Oxygen Music Collective

The Tronic

 Saturday, September 24 · 7:00pm - 11:30pm

Cafe Orwell
247 Varet Street
Brooklyn, NY

PAS: Presents Experi-MENTAL Night

The Tronic Creates between 10:15pm and 10:45pm

 

Line Up:

Carey Burtt 7:15-7:45
http://www.myspace.com/ori​ginallkinghotpants

Use Other Door (Stamford) 8:15-8:45
http://www.myspace.com/use​otherdoor

PAS (with special guest Loop B (percussionist) from Brazil) 9:15-9:45
http://pasmusic.weebly.com​/
http://www.reverbnation.co​m/loopb

The Tronic 10:15-10:45
with visuals by Christina deRoos

Manburger Surgical 11:15-11:45
http://manburgersurgical.c​om/music.html

The Tronic @ Warper Party 8.16.11

The Tronic kicks out a 30 min. set of electronic improvisation!

 

Two laptops, two real time midi instruments

                                     -- looped, teezed, tweaked, turned inside out...
                                           
                                                                                                 ...and twisted. 

Gregg Jarvis - beats, loops, sonic surprises and etc.

Thomas Bell - bass, loops, sonic confusions and also etc.

We Kick it at 9:45pm upstairs...

Warper Party @ The Zamaan Bar
Tuesday, August 16th 2011

Zamaan Bar
349 Broadway

New York, NY 11211

(718) 599-7979

zamaanbar.com‎

Here's the line up:

Upstairs
08:15 Droneclone
08:45 Pico Fermi
09:15 Kristina Supergenius
09:45 the tronic
10:25 the mechanic
10:55 Mussy
11:25 Honeychild Coleman
12:05 PETER KIRN
12:45 PROGRAMS
13:15 pSyncUs Project

Downstairs
08:00 Neck Romancer
08:30 Bad Timing
09:00 active
09:30 Turbotit
10:00 Cassandra Stanford
10:30 Mandek Penha
11:10 Barber Sonora
11:40 Munchma Quchi
12:10 banginclude
12:50 Kre8oR
13:10 MOFODiHU


Visuals - Downstairs
09:00 VJ DoctorMojo
12:00 Permian Strata

 

Creative Music Incubator Mon. Sept. 6th

Creative Music Incubator
Mon. Sept. 6th

$8 -- all ages -- 7:30 pm at The Tank.

Creative Music Incubator unites experimental sonic artists on the first Monday of every month to share creative concepts, explore new sonic possibilities and collaborate in new line ups and in unique situations. Each month is curated and hosted by a member of the NYC experimental music community.

Next Show - Sept. 6th 
Curator and Host: Thomas Bell
Visuals: Christina deRoos

Line up:

Joe Arcidiacano- Guitar

Kyle Farrell- Vibes, Percussion

Chris Dialogue- electronics

Brett Zweiman- Guitar

Marc Gaetani- Sax, Bass Clarinet

Khalil Curtiss- Sax, Bassoon, Flute

Robin Hood- Laptop, Guitar
Victoria Gibson- Guitar, Voice, Laptop
Michael Durek- Upright Bass
Michael H. Rhode

This month there will be multiple mini groups created from the pool of musicians participating.  Each mini-group will perform 5 to10 minute mini-sets.  The first half of the night will consist of groups whose members have performed together at some point in the past. The second half will consist of groups whose members have never performed together, ensuring new collaborations and sonic discoveries.  This month's Creative Music Incubator is curated and hosted by Thomas Bell

Creative Music Incubator is a monthly event produced by the Oxygen Music Collective and is dedicated to the experimentation and exploration of new sonic possibilities
For more info about the Oxygen Music Collective, please visit:  http://www.oxygenmusiccollective.org

