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:
Oxygen Music Collective
September 03, 2011
August 04, 2011
Spread Art Project: The Tronic performs at Warper Party
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.
...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
Tuesday, August 16th 2011
Zamaan Bar
349 Broadway
349 Broadway
New York, NY 11211
(718) 599-7979
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
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
July 25, 2011
June 04, 2010
Spread Art Project: Creative Music Incubator
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
May 01, 2010
Spread Art Project: Creative Music Incubator
$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
April 02, 2010
Spread Art Projects: The Tronic
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.
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.
Spread Art Projects: The Tronic @ Bent Festival
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.
February 26, 2010
Spread Art Project: 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
February 01, 2010
Spread Art and Oxygen Music Collective at The Tank
Spread Art and Oxygen Music Collective presents:
Creative Music Incubator
First Monday of every month
9:30 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, 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 90 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.
The first installment was a great success! Thank you to all who attended and participated.
The Feb edition info is below: Schedule for March 1st will be posted soon.
Monday Feb 1st:
Oxygen Music Collective founder Thomas Bell along with musicians Robert Pepper and David Tamura will each lead a small group of musicians as the groups perform separately and together. The performance will be one continuous set as the groups slowly evolve from one to the next until the final half hour when all three groups will join together for a collaborative finale.
Musicians performing on Feb 1st:
Thomas Bell
Chris Mariner
On Davis
Jason Polise
Matt Dinsick
Robert Pepper
Damian Olsen
Amber Brien
David Tamura
Steve Orbach
Issac Washington
September 05, 2009
In September at Spread Art
Spread Art September Schedule
Septemeber 11th
The Tronic performs as part of the SeptemberConcert and as part of the Williamsburg Gallery Association's 2nd Friday art walk.
The
September Concert is a series of free concerts, organized by
individuals, schools, businesses, and associations to bring communities
together, to reaffirm our hope for peace and to celebrate life and our
universal humanity. Concerts are held in all areas of our city, our nation, our world. It is a global day of music for peace, every September 11th.
Spread Art will be participating for the second consecutive year with a
live music performance by The Tronic, a highly charged futuristic music performance duo, with ice sculptures by Empire Ice.
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. Gregg and Thomas have been exploring live
improvised instrument looping since they began playing together in
2003. 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.
The Williamsburg Gallery Association is pleased to announce the first 2nd Friday extended gallery hours of the 2009-2010 season. On Friday, September 11, over 20 galleries in the Williamsburg, Greenpoint, and Bushwick neighborhoods will open exhibitions an host special events to kick-off the season. With over 15 other galleries open late, this is one of the largest showing in the area to date, which is evidence that the contemporary art world is alive and well in Brooklyn. To commemorate the opening of the fall season, the Williamsburg Gallery Association will host an after party at Hope Lounge in Williamsburg.
Every 2nd Friday
September 11, 2009
Galleries open from 6-9 pm
FREE
After Party
Hope Lounge (10 Hope St. b/w Roebling & Havemeyer)
September 11, 2009
9 pm to close
FREE
$6 Pernod Absinthe Sours from 9-11 pm
BBQ & DJs
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Friday, September 11th - Saturday, October 31st, 2009
Spread Art will have rotating exhibitions during the seven weeks of The Brooklyn Artillery, beginning with a group show of select artists that have shown with Spread Art plus a few surprises.
Avoid Pi, Christina deRoos, Netherly Engblom, Thomas Bell
In Partnership with the Williamsburg Gallery Association
Castle Braid will present the first incarnation of BROOKLYN ARTILLERY, bringing together
the best of Brooklyn Arts and Music in the apartments of the new Castle Braid Building at 114 Troutman
in Bushwick.
The exhibition will be launched with a two-night launch event showcasing the collective
power of Brooklyn’s best creative minds. The galleries of the Williamsburg Gallery Association will
populate the open apartments and chic garden duplexes of Castle Braid with works by up-and-
coming and established artists. Some will reinvent and reimagine the blank canvas of a living space;
others will create a bona fide miniature gallery with wine and cheese receptions and a curated
rotation of works. On the ground floor and in the landscaped shade of the enclosed courtyard,
performers will treat guests to a living, breathing artistic / musical experience, while on designated
walls specially invited street and graffiti artists notorious to our neighborhood will have the freedom to
transform without the threat of repercussion.
ARTILLERY is our answer to the art fairs of Basel and Armory, but more than that - the name covers a
cache of ongoing creative events and happenings that will take place throughout the building and
neighborhood in general. Yoga and dance workshops, film festivals in Castle Braid's new mini-theater,
screen-printing parties and figure drawing sessions are just a few of the treats in store in the year to
come.
Friday, September 11th, 6-9pm - VIP Reception and preview
Including a special tour of Brooklyn Art Spaces - Invitation only
To request an invitation please go to www.castlebraid.com
Saturday, September 12th, 4pm – BROOKLYN ARTILLERY OPENING
Opening party featuring live music, performance art, screenings, dance and drinks. The Galleries of
Brooklyn will present exhibitions of the best and brightest artists.
Featured Curations by: Spread Art, Art 101, Camel Art Space, Eva Space, Eyelevel BQE, Fleetwing, Gitana Rosa, Horse Trader, Like The Spice, Lumenhouse, North Brooklyn Public Art Coalition, Slate Gallery, YES! Gallery, and more!
Featuring Music By: Kordan DJ., Nathan Vice, Ri, (The) Slowest Runner (In All The World),
The City and Horses, Ribbons, and more!
For more information please go to http://www.castlebraid.com
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September 18th
Parking Day NYC
For the second year in a row, Thomas Bell will install a meditation Garden on Bedford ave btwn N. 6th and N. 7th st. This year, Spread Art will join with an interactive artist work station allowing public participation to create art work on site throughout the day.
The park will be open from 12pm to 6pm.
Bedford Ave.
(btwn) N. 6th and N. 7th
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September 18th
Fundraiser for the Eyes of Hope Project
Free – 6pm – 10pm
"Encouraging children to photograph the world through their eyes"
Spread Art will host a fundraiser for The Eyes of Hope Project. On display will be photographs from the children from Rawanda.
Eye of Hope Mission
• to provide photography classes as a means of art therapy to children around the world
• to allow children to tell their own stories through their photographs
• to provide a local trade to help children pay for school fees and food
• to celebrate and affirm children’s creativity by exhibiting their photographs in different venues throughout the world
• to bring awareness of different cultures to communities through the children’s photographs
Photojournalist Linda Smith first traveled to Rwanda in 2006 where she spent much of her time behind the camera. The Rwandans were captivated by the photographs that Linda took since many of the children and adults she photographed had never seen an image of themselves. Linda recognized the potential that the camera held for the children, by not only providing them with documentation of their lives but also allowing them to experience a sense of joy and fun.
When she returned to the United States,
Linda began researching photograph-based projects for children. She
wanted to develop an art program for children that utilized photography
and had the potential to be successfully conducted in third world
countries. As a result of her research and vision, the Through the eyes
of Hope Project was born in 2007. The
project has two goals-to teach basic photographic principles to
extremely disadvantaged children and to educate children who are
interested in learning about the children of other cultures.
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September 22nd – 25thSpread Art will be on the road for an artistic political action during the upcoming G20 Summit in Pittsburgh.
