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Upcoming In Store Performances

Friday, April 30th, 2010

UPCOMING IN STORE PERFORMANCES:


HERB DIAMANTE
SATURDAY MAY 22ND
beginning @ 6:00 PM prompt
FREE!
The golden throat of contemporary incredibly strange music, the U.K.’s Herb Diamante is the 21st century prime crooner. Already known to some for his previous appearances in Seattle (including one at the Can-Can with Queen Shmooquan), those who haven’t seen him will delight in his psychedelic lounge karaoke act. His CD “May I Light Your Cigarette” (all originals except the cover of “Some Velvet Morning” was released on Sun City Girl’s Abduction label. His new album, “A Spoonful Of Yeast”, should be coming out on No-Fi soon. This one features collaborations with Climax Golden Twins, Vibracathedral Orchestra, Sunburned Hand Of The Man, Dialing In, At Jennie Richie, Diatric Puds, and mostly importantly Sun City Girls with Eyvand Kang and Jessika Kenney backing Herb on “Mr. Lonely.” I single this one as it is an absolutely gorgeous rendition highlighting the full range of Diamante’s voice. Somehow it didn’t end up getting used in the Harmony Korine movie of the same name. But you can check out the music video for it on YouTube.
http://www.myspace.com/herbdiamante
THIONE DIOP
WEDNESDAY JUNE 2ND
beginning @ 7:00 PM prompt
FREE!
Thione Diop, Master drummer from Senegal, West Africa, is widely recognized for his powerfully expressive Djembe performances. He is descended from an ancestral line of Griot drummers in Senegal, West Africa, and is a master of the djembe, sabar, tama, and djun djun.
http://www.thionediop.com/

dp badges

Friday, April 30th, 2010

We have a small supply of badges with the dp logo on them.  Come in and pick one up and wear it to show your support.  They are free!

Hindustani classical music in store performance

Friday, April 2nd, 2010

UPCOMING IN STORE PERFORMANCE on SATURDAY APRIL 24th, starting at 6 PM:
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Srivani Jade is a Hindustani classical singer. She specializes in the North Indian classical form of Khayal and other traditional and folk-inspired music like Thumri-Dadra, Tappa and Bhajans. Srivani has performed regularly on stage, radio and television in India from the age of five. Her first solo album of 16th century devotional music (Sant Tukaram’s Abhangs) released in 2007, and since then, she has released two very successful albums Bhoopali and Meera’s Love in the classical and light classical genres respectively. Since moving to the United States in 1996, she has performed for venues like Sangati CenterSeattle City HallTown Hall SeattleNorthwest FolklifeUtsavSpokane Centerstage TheaterUniversity of Washington and has been presented by KBCS 91.3FM and NPR/KUOW 94.9FM radio.In 2009, she was invited to perform at the 23rd Devnandan Ubhayaker Yuva Sangeet Utsav in Bangalore, India where she received much critical acclaim for her mature style, tunefulness and technical mastery.

Education/Journey
 
Srivani was introduced to music at the age of four by her father Bhavani Prasad Jade and uncle Raghu Tilwalli. Although she formally trained in Carnatic music during her childhood, she was exposed to a variety of music, classical and pop/light, Indian and Western. During her youth, she found herself gravitating towards Thumri, Ghazal and other light classical music from North India. While she continued to actively perform various kinds of music for the next decade or so, her interest in classical music, particularly Khayal and Thumri, slowly intensified. In 2002, she began her formal training in Khayal under Dr. Sharad Gadre of Seattle.

Hanson Records

Friday, March 19th, 2010

Lots of awesome lo-fi noise and more from Aaron Dilloway’s Hanson Records.  The new  Emeralds CD was left out of the box by accident, but should be here early next week.