Creative Music Incubator August 2nd

Mon, 08/02/2010 - 7:30pm $8 @ The Tank

Creative Music Incubator unites experimental sonic artists on the first Monday of every month to share creative concepts, explore new sonic possibilities and collaborate in new line ups and in unique situations. Each month is curated and hosted by a member of the NYC experimental music community. Next Show - Aug 2nd: Curator and Host: Amber Brien Line up: Amanda Ray John Fell Ryan Kaoru Watanabe Barbara Merjan Conrad Sparnroft Tatsuya Nakatani Mitch Blank Doug Principato Mike Durek David B. Penn Jennifer Leigh Aschoff David Tamura Thomas Bell This month there will be multiple mini groups created from the pool of musicians participating. Each mini-group will perform 5 to10 minute mini-sets. The first half of the night will consist of groups whose members have performed together at some point in the past. The second half will consist of groups whose members have never performed together, ensuring new collaborations and sonic discoveries. This month's Creative Music Incubator is curated and hosted by Amber Brien GETTING TO THE TANK The Tank @ 45th Street The Tank is located at 354 West 45th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues). To get to The Tank by subway: Take the A,C,E to 42nd Street/Time Square. Walk West. -- TO PURCHASE TICKETS FOR UPCOMING SHOWS Visit http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producer/9726 or call Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800-838-3006. Please note: Presale tickets are only available through Brown Paper Tickets-- The Tank does not have a box office at the venue and we do not take reservations over the phone. On the day of the show, tickets will be available for CASH ONLY at the door 30 minutes before the start time of the show. -- CONTACTING THE TANK Phone: 212.563.6269 Email: info@thetanknyc.org

< LISTEN > - Improvised Music Series - July 13th

Starting Tuesday July 13th, Oxygen Music Collective begins another improvised music series at The Tank in the heart of New York City.

< LISTEN >

Every Other Tuesday beginning July 13th - $8, all ages
The Tank is located at 354 West 45th Street


Focusing on Improvised music, < LISTEN> will consist of two 45 min sets of improvised music by local and touring groups from around the world. 

Next Show:

Tuesday July 13th - 9:30pm 

The Brooklyn Bears / BIGMAN
The Brooklyn Bears were born in a yellow house in Talkeetna, Alaska. They play improvised music.
Dalius Naujo-drums, Dmitry Ishenko-bass, Mike Irwin- trumpet, with special guests tba..

Go to full < LISTEN > Schedule

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GETTING TO THE TANK

The Tank @ 45th Street

The Tank is located at 354 West 45th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues).

To get to The Tank by subway:
Take the A,C,E to 42nd Street/Time Square. Walk West.
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TO PURCHASE TICKETS FOR UPCOMING SHOWS

Visit http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producer/9726 or call Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800-838-3006.

Please note: Presale tickets are only available through Brown Paper Tickets-- The Tank does not have a box office at the venue and we do not take reservations over the phone.

On the day of the show, tickets will be available for CASH ONLY at the door 30 minutes before the start time of the show.
--

CONTACTING THE TANK

Phone: 212.563.6269
Email: info@thetanknyc.org

Creative Music Incubator June 7th

First Monday of every month
7:30 pm at The Tank.  *****(Monday June7th will be at 9:30pm)
Listen to excerpts

Creative Music Incubator unites experimental sonic artists on the first Monday of every month to share creative concepts, explore new sonic possibilities and collaborate in new line ups and in unique situations. Each month is curated and hosted by a member of the NYC experimental music community.

Creative Music Incubator is a monthly event produced by the Oxygen Music Collective and is dedicated to the experimentation and exploration of new sonic possibilities

Next Show: Monday June 7th -- 9:30pm

June 7th's performance will consist of an opening minute set by Gocha followed by a randomly chosen open improvisation, a set by The JazzFakers and finally, a collaborative improvisation conducted by this month's host and curator, Robert Pepper.


June 7th participating artists:
Ernest Anderson III
Robert Pepper
John Piergiorgi
Dave Tamura
Steven Orbach
Isaac Taylor
Gocha Tsinadze
Tres Warren
Nico Diaz

Curator and Host: Robert Pepper

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Creative Music Incubator May 2nd

$8 -- all ages -- 7:30 pm at The Tank.

Hosted by Oxygen Music Collective founder and musical director Thomas Bell, The Creative Music Incubator unites experimental sonic artists on the first Monday of every month to share creative concepts, and explore new sonic possibilities in an improvised, collaborative performance. Each month a group of sonic artists are invited to collaborate in new line ups and in unique situations.

May 2nd's performance will be a hour and a half set by one of the Oxygen Music Collective's longest standing groups, Oxygen Ensemble

The Creative Music Incubator is a monthly event dedicated to the experimentation and exploration of new sonic possibilities.

