Live at dublab Radio

A legendary session at one of our favorite los angeles FM stations, KXLU, Adventure Time shows off the sampling skills that makes them a great live act. Always enthusiastic emcee Busdriver, and the multi-talented Jonathan from Jogger guest appear on this special session. dublab is supported by listeners like you. Become a Sustaining Member: https://www.dublab.com/support/memberships

Protect Me aka “PROPRO” is a duo hailing from Van Nuys,CA. Playing shows since 2008, they cleverly mix House and Experimental Hip-Hop in its Punkest form with their sound. They are set to release a new EP, ‘Mirror',on 8.18 through their label Panorama City Muzsic.

Richard Fearless presents Metal Box, broadcast from his shipping container studio situated on the peninsula of land between the River Thames and the River Lea in London's East End. Fearless' career as a DJ, founder of cult band Death in Vegas, and head of the independent label Drone have cemented Fearless' reputation as a diverse maker and renowned digger. Expect a deep love of underground electronic music, with Fearless in the mix and the odd guest stopping by. On tonight's Metal Box we have something different, an exclusive two hour live hardware recording of ‘Multiples'. Multiples are a duo consisting of two masters of the craft, Rotterdam's techno hero, Speedy J and no other than Birmingham's finest, Surgeon, recorded live at Fabrik in Madrid. Their new album Two Hours Or Something is out now on STOOR records.

Muscle Beach is the unmediated congregation of Neil, Maisy, Jane & Bennett – an LA 4-piece with a 9th ear, dedicated to the splendor of the human soul.

David J is a British alternative rock musician, producer, and writer. He is the bassist for the gothic rock band Bauhaus and for Love and Rockets. With his new release Tracks From the Attic, David J invites listeners on a most fascinating journey: we're looking through boxes of tapes, getting reacquainted with an artist we've known for a long time – yet, the intimate songs he recorded in solitude over three decades reveal new sides to him. Dubbed An Evening With David J, the tour begins on the album's release day, Friday May 3.

John Hardin takes the ancient aboriginal instrument known as “didgeridoo” to new places via digital technology. His music transports the listener with ethereal otherworldly soundscapes, organic rhythms and primal dance grooves.

H31R blends electronica and hip hop together creating an enigmatic but complementary sonic experience that pushes the fickle boundaries of genre. JWords and maassai both grew up listening to a variety of genres and later using the sounds of their youth to expand on the potential and style of their own music. It wasn't until the two met while playing a show together in 2017 where they'd quickly become friends. JWords and maassai would come to know each other's respective styles in production and rhyme while developing on their own projects and later build on a mutual desire to bridge the gap between hip hop and electronic music. They'd start with one-off tracks like “My Name Jack?” which would appear on maassai's debut EP ‘C0n$truct!0n'. This ad-lib process continued with the heavy-hitting “Toxic Behavior”. With schedules opening up during the pandemic, the extra time allowed the two to hone in on their evolving sound and record their first album.

When the Soft Moon rises, valleys are flooded with cold light. Static crackles, petals fade to pale and a chill runs deep. The Soft Moon shower us with songs like rain from the sombre sky of a stark city. This is concrete music for human hearts. As the tension builds fissures form. Look within and you'll fine joy within each dark pulsation. This is division done right.

exilio's first concert of the season explores music with contrasting texts and textures to mend the differences between emotions, seasons, cultures, religions, and colors. We wish to invite the listeners to navigate the definition of light and darkness through artists' minds and music. Featuring composers such as Tormis, Dett, Dunphy and Panufnik along with two premiers. dublab is a non profit community supporter radio station. Consider becoming a Sustaining Member www.dublab.com/support/memberships

This is an early live performance from Jana Hunter – a non-binary indie acoustic/folk musician based in Baltimore and the founder of the band Matty and Mossy. Hunter was signed to Gnomonsong, a record label run by Devendra Banhart and Vetiver's Andy Cabic. Hunter's solo debut album Blank Unstaring Heirs of Doom was the label's debut release. In 2007 Hunter founded an independent record label based in Houston, Texas, Feow! Records, with musicians Matthew Brownlie of Bring Back the Guns and Arthur Bates of Houston band Wicked Poseur.

Just a few weeks after the release of their seminal album Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven, Canadian post-rock treasures Godspeed You! Black Emperor play a live set on dublab. Tune in for a performance by the influential group recently unearthed from the dusty hard drives in the dublab vaults.