  • Darksmith  ”Total Vacuum”  LP  (Hanson Records)  $15  - creepy, weird, subterranean sounds, ltd 300
  • David Russell Snake, The  ”Three Secret Murders”  C30  (Hanson Records)  $6  - old fashioned noise loops, C30
  • Dead Machines  ”Minister To A Mind Diseased”  C30  (Hanson Records)  $6  - low grade analog electronic static horror sounds, C30
  • Dilloway, Aaron  ”Beggar Master”  CD  (Hanson Records)  $10  - harsh noise, you can hear the Wolf Eyes connection
  • Dilloway, Aaron  ”Boggs Vol. 1″  C30  (Hanson Records)  $6  - very minimal electronics, tape & voice experiments, C30
  • Dilloway, Aaron  ”Boggs Vol. Two”  CD  (Hanson Records)  $7  - throbbing, pulsing, minimal noise & a really nuts track
  • Dilloway, Aaron  ”Chain Shot”  CD  (Hanson Records)  $10  - layered noise loops w/metal or overmodulated horns
  • Dilloway, Aaron  ”Door With No Handle”  C30  (Hanson Records)  $6  - distant washes of howling sound, C30
  • Dilloway, Aaron  ”Second Foul”  C60  (Hanson Records)  $6  - starts off very minimal but gets into thick sounds, C60
  • Dilloway, Aaron & Yeh, C. Spencer  ”Squid, The”  CD  (Hanson Records)  $10  - cosmic noise w/violin, loops and lots of delay
  • Emeralds  ”Emeralds”  C30  (Hanson Records)  $6  - murky inner mind explorations, C30
  • Emeralds  ”Solar Bridge”  CD  (Hanson Records)  $10  - mind bending outer space drones
  • Emeralds & Dilloway  ”Under Pressure”  C60  (Hanson Records)  $6  - very cosmic old style electronic music, C60
  • Haters, The  ”In The Shade Of Fire”  CD  (Hanson Records)  $10  - pivotal 1986 album of destroyed sounds
  • Haunting, The / Failing Lights  ”Devaluing A Mind”  C60  (Hanson Records)  $6  - crude ghostly Michigan lo-fi noise, C60
  • Monsturo  ”7734″  C30  (Hanson Records)  $6  - wind tunnel like sounds from modular synths, C30
  • Nath Family  ”Sounds of the Indian Snake Charmer”  CD  (Hanson Records)  $10  - authentic trance sounds recorded in Nepal
  • Nath Family  ”Sounds of the Indian Snake Charmer Vol. 2″  C30  (Hanson Records)  $6  - more material equally as amazing as the CD, C30
  • Nevari Butchers, The  ”Shatter All Organized Activities”  C30  (Hanson Records)  $6  - heavy sounds w/Aaron Dilloway & Skin Graft guy, C30
  • Nyoukis, Dylan  ”Dadgum My Bubblegum”  C30  (Hanson Records)  $6  - insane vocals noises, Prick Decay member, C30
  • Pedestrian Deposit  ”Fatale”  CD  (Hanson Records / Hospital Productions )  $7  - insane cut up harsh noise
  • Raven Strain  ”Trisagion”  C30  (Hanson Records)  $6  - murky metallic noise, C30
  • Romero, Damion  ”Missing Link”  C30  (Hanson Records)  $6  - heavy drones, C30
  • Speculum Fight  ”Lost Live 2″  C30  (Hanson Records)  $6  - thick sounds from Damion Romero, C30
  • Spine Scavenger  ”Plays The Writings of Commander X”  C60  (Hanson Records)  $6  - raw minimal analog synth from Aaron Dilloway, C60
  • Trepaneringsritualen  ”Septentronal”  C30  (Hanson Records)  $6  - Swedish doom industrial like Cold Meat Industries, C30
  • Turman, Robert / Dilloway, Aaron  ”Split”  C30  (Hanson Records)  $6  - 1 side by each, completely different from the CD, C30
  • Turman, Robert & Dilloway, Aaron  ”Blizzard”  CD  (Hanson Records)  $10  - early NON member & ex-Wolf Eyes = heavy ambient
  • Twilight Memories  ”Septentronal”  C30  (Hanson Records)  $6  - dark thick sounds, C30