About the featured artists:
Oxygen Ensemble:



  
Oxygen Ensemble is a collective of musicians led by New York bassist Thomas Bell. The group takes an improvised collective composition' approach to its music which provides a relentless groove heavily steeped in the traditions of Funk & Free-Jazz, with tinges of Drum n Bass, Hip-Hop, & the experimantal Avant-Garde. The Ensemble's improvisations are reminiscent of Miles Davis' early 70's groups with a modern and often futuristic feel. The music is based on rhythm, spontaneous composition and group improvisation which allows exploration of all styles of music and creates a captivating sound that pushes the envelope of today's music.


Sunday May 2nd:
Confirmed lineup includes:

Gregg Jarvis - drums
Thomas Bell - bass
Chris Mariner - guitar
Jason Polise - sax
On Davis- guitar
Lars - sax


Visuals by Christina deRoos
www.christinaderoos.com

GETTING TO THE TANK

The Tank @ 45th Street

The Tank is located at 354 West 45th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues).

To get to The Tank by subway:
Take the A,C,E to 42nd Street/Time Square. Walk West.

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The Tronic @ Bent Festival - NYC

The Tronic is scheduled to perform at the 2010 Bent Festival, Friday April 23rd at 9:30pm.

Our new track, "BENT NYC" is the first track on 2010's BENT FESTIVAL compilation CD.

Get tickets to the BENT FESTIVAL!

The Bent Festival is an annual art and music festival celebrating DIY electronics, hardware hacking, and circuit bending. Each year we invite artists from across the country and around the globe to perform music with their home-made or circuit bent instruments, teach workshops to adults and children alike, create beautiful art installations and to generally come together, face to face, and showcase the state of the art in DIY electronics and circuit bending culture.

The Tronic

The Tronic was formed in 2008 by Gregg Jarvis (aka Gj-Rvus) and Thomas Bell (aka ADDj) as an improvisational live jazz-tronic band w/ DJ sensibilities and instrumental proficiency. Their unique approach to improvisation blurs the lines between the live musician, composer and dj. The unit begins improvising then loops real, virtual, and homemade instruments along with circuit bent toys in real time. They mix and manipulate the loops and improvise on top of the spontaneous compositions just created . Anything from serene beauty, viscious groove to stumbling chaoss may occur at anytime. The Tronic is truly a foward-thinking modern jazz ensemble.

Gregg Jarvis is a drummer, percussionist and sonic composer from the NYC/Hudson Valley area. Thomas Bell is a bassist, composer, visual artist and gallery owner in Brooklyn. With over 50 combined years of  immersion in nearly every genre of music, there are no boundaries sonically safe from The Tronic.

http://www.oxygenmusiccollective.org

Creative Music Incubator April 5th

First Monday of every month
$8 -- all ages -- 7:30 pm at The Tank.

Hosted by Oxygen Music Collective founder and musical director Thomas Bell, The Creative Music Incubator unites experimental sonic artists on the first Monday of every month to share creative concepts, and explore new sonic possibilities in an improvised, collaborative performance. Each month a group of sonic artists are invited to collaborate in new line ups and in unique situations.

April 5th's performance will be a continuous 3 1/2 hours of music, with three featured half hour sets and conducted collaborative improvisations in between each of the featured artists.

Set times:
7:30 to 8:00 - duo set by Dangeroo Duo
8:00 to 8:45 - conducted collaborative improvisations
8:45 to 9:15 - duo set by The Tronic
9:15 to 9:45 - conducted collaborative improvisations
9:45 to 10:15 - solo set by Yoshitake Expe
10:15 to 11:00 - conducted collaborative improvisations

The Creative Music Incubator is a monthly event dedicated to the experimentation and exploration of new sonic possibilities.

About the featured artists:

Yoshitake Expe:
Since 2001, Yoshitake Expe has made a
name for himself throughout Japan as an inventive
and extraordinary guitarist. With his extensive usage
of over seventy effects pedals, Yoshitake creates
waves of transcendental soundscapes, drawing
from a range of influences including ambient, funk,
electronic and Brazilian music. Yoshitake’s technique,
dubbed “space guitar,” takes the listener on
a spiritual journey that moves beyond time and consciousness.

