history / ephemera |
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drawing by Alison O'Daniel |
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| date | venue | city | notes | ephemera | ||
| 4-June-02008 | The House of the Rising Sun | Olympia, Wa | w. June Madrona, Flowers from the Man Who Shot Your Cousin | |||
| 29-May-02008 | the Finger Complex | Olympia, Wa | w. Ami Dang | poster | ||
| 2-May-02008 | Dearborn on Woodland | Seattle, WA | w. Viking Moses, Golden Ghost, Sokai Stilhed | poster | ||
| 1-May-02008 | the Finger Complex | Olympia, WA | w. Viking Moses, Golden Ghost, -a | poster made at community print | ||
| 12-April-02008 | le Voyeur | Olympia, WA | w. Desolation Wilderness | |||
| 29-Mar-02008 | Emma's House | Berkeley, CA | w. Polka Dot Dot, Abandon Ship, annaH, Miguel Reyes, | picture | ||
| 28-Mar-02008 | The Mansion | SF, CA | w. Polka Dot Dot, Agent Ribbons | |||
| 27-Mar-02008 | Kittenboat | Oakland, CA | w. Polka Dot Dot, Leyna Noel, Yes Please | video 1, video 2, video 3, video 4 | ||
| 26-Mar-02008 | the Park | Santa Cruz, CA | w. Polka Dot Dot, Abandon Ship, Birds Fled from Me. | |||
| 25-Mar-02008 | Holland HQ | Reno, NV | w. Polka Dot Dot | |||
| 24-Mar-02008 | The Green House | Arcata, CA | w. Polka Dot Dot, LADYBIRD | |||
| 23-Mar-02008 | The Artistery | Portland, OR | w. Polka Dot Dot, Per Ser, Kelli Schaefer | |||
| 22-Mar-02008 | Jenna's House | Tacoma, WA | w. Miss Spindleheart, Allan Booth, Molly Hamilton | |||
| 20-Mar-02008 | Black Front Gallery | Olympia, WA | w. Polka Dot Dot + Desolation Wilderness | |||
| 19-Mar-02008 | bayview corner store | Whidbey Island, WA | w. Polka Dot Dot | |||
| 24-Jan-02008 | le Voyeur | Olympia, WA | w/ Allan Boothe, Number Bear | poster made at community print | ||
| 14-Jan-2008 | Black Front Gallery | Olympia, WA | w/ Castanets, American Virgins, Dead White | |||
| 7-Jan-2008 | Artisans | Olympia, WA | w/ Jenny Jenkins, Iji, Math the Band | |||
~2007~ |
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| 22-Dec-2007 | the Health Tree | Lancaster, CA | w/ the kris special, tons of other lancaster bands i can't remember right now | setlist | ||
| 21-Dec-2007 | Cole's Rehearsal Space | Los Angeles, CA | ||||
| 20-Dec-2007 | Hemlock Tavern | SF, CA | w/ Little Teeth | |||
| 19-Dec-2007 | Lily's House | Oakland, CA | w/ yes, please and half-handed cloud | |||
| 17-Dec-2007 | The Green House | Arcata, CA | cider! | setlist | ||
| 16-Dec-2007 | The Lime House | Portland, OR | pancakes! | |||
| 15-Dec-2007 | Artisans Cafe | Olympia, WA | w/ Hobby Hobby | poster by heather, ooly, and mark. setlist | ||
| 14-Dec-2007 | Dearborn on Woodland | Seattle, WA | pumpkin pie! | setlist | ||
| 13-Dec-2007 | Old Max Whelton Store | Whidbey Island | first show of tour!! | setlist | ||
| 29-Nov-02007 | le Voyeur | Olympia, WA | w/ Amos Payne, Live Active Cultures | the hot new ringtones!! audio | ||
| 21-Nov-02007 | Cake Shop | New York, NY | w/ Skeletons and the Kings of All Cities (acoustic set!) | setlist | ||
| 11-Nov-02007 | solid gold | Olympia, WA | w/ Eleanor Murray, Peter and the Wolf | |||
| 1-Nov-02007 | Capitol Building | Olympia, WA | Gravity Music | |||
| 28-Oct-02007 | solid gold | Olympia, WA | FRO FRO a GO GO | |||
| 6-Oct-02007 | MIKROFEST VI | Olympia, WA | brown interiour music mikrofest vi. | eleanor sang with me. AND we did a superdaughter cover, too. | ||
| 28-Sept-02007 | Le Voyeur | Olympia, WA | w/ The Nextdoor Neighbors, Donny Hue and the Colors | |||
| 23-July-2007 | Artisans Café | Olympia, WA | w/ Eli Moore, Real Live Tigers, Karrie Hopper | poster. audio. | ||
| 1-July-2007 | What You Got? Fest | Olympia, WA | w/ Eleanor Murray, Mariee Sioux | |||
| 9-June-2007 | Artisans Cafe | Olympia, WA | w/ The Consonant C, Lusty Leaf | |||
| 7-May-2007 | Le Voyeur | Olympia, WA | w/ Skeletons and the Kings of All Cities, Problems, Robert | poster printed at community print | ||
| 14-April-2007 | MikroFest IV @ the Trosper House | Tumwater, WA | set ended with drone into dash-a / problems / robert craziness | poster by andrew and mark from brown interiour music | ||