Long Wave: suspending time and immersing the listener in a widescreen of sound This months episode features special guest, Steve Roden. TRACKLIST: Steve Roden – ‘9-Sided Room' – broadcast via TouchRadio (Touch, 2007) steve roden – ‘first' – small songs for kack jirby (papa voce, 2016) Steve Roden live in the studio Steve Roden – ‘The Radio' – The Radio (sonoris, 1999)

In support of his 2005 album When the Detail Lost its Freedom for the ever-crucial Kranky records, Brian McBride of atmospheric ambient outfits Stars of The Lid and Bell Gardens dropped by dublab for a live rendition of his recent material. In his creative process, McBride recorded guitar, piano and numerous other sources to a keyboard sampler, then composed a batch of all-new works from the recordings. For his set at dublab, McBride triggered the samples live. Bearing a likeness to the pristine beauty of untouched nature, McBride's meditative session is an awe-inducing half-hour of placid sounds akin to Eno's early ambient releases. FROM THE VAULTS is an ongoing curation project produced by Ben Sinclair, resurfacing rare live performances and DJ sets recorded during dublab's first ten years. dublab is a listener supported non profit radio station. Become a Sustaining Member today at: https://www.dublab.com/support/memberships

Rodriguez is a legend we've been hooked on ever since Nobody turned us onto “Cold Fact,” his powerful statement of psych-soul from 1970. The album originally released on Sussex Records has risen from obscurity and recently been reissued by the wonderful folks at Light in the Attic Records. Rodriguez himself spent years off the general public's radar but kept busy with local Detroit politics and playing shows in South Africa and Australia. For us in the northern hemisphere Rodriguez seemed like a powerful spirit of the past and was even rumored to be deceased. Thankfully he's alive, vibrant and focused on sharing music. His visit to dublab marked his first ever west coast radio session and for this ocassion, he was backed by the always expanding talents Blank Blue. Dig this beautiful session. dublab is a listeners supported radio station. Become a Sustaining Member today at: https://www.dublab.com/support/memberships

Brooklyn's Effie Briest comes to LA. An all women punk and pyschedelic band. Take a hint of Siouxsie and the Banshees' rougher edges here, a pinch of Pink Floyd's expansive prog-rock structures there.

PELLYVISION is a monthly cohesion of sound and vision. Alex Pelly synthesizes live video to accompany sounds from an artist of her choosing. Green-House is the project of Los Angeles based artist Olive Ardizoni. Approaching the project with an intentional naivety, they craft songs that find freedom through simplicity. As a non-binary artist, they hope to create a space with fewer barriers as both a performer and a listener. Alex Pelly is a Canadian video artist based in LA whose work incorporates multiple generations of video technology, both analog and digital. In recent years her process has been centered on modular video synthesis. Frequently collaborative with musical accompaniment, her visuals serve as a reflection of and muse to the music simultaneously. She provides live visuals and installation work for various shows, music nights and art happenings around Los Angeles.

Indie rock and electronic duo Over the Atlantic perform live for dublab. Bevan Smith makes music and sound, built and manages the Involve label and is a noted conjurer of extinct birds. As composer/creator he has worked on music for art projects, theatre shows, museums, dance works, Japanese TV adverts and films, notably the Bafta award winning “Touching the Void”. Nik Brinkman went to film school, broke out of high school with the band Ejector who supported Pacifier, D4, and Cassette and can't put down a telecaster for long.

Get slimed by one of Philly's finest! Kurt Vile is indeed a cat to slither to. His slinky slank sound is super soul for the generation on hold. Stop, don't get up from that couch! Plop down and put on something nice like these “sprout session” sounds. Kurt cruised into dublab to play some fine sunny stoned songs. So please enjoy and when this cat is in your hood sway on over and say hello.

Gyan Riley graced the dublab studio to share a live solo guitar piece, insight into his music explorations and some rare recordings. Gyan has collaborated with some of the brightest music minds in the world, from contemporary peers such as Nico Muhly to elder pioneers including his father, Terry Riley. This interview found him fresh from performing at Walt Disney Concert Hall and soon on his way to further world touring. Listen in to discover a musician sending golden currents across our world.

