tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91470953388766149582024-03-13T13:48:30.730-07:00SomnimageSomnimagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14783552060386593305noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9147095338876614958.post-13478355122481751612013-05-21T19:21:00.002-07:002013-05-21T19:21:32.381-07:00NEWS<br />Late May 2013<br /><br />Greetings,<br />Lots going on here.<br />In
the past few months I was lucky enough to travel to Minneapolis to see
Jason Soliday and Jon Mueller's Death Blues perform at the <a href="http://cwnmconcertseries.wordpress.com/">crow with no mouth concert series.</a><br />It was a pleasure to meet Jesse Goin and his wife Allison.<br /><br />I performed a solo set in Columbus,Oh at <a href="http://www.thefusefactory.org/">The Fuse Factory's Frequency Fridays show</a> with Controlled Bleeding (NY), Truus de Groot (CA) and experimental music collaborators Mike Shiflet + Jeff Chenault. <br /><br />I also performed solo in Lexington, KY at Al's Sidecar with many local noise guys. Discovered
<span class="userContent">Catacombs, my new favorite radio show. <a href="http://wrfl.fm/" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">http://wrfl.fm/</a></span>
<br /><br />I have also been to many great shows including Winters in Osaka, Olivia Block, Takehisa Kosugi and Locrian.<br /><br />My photo show in Spain went well. I should have some books with cd's soon in the store.<br /><br />Re-issue of my split 12" with Mike Shiflet available here<br />
<a href="http://somnimage.bandcamp.com/album/mike-shiflet-mykel-boyd">http://somnimage.bandcamp.com/album/mike-shiflet-mykel-boyd
</a><br /><br />Newest audio release available here<br />
<span class="userContent"><a href="http://mykelboyd.bandcamp.com/album/fever-dream-one" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank"><span>http://mykelboyd.bandcamp.com/</span>album/fever-dream-one</a></span><br />The Brume / Bokeh cd is at the pressing plant.<br />The Mykel Boyd / Vertonen 12" is at the pressing plant.<br /><br />Looks like a busy summer promoting releases and performing.<br />More news as it becomes available.<br />be seeing you.....<br />MB<br />Somnimagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14783552060386593305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9147095338876614958.post-83348385561288563342011-07-19T20:50:00.001-07:002011-07-19T20:50:49.766-07:00new NEWS July 19th 2011<h1><span style="font-size:18px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-size:24px ! important;">Somnimage News</span></span><br /></h1>Greetings,<br />I am happy to announce the birth of two new projects.<br />These are both in hands and ready to ship. Find ordering info in the store.<br /><br />First up, after many moons is...<br /><br /><img style="width:213px;height:213px;" src="http://www.somnimage.com/resources/_wsb_213x213_RMBBLACK.jpg" border="0" height="329" width="329" /> <img style="width:215px;height:212px;" src="http://www.somnimage.com/resources/_wsb_215x212_RMBVinyl.jpg" border="0" height="333" width="336" /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Rapoon / Mykel Boyd split 12" </span><br />Robin Storey was once a member of Zoviet France. Now he records under Rapoon. He creates beautiful ethno ambient sounds.<br />Mykel Boyd once saw Zoviet France perform. He makes recordings of things and then alters them to sound like planes taking off.<br /><br />standard edition 12" on white vinyl in black on black letter pressed sleeve. limited to 200 copies = $22.00 post paid in USA, $26 post paid the world<br /><br /><img style="width:213px;height:213px;" src="http://www.somnimage.com/resources/_wsb_213x213_RMBWHITE.jpg" border="0" height="329" width="329" /> <img style="width:213px;height:213px;" src="http://www.somnimage.com/resources/_wsb_213x213_RMNPrints.jpg" border="0" height="332" width="333" /> <br />artist edition includes 12" on white vinyl in white on white letter pressed sleeve and two 10"x10" letterpress prints, one from each artist<br />limited to 100 copies, signed and numbered. = $65.00 post paid in USA, $70 post paid the world<br /><br /><br />also now available is....<br /><br /><img style="width:214px;height:174px;" src="http://www.somnimage.com/resources/_wsb_214x174_LOPEZFLASH.jpg" border="0" height="330" width="404" /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Francisco Lopez "untitled #272 [antarctica variations]"</span><br />Total length: 24 hours<br />Release format: mp3-160kbps file in Metal USB Flash Drive.<br />Edition of 300 drives.<br /><br />Recorded using hydrophones under a 100-meter thick ice sheet on the Ekström ice shelf in Antarctica.<br />This will be considered a major work by the renowned Spanish sound artist.<br />$45.00 post paid in USA, $50 post paid the world<br /><br /><br />In the near future (hopefully this fall), we will have a cd version of the Rapoon / Mykel Boyd record.<br />It will feature the tracks from the lp as well as remixes by Mystified, Theory Anesthetic and Allan Zane.<br />Once we work out the edition size it should be off to the pressing plant.<br />Also this fall we will attempt to finally catch up, with the release of the Vertonen / Mykel Boyd split 12".<br />As usual,many more interesting projects are in the works.<br />be seeing you..........<br />Mykel BoydSomnimagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14783552060386593305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9147095338876614958.post-48246740600570155262011-02-05T18:03:00.000-08:002011-02-05T18:04:15.580-08:00WEBSITE RE-WORK and RELEASESThe website will be updated with info on new releases on March 1st, 2011.Somnimagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14783552060386593305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9147095338876614958.post-7770077427891633392010-03-12T20:31:00.000-08:002010-03-12T20:32:10.934-08:00newsmajor long delayed news update coming April 3rd.........until then.<br />be seeing youSomnimagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14783552060386593305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9147095338876614958.post-62718904897865927512010-03-12T20:26:00.000-08:002010-03-12T20:31:30.942-08:00facebookbecome a fan..........<br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/#%21/pages/Somnimage/84084566774">http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Somnimage/84084566774</a>Somnimagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14783552060386593305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9147095338876614958.post-56016606738929146042008-05-15T00:15:00.000-07:002008-05-15T00:18:59.198-07:00News Updategreetings.<br />I have posted a full Somnimage NEWS Update at <a href="http://www.somnimage.com/news.htm">http://www.somnimage.com/news.htm.</a><br /><br />I had hoped to keep this Blog updated in a more timely manner.<br />I will start doing that once I get out from under the crush of 7 projects at once.<br />be seeing you<br />mykel boydSomnimagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14783552060386593305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9147095338876614958.post-2148626437011311482007-11-05T11:12:00.001-08:002007-11-05T11:21:28.325-08:00back to real timegreetings<br />now that you have been updated on the tour, back to our irregular flow of info.<br />I have two upcoming performances.<br /><br />12/18/2007 08:00 PM<br />Elastic Arts<br />2830 N. Milwaukee, 2nd Fl Chicago, Illinois 60618<br />Cost:$5.00<br />Triage with Series Founders, Neil Jendon and tba.<br /><br /><br />01/08/2008 08:00 PM<br />The Empty Bottle in Chicago<br />Cost:$10.00<br />with augment, body collector, raperies (like draperies), mykel boyd, Shattered hymen, is and the rita<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSiH6QhkMWDH_3jtys2Qo6fa6RVg1CLt4f-fCWu1knl_mgVTeOXXMdNs4aONI181-vIBAmxT0E-teXNyhLRsM6JEteULQfZ_hEVabM-mwo0f8tSzjy0x0cT0VhEBL8peVY_ByVMYJTT2IO/s1600-h/12808poster.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129438155428282706" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSiH6QhkMWDH_3jtys2Qo6fa6RVg1CLt4f-fCWu1knl_mgVTeOXXMdNs4aONI181-vIBAmxT0E-teXNyhLRsM6JEteULQfZ_hEVabM-mwo0f8tSzjy0x0cT0VhEBL8peVY_ByVMYJTT2IO/s320/12808poster.jpg" border="0" /></a>Somnimagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14783552060386593305noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9147095338876614958.post-81025020098475176372007-11-03T23:55:00.000-07:002007-11-05T10:59:31.658-08:00tour recall part twoTour Photos are <a href="http://www.somnimage.com/tour.htm">here.<br /></a><br />One day of rest and it's off to the airport at 3 a.m.<br />Many road blocks in my way, heard later someone threw a body onto I-57.<br />Meet Winters in Osaka at airport.<br />Early flight into Oakland, scoop up rental car.<br />First thing I see on the California highway, a car on it's side. welcome to Cali.