die geister beschwören
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Wednesday, December 31, 2014
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Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Die Geister Beschwören and Electro-Kraken 2014 Tour!
die geister beschwören just returned from a quick pacific-northwest tour with electro-kraken! we performed a couple great venues in the bay area, reunited with friends in arcata, stayed on a commune in calistoga, played for naked folk at umpqua hot springs and wrote new material on the highway during a lightening storm. nothing quite compares to being on the road. thanks to all those who came out and helped with shows! your enthusiasm and support is always greatly appreciated and we look forward to getting back out there soon... here's a video of our set at the stork club in oakland.
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
BPBS Arts + Media Presents:
The 5th Annual Production of (Recurring) DREAMS
Friday, September 5th
9 pm, sharp!
@ The Mad Haus
3737 SE Madison St.
As in years past, we will project Akira Kurosawa's 1990 film DREAMS onto a large outdoor screen. The film is divided into 8 shorter sequences (all around 15 minutes long,) with each segment being scored by a different local musical act. (The movie is subtitled, so the audience can still follow the plot.) This event is free, all ages and family friendly! Please bring your own beer, blankets, lawn chairs, etc.
Also... Six of the eight groups performing at (Recurring) DREAMS will be playing the following day at No Fest in Saint John's! So come out for what promises to be an awesome Friday evening, and prepare yourself to enjoy a full day's worth of amazing bands at No Fest on Saturday!!!
Dream 1... Sunshine Through the Rain (performed by: Rllrbll)
"Some people act like stars. Some people see stars. But Rllrbll I think might actually be stars- the galactic kind, giant nuclear fusion engines firing atoms and light across the vacuum of the univers. Right now, of course, the five members of Rllrbll are trapped in human form, mere dying bones, blood, and brain cells. Yet there are moments during every Rllrbll album when it seems like they cease to exist. They have transcended gravity, time, space. They have become energy."
Willamette Week
Dream 2... The Peach Orchard (performed by: Beat Totem)
"The music of Beat Totem includes everything from Garage Rock, early punk, Psychedelic Soul, and Go-Go Swing, Jazz and Folk Rock. The sound is eclectic and inspired drawing from a combination of years of musical experience and a tribal vibe."
Dream 3... The Blizzard (performed by: Electro-Kraken)
"Bass, drums, guitars, and saxophones make up the primary colors of a nuclear mess somewhere between colorful chaos and primitive bliss..."
Dream 4... The Tunnel (performed by: Harem)
"Formerly known as Mangled Bohemians, Harem is fronted by James Lee. Harem combines elements of folk and psychedelia to create a uniquely haunting, yet beautiful, sound."
Dream 5... Crows (performed by: Die Geister Beschwören)
"Die Geister Beschwören (German for “Summon the Spirits”) is Oryan Peterson-Jones’ exploration of field recordings and instrumentation collected from around the globe. Die Geister Beschwören materialized 15 years ago from behind the Redwood Curtain in Northern California, and has developed modestly alongside Peterson-Jones’ other artistic endeavors, the psychedelic roller coaster, Datura Blues, and improvisational noise outfit, Beast, Please Be Still. While these projects satisfy a collective effort and engage in more grandiose musical pursuits, Die Geister Beschwören invokes an enthusiasm for Ethnomusicology with comradre towards the “New Weird America.”
Dream 6... Mount Fuji in Red (performed by: Beast, Please be Still...)
"Spontaneous composition, featuring members of Datura Blues."
Dream 7... The Weeping Demon (performed by: Utiseta)
"Utiseta is the exploration and expression of ancestral practices and belief transmitted through the medium of music. Music has been the driving force of ritual practice for as long as we can recall, in particular the drums, voice, bells and rattles for inducing trance and conjuring spirits. Each Utiseta set is written to embody certain energetic intentions and cultivate stronger awareness to the fading traditions of our ancestors."
Dream 8... Village of the Watermills (performed by: Ed and the Red Reds)
“Country 'n North-Western” music, as Ed calls it, is about storytelling. Combining 60's psych-rock, old-time, classic folk, outlaw country and modern influences, E&TRR is a true American mutt, combining many different elements to make something wholly original."
Friday, September 5th
9 pm, sharp!
@ The Mad Haus
3737 SE Madison St.
As in years past, we will project Akira Kurosawa's 1990 film DREAMS onto a large outdoor screen. The film is divided into 8 shorter sequences (all around 15 minutes long,) with each segment being scored by a different local musical act. (The movie is subtitled, so the audience can still follow the plot.) This event is free, all ages and family friendly! Please bring your own beer, blankets, lawn chairs, etc.
Also... Six of the eight groups performing at (Recurring) DREAMS will be playing the following day at No Fest in Saint John's! So come out for what promises to be an awesome Friday evening, and prepare yourself to enjoy a full day's worth of amazing bands at No Fest on Saturday!!!
Dream 1... Sunshine Through the Rain (performed by: Rllrbll)
"Some people act like stars. Some people see stars. But Rllrbll I think might actually be stars- the galactic kind, giant nuclear fusion engines firing atoms and light across the vacuum of the univers. Right now, of course, the five members of Rllrbll are trapped in human form, mere dying bones, blood, and brain cells. Yet there are moments during every Rllrbll album when it seems like they cease to exist. They have transcended gravity, time, space. They have become energy."
