Michael Durek

4.17.2012 Omega Sound Fix II – Electronic Music Festival

admin — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:22:05 +0000

“The Omega Sound Fix is an innovative and eclectic music festival that takes place in central NJ, curated by Michael Durek and Mark Weinberg. The festival showcases top electronic and avant-garde musicians, video artists, and performance artists. The first Omega Sound Fix manifested on November 20th and 21st, 2010. Omega Sound Fix II will be a 2 day event taking place in New Brunswick, NJ on April 20th and 21st, 2012 at Alfa Art Gallery”

http://omegasoundfix.com/

4.7.2012 CloudCloud, blithe(doll), George Sand, and Seapost at Legion Bar FREE

admin — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:14:15 +0000

Poster by Jay Pluck

Legion Bar
790 Metropolitan Ave.Brooklyn, NY 11211
Just off the Graham stop on the L Train

(in order)

Cloud Cloud

Blithe(doll)

George Sand
(fmr. Jay Pluck & Friends)

Seapost

3.21.2012 Omega Sound Fix II – Innovative music festival in NJ

admin — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:40:46 +0000

Experimental Music Festival resonates in New Brunswick art gallery

Over fifteen innovative acts will perform at the bleeding edge of sound on April 20th & 21st at Omega Sound Fix II at the Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ. The festival began in 2010 when curators Mark Weinberg and Michael Durek sought to fill a void for a spirited festival of new and innovative music in central NJ.

Among the performers this year is spoken word artist, Brick, who was born deaf but now expresses himself with inspirational tones that he has created to cope with adversity. Brooklyn-based experimental trio Prehistoric Horse, and danceable ambient artist $50 trumpet (also hailing from Brooklyn) will be generously sharing their skills on the bill. Avant-garde vets ArtCrime will take the stage on the opening night. And Chester Hawkins, playing as Blue Sausage Infant, will be there from Washington D.C., hypnotizing and stimulating with loops, arpeggiated vibrations, and everything in between.

The local element at the festival promises to be powerful. Blithe(doll), excavating their innovative electro/trip-hop siren calls, will be returning for their second Omega Sound Fix appearance, as will part- techno-part-down-tempo atmospheric laptop guru, Borne. Asbury Park’s rising Wreaths will headline the first night, displaying their warm and mystifying saturated drones. Fairychaser will stop you in your tracks with their heartbreaking combination of ethereal percussion and starkly classic vocal stylings. STRNGLV’s multimedia demonstration of nebulous pulses will take you on a trip to the astral plane, but don’t float away…

…because you don’t want to miss festival curators Mark Weinberg and Michael Durek, who will combine sonic forces on day two for a memorable Trinitron/CloudCloud set. Trevor Pennsylvania and Jim Schmidt’s foray into no-wave, a movement swaying you to the left of the proverbial dial, will take shape as The Summer Dresses. 2673 will intrigue with his blissfully oppressive sound worlds, ranging from barely there zero ambiance to speaker shredding walls of noise static.

Open your mind. Allow these unique transmissions to wash over you. There is water everywhere. This is the Omega Sound Fix. Your perfect prescription awaits. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Visit omegasoundfix.com for full line-up and details

Tickets are $6 for one day, $10 for a two-day pass. Doors open at 7 p.m. on Friday and 5 p.m. on Saturday.

2.9.2012 – 4 shows, 3 groups, 2 releases, 1 theremin

admin — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:58:30 +0000

New PAS releases

Split 7″ with Torsten Soltau on m.m label

Flanked by Women and Pumpkins on Alrealon label

UPCOMING SHOWS

Friday 2/3
On theremin supporting Jay Pluck

JAY PLUCK & FRIENDS
PETE’S CANDY STORE
9 PM SHARP FREE
709 LORIMER
__________________________________
JAY PLUCK+ MICHAEL DUREK+
TYLER EVANS+ CANDACE THOMPSON+
JULIA VIOLET + CHRISTOPHER YEATMAN

Saturday 2/4
On theremin supporting Rachel Mason @ the Queens Museum (Unisphere)
Queens Museum’s Biennial opening party Three Points Make a Triangle
7:00 – Brian Zegeer and Baby Copperhead’s Pull My Daisy video remix.
8:30 – Rachel Mason at the Unisphere

Saturday 2/11
On theremin supporting Zilmrah
Legion Bar
790 Metropolitan Avenue Brooklyn
8:30p Valerie Kuehne
9:30 Zilmrah
10:30 Jazzfakers
11:30 Chonto/Tamura Sonic Insurgency

