Here are some new paintings I made, with salt under-painting, using black ink and ash pigment. Below are Nordra's tour dates
15/3 IT Milano, Santeria Social Club 16/3 IT Busto Arsizio, Circolo Gagarin 17/3 IT Pistoia, BRUMA @ S. Michele al Cioncio 18/3 IT Treviso, Punky Reggae Pub 19/3 SLO Ljubljana, Hostel Tresor 20/3 HUN Budapest, Robot 21/3 SLK Bratislava, Fuga 22/3 CZ Brno, Herna 23/3 CZ Prague, Žižkowská Non Festival 24/3 GER Chemnitz, Odradek 25/3 GER Leipzig, Unterholz 26/3 GER Bamberg, Pizzini 27/3 IT Verona, Malacarne Barassociazione
Here are some paintings I did for Leave Them All Behind 2018 (Daymare Japan). You can see the shirt and info on the festival here: https://twitter.com/daymarerec
I made these on black and grey papers using gesso, white charcoal and litho crayons
1. What are your top five albums that were released in 2017? (In order 1-5)
Music:
Ryuchi Sakamoto - Async
B.J Nilssen - Massiff
Mary Jane Leach - Pipe Dreams
Ryo Murakami - Esto
Aine O'Dwyer
Lungfish - Sound in Time
The Caretaker
Leland Kerby
Terry Riley - Les Yeux Fermes
Jon Mueller
Phil Elvirum live
Endon - Through the Mirror
Daniel Menche - Sleeper
Nordra - s/t
SUMAC practicing/writing/recording at my home
Art:
Kelly Akashi
Postcommodity
Gilda Davidian
Akina Cox
Giséle Vienne
Paulo Gonzales
Candice Lin
Drawing/comics:
Travis Rommereim
Sarah Ferrick
2. What band did you discover in 2017 (can be a brand
new band or an older band) that had an impact on your life? What made
them significant?
Ryuchi Sakamoto and The Caretaker
3. How will you remember 2017? (In terms of music)
Music is equated with saying no to performing live shows because I wanted to stay home with my newborn baby!
4. What can we look forward to from you in 2018?
Records I will have out in 2018:
Mára - Silver Disc CS (SIGE)
Barnett + Coloccia LP/CS - VLF (SIGE)
Mamiffer 2xLP - The Brilliant Tabernacle
and a few collaborations. (maybe)
Sige records will be releasing:
Black Spirituals - Black Access/Black Axes
William Fowler Collins - Field Music
Nordra - Pylon ll
SUMAC - Live on WFMU
Mára - Silver Disc
Barnett + Coloccia - VLF
5. What records are you looking forward to most in 2018?
Black Spirituals
Zachary James Watkins
Marshall Trammell
Sumac
William Fowler Collins
Nordra
Aaron Turner solo music
Philip Jeck
6. For most, 2017 will be remembered as a year of
political and social conflict. How does that cultural atmosphere
influence your own music or artistic life?
It gives me a stronger belief in and dedication to community, love,
underground communication, bonding, supporting creativity, and valuing
that which makes life good and worth living.
Here is the design I made using Daniel Mench's photographs for the new 4 way split LP: House of Low Culture, Daniel Menche, EMS and Caustic Touch, on Accident Prone Records. You can now get the LP and CS at the SIGE Records Store: sige.bigcartel.com