Willamette Week
Dream 2... The Peach Orchard (performed by: Beat Totem)
"The music of Beat Totem includes everything from Garage Rock, early punk, Psychedelic Soul, and Go-Go Swing, Jazz and Folk Rock. The sound is eclectic and inspired drawing from a combination of years of musical experience and a tribal vibe."
Dream 3... The Blizzard (performed by: Electro-Kraken)
"Bass, drums, guitars, and saxophones make up the primary colors of a nuclear mess somewhere between colorful chaos and primitive bliss..."
Dream 4... The Tunnel (performed by: Harem)
"Formerly known as Mangled Bohemians, Harem is fronted by James Lee. Harem combines elements of folk and psychedelia to create a uniquely haunting, yet beautiful, sound."
Dream 5... Crows (performed by: Die Geister Beschwören)
"Die Geister Beschwören (German for “Summon the Spirits”) is Oryan Peterson-Jones’ exploration of field recordings and instrumentation collected from around the globe. Die Geister Beschwören materialized 15 years ago from behind the Redwood Curtain in Northern California, and has developed modestly alongside Peterson-Jones’ other artistic endeavors, the psychedelic roller coaster, Datura Blues, and improvisational noise outfit, Beast, Please Be Still. While these projects satisfy a collective effort and engage in more grandiose musical pursuits, Die Geister Beschwören invokes an enthusiasm for Ethnomusicology with comradre towards the “New Weird America.”
Dream 6... Mount Fuji in Red (performed by: Beast, Please be Still...)
"Spontaneous composition, featuring members of Datura Blues."
Dream 7... The Weeping Demon (performed by: Utiseta)
"Utiseta is the exploration and expression of ancestral practices and belief transmitted through the medium of music. Music has been the driving force of ritual practice for as long as we can recall, in particular the drums, voice, bells and rattles for inducing trance and conjuring spirits. Each Utiseta set is written to embody certain energetic intentions and cultivate stronger awareness to the fading traditions of our ancestors."
Dream 8... Village of the Watermills (performed by: Ed and the Red Reds)
“Country 'n North-Western” music, as Ed calls it, is about storytelling. Combining 60's psych-rock, old-time, classic folk, outlaw country and modern influences, E&TRR is a true American mutt, combining many different elements to make something wholly original."
Monday, June 9, 2014
Summer Events!
...some great things in the works this summer.
die geister beschwören is performing on the summer solstice (june 21st) at a thirst for light, an awesome freak-folk festival in rural washington. DGB will also see the formal release of past historik on reverb worship records, and the soft release of drawn to the investigation of shadows on BPBS arts + media over the next few weeks!
datura blues have been lurking in the shadows, taking some time off from performing live... but with the september 2014 release of serpent of the obsidian knives, (a four year work in progress,) the band will finally be returning to stages along the west coast. look forward to new members, new material, new instrumentation and a new direction!
the fifth annual production of (recurring) dreams is in the works! for those of you who haven't been a part of this amazing event yet, it involves the projection of akira kurosawa's 1990 film "dreams," onto a large outdoor screen, while each of the film's eight short (15-20 minutes) segments are scored by a different musical outfit... in the past, we've had such amazing acts as: aan, like a villain, hosannas, the ocean floor, ed and the red reds, ruby fray, kaiser soze, die geister beschwören, datura blues and more! we're hoping to do it a little earlier this year, shooting for early august... stay tuned!
also...
from family, friends and collaborators:
- ed & the red reds just released this amazing new album, the liar's dream. check it out!
- our favorite new portland musical discovery! electro-kraken.
- recently rediscovered this datura blues interview from their 2007 european tour (entirely in hungarian.)
die geister beschwören is performing on the summer solstice (june 21st) at a thirst for light, an awesome freak-folk festival in rural washington. DGB will also see the formal release of past historik on reverb worship records, and the soft release of drawn to the investigation of shadows on BPBS arts + media over the next few weeks!
datura blues have been lurking in the shadows, taking some time off from performing live... but with the september 2014 release of serpent of the obsidian knives, (a four year work in progress,) the band will finally be returning to stages along the west coast. look forward to new members, new material, new instrumentation and a new direction!
the fifth annual production of (recurring) dreams is in the works! for those of you who haven't been a part of this amazing event yet, it involves the projection of akira kurosawa's 1990 film "dreams," onto a large outdoor screen, while each of the film's eight short (15-20 minutes) segments are scored by a different musical outfit... in the past, we've had such amazing acts as: aan, like a villain, hosannas, the ocean floor, ed and the red reds, ruby fray, kaiser soze, die geister beschwören, datura blues and more! we're hoping to do it a little earlier this year, shooting for early august... stay tuned!
also...
from family, friends and collaborators:
- ed & the red reds just released this amazing new album, the liar's dream. check it out!
- our favorite new portland musical discovery! electro-kraken.
- recently rediscovered this datura blues interview from their 2007 european tour (entirely in hungarian.)
Saturday, March 15, 2014
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