nifty used vinyl

Friday, March 19th, 2010
  • Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraisio U.F.O.  ”Absolutely Freak Out (Zap Your Mind!)”  2 x LP  (Resonant / Static Caravan)  USED  $35  - OOP 2001 release, ltd 1000, 1 LP black, 1 LP purple
  • Artificial Memory Trace  ”Vol. 13: Erozion”  LP  (E.R.S. Records)  USED  $8  - organic drones & loops, 3 long tracks & 18 lock grooves
  • deRidder, Willem + Crawl Unit  ”Voice & Sound”  7″  (Povertech Industries)  USED  $4  - Dutch Fluxus & Hafler Trio guy telling tall tales,  ltd 300
  • Hands To  ”Cipher”  7″  (Povertech Industries)  USED  $4  - Jeph Jerman’s lo-fi noise project, ltd 300
  • [multer]  ”Neskt”  10″  (Genesungswerk)  USED  $4  - minimal & experimental beats from Germany, ltd 500
  • NON  ”Solitude”  7″  (Mute Records)  USED  $8  - features 8 lock grooves + extra center hole, ltd 700
  • Pan Sonic  ”B”  12″ EP  (Mute Records)  USED  $4  - Finnish masters of heavy minimal analog beats
  • Project W  ”Snake Legs”  7″  (Apraxia)  USED  $2  - improv jazz w/Shoup, ltd 500, red vinyl, missing cover
  • Ransone, Key  /  Leonard, Cheryl E.  ”Apraxia Composer Series Vol. 1″  7″  (Apraxia)  USED  $2  - Small Cruel Party guy & ex-member of Caroliner
  • Shifts  ”Eight Line”  LP  (E.R.S. Records)  USED  $10  - cool drones from Frans (Beequeen, Freiband), ltd 200
  • snd  ”MakeSND Cassette”  2 x LP  (Mille Plateaux)  USED  $10  - clicks’n'cuts style from 1999, 2 LPs in single pocket
  • Solid Eye  ”It’s a Salon”  7″  (Detector)  USED  $10  - very cool glow in the dark vinyl!  weird LAFMS sounds
  • Sound  ”Screaming Zenith”  2 x LP  (Beta-Lactam Ring Records)  $14  - mondo weirdo sounds from Texas, ltd 300
  • Spiritualized  ”Pure Phase Tones for D.J.’s”  LP  (Spaceman Records)  USED  $20  - ltd release of phased ambient electronics
  • Tzotziles  ”Psalms, Stories and Music”  LP  (Sub Rosa)  USED  $10  - festivals & rituals of a Mayan group recorded ‘75-’85
  • Vote Robot  ”RUR”  LP  (Vegas / Catsup Plate)  USED  $20  - Canadian swirling & glitch electronics & loops, long OOP
  • Vote Robot  ”Versions”  LP  (Vegas-p)  USED  $30  - remix album w/Climax Golden Twins, ltd 100, very rare

Eric’s favorites of 2009

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

A year is a long time.  So I have probably forgotten a few things.  But here is what comes to mind as my favorite new releases and reissues that came out in 2009:

  • AFCGT - AFCGT (Uzu Audio) LP
  • Laurie Scott Baker - Gracility (Musicnow) 2xCD
  • L. Berner - Blackout Nights (Zen Enthusia) 2xCass
  • Sir Richard Bishop - The Freak Of Araby (Drag City) CD
  • Crystal Hell Pool - Wind Blows Through Me (Crippled Symmetry Recordings) CDR
  • Dropp Ensemble - Safety (and/OAR) CD
  • Luc Ferrari - Labyrinthe De Violence / DANCE (Alga Marghen) 12″
  • Ibliss - Supernova (Garden Of Delights) CD
  • The Inner Space - Agilok & Blubbo (Wah-Wah Records Sound)
  • Demian Johnston - Forever (Dead Accents) Cass
  • Demian Johnston - Still (Dead Accents) Cass
  • Dave Knott - Sweet Little Guitar Ditties (Not On Label) CD
  • R Millis - 120 (Etude Records) CD
  • Hiroaki Minami - Obscure Tape Music Of Japan Vol.10: Electronic Symphony No. 1 (Edition Omega Point) CD
  • People Band - People Band 69/70 (Emanem) 2xCD
  • Eliane Radigue - Triptych (Important Records) CD
  • Eliane Radigue - Vice Versa, Etc.… (Important Records) 2xCD
  • Matt Shoemaker - The Sunken Plethora Consumes All (Mystery Sea) CDR
  • Omar Souleyman - Dabke 2020: Folk And Pop Sounds Of Syria (Sublime Frequenices) CD
  • Sperm - Shh! Heinäsirkat (De Stijl) LP
  • Sun City Girls - Napoleon & Josephine (Sun City Girls Singles Volume 2) (Abduction) CD
  • Akio Suzuki - Ki-date (Ichinomiya City Memorial Art Museum of Setsuko Migishi) DVD
  • Giancarlo Toniutti - The Early Tapes Period (Vinyl-On-Demand) 3xLP + 10″
  • UnicaZürn - Temporal Bends (uZu Music) CD
  • Simon Wickham-Smith - A Seventh Persimmon (Tape Drift Records) CDR
  • Zaïmph - Serpent’s Bite (Heavy Blossom) CD
  • Various - 1970’s Algerian Proto-Rai Underground (Sublime Frequencies) CD

FREE Forest of Grey in store performance 1/15/10

Friday, January 15th, 2010

FREE IN STORE PERFORMANCE!
FOREST OF GREY
for those of you who missed the legendary 30+ minute song, or just still need to get a shirt it’s
FRIDAY JAN 15th @ 6:45 PM
Prime Evil (the fate of our existence)
t-shirts are very limited run, so grab one now!  bring $15 (or $20 for ladies) cash tonight to buy them from the band.

