Category — Art

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OMG.
This is happening on Friday February 26 2010:
Check out this amazing atypical musical show of music:
Come get your Nightshark on with lots of musical love from Cougar Legs, Green Typewriters and Milton Melvin Croissant III.

Meadowlark Bar.
2701 Larimer St. (Denver Colorado USA)

The performance portion of this show will start at 9pm mountain standard time.

here is the invite page:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=308557218663

Please come invite yourselves.

WARNING: These musical acts can smell blood from a block away. Menstruating women and people with open wounds are advised to use extra caution.

That’s right. Bocumast Headquarters just got news that David Kurtz has collected more Pokemon products than any other human being in the entire world. Click the image for a larger view! Although most Bocumast employees are considering looking for new work now, we are pretty proud of our CEO and wish him the best in trying to get “The Universe’s Largest and Creepiest Pokemon Collector EVER” title next.

Cory Casciato discusses the outer worldliness of Hideous Men:

“Take two parts freak folk and one part New Wave, filter it through a dying Gameboy, then melt shards of sampled hip-hop into the mix and allow to congeal into something weird. That should give you some idea of what to expect with Hideous Men, one of the latest and most interesting bands to emerge from the Rhinoceropolis lo-fi experimental electronic scene. Sure, there are plenty of rough edges, but there’s also plenty to like”….read on.

...and those jello molds were mummy hands.

-these kids are gonna be worth something someday. you can feel it in your thighs.

We are super stoked to help announce a new record label out of Denver. It’s called “Laserpalace” and its run by our great friend and fellow Bocumast artist Thundercade (one half of BDRMPPL, one half of Hideous Men, and part Cougar Leg) and his wife Kristi (other half of Hideous Men)!

They just put out their first tape release last week. A split between BDRMPPL and Alphabets, these cassettes were hand painted by Ryan Riss in very limited fashion. So go grab one while they last.

These releases will be available for digital download via bocumast in the near future. Visit laserpalace.com for info on current/future releases!

“As Married In Berdichev, Brittany Gould builds dreamy, layered songs with noise and her ethereal voice. At the same time, she has cultivated a following as a visual artist, taking on an array of media as diverse as her musical landscape. While Gould sees the two outlets occupying completely different spheres—art as meditative and music as cathartic—The A.V. Club challenged Denver’s renaissance lady to combine her two passions. Gould paired three of her songs with three of her visual-art pieces, and told us why she thinks they make sense together………”
click here for full story:
http://denver.decider.com/articles/top-three-married-in-berdichev-the-art-and-noise-e,31610/
you can also check out Married in Berdichev right here.

Bocumast Records will be representing full force at this year’s UMS. Here is the schedule for Bocumast artists. Please, don’t let them pass you by:

Aenka………………………….TS BOARD SHOP_Sunday_July26_300pm
Astrophagus…………………HiDive_Saturday_July25_6pm
BDRMPPL………………………IndyInk_Friday_July24_10pm
CougarLegs…………………..HiDive_Sunday_July26_515pm
HunterDragon……………….3Kings_Sunday_July26_530pm
Iuengliss………………………HiDive_Sunday_July26_6pm
JasonCain……………………..RockTheCradle_Saturday_July25_345pm
MarriedInBerdichev…………3Kings_Sunday_July26_6pm
Natural Selection…………….3Kings_Sunday_July26_10pm
Wire Faces……………………..3Kings_Sunday_July26_11pm

you won't regret it.

we will be passing out free cds at each performance…and you might even get to meet Tom Metz in person.

On August 4th, we are releasing two new albums for FREE!!!

Yawn Tron: Opened Captioning LP and Thundercade: Free Radicalz! LP.

More to come on these but in the meantime, you can listen to them at bocumastrecords.com and there is a free advanced track from of Opened Captioning available now via E-Music here.

http://www.myspace.com/yawntron
http://www.myspace.com/thundercade

Enjoy and come back Aug 4th to download for free. These releases will also be available through most digital outlets if you feel compelled to support the artists by purchasing these releases.

poster by bocumast design

The Bottesini Project : Double Trio

Band:

Paul Riola: Saxophones
Doug Anderson: upright Bass
Scott Amendola: Drums

Mark Harris: Alto Saxophone
Roger Green: Guitar
Antwon Owens: Drums

Date and Location:

Friday July 10th 8:00 PM

The Bug Theater
3654 Navajo St
Denver, CO 80211-3037
(303) 477-5977

Brief Synopsis:
The guiding principle of this ensemble is to create a collective of Denver and International musicians dedicated to free improvisation. Every Bottesini performance will be an entirely unique musical experience which will draw upon a multitude of musical genres and landscapes. In each coming performance various instrumentation and personnel changes will become the norm. You can expect to see some of the most talented and proficient musicians from around the world in all future Bottesini performances.

Each performance of Bottesini will focus strongly on a programmatic approach to free improvisation. The intent of this approach is to create musical landscapes with inherent form and structure; thus, lending the impression of composed rehearsed music.

Past Performances and recording sessions have included some of the finest improvisers from around the country including:

Paul Riola: Saxophones/Leader Nels Cline: Guitar (Nels Cline Singers, Wilco) Ron Miles: Cornet (Bill Frisell) Janet Feder: Guitar (Fred Frith) Vinny Golia: Woodwinds Fred Frith: Guitar (Naked city) Carla Kihlsted: Violin (Tin Hat) DJ Olive: Turntables (Sonic Youth, MMW, John Zorn) Scott Amendola: Drums (Nels Cline Singers, Primus) Jeff Parker: Guitar (Tortoise, Isotope 217) Tony Jefferson: Drums (Lonnie Smith, Lou Donaldson) Mark Harris: Saxophones (Hamster Theater, Fred Hess) Doug Anderson: Bass (County Road X, Art Lande, Erik Deutsch) Glenn Taylor: Pedal Steel (Ginger Baker, County Road X) Eric Moon: Keyboards (Bjork) Greg Harris: Vibes (Future Jazz Project) Keenan Wayne: Bass (Sutro) Richard Von Foerster: Cello (Colorado Ballet Orchestra) Dave Devine: Guitar (Ron Miles, The Czars) Roger Green: Guitar (Ron Miles, The Czars) Justin Gitlin (CacheFlowe): Laptop Art Lande: Piano and Drums (Jan Garberek, Joe Henderson, Woody Shaw) Colin Bricker: Laptop and Guitar (Cowhause, Glenn Taylor Orchestra, Birdy) Farrell Lowe: Guitar Ernie Crews: Drums Michael Vlatkovich: Trombone Mark Clifford: Vibes (The Playground) Serefin Sanchez: Saxophones and Electronics Chris Lee: Drums (Joe Henderson, Gary Peacock) Carrie Beeder: Violin Antwon Owens: Drums James Hoskins: Cello (County Road X)

–coming soon to Bocumast Records: Naima’s Grass Pajamas by The Bottesini Project.

listen in tonight from 8-10 and catch a live set from aenka and more good music.
Listen Here.
and click here for details about the show.

Also, check out aenka.com for free downloads, video and more.

bocumast recommends: Painting yourself in your favorite or second favorite color and listen in with some friends. The experience improves with every bowl of guacamole you make or have your friends bring.