| 16-Mar-2007 | Okay Mountain | Austin, TX | SXSW party w/ best fwends, finally punk, cavedweller, yellow fever, anabel, and (sounder) | poster | ||
| 24-Feb-2007 | Chez Cascadia | Olympia, WA | Olympia WestSide Arts Walk w/ eleanor murray, hacksaw | |||
| 11-Jan-2007 | Le Voyeur | Olympia, WA | setlist, poster by Karl Blau | |||
~2006~ |
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| 30-Dec-2006 | Make-Out Room | San Francisco, CA | w/ the Breezy Days Band | setlist, poster | ||
| 22-Dec-2006 | Mama Buzz Cafe | Oakland, CA | w/ Kira Lynn Cain | setlist, poster | ||
| 10-Dec-2006 | Red and Black Cafe | Portland, OR | w/ Jennie Wayne | setlist | ||
| 3-Dec-2006 | le Voyeur | Olympia, WA | w/ Weird Weeds, Kickball, Wendy Ohwiler | setlist | ||
| 25-Nov-2006 | Haven Coffee | Portland, OR | w/ Jennie Wayne | setlist | ||
| 12-Nov-2005 | Manium | Olympia, WA | w/ Vetiver, Eric Johnson (Fruit Bats), Jesus Christ vs. ACID | setlist | ||
| 8-Oct-2006 | the Farm | Oberlin, OH | w/ Eric Sarai, Ami Dang + Owen Cannon, Tom Arsenault | poster by Eric Sarai, setlist | ||
| 5-Oct-2006 | Jeffrey + Miriams | Providence, RI | w/ the Wind Up Bird (Joe Grimm), Justine Ariel | flyer | ||
| 10-Sept-2006 | Corkey and Katy's House | Austin, TX | goodbye austin / corkey's birthday. with my dear friend, Karrie Hopper | photos | ||
| 7-Sept-2006 | Longbranch Inn | Austin, TX | CinemaTexas Benefit. The other band broke up that night and didn't play. | setlist | ||
| 3-Sept-2006 | The Peacock | Austin, TX | with Holland Hopson | setlist | ||
| 12-Aug-2006 | The Opera House | Austin, TX | Cowardly Lions (aaron castillo, ethan frederick greene, ben kamen) | |||
| 8-July-2006 | The Parlor | Austin, TX | w/ Night Viking, Druggist, Jerm Pollet | |||
| 23-June-2006 | Red's Loft | Austin, TX | w/ wax and wane | |||
COMPOSITIONS
/ IMPROVISATIONS |
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| date | title | instrumentation | venue | city | country | notes |
| 1-Nov-2007 | Gravity Music | for Five Violins, Viola, and Real or Imaginary 'Cello | Washington State Capitol Building | Olympia, WA | USA | |
| 29-July-2005 | so the light came | Ben Kamen, Disklavier and computer | Studio B | New Cross, London | UK | performed without 'to contain numbers.' |
| 6-May-2005 | Oboe d'Amore + Vibraphone | New Noise - Joby Burgess, Vibraphone, Janey Miller, Oboe d'Amore | Great Hall | New Cross, London | UK | |
| 30-Apr-2005 | 02005.4.30 | Ben Kamen, Guitar and Computer | Great Hall | New Cross, London | UK | Interlace Concert series, with Jamie Coleman, Sebastian Lexar & Eddie Prevost, BrownSierra, and Steve Noble, Kaffe Matthews & Joe Williamson. |
| 6-Apr-2005 | Gestures II | In-Eye I : atlas, various instruments | Teatro Delia Zapata | Bogotá | Colombia | In-Eye I : Atlas, with John Lely, Pedro Gomez-Egaña, Milena Bonilla, others?? |
| 6-Apr-2005 | 0.2005.4.6 | Ben Kamen, Computer | Teatro Delia Zapata | Bogotá | Colombia | In-Eye I : Atlas, with John Lely, Pedro Gomez-Egaña, Milena Bonilla, others?? |
| 5-Apr-2005 | Gravity Music for Indeterminate Instruments | In:Eye I : atlas, various instruments | Maestr’a Artes Plasticas Visuales | Bogotá | Colombia | |
| 19-Feb-2005 | 02005.2.19 | Ben Kamen, Computer | Great Hall | New Cross, London | UK | Sonic Interactions Festival, with Lawrence Casserley, Alejandro Vinao, Nicole and Leesa Abahuni, Simon Zagourski -Thomas, Aki Pasoulas, Sebastian Lexer, Michael Young, John Drever |
| 4-Feb-2005 | Eighty-Four | Ben Kamen, Disklavier and Computer | Great Hall | New Cross, London | UK | With John Lely, others? i forget who though. |
| 10-Aug-2004 | 0.2004.8.10 | Ben Kamen, Computer and Guitar, Severiano Martinez and Johnny Misheff, Vocals | Mattress Factory | Pittsburgh, PA | USA | SHINKOYO showcase, with Skeletons, Zeljko McMullen and Doron Sadja |
| 10-Jun-2004 | 0.2004.6.10 | Ben Kamen, Guitar and Computer | Church in lakewood? | Cleveland, OH | USA | Deconstruction event |