Dave Knott in store performance

Friday, November 6th, 2009

FREE IN STORE PERFORMANCE

SATURDAY DECEMBER 12, 2009

DAVE KNOTT

6:00 PM



He started playing with sound in his grandfather’s junkyard in the early 1970’s, began guitar in 1981, served in the US Army 1988-1991, became a luthier in 1994, performed guitar music, built instruments, co-creatively engaged audiences and completed a degree in Music Therapy in 2000.



Since 2002, Knott has practiced as a music therapist at both Seattle Children’s Hospital and the Bailey-Boushay House. The Sweet Little Guitar Ditties have been developed over the past seven years within a music therapy practice with critically ill and injured adults and children. 



These guitar miniatures are musical offerings intended to engage and then calm individuals who face medical interventions and related anxiety and pain.  Knott’s collaborators in the Messenger Girls Trio helped him to refine the Ditties in weekly improvised music sessions from 2001-2007.



For more information about David Knott’s music therapy practice, go to:  http://www.seattlechildrens.org/about/stories/sound-of-music-therapy/



Music therapy is an allied health profession with a national independent certifying body.  Knott obtained his board certification in 2001 and completed his advanced training in Neurologic Music Therapy in 2006.

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Dave Knott has recorded with Sir Richard Bishop (Sun City Girls), Rob Millis & Jeffery Taylor (Climax Golden Twins), Animist Orchestra and Yes, Well (Jeph Jerman), Omake (Matt Shoemaker) & Johnson, Greasy, Erik Major, Mike Shannon, Steve Barsotti, Eric Lanzillotta and many others.  He has had the great fortune of studying with Pauline Oliveros and Stuart Dempster.  Knott has created numerous installations for participants to realize kinesthetic expressions in sound and promote deeper listening and has organized large, semi-improvised community sound-making experiences.  With instrument building, performances, workshops and recorded works, he seeks to stimulate the listener to a point of resonance and discovery of their own musical being.



Discography:  http://www.discogs.com/artist/Dave+Knott

top selling titles

Friday, November 6th, 2009

These are the 30 top selling titles over the last year at Dissonant Plane:

  • Bixobal #5 magazine
  • Forest Of Grey s/t CDR
  • Sun City Girls Fruit of the Womb / Polite Deception 2 x LP
  • Baker, Laurie Scott Gracility 2 x CD
  • Chalk, Andrew Shadows from the Album Skies CD
  • Ghosts on Water Senshu CD
  • Mood Organ Visiting A Burning Museum CDR
  • Our Love Will Destroy the World Polished Glass Autobahn 7″
  • Thunder Grey Pilgrim Demogorgon CDR
  • Astral Social Club Monster Mittens 7”
  • Chalk, Andrew River That Flows Into The Sands CD
  • Hellgrammite demo C12
  • AFCGT 10″ EP
  • AFCGT LP
  • Beausoleil, Bobby The Lucifer Rising Suite 4 x LP box
  • Chalk, Andrew River That Flows Into The Sands II CD
  • Chalk, Andrew & Suzuki, Daisuke Days After CD
  • Deep Listening Band Non-Stop Flight CD
  • Deep Listening Band Then & Now Now & Then: Celebrating 20 Years 2 x LP
  • Dempster, Stuart Underground Overlays from the Cistern Chapel CD
  • Jackman, Vikki Whispering Pages CD
  • Johnston, Demian A Fortress At Terra Sea C90
  • Johnston, Demian Forever C60
  • Johnston, Demian Still C90
  • Knott, Dave Sweet Little Guitar Ditties CD
  • Various …and Shiva Came For Charlie LP
  • Various Wooden Guitar 2 x LP
  • Wright, Peter Magpie Attack on the Back Road to Albert Town 7”
  • Wright, Peter Terrifying Realisation We Might Be Wrong 7”
  • Zaïmph Death Blooming Pleasure LP

Kawabata Makoto poster offer

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

We still have a few posters for the Kawabata Makoto performance left.  While supplies last, you can get a free screen printed poster made for us by Broken Press.  All you have to do is buy something by Kawabata or Acid Mothers Temple or make a purchase over $20 and we will give you a poster.  It’s really beautiful and only 50 copies were made.  So rush on down and grab yours before they are history!