Unfamiliar Environments Showcase Concert and Art Opening at JAM
Unfamiliar Environments Showcase Concert and Art Opening at JAM
Scoutland (Thai Avant Garde) Kota Taki (Japan Loop Collage) Tommy & Nutchapon (US/Thai Modular Improv) SSMM (US Cinematic-trance) Stage Visuals by Honeycomb.
"Patterns Emerge" art gallery opening and Unfamiliar Environments label showcase concert. Scoutland will headline for this limited edition "art cassette tape" release show of a live performance at Smalls last year that featured a one time only lineup featuring additional experimental instrumentation. *Free album download codes for all who enter! https://unfamiliarenvironments.bandcamp.com/
Patterns Emerge art gallery opening is an investigation of interactive patterns based on light, opacity, color gradation, reflection and masking. Wood framed light boxes will house unusual materials creating new patterns that arise through interaction with other layers and materials in space through light. Artist studio Port Rhombus (Matt Kennedy) is also the label head of Unfamiliar Environments and will perform a special set that is inspired by the visual language of the art exhibit translated to sound composition.
Scoutland & Friends was a unique line-up at Smalls for one night only in BKK and one of the best live shows in 2018 to be seen. The addition of dub effects processing and modular synthesizer made for extraordinarily adventurous music that is being documented and release in digital and limited edition cassette formats on the night of the show. Scoutland will perform their unique brand of avant jazz/art rock as a 3 piece this night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmDQOWYEkFA
Tommy & Nutchapon were a part of the Scoutland and Friends Smalls show and will be performing together an improv modular synthesizer set themselves mangling ethnic samples with ambient whiffs and jazz chunks into a rhythmic roller coaster on the fringes of electronic dance music.
Kota Taki is not guitar looping artist - he's an inter-dimensional sound courier building soundscapes from things he finds along his travels. His release earlier this year on Unfamiliar Environments "Into a Dose" was well received for its adventurous use of tone and timbre and unusual sonic composition using only guitar.
https://kotataki.bandcamp.com/album/into-a-dose
SSMM is the studio project of label head Matt Kennedy previously known as Daydream Devices. Expect cross-genre exploration melding western tinged ambient guitar, pulsing analog synthesizers and polyrhythmic future beats percussion.
https://daydreamdevices.bandcamp.com/track/acorn
