Atman-Sibling is a duo usually consisting of viola and guitar/loops and drones, instrumental moody psych-soundtrack stuff with projections by Lauren Murphy. Deathray is the duo of Bruce Anderson and Dale Sophiea, members of O-Type and MX-80. Anderson and Sophiea have been musical partners for over 25 years: after meeting at Indiana University in 1968 where they attended art and music school, respectively. In 1974, MX-80 Sound was born and quickly alienated all but the most sophisticated or brain-dead of their followers. In the wake of MX-80’s debut ep, “Big Hits”, Island Records released their first album, “Hard Attack”, world-wide. Since Indiana didn’t seem the appropriate place to base a fruitful musical career, the boys moved to California and were promptly dropped by Island.
Two well-received albums and assorted smaller stuff on The Resident’s Ralph Records somehow failed to integrate MX-80 into any musical community. Maleficia is the work of Bay Area noise artist Andy Way (French Radio, NF Orchest) and avant-vocalist Ilysea Simpson. Evocative wordless vocalizations meet torrents of tactile noise, all bathed in reverb, which somewhat mutes the sharpness of the distortion, static, and turbulent noise.
Cost: $6-10