Beneath Detroit showcases previously unheard music from live concert recordings that took place between 1979 and 1992 at the Detroit Institutute of Arts (DIA) as part of the Creative Music at the DIA program. The Creative Music at the DIA concerts highlight an important avant-garde community jazz movement that prominently featured Detroit-based musicians, of which many players are still active today. Both onstage and in continuing musical collaborations, these concerts triangulated and expanded musical connections with the older avant-minded collectives that had been its models, The AACM in Chicago and BAG in St. Louis. This episode features a concert by the New Chamber Jazz Quintet from Nov. 27th 1982, featuring Spencer Barefield, Anthony Holland, Faruq Z Bey, Jaribu Shahid, and Tani Tabbal. https://beneathdetroit.com/ dublab is a listener supporter radio station, become a Sustaining Member today https://www.dublab.com/support/memberships

This is a live performance of Los Angeles-based composer Colloboh, recorded and filmed at the dublab studios and featuring new compositions utilizing modular synthesizers. Colloboh – experimental producer Collins Oboh. Born in Nigeria, raised in the DMV, and now at 28 years of age, Colloboh asserts himself as a no-nonsense contender of electronic music composition utilizing modular synthesizer. With the release of his 2021 Entity Relation EP and opening for beloved dream pop duo Beach House on their ‘Once Twice Melody' tour, Colloboh has begun to cultivate a following eager to listen to his forward-thinking musical arrangements. This program is part of New Music USA's web magazine NewMusicBox “Guest Editor series”, which aims to celebrate a plurality of voices from across the nation and will feature exclusive content written, produced, or commissioned by a rotating artist or organization. The series kicks off with dublab. NewMusicBox, edited by Frank J. Oteri, amplifies creators and organizations who are building a vibrant future for new music in all its forms, and has provided a vital platform for creators to speak about issues relevant to them in their own words since 1999. The dublab partnership features weekly content from at least 15 different voices through January 2023, presented in conversations, DJ mixes, articles, and live performances all exploring the current landscape of music composition. The Guest Editor is the first such series in the magazine's 23-year history and reflects New Music USA's aim to deepen its impact across the many diverse music communities across the United States. This aim is also demonstrated by NewMusicBox's ongoing “Different Cities, Different Voices” feature that spotlights music creation hubs across the nation. You can see the video HERE

On December 20th dublab celebrated the grand opening of Space 15 Twenty LA's most radical retail experiment with “WIDE OPEN WAVES,” a live sound flash featuring dj sets by the dublab soundsystem + live performances from Warpaint and Nosajthing

Jeremiah Chiu is Los Angeles-based artist, musician, educator, and community organizer. Chiu's hybrid practice often operates under his studio moniker, Some All None, where projects lie at the intersection of art, music, technology, and publishing. Chiu is Full-Time Faculty in the Graphic Design Department at Otis College of Art & Design, a recording artist on International Anthem, and a resident DJ at dublab. Marta Sofia Honer is a viola and violin performer, session player, and educator in Los Angeles. Working in both classical and contemporary fields, Honer's versatility in different musical settings has garnered her credits alongside Beyoncé, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Chloe x Halle, Angel Olsen, Fleet Foxes, including four Grammy nominations. She regularly records for film and television and is a recording artist on International Anthem. This live performance by Jeremiah Chiu and Marta Sofia Honer took place at the dublab studios featuring some of the music they composed together as part of their recent album, Recordings from the Åland Islands, out now on International Anthem. This program is part of New Music USA's web magazine NewMusicBox “Guest Editor series”, which aims to celebrate a plurality of voices from across the nation and will feature exclusive content written, produced, or commissioned by a rotating artist or organization. The series kicks off with dublab. NewMusicBox, edited by Frank J. Oteri, amplifies creators and organizations who are building a vibrant future for new music in all its forms, and has provided a vital platform for creators to speak about issues relevant to them in their own words since 1999. The dublab partnership will feature new weekly content from at least 15 different voices through January 2023, presented in conversations, DJ mixes, articles, and live performances all exploring the current landscape of music composition. The Guest Editor is the first such series in the magazine's 23-year history and reflects New Music USA's aim to deepen its impact across the many diverse music communities across the United States. This aim is also demonstrated by NewMusicBox's ongoing “Different Cities, Different Voices” feature that spotlights music creation hubs across the nation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JRF9hVnYYQ dublab is a listener supported radio station. Become a Sustaining Member today https://www.dublab.com/support/memberships