<br /><br />Spent the day in Berkeley. Bought the Young Marble Giants <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">cd</span> set @ Amoeba ,Andy (of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">maleficia</span>) convinced the buyer (his boss) to purchase some of my records, this made me happy and able to afford some Curry, visited Moe's Books.<br />Drove to San Francisco for performance.<br /><br />Very hard to recall all of the people we met and what they did for performances. I will give some simple descriptions of what I remember. Recordings exist of all of my sets and all of the winters in Osaka sets. So, I will let later releases of these shows tell these tales.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">TUESDAY OCTOBER 9</span><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">th</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The 5</span><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">lowershop</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> San Francisco ,CA</span><br />with<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">AMIR</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">COYLE</span> ( I loved it, looped vocals and screams, other people thought it was lame.)<br />BULLSHIT DETECTOR ( showed up late, nice set of noise and tortured machine gear)<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">ACWAY</span> ( interesting mix of broken gear, I really enjoyed this set,<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">NERFBAU</span> (2 guys with laptops and doing noise)<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">TELEPATHIK</span> FRIEND (<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">psychedelic</span> monsters stomping and groaning in costumes)<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">FILTHMILK</span> (???)<br /><br />It rained inside this warehouse space. Covered in graffiti, small labs (of what) all around, many people in many small “rooms” doing what? Very interesting to say the least. People were all very nice. They paid us, so all is well. spent a bit of time climbing hills and taking pics.<br /><br /><br />Off to drive to LA. Eric from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">WIO</span> forgets his backpack of clothes.<br />We end up staying somewhere between SF and LA. Wake up early and hit the road.<br />Saw some mountains, cows and a few gas stations. Arrive in LA.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wednesday </span><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">October</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> 10t</span><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">h</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Vlagrant</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Los Angeles CA</span><br />with<br />Albert Ortega (Albert’s set was one of the best I saw on this tour, pure tone genius, 3d audio!)<br /><br />We attempted to see record stores in LA. Got lost many times, ended up eating Mexican food and hanging out with our host Leticia Castaneda. She fed us sweet Armenian bread. Mitchell Brown did <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">DJ</span> duty and played lots of interesting organ tunes. Met a Russian named <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Gago</span>, not sure what he does, but he was very funny. Everyone in LA treated us well. We had a place to sleep, shower and perform to a small crowd.<br />Overall very good night.<br /><br /><br />Woke up early and headed back north to Oakland.<br />Arrived early to the venue, ate some pizza. Set up gear.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thursday </span><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">October</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> 11</span><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">th</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Brutal sound effects </span><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">festivel</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> #43</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">21 Grand Oakland, CA</span><br />with<br />Pink Canoes (interesting group of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">improvisers</span>)<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Kukie</span> Matter (incredible video and sound artist)<br />Mr. Mercury Goes To Work (creepy metal masked man, making beautiful tinkering sounds)<br />Head Boggle <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Domo</span> (rhythmic noise)<br /><br />This was my favorite show of the tour. Many friends showed up. People at 21 Grand were very professional. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Grux</span> is a cool guy and picks great line-ups. Had time to talk to Lisa, Marcelo, and Andy.<br />sent the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">WIO</span> kids to sleep at the home of a former circus performer. Thanks to Lisa and Marcelo for the place to sleep/shower.<br /><br /><br />Friday October 12<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">th</span><br />Started the day off by picking up <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">WIO</span>. Getting a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">bagel</span> and coffee. Chatted with Joe <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">Colley</span> and Noella at Issues.<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/issuesshop">http://www.myspace.com/issuesshop</a><br />Joe gave me some great <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">cd's</span><br /><br />Since we had the day off from performing, we drove to SF (to get <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">erics</span> backpack).<br />We managed to visit City lights bookstore and drive around in the freezing cold rain, looking for the other Amoeba. Getting lost was starting to become all too common so we headed back to Oakland.<br /><br />Lisa took us to dinner at an <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">Eretrian</span> Restaurant. We were served our own bread to scoop up the chicken, lamb and beef. Incredible dinner. Then off to Sacramento to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">Norcal</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">Noisefest</span>.<br /><br />We arrived at The Luna <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">café</span> in time to catch Tarantula princess, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">Redglaer</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">Xome</span>.<br />Crashed out on the hardwood floor at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">EMRL</span> space.<br /><br />Saturday, October 13<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">th</span><br />Spent most of this day at the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39">Norcal</span> fest. Managed to do a bit of shopping. Saw lots of noise artists.<br />Some were great like Sixes and T/R. Some were lame as all hell.<br />At this point we are all “over” Sacramento. But, still have to perform the next day.<br />Crashed out on the hardwood floor at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40">EMRL</span> space.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sunday, October 14</span><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41">th<br />Norcal Noisefest<br />Sacramento, Ca</span><br />Wake early. Eat waffles. Get blown away by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42">KAWAIIETLY</span> PLEASE and Michelle Webb.<br />Chat for a bit with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_43">Klowd</span>,Lob, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_44">das</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_45">Ninah</span> from Big City Orchestra.<br />Play the fest , say our goodbyes and off to motel 6 Oakland for next days flight out.<br /><br /><br />Monday, October 15<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_46">th</span><br />Painless return of the rental car and hangout at the airport before the flight home.<br />Seated next to a jazz musician. I strike up a conversation. We realize we know many of the same people. I am always amazed at how small the world really is.<br />Plane lands, drive home. Tour over. But the kennel cough I got in SF remains.Somnimagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14783552060386593305noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9147095338876614958.post-75109800234680100882007-10-21T00:23:00.001-07:002007-10-24T09:21:51.026-07:00tour recall part onegreetings<br />Back from tour for over a week. trying to catch up, managed to bring home a cold from sunny California.