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Shooting Grampa

joshua — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 05:37:08 +0000

Working on taking the video footage for “Grandpa in the Attic”. Kevin getting the “Attic” set ready. Haruko applying the makeup. This footage will appear in Sonic Tales. This is one of the characters that only appears in video form on stage.

leo getting ready for grandpa scene

VIDEO:

Screentest for Grandpa from joshua kohl on Vimeo.

Some of the RECORDING SOUNDS are IN!

joshua — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:17:44 +0000

We invited a bunch of folks to come and record with us to make sounds for our coming 9th album! And after a bout of the FLU, DAE’s Robb Kunz finally had a chance to put together a few clips from the fun event.

This is my personal favorite (the sound of thirty mouths making popping sounds!):

Lip Rain

Here is some dish smashing:

Dish Smashing

Here is some Taunting for the song Bagel Boy:

Taunting the Bagel Boy

Here is some laughter:

Laughter

Here are some gongy sounds:

Gongs

Here are some Klangy Sounds:

Klang

Some Crazy Jumps and Shouts:

Jumps

A SHOW COMING UP!

joshua — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:30:58 +0000

THIS SHOW IS COMING UP IN OCTOBER! This is not a Degenerate Art Ensemble show, but it is DAE’s Haruko Nishimura commissioned collaborations with some of her favorite Seattle artists. Mandy Greer (sculpture / installation artist), Ian Lucero (film), and Colin Ernst (Weeble Wobble Sculpture).

Silvering Path

ONE dance of eros, earth and the slug

ONE battle of the Weeble Wobble vs. the Ninjas

And one Monstrous Grandmother

Haruko Nishimura, dance (of Degenerate Art Ensemble)

with:

Mandy Greer (http://mandygreer.com/) – Crochet Art

Ian Lucero (http://vimeo.com/1092096– Film

and Colin Ernst (Circus Contraption) – Sculptural costume

TWO WEEK PERFORMANCE RUN!

OCTOBER 10,11, 16, 17, 18

at the FREE SHEEP FOUNDATION

4408 3^rd ave (at Battery) in belltown

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/42588

Plus:

Live adventurous music by Jeffrey Huston and Joshua Kohl

Dress Art by Anna Lange

Video Art Installation by Leo Mayberry

STOMPCLAPPOPHAHASIGHSCREAMSHATTERCLANGBOOOOOOOOOOONG

johnisawesome — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:36:01 +0000

INTRODUCTION:

On August 19th, we held a public recording event to capture crowd sounds, marching sounds, metal orchestra sounds and such things that can only sound great with a mass of people. The sounds will be used on Degenerate Art Ensemble’s 9th Album. Among those in attendance was our CELEBRITY GUEST BLOGGER, the wonderful composer/performer John Osbold of the unmatched magnificent band AWESOME . John was kind enough to post his experience of the night here on this blog. We will be posting actual sounds of the event shortly.

On a rainy Tuesday night at the fantasticYoungstown Cultural Arts Center in lovely West Seattle, a troupe of adventurous souls met with the mad scientists of DAE to create a smorgasbord of sounds for the upcoming album & show…

INGREDIENTS

4 microphones
3 tables
2 tarps
2 garbage bins
10 glass bottles
3 bowls
1 plate
3 pairs safety goggles
5 pairs tap shoes
1 gong ageng
various colorful whistles
dry branches
assortment of pots & pans
chimes (small)
chimes (large)

INSTRUCTIONS

stomp clap…..STOMPclap…..STOMPCLAP……(repeat)

clap….clap clap clap clap…..clapclapclapclapclap…ccllllllaappp

(wait for cars to pass)

poppoppoppoppoppoppoppoppoppoppoppopoppoppoppoppoppoppoppoppoppoppop

hahaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhaha ha ha…heh….(with sarcasm) ha ha ha ha ha ha

STOMP…STOMP…STOMP…STOMP…..(with tap shoes) STOMP…STOMP…STOMP

STOMP STOMP stompstompstompstomp STOMP STOMP stompstompstomp (repeat)

CLAP CLAP clapclapclapclap CLAP CLAP clapclapclap (repeat)

clap STOMP clap STOMP clapclapclap STOMP (repeat)

(pause for ventilation system to time out)

whooooooooooooooooooshwhoooooooooosh + (branch) swiiiish swiiiish

siiiiiiiigh….siiiiiiiiiiiiigh……………siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh

“IN! MY! HOLE!” (repeat in adult and kids voices)

“BALL! FIGHT! BALL! FIGHT!” (repeat in adult and kids voices)

(taunt Joshua about being made of bread)

(rhythmic shouting of bagel toppings)

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! (repeat)

(on an A note) aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh

(wait for bus to pass)

SMASH! SMASH! SMASH!….SMASH!…….SMASH!…………SMASH!

CLANG!…CLANG!…ccCcClLLllaAAAanNgGGGgg…..clangclingclongclangclungthud

dingDINGdongdingDONGding…ding…dingDONGDINGdongding…

booooooooooooooooom………boooooooooooooooom……….boooooooooooooooom

PHOTOS

(please mind the blurry ones, as the photographer was battling off invisible demon stoats)

big thanks to the lovelies at DAE

WORKING ON “MOTHER MOTHRA” VIDEO SCENE

joshua — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 01:45:37 +0000

This morning’s rehearsal is focused on the creation of our “Mother Mothra” scene. Haruko, Leo and I are looking at excting ways to use video. So, inspired by Gene Kelly (see below), we want to create a choreography between Haruko and “Haruko”. We are just getting our feet wet. This scene is an argument between the girl character and her evil “MOTHER MOTHRA” – a shape shifting creature who says

“Im the mother you erased,

Im your father long lost,

Im your twin sister from you dream,

Im anything you want me to be.”

HERE IS A LITTLE CUT FROM A SKETCH RECORDING (its for the new album, but this is not the version that will appear on the album – just a little snippet played on guitar and pantrhastic harp zither with Haruko singing)

mothraCut.mp3

We are thinking about ways that they can interact. If anyone knows any really cool video tricks that can be accomplished with this as a live performance, wed love to hear about it!

NEWEST WEEBLE WOBBLE TEST – Colin Ernst’s Sculpture Dress

joshua — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:48:52 +0000

COLIN AND HARUKO have been working on this Weeble Wobble dress for the past month. Now new movements are becoming possible. This was a couple of days ago. Dizzying! Next is to work on the musical aspects of the sculpture and the dress covering.

The Weeble in the Vortex 1 from Colin Ernst on Vimeo.

Colin Ernst’s WEEBLE WOBBLE – Test Drive

joshua — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:40:46 +0000

THIS IS SUPER GENIUS Colin Ernst’s Weeble Wobble dress (in-progress). It is a pretty amazing piece of work. Eventually this will be fitted with playable instrument parts.

These videos are tests of the 2nd version of the thing. The first version had a center of gravity that was too close to the ground.

It is scarry to watch, but GOOOD to watch!

The biggest challenge is going to be the design of the harness to attach to Haruko. Does anybody have an experience with a harness that holds VERY VERY Firmly to the pelvis with ZERO give? That will be the key here.

Weeble Wobble Test 2 from joshua kohl on Vimeo.

Untitled from joshua kohl on Vimeo.

Weeble Wobble 4 from joshua kohl on Vimeo.