| 4-Apr-2004 | 0.2004.4.4 | Ben Kamen, Guitar and Computer | Mattress Factory | Pittsburgh, PA | USA | With Butchshop Quartet, Rick Gribenas |
| 2-May-2003 | Eighty-Four | Ben Kamen, Computer and Disklavier, | Studio 2 | Oberlin, OH | USA | Two Pieces for Disklavier |
| 2-May-2003 | Six | Ben Kamen, Computer, Michael Gallope, Disklavier | Studio 2 | Oberlin, OH | USA | Two Pieces for Disklavier |
AS
PERFORMER |
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| date | title | instrument | Composer | venue | city, state | country | notes | |||
5-Apr-2005 |
Harmonica High | Harmonica | John Lely | Maestría Artes Plasticas Visuales | Bogotá | Colombia | In:Eye I : ATLAS | |||
| 4-Apr-2005 | White Noise Machine | Computer | John Lely | Maestía Artes Plasticas Visuales | Bogotá | Colombia | In:Eye I : ATLAS | |||
| 4-Feb-2005 | White Noise Machine | Computer | John Lely | Great Hall | New Cross, London | UK | ||||
| 19-Nov-2004 | Mixtur | Ring Modulator | Karlheinz Stockhausen | Great Hall | New Cross, London | UK | Goldsmiths Sinfonia, Roger Redgate, conductor | |||
with
THE MIRAQULA |
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ben
kamen, bass / jon leland, percussion / severiano martinez, keys, guitar,
vox |
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| date | venue | city, state | country | notes |
| 14-Oct-2005 | Spaces Gallery | Cleveland, OH | USA | |
| 3-Nov-2005 | Fairchild Chapel | Oberlin, OH | USA | with No Neck Blues Band |
| 21-Nov-2005 | Grog Shop | Cleveland, OH | USA | with the Clientele |
| 23-Nov-2005 | Fairchild Chapel | Oberlin, OH | USA | with Nautical Almanac, Zeljko McMullen, Steam Drapula |
| 10-Dec-2005 | The 'Sco | Oberlin, OH | USA | OPONY CD release party |
| 21-Mar-2006 | Fairchild Chapel | Oberlin, OH | USA | |
with AEROC |
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geoff
white, guitar and computer / ben kamen , guitar and electronics
(this tour only) |
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| date | venue | city, state | country | notes |
| 7-Jun-2004 | Joe's Pub | New York, NY | USA | with Matthew Dear and Dykehouse |
| 6-Jun-2004 | Mutek Festival | Montreal | Canada | with Jamie Lidell, Burnt Friedman and Jaki Leibezeit, loscil. . . |
| 28-May-2004 | The Shelter | Detroit, MI | USA | with Matthew Dear, Midwest Product |
COMING SOON : SCREAMING DETH MACHINE circa 2001 Archive!! |
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DISCOGRAPHY |
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more info on these
in the music section |
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| title | artist | label | catalog num. | release |
| "dreams" / sketches for imperfect | ben kamen / -a | brown interiour music | december 2007 | |
| tour compilation | ben kamen, miss spindleheart, live active cultures, -a | brown interiour music | (out of print) | december 2007 |
| before my ghostly eyes were closed | ben kamen | anonymous monk | anonymous 002 | fall 2006 |
| the Miraqula | the Miraqula | ? |
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| first songs from red river | ben kamen | anonymous monk | anonymous 001 | spring 2006 |
| The Music of SHINKOYO - compilation | ben kamen ('six' from s.t.l.c.t.n.) | SHINKOYO | shin017 | 2006 |
| Pony Tracks EP | Super Daughter and Ordinary Grampa | March 2006 | ||
| OPONY compilation | Falcon | 2006 | ||
| In:Eye I : ATLAS compilation | ben kamen | limited release / in:eye i | 2005 | |
| so the light came / to contain numbers | ben kamen | SHINKOYO | shin011 | 2005 |
misc recorded music |
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| music from Demolition, video, by corkey sinks and james oswald. | 2006 |
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| fear and fearlessness, a dance choreographed by sonia reiter | 2003 |
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| Music from SOLID STATE, a film by Christopher Holmes | 2004 | |||
| Music from Arrowhead, a film by Christopher Holmes | 2005 | |||
| the bitch-asses live in london. | 2005 | |||