<br />I have been working on photos from the tour. Here is a small recap. <br /><br /><br /><strong>Mykel Boyd + Winters In Osaka<br />October Tour</strong><br /><br />Sunday October 7th @ Enemy Chicago, IL<br />with Envenomist + Mark Solotroff<br /><br />Started off the tour with a great show.<br />It was 3 million degrees inside Enemy. Chicago marathon even had to shut down early.<br />Solotroff worked feedback magic. Envenomist droned and hummed with several synths.<br />Winters in Osaka started the show with an incredible and short blast. I actually nodded out (a bit) during my set, only to be snatched back into reality by realizing there were people watching me.<br />Overall very nice way to start the tour.<br /><br />photos from Enemy<br /><br />Mykel Boyd by Eric<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLUcwKfldWkODo3mwXAZBTfanLXYMvFMtwRhtlQRzNFBqJmNLMpVGVQwCchJBEWJkI-Dy-qj9Rj0PEor0JIP9nHomDbtdDpGWLyyVn3LXaQEQYlj2XjAIBlaA_29TWDA109GU_49Hlxn_2/s1600-h/mbene1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLUcwKfldWkODo3mwXAZBTfanLXYMvFMtwRhtlQRzNFBqJmNLMpVGVQwCchJBEWJkI-Dy-qj9Rj0PEor0JIP9nHomDbtdDpGWLyyVn3LXaQEQYlj2XjAIBlaA_29TWDA109GU_49Hlxn_2/s320/mbene1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124761001459819842" /></a><br /><br /><br />Winters in Osaka by MB<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Dd0D8bJmrC0jUibYVCaTvBIYuIwCuvoGxIYZk2VFYG6O33nOjFvn-zIkKZ7zWx68AqppQ7HaWJo3_0RQ4qYhypBoUfQtBxnFc6gfaVVZV1hdM4o3gT6j9RzjSaZOLI21MF6UO6AdGwnC/s1600-h/wioene.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Dd0D8bJmrC0jUibYVCaTvBIYuIwCuvoGxIYZk2VFYG6O33nOjFvn-zIkKZ7zWx68AqppQ7HaWJo3_0RQ4qYhypBoUfQtBxnFc6gfaVVZV1hdM4o3gT6j9RzjSaZOLI21MF6UO6AdGwnC/s320/wioene.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124761005754787154" /></a><br /><br /><br />more pics from Enemy at the Bloodyminded Flickr site<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bloodlustchicago/sets/72157601922243519/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/bloodlustchicago/sets/72157601922243519/</a><br /><br />even more pics available from Kathleen Pingleton<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/runegoddess93/sets/72157602316934369/show/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/runegoddess93/sets/72157602316934369/show/</a>Somnimagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14783552060386593305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9147095338876614958.post-73771655717079970092007-09-25T08:56:00.000-07:002007-09-25T09:03:27.571-07:00Somnimage Pre-Orders Start Today<span style="font-weight: bold;">Pre-orders start Tuesday, September 25th 2007<br /><br />greetings............<br />These releases are all close to being complete. I recommend that you pre-order.<br />These will sell out fast. If you are interested in ordering more than one, please email me and I will give you a discounted rate and a total for combined shipping.<br />I will be on tour with Winters in Osaka from Oct. 7th until Oct. 15th. email replies may be slow for this week. Tour Dates and locations are listed on www.somnimage.com<br />Please come out and say hello if you are in California.<br />thanks as usual for your support.<br />be seeing you.<br />mykel boyd<br /><br /><br /><br />Mykel Boyd + Winters in Osaka split 3" cdr<br />Special "tour" cdr. One track from each artist in white letterpress jacket with opaque insert.<br />limited to 100 copies.<br />$14.00 post paid in USA, $18 post paid the world<br /><br /><br /><br />irr.app.(ext.) and Mykel Boyd split 7"<br />Matthew Waldron brews up another little slab of avant-goodness. Mykel Boyd drones and sputters like a cicada into Lake Michigan.<br /><br />standard edition 7" on white vinyl in silver on black silk screened sleeve.<br />limited to 200 copies = $14.00 post paid in USA, $18 post paid the world<br /><br />artist edition includes two 10"x10" letterpress prints, one from each artist<br />limited to 100 copies, signed and numbered. = $47.00 post paid in USA, $50 post paid the world<br /><br /><br /><br />Painting Petals on Planet Ghost and Mykel Boyd split 7"<br />PPOPG is The Opalio Brothers from My Cat is an Alien with Ramona Ponzini, all from Italy.<br />They bring the mellow on their side with ambient noise and bells.<br />Mykel Boyd's side consists of processed field recordings creating a very nice ride for those with a ticket.<br /><br /><br />standard edition 7" on white vinyl in opaque wrap-over sleeve.<br />limited to 200 copies = $14.00 post paid in USA, $18 post paid the world<br /><br />artist edition includes two unique Polaroid photos, one from each artist<br />limited to 50 copies, signed = $47.00 post paid in USA, $50 post paid the world<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Rapoon and Mykel Boyd split 12"<br />Robin Storey was once a member of Zoviet France. Now he records under Rapoon. He creates beautiful ethno ambient sounds.<br />Mykel Boyd once saw Zoviet France perform. He makes recordings of things and then alters them to sound like planes taking off.<br /><br />standard edition 12" on white vinyl in silver on black silk-screened sleeve.<br />limited to 200 copies = $22.00 post paid in USA, $26 post paid the world<br /><br />artist edition includes two 10"x10" letterpress prints, one from each artist<br />limited to 100 copies, signed and numbered. = $65.00 post paid in USA, $70 post paid the world<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Still fresh................<br /><br /><br />"Radio interference from unknown orgasm".<br />This c.d. features new tracks from Merzbow, Wyrm, The Sword Volcano Complex , Mykel Boyd,<br />Black Sun Productions and Val Denham (who also did the wonderful art for this release).<br /><br />Standard edition<br />Price $17.00 USA, $19.00 world<br /><br /><br />Artists edition limited to 100 copies includes cd + signed, numbered letterpress print by Val Denham<br />Price $42.00 USA, $45.00 world<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Mykel Boyd<br />3" cdr titled "October,1952" limited to 50 signed copies<br />Hand assembled sleeve with photo. 2 long sound pieces recorded for performances.<br />Price $14.00 USA, $18 world<br /><br /><br /><br />ALLAN ZANE<br />The Sperm of Metals--10th Anniversary Edition<br />Limited to 50 copies.<br />3" CD-R housed in a metal box w/obi strip and containing 2 inserts.<br />It will contain Parts 5-8 (Parts 1-4 were private editions limited to 8 copies on cassette and CD-R) .<br />$16.00 USA, $20 world<br /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" family="SANSSERIF" pt="" back="#ffffff" lang="0" ><br /></span>Somnimagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14783552060386593305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9147095338876614958.post-64933182643874877502007-09-15T00:13:00.001-07:002007-10-01T10:24:28.032-07:00what I've been preparing for<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZQXLIGG1ueMFbzUJP4e8XyV4e2pVQA02PPreNOsDw_kRsnL9NVyvuq1p2aaG-VLnRMLXX6Tpmo_0VHhn7RleJlmxQzPZ7oXp9uHGd5AHbNtM30eOibkL41Rq1NT39zOmOqoIcn2IYDPZZ/s1600-h/tourposterfinal2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZQXLIGG1ueMFbzUJP4e8XyV4e2pVQA02PPreNOsDw_kRsnL9NVyvuq1p2aaG-VLnRMLXX6Tpmo_0VHhn7RleJlmxQzPZ7oXp9uHGd5AHbNtM30eOibkL41Rq1NT39zOmOqoIcn2IYDPZZ/s320/tourposterfinal2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116420299525039330" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><br /></a>Somnimagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14783552060386593305noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9147095338876614958.post-54349801857774580412007-08-26T21:33:00.000-07:002007-08-26T21:42:43.667-07:00little show reviewgreetings<br />last night I performed for the second time at Enemy in Chicago,IL.<br />As usual it was a pleasure to be invited. The show started with <span class="postbody">Terence Hannum creating a nice drone piece using his voice and a little wind blown piano (which I'm sure has a proper name).<br />I really enjoyed his piece and now I am very interested in hearing his other project Locrian.</span><span class="postbody"><br />You can hear what they do here.<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/thelocrian" target="_blank" class="postlink">http://www.myspace.com/thelocrian</a><br />I was next on the line-up and ended up be very happy with my set. I used recent manipulated field recordings of fire and water, mixed with resonant tones from my old synth. The people who came all seemed to enjoy it, so consider this one a success.<br />Mora was next. Since this was the first time these lads had played together for many years, I think it went well. Brent Gutzeit hammered (with a bow) away on a many stringed beast, made of piano wires. </span><span class="postbody">Jason Soliday added the pain to this set with hard edged synth blasts. Philip Von Zweck tried his best to keep it all together, although I'm not sure which sounds he was adding.