Qur'an Shaheed (b. 1992, Pasadena, CA) is a pianist, poet, singer and songwriter based in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, CA. She has been playing piano since the age of four, trained extensively in classical and contemporary music. Since 2012 she has been developing her practice as a songwriter alongside her solo piano and ensemble work. She released the album Process, with producer Jesse Justice and Preference Records, in 2020 and regularly performs in and around Los Angeles. Her sound is innovative, highly personaland experimental, incorporating elements of improvisation as well as neo-classical and neo-soultechniques. This live performance by Qur'an Shaheed is part of New Music USA's web magazine NewMusicBox “Guest Editor series”, which aims to celebrate a plurality of voices from across the nation and will feature exclusive content written, produced, or commissioned by a rotating artist or organization. The series kicks off with dublab. NewMusicBox, edited by Frank J. Oteri, amplifies creators and organizations who are building a vibrant future for new music in all its forms, and has provided a vital platform for creators to speak about issues relevant to them in their own words since 1999. The dublab partnership will feature new weekly content from at least 15 different voices through January 2023, presented in conversations, DJ mixes, articles, and live performances all exploring the current landscape of music composition. The Guest Editor is the first such series in the magazine's 23-year history and reflects New Music USA's aim to deepen its impact across the many diverse music communities across the United States. This aim is also demonstrated by NewMusicBox's ongoing “Different Cities, Different Voices” feature that spotlights music creation hubs across the nation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWhF3un9tmM dublab is a listeners supported station, become a Sustaining Member today https://www.dublab.com/support/memberships

Veranda Culture performed live for the very first time at the dublab 21st Anniversary. All new music performed at his loft studio in Melbourne, Australia, alongside close friend and studio partner Luke Coleman. Veranda Culture is a musical project established by Australian electronic music artist and dublab resident DJ Griffin James (known mostly for his work under his Francis Inferno Orchestra). The project emerged in 2017 with a album and record label that was a compelling escape from the regular programming of James's previously known works, trading off late night dance music for an emotive bed of sound that is hard to pin down but effortless to absorb as a whole. For the past 3 years since its entrance in to the music sphere (while remaining in a low key state of existence), little trickles of new music and teasers of a follow up VC album have appeared via the projects Bandcamp and on social media platforms but nothing with complete confirmation. Watch the video youtu.be/0dwvP0gbpbA dublab is a listener supported radio station, consider becoming a Sustaining Member today: www.dublab.com/support/memberships

Listen in and watch La ReDaDa's special live performance, created specially for dublab's 21st anniversary celebration. La ReDaDa is a musical multi-region commando and danzón sextet located in the remains of Mexico City´s colonia de Los Doctores. Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yffgoyptv6U&list=PLwv1SuXh4kHx4MlmcDYjKKeTHEwGROqln&index=7

This is a live performance by Ghorba that took place during dublab's 21st Anniversary celebration in 2020. Ghorba is a Los Angeles-based producer, live act and DJ. She organizes a party, FM+, for womxn and nonbinary people, and helps run a workshop series, FeM Synth Lab, which encourages music production among femmes. Her debut album, Zero Threat to the Rave, was released on Jacktone Records in November 2018; it was included in Fact Mag‘s best house and techno of 2018. She also puts out music and performs live as half of rave duo DIVORCE (Fatt Grabbers, Sweat Equity). dublab is a listener supported radio station. Become a Sustaining Member today at https://www.dublab.com/support/memberships

Unreleased Sun Araw live improvisation from 2011Watch the video here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAaZWvc5PVEdublab is a listener supported non profit organization.  Support this, and all other programs by becoming a Sustaining Member:https://www.dublab.com/support/memberships

Listen in and watch Koreatown Oddity's special live performance, created specially for dublab's 21st anniversary celebration.The Koreatown Oddity is Los Angeles producer/emcee, Humorist, Screenwriter, and overall visionary. He grew up around Hip Hop through his mom who made jewelry for rappers and was down with Grandmaster Caz and Ice-T. He Releases the bulk of his music on cassettes. From Collaborative Projects with Ras G ( 5Chuckles) and MNDGSN ( Vivians) to the self-produced “Pops 45s', “No Health Insurance” and the ongoing Chinese New Year instrumental series ( beat tapes inspired by the Zodiac animals on the Chinese Calendar). His first Vinyl Release was 200 Tree Rings, a solo album released via label New Los Angeles. After Signing with Stones Throw, he released his next solo Album “Finna Be Past Tense” on wax, produced entirely by Vex Ruffin.Catch him on his monthly show Odd Hours of Sound every 3rd Wednesday of the month.dublab is a listener supported radio station based in Los Angeles, consider becoming a Sustaining Member today! 