The Tronic:
Formed in 2008 as an improvisational live jazz-tronic band w/ DJ sensibilities and instrumental proficiency. Gregg Jarvis (nyc) utilizes drums and electronics along with Thomas Bell (nyc) on basses and synthesizers to create soundscapes, grooves and other worldly nastiness. Their unique approach to improvisation blurs the lines between the live musician, the composer and the dj. The Tronic is truly a forward-thinking modern jazz ensemble.

Dangeroo Duo:
"Here's one from a band banging out rock-tinged avant-garde soundscapes. One part tribal and one part post-rock, Brooklyn duo Dangeroo play experimental, improvisational music with a healthy helping of energy and a slight sense of doom. Band members Ofir Gannon and Neil Roberts use everything from six-string guitars to bells to conch shells to create a multifaceted sound. "Circuit Jerk" is full of hyperactive guitar, haunting vocal distortions and thunderous, mystical percussion."
Alana Harper wnyc.org -


Monday April 5th:
Confirmed lineup includes:

Yoshitake Expe
Gregg Jarvis
Thomas Bell
Chris Mariner
Neil Roberts
Ofir Ganon
Robert Pepper
Amber Brien
Jon Worthley
Jason Polise


Visuals by Christina deRoos
www.christinaderoos.com

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GETTING TO THE TANK

The Tank @ 45th Street

The Tank is located at 354 West 45th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues).

To get to The Tank by subway:
Take the A,C,E to 42nd Street/Time Square. Walk West.
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March 1st 2010: Creative Music Incubator

Spread Art and Oxygen Music Collective presents:
Creative Music Incubator

First Monday of every month
7:30 pm at The Tank.
All Ages - $8
Listen to excerpts from Feb 2010

Hosted by Oxygen Music Collective founder and musical director Thomas Bell, The Creative Music Incubator unites experimental sonic artists on the first Monday of every month to share creative concepts, experiment with the low and the hi tech as applied to electronic sound art, and explore new sonic possibilities in an improvised, collaborative performance. Each month a group of sonic artists are invited to collaborate in new line ups and in unique situations. Artists are divided into three groups. Each group is given time to perform independently and with each of the other two groups. The evening's performance is a continuous 75 minutes of music, with groups of artists slowly evolving from one to the next, and culminating with a half hour of all artists joining for a final collaboration. The Creative Music Incubator is a monthly event dedicated to the experimentation and exploration of new sonic possibilities.

Monday March 1st:

Musicians performing:

Gregg Jarvis - Handsonic, curcuit bent toys, electronics
David Tamura - tenor sax
Thomas Bell - electric bass, loops, percussion
Chris Mariner - guitar, loopos
Michael Durek - upright bass
Neil Roberts - drums, percussion
On Davis- guitar
Ofir Ganon - guitar
Jesse Fairbairn -guitar, electronics
Bob Siebert - curcuit bent SK1
and more...

Visuals provided by: Christina deRoos

Past Shows:

Monday Feb 1st:
Listen to excerpts from Feb 2010

Thomas Bell
Chris Mariner
On Davis
Jason Polise
Matt Dinsick
Robert Pepper
Damian Olsen
Amber Brien
David Tamura
Steve Orbach

Issac Washington

Visuals provided by: Christina deRoos

The Tronic to Perform at Bent Fest

The Tronic is scheduled to perform at the 2010 Bent Festival!!

Bent 2010

The 2010 Bent Festival will take place at The Tank April 22-24, 2010. A full list of participating artists and much more information is coming soon...

The Bent Festival is an annual art and music festival celebrating DIY electronics, hardware hacking, and circuit bending. Each year we invite artists from across the country and around the globe to perform music with their home-made or circuit bent instruments, teach workshops to adults and children alike, create beautiful art installations and to generally come together, face to face, and showcase the state of the art in DIY electronics and circuit bending culture.

Above: Thomas Bell
Below: Gregg Jarvis

About the Tronic:

Formed in 2008 as an improvisational live jazz-tronic band w/ DJ sensibilities and instrumental proficiency. Gregg Jarvis (nyc) utilizes drums and electronics along with Thomas Bell (nyc) on basses and synthesizers to create soundscapes, grooves and other worldly nastiness. Their unique approach to improvisation blurs the lines between the live musician, the composer and the dj.  The Tronic is truly a forward-thinking modern jazz ensemble.