<br />Overall a nice night, fun to see so many friends.<br /><br />This week will begin several pre-orders and an announcment of many new limited edition cdr's.<br />until mid-week<br />be seeing you<br />mykel<br /></span><span class="postbody"><br /></span>Somnimagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14783552060386593305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9147095338876614958.post-88956990894053266162007-08-24T23:24:00.001-07:002007-08-24T23:24:54.997-07:00chicago show<span family="SANSSERIF" pt lang="0" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;">sat. 08/25/2007 <br />9pm | $5<br />@ enemy<br />1550 N. Milwaukee<br />Chicago, IL<br /><br /><br />--Mora (Chicago, IL)<br />laptops, nonlaptops, electronics, and acoustics from this trio of Jason Soliday, Philip Von Zweck, and Brent Gutzeit <br /><br />--Mykel Boyd (Chicago, IL)<br />sweeping brain trepanation in slow motion; music for closed eyes and vivisectioned ears...<br /><a title="http://www.myspace.com/mykelboyd" href="http://www.myspace.com/mykelboyd">http://www.myspace.com/mykelboyd</a><br /><br /><br />--Terence Hannum (Chicago, IL)<br />looping dub drones expanding in space and time using harmonicas, melodica, bass and voice in Terence's (locrian/unlucky atlas) first solo outing (<a title="http://www.myspace.com/thelocrian" href="http://www.myspace.com/thelocrian">http://www.myspace.com/thelocrian</a>) <br /><br /></span>Somnimagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14783552060386593305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9147095338876614958.post-66893227958608181452007-08-08T22:38:00.000-07:002007-08-08T22:51:02.537-07:00Chicago July 6thgreetings.<br />July 6th, damn tired, gear still in the van from the night before, I headed back to Chicago.<br />This time with a bottle of Crown Royal for Bryan. It was a birthday gift.<br />I arrived at Elastic Arts (my favorite venue to play at so far) and loaded in.<br />This show was a more casual one than the last few. A bunch of people who are into sound, playing for one another.<br />I had dinner with Francisco Lopez, Dana, Olivia Block, Alex, Eric Leonardson, Neil Jendon and his wife (sorry forget your name, and you were on the other end of the table) and Bryan.<br />I love the Chinese place under Elastic arts (probably why it's my favorite venue, I guess).<br />The show was fun, I took some photos below. I will leave you with Blake's review of the night, since he does it so much better than I do.<br />until later<br />mykel<br /><br />IS BIRTHDAY PARTY REVIEW by Blake<br /><span class="postbody">Shattered Hymen kicked off the night kicking and screaming, like an army of radios on the fritz on a bad date with high tone desperation. Vadim toyed with the audience with some incredibly jagged high-tone stabs that yo-yo’d in and out of the mix, usually overrun by extremely abrasive digital screaming. Not one to just hold down 4 pedals and let them slowly twist your intestinal tract into a ribbon, though, there also were some nice moments that 1) sounded more like unprocessed field recordings swaying port and bow across the space and 2) were extremely crisp, so that although the sound was sparser the sound quality was still intense. That said, although Vadim probably could have stood to be even a bit louder (he noted some weirdness with the mixer levels), Shattered Hymen still satisfied, like a half dozen cheese graters dragged across your stomach.<br /><br />Silvum stepped up with a nice quieter counterbalance; dirty oscillations and the delayed, echoic, shimmery moans of a cymbal being scraped. It was an extremely simple setup, but in a big way that helped make the set more of a “dedicated listening” piece; the audience was pretty much invited to be really quiet (which we were) so as to enjoy the subtle and slowly shifting changes in the oscillation tone (and its eq-ing) as well as the natural variance from the cymbal being rubbed in different patterns and with what I’m suspecting were variables with the processing. Although my initial thoughts on the set were a little more on the fence (i.e., I liked the idea of a quieter counterbalance to Vadim and forcing the audience to listen [as opposed to cover ears]), after letting it sink in and chatting with Nick later, I came to the conclusion outlined above. Of course, I still wonder how it would have played out had it been alarmingly loud, just a sheet of sound dragged over your face and blinding you...<br /><br />I started out with an intentionally spectacularly cheesy synth version of “happy birthday”, made even more ridiculous by 1) emerson lake and palmer-esque fills and sweep / clip tweakage and 2) the fact that even though I ~marked~ the damn keys I still managed to mis-hit a few of the what, 8 notes in the song? Pure class, I tell ya.<br />Anyway, the frivolity slid away as I locked the last note of happy birthday, added some hard sweep and gristle and then brought in two no input distortion pedals pushing some really unpleasant high tone swarms and shifts. The high tones continued to sway and get under the skin for maybe 5 minutes and then I steered in a simple but heavy bass lurching from the synth that clipped in pretty nicely with the high tones, eventually building to such a level that they almost drowned them out. Other scraggly synth elements began swarming and overran the high tones and then shortwave confusion added another layer of high end pitch tweaking and ugly distortion blocks, depending on where the dial went. The set closed out with an ugly, dirty drone tone from the synth (that I didn’t exactly expect but really liked) that took about two minutes to completely decay.<br /><br />Apparently, I was not to be the sole performer who threw folks with an unexpected intro; Mykel <b style="color: rgb(160, 160, 160);">Boyd</b>, who most folks know from the way he has beautifully mastered several flavors of drone (static sweepings to elaine radigue brightness) and the ability to weave and tweak said drones, started his set with a CD by Crooked, a south side rapper, for about 3 minutes. Nobody expected it and everybody got into it, so already out of the gate Mykel was off to a solid start. What followed Crooked was perhaps even better; as mentioned, he’s solid with incredibly complex drones—so instead he dug in with this abrasive, somewhat high-tone, loud chugging, like being stabbed with a dirty pitchfork made of serrated ice; it was a cold tone crunch that just split your head. Mykel proceeded into what for me was completely new live territory for him, delivering perhaps the noisiest and loudest set I’ve even heard him do. At times it was like we were trapped in an industrial recycling center with machines destroying machines in every corner of the space; other times I felt like I was in a spanish galleon made of steel with 45 people stabbing morse code into the side. Although we were treated to some grand bass tone sweeping, Mykel always kept a clip of chunked gristle to fire as necessary.<br /><br />Birthday Boy Tholl also threw me for a loop, delivering a set sidestepping a lot of hallmarks of what I’ve seen before; the turntable didn’t have a prominent presence, there were no dramatic moment when he just punched everything and threw a kettle of distortion noise fireballs at us. Instead, he really pulled out long, invasive high tones—some dusted with shards of broken glass and some just blisteringly ear piercing, but a surprising amount of massaging the sound to keep it from being just high tone terror for the sake of it. Don’t get me wrong, there were some moments of unleashed distortion attacks, but for the most part the set seemed focused on really wrestling something from a smaller palette so as to explore (exploit?) that palette to it’s fullest. He also threw in a “cover” of sorts that may have been the high point of the set. I had mocked him earlier (for no real good reason) for having an ipod tucked among his gear, but he ended up playing the ditty from Silence of the Lambs (Goodbye Horses from Buffalo Bill’s mangina scene) and Bryan, although he didn’t dance mangina-style, did add his own noise contributions and it worked really, really well—reminded me of the Merzbow CD “Balance” which is Merzbow in one channel and this German pop woman (Ladybird) in the other and it’s absolutely magnificent, as was, really, Bryan’s “collaboration.” </span><br /><br /><br />IS<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJat9-xXZby1Pp0-Lp5dPG5k3aG8EjJIjrDd92SBvwSVZ6jMtTvkv1svkY4ckjsdY_T-CwFH1w3ngzIwXjfu0Y_kP3U0VX50tTu62k7Xbw0DnRQAX25HQHVR7weCR9sS2DYlLkFVe1vGqH/s1600-h/isparty.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJat9-xXZby1Pp0-Lp5dPG5k3aG8EjJIjrDd92SBvwSVZ6jMtTvkv1svkY4ckjsdY_T-CwFH1w3ngzIwXjfu0Y_kP3U0VX50tTu62k7Xbw0DnRQAX25HQHVR7weCR9sS2DYlLkFVe1vGqH/s320/isparty.