be some.

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Show coming up on 3/14 with Maruosa, David B. Applegate, Digit216!

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

I’m 100% extremely stoked to announce this show coming up next month with the mighty Maruosa from Japan, plus local friends, David B. Applegate and Digit216. It’s going to be a real banger, I assure you. See you there!

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Xrin Arms/Speak Onion- Snow Braid available now!

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

Click the pic to get to the download!

So here it is. The much-delayed, repeatedly-changed, widely-anticipated(?) split release from Xrin Arms and myself. I’m glad we waited, becasue it really became something pretty amazing. If you think you know Xrin Arms, think again and download this record, because he flips the script here. The tracks are so completely blown out and weird. He’s tapped into some psychadelic vibes that are really pretty exciting. His half of the release really makes you feel high on drugs.

And then my track comes in like a terrible hangover. Deep Cover is a track I’ve actually been working on for a long time, and it took me a while to get it right. I think I’ve even been playing versions of it live since June of 09. But I finally recorded something that captures the wildness of the live versions, and here it is.

Lastly, I’m really glad I got to do a split with Xrin Arms. We’ve played a ton of shows together and toured together and he’s really always helped get the word out about Speak Onion and shown me the ropes a bit, and we’ve become like brothers over the couple of years that we’ve known each other. The man DJ’d my wedding, you dig? So finally we get down together on record, and it’s a thing of beauty.

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Regen Magazine Loves Metabolor, and So Can You. . .

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

Regen magazine recently posted a review of my record from April of last year, Metabolor (IBN002). Check out the review here. Regen says of Metabolor,

“For these brave few that seek out breakcore for their listening enjoyment, Speak Onion is the man for the job. Blending the intricacies of breakcore with the sheer power of noise, Metabolor is perfect for the breakcore fanatic,”

and

“Speak Onion brings forth gunfire drums and imminent doom with his music,”

and

“…but those well-versed in the genre [breakcore] will find Speak Onion a strong player in the field.”

among other fantastically positive things.

What can I say? It’s all true. Find out for yourself by downloading Metabolor from Immigrant Breast Nest. Click Here.

Also, don’t forget about the free show coming up on February 6 at Coco66! And don’t miss out on all the pithy shit I’m tweeting on twitter. And did you get Trigger Pusher yet? Oh, and I was interviewed for an article about Speak Onion in the Village Voice, which should be published on February 2, so look out for that. Ok, that’s basically everything, I think.

Drum’n'Noise 4 Lyfe.

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Speak Onion blowing up Brooklyn, Sat. 2/6/10!

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

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I’m returning to my favorite venue in NYC, Coco66, next month for my first show of 2010. And it’s 100% free so you might as well come accept the gift of loud music from me and everyone at Immigrant Breast Nest. I’m really excited about playing with some of NYC’s finest electronic music scientists, Joy Through Noise, Insect Deli, and Naetron. This will be a really epic night of music. I mean, you were going to be out drinking that night anyway, so you might as well do it at this FREE show. I’ll bring the beats, you bring the party.

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Trigger Pusher released on I.B.N. today!

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

The time is here. Trigger Pusher is now available for you to download from Immigrant Breast Nest. This record grew out of the live performance style I developed throughout 2009 by playing all the shows I could. These 2 tracks are very long and, like my live sets, full of drastic shifts and changes, beats and loops working their way in and out of noise, and just non-stop intensity right from me to you. I’m as proud of this music as anything I’ve ever made, and it represents exactly what Speak Onion is about. This form of electronic music is the purest way I can think of to communicate what I think is good and exciting. There’s no needless DSP wankery, no long DJ-friendly intros and outros, no ironic samples, no  pretentious art-house rambling, no bullshit. Just as much awesome sound as I could come up with and shove into 2 tracks. I hope you like it. I can’t wait to drop these beats in my upcoming live sets.

Trigger Pusher is, as everything else I do, available as a free download. Click the cover to get it. The label’s promo text is after the cover.

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Just in time to ruin New Year’s Eve parties from coast to coast, Speak Onion’s latest release, “Trigger Pusher,” aims to capture the style of his live sets, overflowing with energy and unpredictability.  These two very-long-form tracks roller-coaster into and out of of chaos; stomping, clawing and weirding out, unfurling into your ears and brain.  While it may have the soul of a fire-breathing basement party, “Trigger Pusher” has more than enough acrobatic beats, king-sized basslines, and warped hooks to make it a potential headphone favorite.  And it’s all done with Speak Onion’s patented intensity.  Warn your ear drums and go for it.

–Dan

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