Events
DC Listening Lounge believes in shared audio experiences. We've dubbed our events "Sound Scenes"—they are part instalation, part listening lounge, and part experimental music performance.
Upcoming: Sound Scene 2009: The Human Body, Friday, May 8
DC Listening Lounge presents Sound Scene: The Human Body, May 8, 2009! This audio-rich event takes place at The Warehouse, 1021 7th Street, NW; 8:30pm - 1:00am; cover $6. The evening will feature a large-scale audio-interactive of the human body, a listening lounge of interviews, found sound, and recordings by members of the DC Listening Lounge, and audio experimentation from musicians and sound artists, including:
WhisPers for WoLves and Biosphere 3 and the Kiva of Duality – The solo pysch/noise/folk project of Baltimore-based Melissa Moore, her performative sound work ranges from noisy finger-pickin’ folk guitar, invented instruments, voice, song, and electronics, to music based in field recording composition (performing under the name "tauu"). http://www.myspace.com/tauandtwilight
Twilight Memories of the Three Suns – Working to manifest the physicality of sound in ways that you probably would never dream of, this exciting collective explores the outer limits of sound production, performance, and the nature of sound itself.
Black Snake in the Daisy Patch melds acoustic instruments (guitar, banjo, harmonium, cello) and found sound samples into a beautiful and compelling musical collage.
Chris August – Sonya Renee calls him her baby daddy. Sallie Mae calls him delinquent. The Baltimore County Police Department has called him by three different prisoner numbers. The DC/ Baltimore slam team has called him a member for the past four years, and the 2005 Individual World Poetry Slam peeps called him number 7 in the world.
Sound Scene II: Cartographies and Confessionals, March 1, 2008
DC Listening Lounge presented SOUND SCENE II: CARTOGRAPHIES AND CONFESSIONALS on March 1, 2008 at La Casa, in DC's Mt. Pleasant neighborhood.
An audio map of DC featured site-specific vignettes and recordings from around the city and beyond. Points on the map included Killing Is the Easy Part where a couple of city kids decide to cut the middleman out of their food chain and kill their own dinner—five fresh Maryland chickens—themselves; and Anacostia Park: Bodies and Bald Eagles where a National Park employee shared some of his extreme sightings.
Live music and sound art performances occured throughout the evening. Sean Peoples and Layne Garrett are among DC’s most active sound artists. Their work melds melodies of traditional instruments with found sounds. At SOUND SCENE II they led a collective of local musicians and sound artists, including Equinox, Caroline Mayorga, All Violet, and Black Snake in the Daisy Patch.
>>The Sounds of the Sound Scene by Maura Walz
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>>Download press release (PDF)
Sound Scene I , December 9, 2006
On Saturday, December 9, 2006, D.C Listening Lounge hosted Sound Scene, an audio experience that included performances by local sound artists, a curated listening lounge drawing from the work of the group, and an audio installation. The event was held at La Casa, in Mt. Pleasant.
Special thanks to all the sound artists that performed:
>> Fiona Griffin and Rebecca Mills (http://www.thecautioncurves.com)
>> Ben Pagac and Shea Shackleford (http://bigshed.org)
>> Sean Peoples (http://www.socketscdr.com) and Layne Garrett (http://www.questionthetruth.com/noise)
>> Aaron Leitko (http://www.myspace.com/churchclothes) and Chris Grier 'Buddha Box Orchestra' (http://www.toliveandshaveinla.com)
And thanks to La Casa and all the volunteers that made the event possible.