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096573879995936450" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Mykel Boyd<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLDcGoQOlFdgHKHep6B3Jyp0cEtguCn8LU4x0RWEi-z9YYahNDv5UhSbxMBcvhaWPVpuuYyGpYpPth6OkOYuHYb6_2b1b4wGQm1GNvYazVcKN8s06R-ytE36NQw8owzyd36X4IRf3UPdBN/s1600-h/mbparty.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLDcGoQOlFdgHKHep6B3Jyp0cEtguCn8LU4x0RWEi-z9YYahNDv5UhSbxMBcvhaWPVpuuYyGpYpPth6OkOYuHYb6_2b1b4wGQm1GNvYazVcKN8s06R-ytE36NQw8owzyd36X4IRf3UPdBN/s320/mbparty.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096573892880838354" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Shattered Hymen<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIVF6WapIZ1eJ60UkTHjSlOzoPcZBoXNsQX32VqXE6e_VWm8BoS1rrxWEh-kHlSKtnZpn9UKmmDSTlURumUT0tMY8H4ZFxgNw661xN3CtiEFu2Ci_jkj-YrcWAUgkrz_lesX_X6zF5U1wK/s1600-h/shparty.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIVF6WapIZ1eJ60UkTHjSlOzoPcZBoXNsQX32VqXE6e_VWm8BoS1rrxWEh-kHlSKtnZpn9UKmmDSTlURumUT0tMY8H4ZFxgNw661xN3CtiEFu2Ci_jkj-YrcWAUgkrz_lesX_X6zF5U1wK/s320/shparty.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096573901470772962" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Silvum<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh61uWL4ROTD0qDkS-cvgBNDwks3Ij84T_EPBhgFRqb52nXVUjpuJi_f_MS9vYxyWSZLEEm54mr51O9UnSA0ot8LbOK4gRUhOwFzxVYGSvK8Vt5xL14pvviTgK2nnp8XxADbXk6HLRLNQ_A/s1600-h/silvumparty.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh61uWL4ROTD0qDkS-cvgBNDwks3Ij84T_EPBhgFRqb52nXVUjpuJi_f_MS9vYxyWSZLEEm54mr51O9UnSA0ot8LbOK4gRUhOwFzxVYGSvK8Vt5xL14pvviTgK2nnp8XxADbXk6HLRLNQ_A/s320/silvumparty.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096573910060707570" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Vertonen<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpzzYPvL8gF2NoEpXDm4MtotTKqFmB1wKYw1OV9UAKLZvfHPObmnXSh5_5luD9mLuJst-R1-_nFckkDtDf1Q3PGLxgwAHPAxbrkpAxzgsc3912SBa42TP39Tij7gliriDp3hB16Asdi7jg/s1600-h/vertparty.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpzzYPvL8gF2NoEpXDm4MtotTKqFmB1wKYw1OV9UAKLZvfHPObmnXSh5_5luD9mLuJst-R1-_nFckkDtDf1Q3PGLxgwAHPAxbrkpAxzgsc3912SBa42TP39Tij7gliriDp3hB16Asdi7jg/s320/vertparty.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096573918650642178" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="postbody"></span>Somnimagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14783552060386593305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9147095338876614958.post-7941088599062508342007-08-08T22:21:00.000-07:002007-08-08T22:37:04.318-07:00Chicago July 5thgreetings.<br />after a few weeks of downtime here is the rest of the story.<br />After returning home from Atlanta, I spent a couple of days in Kalamazoo, Mi. I (with family in tow) visited some beaches and one art museum. I did get to see the Lorna Simpson exhibit, I bought a signed copy of her book, making the trip worthwhile.<br />The morning of July 5th I headed to the airport to scoop up Francisco Lopez and his travel pal Dana. We made it traffic free to Enemy and prepared for the performance. Enemy was DAMN hot on this day (kinda knew this would happen). The show was opened by Jason Soliday who managed to tweak and screech his way to a 20 minute or so performance.<br />I performed next and was happy with my attempt to lull the crowd into some imaginary abyss. It was an odd performance for me, this was the first time I played at the back of the room with people facing away. This performance was recorded, but I need to see how it sounds to decide for sure if being in the back of the room was a good idea. Lopez went on next and despite his playing through a much smaller system than he is used to, easily took the prize for the night, moving sound all over the room. It was very nice to see so many people out, even nicer some of them purchased some c.d.s.<br />I took Francisco and Dana to the spot where they would sleep and headed back to Kankakee to prepare for the next nights event.<br />here are a few pics from the Lopez performance.<br />be seeing you<br />mykel<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilLMlmTNm9bhnvrxT97M92v88PHhaOs5dgL2UCCZ-GjTUVTs0QROn11ty9A9v-D2p45p91yOzwOlA7VNmdbfEs2D96NH2WWoKt7Wqqnlr8WepbKPvUiazOErelRGaxleqk4YXKrbsPdmV4/s1600-h/lopchic1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilLMlmTNm9bhnvrxT97M92v88PHhaOs5dgL2UCCZ-GjTUVTs0QROn11ty9A9v-D2p45p91yOzwOlA7VNmdbfEs2D96NH2WWoKt7Wqqnlr8WepbKPvUiazOErelRGaxleqk4YXKrbsPdmV4/s320/lopchic1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096570272223407778" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUGPz7kOss6ykPZh9PaC8lJRCo9tiJoPYIzUtKbFWMGva7BdNGS5RGe8MHb0yFfjKDHN0EwlC24Z9BfrkPmYlRXXloSqpal0Hd40Vq1r4O-2_5T7WsRdcMp1wgAgmc8_ymdv0R-sGtQ91j/s1600-h/lopchic2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUGPz7kOss6ykPZh9PaC8lJRCo9tiJoPYIzUtKbFWMGva7BdNGS5RGe8MHb0yFfjKDHN0EwlC24Z9BfrkPmYlRXXloSqpal0Hd40Vq1r4O-2_5T7WsRdcMp1wgAgmc8_ymdv0R-sGtQ91j/s320/lopchic2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096570285108309682" border="0" /></a>Somnimagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14783552060386593305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9147095338876614958.post-7601889159803758892007-07-22T23:22:00.000-07:002007-07-22T23:50:54.954-07:00Atlanta June 30th , 2007greetings.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mykel Boyd flies to Atlanta to open for Francisco Lopez.</span><br />I started this fine day by driving myself to O'hare airport in Chicago. All was well.<br />Loaded myself and my small case of gear onto the plane and was excited to go. Having not been on planes too often in my life I thought I knew what to expect. I was wrong. As I was seated on the plane I realized how small this plane was. To edit all of the drama , let's just say, little plane = big bumpy ride and I once thought I feared nothing in life, now I know, I fear dying on an airplane. The flight back was smooth and wonderful, so I have not been defeated yet!<br /><br />When I arrived in Atlanta I was quickly scooped up by Graham (of Blossoming noise label) and Travis (of NCC records). We had a bit of time to kill (waiting to pick up Francisco and Dana) so we chatted at the airport restaurant until their plane arrived.<br />Once everyone was on the ground we headed to the venue. <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Eyedrum </span>was a gallery/artist co-op just outside downtown Atlanta. The sound system was good and the people were all very nice. In fact the entire crowd in Atlanta was very supportive. I got a chance to talk to people who had driven 12 hours to see this show as well as many locals. These people became my new best friends as they one by one purchased cd's and records from my merch table. Travis even took me for some pizza.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Black Natural</span> opened the show by mixing elements of John Sharps (Mr. Natural) handmade noise maker( a tree branch of sorts rigged with a spring and contact mic) with Graham and Travis' e-bowed bass and synth washes. I thought their set was a bit short (since I was really enjoying it).<br /><br />I went on next and proceeded to build the biggest thick wall of static I have been able to create yet. I played with the room pitch black with only several small candles lighting the stage.<br />I was very happy with my set and people seemed to really enjoy it.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Irene Moon </span>played next and had some very nice organ drones going as well as some interesting vocal parts. I missed a bit of her set as I was trying to hydrate after my set (Atlanta is HOT.)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Francisco Lopez</span> was the last performance of the night. He was playing through a 16 speaker system in the round. Lopez was seated in the center with chairs placed in a circle around him. He managed to move his sounds all around the space creating a virtual black hole sucking everyone in, just when you felt the sound taking over, he would release you into a field of insects or rain. This was the best performance from a sound artist I have ever been able to hear. I am very proud to have been asked to perform on the same bill as all of these artists.<br /><br />Some photos of the event I took below. The photo of me on stage was taken by John Sharp.<br />I should also say thanks to everyone I met, everyone who purchased my sounds, Graham, Travis, John, Francisco, Dana and Eyedrum. I hope to return to Atlanta soon to do it all again.<br />be seeing you<br />mykel boyd<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Black Natural</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxY2KaXrBeWvMw9BB70GAVzwfKzvOHgn5cNEPNZXrc87JlPYw1zxAtvC020Ubq7QQDZJC8oRSKuptaIgwUhiApAWiLjOeTieW_gUfKw2gss34xeMkpFlDVSt5kmG_qQg5eH8uCeb6dF7qC/s1600-h/bm.