Listen in and watch Silent Servant's special DJ set – with visuals by Eva Aguila – created specially for dublab's 21st anniversary celebration.WATCH HERESilent Servant's prolific output as a producer and artist has laid the groundwork for much of the most ambitious and forward thinking electronic music of today. As a member of the now defunct Sandwell District, he helped force the hand of change with uncompromising ability. And still, he continues to do so with even greater strength and success.While insincerity remains the safety of many, Silent Servant's own productions are brutally honest and resolute, rendering irrelevant those mongering for light. Deeply pensive and forward thinking, his sound is marked by a distinct blend of the disparate and divergent. An appreciation of warehouse techno, industrial noise and post-punk are evident, yet challenged and reworked to form a uniquely modern style – a vitality so controlled and concentrated that it captivates immediately.dublab is a listener supported non profit radio station.  Support our programs by becoming a Sustaining Member

“Dimensions of Voice” highlights 3 artists who use voice as a central instrument; as landscape, sound bath, conjuring device, and fluid transmission between worlds, binaries, time and space.An extension of the Art of Performance Series, “Dimensions of Voice” is a broadcast of sets by Colin Self, Odeya Nini and Anna Oxygen, all who engage in composing practices that center voice tripping, voice improvisation, and voice as a cosmic force for community connection.Anna Oxygen is an artist whose work spans performance, sound, technology and interactivity. As a solo musician she frequently performs a mix of improvised vocalizations and narrative electronic dance pieces. She is also a founding member of media performance collective Cloud Eye Control, creating interactive and time-based work that addresses speculative futures and the impact of technology on the human psyche. She frequently works collaboratively and has a special interest in connectivity across platforms and dimensions (3D to 2D to the astral place and back again) She has performed nationally and internationally at a number of venues including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, MOMA PS1, Festival A Mil, Chile and The New Museum (NYC) among others.The “Art of Performance” series is made possible by a grant from mediaThe foundation inc. For more details visit www.mediathe.orgSupport dublab programming by becoming a Sustaining Member

“Dimensions of Voice” highlights 3 artists who use voice as a central instrument; as landscape, sound bath, conjuring device, and fluid transmission between worlds, binaries, time and space. An extension of the Art of Performance Series, “Dimensions of Voice” is a broadcast of sets by Colin Self, Odeya Nini and Anna Oxygen, all who engage in composing practices that center voice tripping, voice improvisation, and voice as a cosmic force for community connection. Odeya Nini is a Los Angeles based experimental vocalist and composer. At the locus of her interests are textural harmony, gesture, tonal animation, and the illumination of minute sounds, in works spanning chamber music to vocal pieces and collages of musique concrète. Her solo vocal work extends the dimension and expression of the voice and body, creating a sonic and physical panorama of silence to noise and tenderness to grandeur. Odeya's work has been presented at venues and festivals around the US and internationally from Los Angeles to Tel Aviv, Canada, Mongolia and Vietnam. Odeya holds a BFA from the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music and an MFA in composition from California Institute of the Arts. The “Art of Performance” series is made possible by a grant from mediaThe foundation inc. For more details visit www.mediathe.org https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rDTnc1TAPE&feature=youtu.be

“Dimensions of Voice” highlights 3 artists who use voice as a central instrument; as landscape, sound bath, conjuring device, and fluid transmission between worlds, binaries, time and space.An extension of the Art of Performance Series, “Dimensions of Voice” is a broadcast of sets by Colin Self, Odeya Nini and Anna Oxygen, all who engage in composing practices that center voice tripping, voice improvisation, and voice as a cosmic force for community connection.Colin Self is an artist and composer based in Berlin. They create music, performance and environments for expanding consciousness, troubling binaries and boundaries of perception and communication. They work with communities across disciplines and practices, using voices, bodies, and computers as tools to interface with biological and technological software. Self is a Rhizome Commission Grant recipient for video project ClumpTV, a Queer Art Mentorship Fellow, and was an Eyebeam Resident in 2016. They are a co-founder of queer collective Chez Deep and The Radical Diva Grant, and was a vocalist and performer for the band SSION. Self runs a non-utilitarian choir internationally, and has released several albums including a solo album “Siblings”, on RVNG International in 2018Watch the video of this performance HEREThe “Art of Performance” series is made possible by a grant from mediaThe foundation inc. For more details visit www.mediathe.org 

The band Telecaves and dublab film visionary Alex Pelly have created a special offering for the dublab Proton Drive Fundraiser. This audio/visual collaboration blends a live, improvised music performance by the duo Telecaves with visual accompaniment from Alex. Enjoy this journey into the beautifully oblique.

