Posts Tagged ‘matthewdavid’

Los Angeles Venue Show Cave to Shutter its Doors

Friday, June 24th, 2011

Tonight, Los Angeles bids adieu to Show Cave, one of its most vital and active DIY venues. Founded by Eric Nordhauser and Hazel Hill McCarthy in 2006, and located at 3501 Eagle Rock Boulevard, it was the kind of place locals would pack into on a Friday night to catch musical performances, video art shows hosted by pygmy goats, dance parties, and people in little black wigs doing god knows what. Tonight’s send off features performances by Zones favorites James Ferraro and Matthewdavid, in addition to some ghostly electro from Octavius and a plethora of dark dance sounds from DJ M.E. The reasons for the venue’s closing have not been publicly disclosed, though it certainly represents the end of a gloriously weird era for the Los Angeles scene. Fortunately, according to an announcement posted on the Show Cave tumblr, a reincarnation may be in the works:

“Thanks to all the amazing artists and people that have made this last year at Show Cave so very fun, weird, abstract, obscure, hilarious, dirty, and danceable. Do not shed too many tears…….Show Cave will continue to live in a new location(s) in a future space and time.”

Matthewdavid: “Group Tea (Feat. Flying Lotus)”

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James Ferraro: “Cinderella”

Words: Samantha Cornwell

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Visitation Rites Presents: Dream Massage, M. Geddes Gengras, matthewdavid, Gul Bara, Red Mir, Universe

Thursday, January 13th, 2011

1/15/11 SHOW FLIER- MONDO PALAZOID from Samantha Cornwell on Vimeo.

Join Visitation Rites’ Los Angeles team this Saturday for a night of musical healing in a Chinatown home. Come early to potluck, and stay late to dance.  Additional sounds will be provided by DJ StareOfTreat (Matt Kruglinski) and special guests.

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Sightings: Sun Araw and matthewdavid, “LIVE PHREAXXX”

Monday, December 13th, 2010

Two of LA’s finest sonic explorers, Cameron Stallones (Sun Araw) and matthewdavid, got together to create the exceptional LIVEPHREAXXX tape.  This guitar-free recording sets itself apart from much of Sun Araw’s catalogue, but evokes the ghetto blaster tones of the recent “Last Chants“. Beat master matthewdavid’s live remix gives the 30 minute tape a liquid Sci-Fi aura. The full recording was overseen by illustrious producer Aristocrat P. Child (?), who recounts the session below:

“The legendary invite-only parties at SUN ARK STUDIOS had reached a climax in late summer of 2010; steamy, ambiguous police actions, lenticular object sightings, and spontaneous dance-floor teleportations all  pointed at a sinister portal that would have to be danced through. For the 3am set, MATTHEWDAVID joined SUN ARAW onstage for the moment of germination: SUN ARAW retrieved melodic objects while MD dilated, distended, folded, and flung them through the gateway.  After listening from the control room with eyes closed, I wandered onto the dancefloor: the partygoers had vanished, and the entities that were moving to these grooves were tough to identify, multiplying rapidly in fractal-like patterns and slipping sideways into shadow.  I caught a cab and got out of there.  I have no idea who finished the recording.”

LIVE PHREAXXX Side A Track 3

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Words: Samantha Cornwell with Aristocrat P. Child

LIVEPHREAXXX is available this week from Leaving Records. If you’re in Los Angeles on December 17, and want to get lenticular, check out WHERE IS YOUR CHILD? With DJs Sun Araw and M. Geddes Gengras.

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Sightings: matthewdavid, “11042010″

Tuesday, November 30th, 2010


I’m sometimes confused by songs named after numbers. Though they often reference time (The Smashing Pumpkins’ “1979″) or some geometrical configuration (Manuel Gottsching’s “E2-E4), numerical titles can seem esoteric. When matthewdavid’s first sent “11042010″ my way, the title brought no real image to mind. Although its since been pointed out that the title might refer to the date, my initial thought was that it referenced some unknown data point. However, as the song began to unfold, a fruitful story grew in my mind. “11042010″ may be the name of a baby robot in a metal womb on a space station. matthewdavid’s lush, contemplative cyber-jam is the sound of the infant’s heartbeat and mechanical breath via ultrasound. We know the child has plopped out when the song turns to fuzz, then silence. Though matthewdavid might not know of this android child, it’s an enlightened being, much like this epic track.

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UPDATE:

matthewdavid just sent over this video for the track. He made it along with Jesselisa Moretti. Although its not an alien ultrasound, it certainly has a pulse.

Words: Samantha Cornwell

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VR Vimeo: Run DMT Smokes a Peace Pipe with the Los Angeles Smog

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

Run DMT Live- Synchronicity Space- Los Angeles, CA- 6/10/10 from Samantha Cornwell on Vimeo.

One week ago at Synchronicity Space in Hollywood, I had the pleasure of seeing Run DMT for the first time. After a surprise opening set by LA’s matthewdavid, I introduced myself to Mike (also known as Run DMT), who informed me that his live shows were in no way reproductions of his recorded material. He even joked that he might do some Doo-Wop for that evening’s performance. This, of course, left me buzzing with excitement.

Before beginning, Run DMT offered the small but attentive crowd a peace pipe, in case “anyone wanted to hang out.” The song featured in this video was the first song he played that night. According to my colorful memory of the evening, the doors of Sync Space blew open just as he struck the first note, letting in a beautiful but radioactive cloud. Apparently, the Los Angeles smog was amongst the show-goers that evening. Guided by a hypnotic, beautiful drone, and assisted by televisual projections by local artist Miko Revereza, this unexpected guest made this show one for the ages.

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Words: Samantha Cornwell

Run DMT is currently touring the the United States of America with Blissed Out, toy-car-making-its-way-slowly-across-a-roadmap style. Check for tour dates on his MySpace.

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