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxY2KaXrBeWvMw9BB70GAVzwfKzvOHgn5cNEPNZXrc87JlPYw1zxAtvC020Ubq7QQDZJC8oRSKuptaIgwUhiApAWiLjOeTieW_gUfKw2gss34xeMkpFlDVSt5kmG_qQg5eH8uCeb6dF7qC/s320/bm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090280520251682402" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Irene Moon</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3KRVs7bHum6KdBHcsQu6Fkulx8YBZ4OtSYNs7h3umZ2sZqQ8f2wy0X_BeNIysIhFjTRFrcc8urZwPV5OJcF-Z_YyaYW2A9pbn7Cubke-yFzTL3hoDS95Yb6ABNOazrFWcwIy61F_Goo9O/s1600-h/IM.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3KRVs7bHum6KdBHcsQu6Fkulx8YBZ4OtSYNs7h3umZ2sZqQ8f2wy0X_BeNIysIhFjTRFrcc8urZwPV5OJcF-Z_YyaYW2A9pbn7Cubke-yFzTL3hoDS95Yb6ABNOazrFWcwIy61F_Goo9O/s320/IM.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090280524546649714" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Mykel Boyd</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2m17DD2Wx9HmWAZO4jyX3sj2jZqPhCbBS8z4UEw9k0UaRezxohpgJB84Ie4vy_j72jICgTHDyzxlsXhNr5t5j3yiVboUShmSlAgj3f5cVUL9bgO34eAI7KJTXQBKjVB3kT2MzTw8WRGc_/s1600-h/mb1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2m17DD2Wx9HmWAZO4jyX3sj2jZqPhCbBS8z4UEw9k0UaRezxohpgJB84Ie4vy_j72jICgTHDyzxlsXhNr5t5j3yiVboUShmSlAgj3f5cVUL9bgO34eAI7KJTXQBKjVB3kT2MzTw8WRGc_/s320/mb1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090280533136584322" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Mykel Boyd</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSnKnAYNKMpms3FyRaUr6lga2MpAKJjIwlGYHL4GGPUVCjNFUOjmoZDQdbO_3SBvqaNy2fHcr8634bkBgwfHl7e2EpMO3WvfwYYLaPMuAvywV1oCBVrMca8wQ0lzW_WT14W0WV5gtdlRuS/s1600-h/mb2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSnKnAYNKMpms3FyRaUr6lga2MpAKJjIwlGYHL4GGPUVCjNFUOjmoZDQdbO_3SBvqaNy2fHcr8634bkBgwfHl7e2EpMO3WvfwYYLaPMuAvywV1oCBVrMca8wQ0lzW_WT14W0WV5gtdlRuS/s320/mb2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090280533136584338" border="0" /></a>Somnimagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14783552060386593305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9147095338876614958.post-80146457774251026112007-07-22T23:15:00.000-07:002007-07-22T23:22:25.168-07:00one month latergreetings.<br />When I started this blog I had intended to update it everyday. The last month has been so busy I decided just to save it all up for a giant update. I have finally recovered from the June 29th to July 7th week. It took me a long time to catch up on emails and sending out all of the orders that had piled up while I was out performing. But, if you ordered something from me, it is outta here and in your arms soon. I will leave this post with the news that the irr.app.(ext.) / mykel boyd split 7" should be ready for pre-orders to start next week. Also now available is this release:<br /><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:85%;">ALLAN ZANE</span><br /></span></b>The Sperm of Metals--10th Anniversary Edition<br />Limited to 50 copies.<br />3" CD-R housed in a metal box w/obi strip and contain 2 velum inserts.<br />It will contain Parts 5-8 (Parts 1-4 were private editions limited to 8 copies on cassette and CD-R) .<br /><strong>$16.00 post paid in USA, $20 post paid the world!</strong></p><p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">visit www.somnimage.com</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">for ordering info.</span></strong></p><p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">updates from my recent performances coming next.......</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">mykel</span><br /></strong></p>Somnimagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14783552060386593305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9147095338876614958.post-52543164641645978742007-06-24T23:26:00.000-07:002007-06-24T23:39:54.459-07:00early morning june 25th 2007greetings.<br />As the to do list gets longer and the performance schedule picks up speed, I realize. I'm tired.<br />tired, but excited.<br />I spent around an hour this past Saturday talking to John Stewart from the local newspaper, about my upcoming projects. It's always a nice feeling to know after the interview I had 20 other projects to talk about, but not enough time. I think there will be an article in the local paper Friday. I am getting ready to fly into Atlanta for a one night performance with Francisco Lopez. He will be doing the same next week for me, flying into Chicago for a show.<br />My last trip to Atlanta was lame, so I am hoping this one erases the bad memories from before.<br /><br />I spent Wednesday night hanging out with the Chicago noise folks. Many back rooms deals were discussed as well as consuming some damn good pizza. It was a pleasure as always to see Magic is Kuntmaster pummel my senses with fog and red flashing lights. It was my first time seeing Burrow (my friends Blake and Bryan) collaborate. The high point of the night was hanging out with 16 Bitch Pileup. They are noise pros and if they come to your town in the future, you shouldn't miss it. I hope I get a chance to talk more with them on my trip to the Bay area later this year. Sarah even stabbed my table, what a gal. Pics below.<br />many project updates after July 6th. I will be preparing for these shows. please visit www.somnimage.com for ordering info and event dates and locations.<br />until later<br />mykel<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">16 Bitch Pileup</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWItJGV14JRkLPyTTMz6uISgQ9c7yVFO6RaGGzwU3tpPudEvCuzjgkmiDWQyYL8mn9Xe9X2zfI-3Szoz25EXhbRdGqDtDLlk3ydM5yjP8yiZaj9Iy3mdmSAYeHlR-7wqH2RRKeJ9U6Zrry/s1600-h/16b.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWItJGV14JRkLPyTTMz6uISgQ9c7yVFO6RaGGzwU3tpPudEvCuzjgkmiDWQyYL8mn9Xe9X2zfI-3Szoz25EXhbRdGqDtDLlk3ydM5yjP8yiZaj9Iy3mdmSAYeHlR-7wqH2RRKeJ9U6Zrry/s320/16b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079887447052815282" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Burrow</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioAvQttSQZO4G0CJ17FKfDGNCTZN55oEV1NHFQtA9elYVOzFYBBhDttt4_9HMYcSorABjOxC6SYdSc2F-o5sNcQpfrGNTOOVPNA2p64O8Yt-qROVGBB-L-qWNJoM9P6e78SPNQhckLUfVc/s1600-h/burrow.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioAvQttSQZO4G0CJ17FKfDGNCTZN55oEV1NHFQtA9elYVOzFYBBhDttt4_9HMYcSorABjOxC6SYdSc2F-o5sNcQpfrGNTOOVPNA2p64O8Yt-qROVGBB-L-qWNJoM9P6e78SPNQhckLUfVc/s320/burrow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079887447052815298" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Magic is Kuntmaster</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSQ41vy5MtuXKVMczKQkr1VsgSEg317dSvHnCGhs_a4mbr-7jIU09F-CD_Wgyml-Z8zk08ETx-cuSf91eI6ID6Y97dtS11wXSX1_SkJtnx52JccBNviMUqJQD7uzfTXRdjBINxZyeaPgTa/s1600-h/mikm.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSQ41vy5MtuXKVMczKQkr1VsgSEg317dSvHnCGhs_a4mbr-7jIU09F-CD_Wgyml-Z8zk08ETx-cuSf91eI6ID6Y97dtS11wXSX1_SkJtnx52JccBNviMUqJQD7uzfTXRdjBINxZyeaPgTa/s320/mikm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079887451347782610" border="0" /></a>Somnimagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14783552060386593305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9147095338876614958.post-42497691006972322862007-06-22T22:47:00.000-07:002007-06-22T22:56:46.056-07:00small review of Empty Bottle Showgreetings.<br />Tuesday June 19th 2007, I performed at The Empty Bottle in Chicago.<br />The evening started off in fine form with Joe and Nicole of Rococo Records feeding me. Nicole also showed me why one should never sit to close to her when she is drinking root beer.<br />They gave me a BLACK METAL Rococo shirt. You can see it in the photos.<br />The two bands I was opening for were In The County (from Norway) and The Late Severa Wires (from Sante Fe, NM). I traded cd's and records with both groups. They were all really nice people. The only problem all night came from the almost 2 hour soundcheck In The Country took. I suppose when I go to Norway I will do the same? I enjoyed performing through the Bottle p.a. and my set was well received (but you never know for sure, are your friends gonna tell you you sucked?). Bryan (Is) took some good photos (below) and kept me entertained all night. I was happy to see Ed and Joel from Estesombelo and Sanford Parker come out as well. Overall a great night. Happy to do it again in the fall.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxrKJfGDdBy95yRw6OKg8UUQ17l655XL2HYHTN9dVUhLl8XB7TNrMe0Z2wx-4pAGx3z29E0UIqkF29-HVau_u3LH75avlYzU0iMN89ucnRCvggiU18yGSc-hYDpxVHGIuckhl6UwhZO6KJ/s1600-h/DSC_0033.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxrKJfGDdBy95yRw6OKg8UUQ17l655XL2HYHTN9dVUhLl8XB7TNrMe0Z2wx-4pAGx3z29E0UIqkF29-HVau_u3LH75avlYzU0iMN89ucnRCvggiU18yGSc-hYDpxVHGIuckhl6UwhZO6KJ/s320/DSC_0033.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079134638070074274" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmVpwANXvGOS16MMbrK3J9pyH2aAB7DMH9siQFGbu2QC7408x6kmZvc4sX5qfCqaZOqWwrYhyphenhyphenjYopqerzVmxJRds8mxvs7b-AdGiTyKLXEqODgX7Js7RfDhNa634M096EFnXeTnrfQhMt0/s1600-h/mbeb.