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Le Voix Vulgaires
To paraphrase Frank Zappa, does humor belong in experimental
music? It does--not only to offset the uneasy, "what
the fuck am I listening to" chortles occasionally
heard at experimental music gigs, but to offer a cheery
respite from the serious mission of subverting mainstream
music. While it is easy to resort to scatological humor--Zappa's
poo-poo caca lyrics derailed a good chunk of his otherwise
interesting music--provoking genuine laugh-out-loud guffaws
is damn difficult. Les Voix Vulgaires--their moniker alludes
to the once trendy Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares--is
a trio of three masterfully hilarious singers: Amy Denio,
Detonator Beth, and King Leah. Denio, the best known of
the three, has a multi-octave voice that can veer from
glowering rumbles to siren squeaks in a trice. The aptly
named Detonator Beth has brought her vigorous operatic
voice to several local agglomerations of improvising musicians.
Until moving to Berlin last year, King Leah was active
in the SoniCabal, an archly eclectic Seattle sound-art
collective. Her brief return to Seattle will be welcomed
by those who recall her loft gigs and stubborn brand of
performance art.
This performance celebrates the release of Natural Progression
(Spoot Music), a CD that inhabits the sparsely populated
territory of humorous experimental music. The voices of
Amy Denio, Detonator Beth, and King Leah are indeed vulgar,
warping astonishing vocal techniques into demented performance
art. Burbling amid a ululating gumbo of panting, whispering,
and yelling, Les Voix Vulgaires range from the mumbling
of Muppets gone mad to the childlike voices of space aliens
to the rasping moans of that one-night stand that you
(and, alas, your neighbors) will never forget. CHRISTOPHER
DeLAURENTI
Les Voix Vulgaires perform Fri Dec 13 2002(Polestar Music
Gallery, 1412 18th at East Union, , Seattle, WA 329-4224)
at 8 pm, $6.
TUESDAY 6/19 2002
LES VOIX VULGAIRES--No, it's not a misprint but an eminently
suitable moniker for the extended singing techniques and
vocal mayhem of Amy Denio, Detonator Beth, and King Leah.
The last time I saw the Berlin-bound King Leah, she was
hypnotically chirping though a saxophone while standing
in a bag of soil, so this should be an unusual, if not
surreal, show. Coffee Messiah is essentially a charming
art-festooned corridor, so plan on getting cozy. Coffee
Messiah, 1554 E Olive, Seattle, WA - 8 pm, free.
Christopher DeLaurenti
Friday, December 13th 2003
Les Voix Vulgaires CD Release Performance & Party
Seattle, Polestar Music Gallery, 1412 18th Avenue (at
East Union), Seattle, WA - 8 pm, $6 donation, All Ages.
"Les Voix Vulgaires is the vocal trio of Amy Denio,
Detonator Beth, and King Leah, three very experienced
singers who utilize their voices and small plastic acoustic
phenomena. Together they weave a crazy quilt of sound,
expression, emotion, and beautiful harmony. Please join
us for a CD release performance and party celebrating
their first recording, Natural Progression (Spoot Music).
Let there be no doubt that Polestar will never be the
same once this torrid trio of vocal explorers has had
its way with the space - don't miss this wild-and-wonderful
evening."
Alex Keller
Upcoming show:
Thursday December 23, 2004
Wll of Sound party
The Rendezvous, Seattle, WA
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Gorilla Juice and Art Fag
Gorilla Juice and Art Fag are a Berlin duo comprised
of Australian concert ceollist, Dave Sills and American
multi instrumentalist, Leah Gold (aka Vagina Jones) Their
show and sound is akin to an old circus side show with
a combination of old circus melodies on accordion mixed
with the ceollo's bassy rythms and various electronic
children's toys. They sing stories of falling in love
with a circus gorilla, space alien factories, self destruction,
and the occasional experimental Cole Porter cover.
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Donned in a gorilla suit, Dave Sills fits the circus
monkey meets musical genius role partnered with the awkwardly
musical Leah Gold often in black suit and tie. They are
quite the gender-bendered/species-benderd pair. You may
find them playing in clubs around Berlin.
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The Ate Vagina Konspiracy
+ title: PUSH IT LIVE
+ year of production: FEB 2004-PRESENT DAY.
+ country of production: GERMANY (mostly).
+ name of artist(s): THE ATE VAGINA KONSPIRACY
(Baroness Kate von Donovan & Vagina Jones)
+ address
+ email: kdonovan_uk@yahoo.co.uk
+ project description: LIVE PERFORMANCE
Ever had the age-old argument of whether or not dj-ing
is actually live, or really a performance? Partners in
crime Baroness Kate von Donovan & Vagina Jones poke
you in the ribs with this one again when they perform
together as The Ate Vagina Konspiracy. You may find them
playing obscure records & cd rarities, barking like
dogs, mixing in field recordings, babbling over cb’s
& microphones, playing kids toys, playing back dictaphone
gorgeous noise, drinking vodka & wearing weird stuff.
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on at
01/10/04 treptower park, Berlin.
06/08/04 mudd club, Berlin.*
01/08/04 noise stage, camp tipsy, Germany.
31/07/04 area x, camp tipsy, Germany.
24/07/04 white trash, Berlin.
19/06/04 white trash, Berlin.
24/05/04 all night show at radio patapoe, Amsterdam.
22/05/04 old underwear factory, Amsterdam.
15/05/04 ‘radioaktiv’, for a free radio in Berlin,
Ausland, Berlin.
10/05/04 concert in X-berg, Berlin.
05/03/04 Apostrov record release party at Lichtblick kino,
Berlin.
22/02/04 all night radio show at reboot.fm, Berlin. [www.reboot.fm]
21/02/04 noise am brunnen, Berlin.**
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+ technical specifications: ordinary DJ setup [turntables,
cd players, mixer (with plenty of lines-in), microphones,
amp, speakers].
+ biography:
THE ATE VAGINA KONSPIRACY left a bad taste in your mouth.
Recordings:
* ”I’m gonna wipe my ass with worms.”
**”Everyone should have it.”
[BARONESS KATE VON DONOVAN] has had a beautiful affiliation
with sound; listening & speaking/ taking & giving/
recording & sending… studying & presenting/
making & showing -- primarily in hull, uk; melbourne,
australia; & berlin, germany.
The Baroness organizes numerous sound/music/art/film/performance
events; plays live sound & dj’s regularly throughout
europe [both solo & often in collaboration with others];
has a multitude of radio experience, primarily for juni
radio, reboot.fm & festival radio for ‘fusion
festival’ & ‘camp tipsy’ [germany];
makes sound installation; films & photographs; writes;
bakes amazing carrot cake.
[VAGINA JONES:] With 4 solo cds, 8 cds from her
musical collaborations and 3 compilations behind her,
Leah Gold aka King Leah, Flying Jesus and as of 5 years
Vagina Jones, is a multi-instrumentalist, performance
artist, writer and DJ. She has collaborated with the talented
Amy Denio in their band "Le Voix Vulgaires,"
Negativland on her cd "Billy Joel Recepticle,"
the avant-garde band Tripod, and performed live and on
the radio across the US and Europe with The Church of
the Subgenius.
You may find her dressed up as a moose while DJing, playing
her bass as a gorilla, or performing with her accordion
in clubs and on the radio in the United States and in
Europe. She currently lives in Berlin and makes incredible
vegan chocolate cheesecake.
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