Ximeno Records 10 Year Anniversary Broadcastaired- August 6th 2021 on  dublab.com-featuringDJ'sStretch Armstrong       Koco aka ShimokitaNatasha Diggs              T-KayBoogie Blind                 Small ChangeSkeme Richards           FreskoJah Jonny                     Loopy LexaEstaban La Groue        TropicazaSkinny Pablo                 Mo ManleyLive Performances by:The Overlines                Malik & the FreqtonesProduced by- Danny Holloway & Jud Nestersongs mixed by- Mario CThis set by Malik and the Freqtones has all the flavor needed to get the place moving

Listen to SOLTERA's special live performance, created specially for dublab's 21st anniversary celebration. SOLTERA is a producer, dj and performer based in Los Angeles. The project SOLTERA was born in 2017, two years after her father passed away. She is self-taught, learning how to make beats, play keys and write/sing. She is the co-founder of CASA/TECA, an underground record label in Los Angeles. SOLTERA has toured in the US and Mexico. SOLTERA is a resident dj on dublab – catch her show TODO O NADA every first Monday of the month, 2-4pm.

Micachu & the Shapes are one of the funnest bands to watch perform. We trust you'll open up your imagination wide as you're listening to this great band fly through some tunes full of quirkiness and punch. Think of the incredible gestures they made while making these sounds. Maybe they are beating drums, ukulele and keys in a jumpy stomping jam or maybe they're floating far above the Earth dropping notes to the tops of trees below so that birds may form nests for their young to fly skyward and flap a wing hello back at Micachu. Or possibly these sounds are evoking images of a robotic roadrunner looping around a track as the audience stomps and mashes the floor with enthusiastic cheers of encouragement. Whatever your visions may involve we hope you enjoy this “sprout session” from one of our favorite bands.

Pregnant is the bottomless and humble musical interest and hobby of Daniel Trudeau. The project has existed for over a decade in all plausible slews and fashions from a solo incarnation on into a quintet and is always presented first and foremost as Electronic Pop, although that definition cannot and will not fully sum a conclusive aural understanding of the material. Trudeau invites his eclectic imagination, along with whatever available retinue of performers, to imbue his music with a contextually familiar sound and for the purpose of pulling in even the most bereft listeners; domesticating them, for lack of a better word, to go on a proper listening journey.

Davia Spain is a prism. The light and dark of a life buoyed by triumph and marred by tragedy is refracted through her work, the lilt of existence as recognizable as her lithe contralto. Her art is a melange of mediums, a stew of classical and jazz training, electronic experimentation, theater, intrepid filmmaking and sinuous dance. Her latest work, ‘Dawning,' is an exhalation, a diaphramatic release in which her experiences are explored, absorbed and released through a sci-fi concept album about a woman sent from underwater to save earth. Born in Lagos, raised in California; Omolara Abode, often called Omo for short, spent most of her formative years exploring digital media as a platform for alternative storytelling. After a childhood of experimentation with late 90s consumer equipment, she finessed her technical skills at UCLA's School of Film and Television, graduating in 2009 with a Bachelor of Arts in production and directing. She is currently completing her Preliminary Teaching Credential in Mathematics. Her creative endeavors led her to the world of immersive media – video projections, mapping, and installations featuring what she calls “video collage” – foregoing the traditional narrative methods of post-production and opting for visually arresting timelines within common yet ever-evolving venues; including art galleries, warehouse raves, nightclubs, and alternative-minded corporate events. Omo anticipates a shift in how film and video are used for creative expression, and has found that immersive media is the tool of using an environment (even virtual ones) for the purpose of making statements through intensely curated content. http://instagram.com/videomo.mov 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. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKaOHy-FoXE&list=PLwv1SuXh4kHzU_-rENW1yXS7DrGoWWnWl

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.

The story of Pikelet is the story of invention, of music becoming activism. Growing out of Melbourne’s folk revival scene, Pikelet was characterized by looping structures and sonic experiments. In 2014, Morris co-founded LISTEN, a feminist organization that promotes the visibility and experiences of marginalized peoples in Australian music. Morris has allowed their own politics and non-binary identity to challenge and stretch their pop gifts. With the release of the last Pikelet album in 2016, Morris was described as one of Australia’s “most fascinating and underrated musical icons.”