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmVpwANXvGOS16MMbrK3J9pyH2aAB7DMH9siQFGbu2QC7408x6kmZvc4sX5qfCqaZOqWwrYhyphenhyphenjYopqerzVmxJRds8mxvs7b-AdGiTyKLXEqODgX7Js7RfDhNa634M096EFnXeTnrfQhMt0/s320/mbeb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079134363192167314" border="0" /></a>Somnimagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14783552060386593305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9147095338876614958.post-10815500058958977192007-06-19T00:12:00.000-07:002007-06-19T00:15:53.114-07:00Secret postgreetings.<br />We now have a myspace page with sound samples from "Radio Interference From Unknowm Orgasm" click and listen, then go to <a href="http://www.somnimage.com">www.somnimage.com</a> and buy it!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/somnimagecorporation">www.myspace.com/somnimagecorporation<br /></a><br />big show tomorrow, pics and such wednesday.<br />until then<br />mykelSomnimagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14783552060386593305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9147095338876614958.post-4131983570564472442007-06-18T00:29:00.001-07:002007-06-18T00:30:17.265-07:00Tuesday June 19th 2007<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsp1yAd8WPQvHvc0rEkGTIw7EhOr4rQSZ6AHtQVdJnpgR_tyO-OSS2bSgUIAeAsIaZmUzR1m7yHSFB81w7-UxQNhzWoePfB_PLLE2RHDDty6Kukuq_xe6sqr_Tp2ygWt-ORfn7SKUFOMtD/s1600-h/bottleposter.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5077303315554667394" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsp1yAd8WPQvHvc0rEkGTIw7EhOr4rQSZ6AHtQVdJnpgR_tyO-OSS2bSgUIAeAsIaZmUzR1m7yHSFB81w7-UxQNhzWoePfB_PLLE2RHDDty6Kukuq_xe6sqr_Tp2ygWt-ORfn7SKUFOMtD/s320/bottleposter.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Somnimagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14783552060386593305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9147095338876614958.post-1666388932300296472007-06-10T23:00:00.000-07:002007-06-10T23:05:40.514-07:00the big speakergreetings<br />today I performed at The Hyde Park Arts Center in Chicago with Vertonen (Blake) I had a great time (my family even came out to watch this one). Thanks to all who came. Here is the pre-press from the Chicago Reader as well as Blake's review of the show and some photos.<br />news soon<br />mykel<br /><br /><br /><div style="margin: 0px; font-weight: bold;">Vertonen</div> <div style="margin: 0px;">Blake Edwards, aka Vertonen, and fellow Chicago sound artist Mykel Boyd will collaborate between solo sets at this afternoon show—and by proxy both will collaborate with sculptor Juan Angel Chavez, who built the installation they'll be playing in. His Speaker Project opened at the Hyde Park Arts Center in late April and has been hosting performances since May. Set inside a hangarlike space that's open to the street during shows, it's like a junkyard temple made from scrap wood, metal, glass bottles, PVC pipe, traffic cones, and two giant resonating horns. It creates a mind-altering landscape of sound that constantly morphs as listeners and performers move about, and the effect is especially intense at apocalyptic volumes—which this show promises to provide. Edwards says he'll play a custom-built two-oscillator pedal and a shortwave radio, and his duet with Boyd will exploit the acoustics of the installation: they'll use pairs of high or low frequencies tuned to interfere with each other (in theory you should only be able to hear one of the notes or a third between them, though which one depends on your position) and try to simulate electronic voice phenomena (EVP), the illusion of paranormal speech coalescing out of noise. Boyd plays first and Vertonen is last.</div> <div style="margin: 0px;">- Monica Kendrick</div> <div style="margin: 0px;">2 PM, Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S. Cornell, 773-324-5520.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><table style="width: 679px; height: 1084px;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td width="100%"><span class="postdetails"><b class="biggersubj">some notes on the june 10 sets...</b><span class="gen"> </span> <br /></span></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top"><a href="http://chondriticsound.com/forum/posting.php?mode=quote&p=37773"><br /></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Thanks to all who came out...<br />Mykel began with a flurry; static discharge, volume swells, electronics on the verge of collapse. A screed of static pulse looping / weaving, some metal bowl scraping and banging, high distorted bursts cascading and raining about; it wasn’t a relentless noise derailment—he had some moments of breathing—but it was consistently loud (at least inside the box) with a solid amount of dynamics and frequency manipulation. he also beat some of the metal plates of the speaker box with a microphone, the result coming over the speakers as harsh metallic punctuation that slowly decayed and was subsumed by other components of his sound palette. I will say that inside the installation it was a LOT louder than outside (I was inside the for most of his set, setting up my stuff for our segue and checking some material over headphones.) I did walk around the box a couple times during his set to see if things sounded ~that~ different from space to space and overall, with the exception of the face of the box that was all pylons that sounded pretty bassy, the sound wasn’t really altered noticeably. I say the best seats in the house were inside the speaker.<br />Our segue (about 20 min) went pretty well; I brought in some shortwave that clipped in nicely with Mykel’s bassier static loops, and my drone element did a decent job of swimming among the pre-existing sounds he began adding. Mykel brought his bowl back into the mix to work off some of my sounds, and we had a pretty decent back and forth and overlayering (plus some fine head scratchery “is that you or me doing that?”) And again, this is all from inside the box; I’m not sure how it translated outside. I’m sure Mykel’s wife and kids (the latter with their hands over their ears for most of Mykel’s set) would tell a slightly different tale. I also tried putting a few microcassette players in some of the pylons during our segue, but I have no idea if anyone came close enough to the sides to hear the different sounds I’d planted...<br />My solo set started off with good intent but I think fell apart about ten minutes in; the bass throbs from the oscillators were fine, but the material I was mixing on the laptop (two low frequencies) were pretty much too low for the PA to handle / replicate, and in what I consider a bad decision I tried to force the tones to “play nice” and do what they’d done at home over headphones by furiously working the eq’s and levels for the next few minutes; from where I was, it all just sounded like clipped crap. I then added ~another~ trio of bass tones (two more looped from the oscillators and one more from the computer) and while the 55 hz sounded pretty good from the laptop, the other two canceled each other (and the other two from the oscillator) out and left a bit of a void. In my mind, things were now in disarray; I had intended to run with multiple layers of bass material for about 15 minutes, working eq changes and panning changes to shift the sound inside (and outside) the space, and I was determined to make things work as they had done when I was jogging ideas at home. I kept at it for close to 15 minutes, trying to adjust levels, bring sounds in, take sounds out, basically flailing blindly while trying to find a solution I was happy with. Here and then peaks of decent sound came in, but I could never hold them. Oh yeah, and then this horrible feedback (i.e., not intended) crept in for which I could not find any logical source. Bringing in the shortwave helped a bit (filling the troughs of the bass tones), but it wasn’t the ideal solution.<br />Uncertain after the bass problems, I’d say the EVP “replication” didn’t work as intended, because the vocal sources were way too prominent due (primarily) to trying to resolve the feedback problems from the bass component. Unlike the bass clip clop, the vocal elements were satisfactory, even if not what I intended. I ended with a smattering of permutated organ drone and extremely pitch shifted voices and a fuzzy shifting pair of drones from the pedal with a lot of panning.<br />I also don’t know how successful the speaker itself served as a speaker, although that could be based more on the actual PA inside (and the material we each played, let's not kid ourselves...) Everything outside was quieter, there wasn’t a lot of variance in sound processing as I walked around the speaker during Mykel’s set, and a smattering of the folks who stopped in weren’t actually “interacting” with the speaker box (i.e., walking around it) to explore the different speaker cone ideas. I think I thought the speakerbox would have been constructed so that I could have, for example, played a single drone for 45 minutes and while I didn’t change anything substantially, to people outside it would be shifting / changing... and again, this is from someone who was primarily inside, so maybe it was doing what it was intended to...<br /><br />from Blake<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b369/somnimage/somnimage/mbspeaker.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b369/somnimage/somnimage/mb2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b369/somnimage/somnimage/vertonen.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b369/somnimage/somnimage/vertonen2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" /></a><br /></div>Somnimagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14783552060386593305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9147095338876614958.post-68435121134250905712007-06-05T22:22:00.000-07:002007-06-05T22:46:32.569-07:00busy weekgreetings.<br />Things here are HQ are crackin. So, here we go. "Radio interference from unknown orgasm" is ready to ship. It is leaving here box by box this week. I am very proud of this one. Order it up at <a href="http://www.somnimage.com">www.somnimage.com</a><br /><br />also available<br /><strong>Mykel Boyd 3" cdr titled "October,1952" limited to 50 signed copies<br />Hand assembled sleeve with photo. 2 long sound pieces recorded for performances.<br />$14.00 post paid in USA, $18 post paid the world!</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaDx6U-RzUEZDmMSX67xvFVjmqeM-0WiCuAM0Lq897U0Yp4m_-1ZpQ4_L9QrjG6k99sgjEBFqiZCJOzA7F5fLGX1B75PHu2c4bEMXGDahlerDVKKhbz6CR2hgAPccZPClsihb6FdOKUSkJ/s1600-h/101952+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5072822277390502770" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaDx6U-RzUEZDmMSX67xvFVjmqeM-0WiCuAM0Lq897U0Yp4m_-1ZpQ4_L9QrjG6k99sgjEBFqiZCJOzA7F5fLGX1B75PHu2c4bEMXGDahlerDVKKhbz6CR2hgAPccZPClsihb6FdOKUSkJ/s320/101952+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><strong>Next on the menu.<br />Allan Zane "the sperm of metals" 10th Anniversary Edition<br />limited to 50 copies. 3" cdr in metal tin,signed and numbered.<br />Looks like this. </strong></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPsvTPtGIvBZ2eKtwucZgGZwgpsoqMTtUUD_JkFfUo4SLbBcuvocQyMvCF0Wzho3thBasmxEQjU-fKY4WA3K0tpa4nZfMFp1ccSi0SgqvwmuwoARJ_FCPzKIk4vUKZbWWjzYrX1eT4ekam/s1600-h/somset.jpg"><strong><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5072818514999151458" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPsvTPtGIvBZ2eKtwucZgGZwgpsoqMTtUUD_JkFfUo4SLbBcuvocQyMvCF0Wzho3thBasmxEQjU-fKY4WA3K0tpa4nZfMFp1ccSi0SgqvwmuwoARJ_FCPzKIk4vUKZbWWjzYrX1eT4ekam/s320/somset.jpg" border="0" /></strong></a><strong><br /></strong></div><div><div><strong>Pre-orders start NOW.<br />$16.00 post paid in USA, $20 post paid the world!</strong></div><br /><div><strong></strong></div><br /><div><strong></strong></div><div>Another update of upcoming releases will be coming in a week or so.</div><div>Until then here is some info on some upcoming live events.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Sunday, June 10th @ Hyde Park Arts Center Chicago,IL<br />I am performing between 2-3 p.m. with a half an hour collaboration with Vertonen leading into his set from 3-4 p.m.<br />Part of Juan Angel Chavez's Speaker Project<br />admission is FREE<br /><a href="http://www.hydeparkart.org/exhibitions/2007/04/speaker_project.php">http://www.hydeparkart.org/exhibitions/2007/04/speaker_project.php</a> </div><div><br /><br />Tuesday, June 19th 2007 at The Empty Bottle<br />1035 N. Western Ave, Chicago, Illinois<br />Cost : $7.00<br />with Late Severa Wires and In the Country (Norway)<br /><a href="http://www.emptybottle.com/">http://www.emptybottle.com/</a><br /><br />Saturday, June 30th 2007 at Eyedrum<br />Suite 8, 290 MLK Jr. Drive SE Atlanta, Georgia 30312<br />withFrancisco Lopez, Darker Florida (Irene Moon), Black Natural (Mr. Natural & Graham of Blossoming Noise)<br /><a href="http://www.eyedrum.org/">http://www.eyedrum.org/</a><br /><br />Thursday, July 5th 2007 at Enemy<br />1550 N. Milwaukee Ave (3rd Floor), Chicago, Illinois 60622<br />Cost:$5.00<br />Jason Soliday, Mykel Boyd, Francisco Lopez solo sets from all three!<a href="http://www.myspace.com/enemychicago">http://www.myspace.com/enemychicago</a><br /><br /><br />Friday, July 6th 2007 at Elastic Arts Foundation Chicago,IL<br />with Is and Silvum and TBA<br /><a href="http://www.elasticrevolution.com/">http://www.elasticrevolution.com/</a><br /><br />Wednesday, October 10th<br />No Other Radio Network on KPFA Berkeley, California<br />Mykel Boyd live performance on the No Other Radio network, broadcasting on KPFA, out of Berkeley,CA for MIDNIGHT on Tuesday, Oct 9th (oct 10th morning).<br /><br />Sunday, Oct. 14th. 2007 at The Space Theater Sacramento, Ca<br />NorCal Noise Fest<br /><a href="http://www.norcalnoisefest.com/">http://www.norcalnoisefest.com/</a><br /></div><div>until later</div><div>mykel</div><div> </div></div>Somnimagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14783552060386593305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9147095338876614958.post-57019762077220364472007-06-03T15:00:00.000-07:002007-06-03T15:03:38.989-07:00Live Photo from last weekend.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAM_POwZmg8gLvLMMCkt83HROTjF4uAj-Ajgsh02Aevif23ypcfgqQDEmO2lxjyPZRbO6Q4ZTtQ95dfaeiQfdnNSd4xatnBzUiSy4OkhHUAxscSdPqcmoGtg66xgyb-QuUiWW2mJpIxtB8/s1600-h/mbkarloft.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAM_POwZmg8gLvLMMCkt83HROTjF4uAj-Ajgsh02Aevif23ypcfgqQDEmO2lxjyPZRbO6Q4ZTtQ95dfaeiQfdnNSd4xatnBzUiSy4OkhHUAxscSdPqcmoGtg66xgyb-QuUiWW2mJpIxtB8/s320/mbkarloft.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5071961861698889586" border="0" /></a><br />greetings<br />I will provide a complete label and show update tomorrow.<br />for now, here is a photo from my May 26th performance @ Boris Karloft in Chicago,IL<br />photo by Mark.<br />Hot Tapes ( good stuff!!!) also played as well as Deathroes (who I missed, but I hear they were great).<br />until tomorrow<br />mykelSomnimagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14783552060386593305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9147095338876614958.post-42917814873880839682007-05-21T09:59:00.000-07:002007-05-21T10:18:46.532-07:00project status.greetings.<br />As a service to you the fans and a reminder list to myself I present the following info.<br />This is an up to date status on current projects.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Radio interference from unknown orgasm" c.d. compilation.</span><br />Prints are in the hands of one Val Denham in UK for signing. Cd's are pressed and inserted into cases. They have been shipped. Project nearing completion. Emails will be sent the day these ship to pre-order buyers.<br /><br /><b><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Allan Zane</span><br /></span></b>"The Sperm of Metals--10th Anniversary Edition"<br />Metal boxes and printing materials are here. Cd's on the way. Release date looks to be June 23rd?<br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><b>Split 7" featuring irr.app.(ext.) and Mykel Boyd<br /></b>Master recordings are at the bunker in Denver. Once I ok reference laquer, off to the pressing plant. Paper is ordered, still waiting on quotes for artist edition prints.<br />All art is complete. Summer release date TBD.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Split 7" featuring Painting Petals on Planet Ghost and Mykel Boyd<br /></span>Paper is ordered. Art is finished. Masters are in hand. Waiting on Polaroids from Japan to complete artists edition. <span style="font-size:100%;">Summer release date TBD.</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Split 12" featuring Rapoon and Mykel Boyd</span><br />Masters are in hand. I am waiting for quotes for sleeves and artist edition prints. <span style="font-size:100%;">Summer release date TBD.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Split 12" featuring Mykel Boyd and Vertonen</span><br />I am still working on the recordings for this one. We also still need to decide on art for sleeve.<br />Early fall release date.<br /><br />These will be the first new Somnimage releases to see light. There are of course others in the works just not as near release time. Pre-orders will be available for many of these in a few weeks.<br />Thanks for all of the emails about these projects.<br /><br />I have a very few copies remaining of the Francisco Lopez/Mykel Boyd split 10" lathe. Order now or loose out.<br />be seeing you<br />mykel<br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span>Somnimagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14783552060386593305noreply@blogger.com0