FRIDAY 2/17
with Jay Pluck
NEAL MORGAN
ED ASKEW BAND
JAY PLUCK & FRIENDS
Vaudeville Park
26 Bushwick Ave.
Doors at 7 PM

12.7.2011 Brooklyn Fireproof; Dec 17th Trevor Faurot Tribute; we’re on TV, dudeks; Classwar Karaoke

admin — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 15:17:21 +0000

1 – PAS at Brooklyn Fireproof 12/8
Reverend Screaming Fingers Big Band+Little Band of Sailors+Alias Pail+PAS Musique
119 Ingraham Street, Brooklyn, NY
Doors 8pm
Suggestion donation – $10 RSVP

2 -New Cloud Cloud set at the Court Tavern 12/17 Trevor Faurot Tribute show
The Court Tavern. 108 Chuch St, New Brunswick, NJ
CLOUD CLOUD, TRINITRON, CHRIS HARRIS (of like trains and taxis), JAC, WALKING WITH CAVEMEN
DOORS: 9pm , I go on first
$8 RSVP
The untimely passing of Trevor Faurot, a great musician and great guy, has prompted a Tribute show, headlined and curated by Trevor’s group Waking with Cavemen. I will be playing as Cloud Cloud and premeiring the NEW SHIT – listen to it on Classwar Kareoke………..

3- New Track on Classwar Kareoke Survey CK0016 – Cloud Cloud – “Phony Insect Water Machines”
On the same survey, my theremin work is also featured on Zilmrah’s Upheavals in Remission
and check out the new PAS track there while you’re at it! Or heck download the whole survey for free, over 2000 folks already have.

4 – SK Orchestra / PAS on TV in Germany Watch
With Robert L. Pepper and Michael Durek (Or as they write – Michael Dudek, obviously b/c I’m a dude)
Also Brandstifter, Meng-Hsuan Wu, Inox Kappelle, Daniel Hering, Datashock, and many others appear.

AvantElectroExpectroExtravaganza, TheaterLab, The Most Passionate Speech Ever, Solo CloudCloud Set

admin — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 15:39:03 +0000

* The most passionate speech ever set to SKO music!

Did you see this crazy guy? I was inpired to spice up his speech with an SKO track and some wild dogs. He takes a football coach role and “plays” that role in the context of a local political speech. Content aside, it is unintentional performance art at its best.

* Sunday, Nov 20th, 13 Thames, 3rd Floor AvantElectroExpectroExtravaganza

A truly diverse feast of innovative music!
Sunday Nov 20th
13 Thames, 3rd Floor, Brooklyn
$5
PJ’s not required8:30pm – SK Orchestra – Ambient / Experimental
9:10pm – Loop B – Brazillian Junk Percussion
9:50pm – Badmitten (damien olsen) – Electro/Lounge/Space chillOut/ Post Rave Ambient
10:20pm – Amar Chaudhary (catsynth) – electronic instruments with “modern-clasicical”, jazz and world-music
11pm – Doom Trumpet (simple, meditative, layered pop songs)

* Saturday, Nov 26th, A night of Experi-MENTAL music
@ Theaterlab: 137 WEST FOURTEENTH STREET – NEW YORK
$10 with complementary wine.
7pm
featuring:
PAS
Richard Lainhart and Lucio Menegon
Koning’s Blauw
Amar Chaudhary
‘History of the Future’ live film score directed by Richard Lainhart with ‘The Orchestra of the Future’.

I will be playing here in lots of different capacities.

* Solo Cloud Cloud set at the Court Tavern Saturday 12/17/2011 , details soon.

10.26.2011 Sound candy in New brunswick, Performance at Dino Eli Gallery with Laura Mylott Manning

admin — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:00:22 +0000

1 – International and local acts tomorrow Saturday 10/22 in New Brunswick (!!)
Come enjoy and drink wine with…

Doom Trumpet
SK Orchestra (Mike Durek, Brandstifter, Tsubasa Berg, Jim Tuite…)
Wizards of Oi (Brandstifter, and Aaron Moore from Volcano the Bear)
Summer Dresses (Trevor of HAB and Jim Schmidt)

This is Brandstifter’s Farewell show before he returns to Mainz and the river rhine.

Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
108 Church Street
8pm
$5
Face Book Event

I’m accompanying Laura Mylott Manning as sound designer for…
Smash, Crumble and Grind – Chalk Dress
Dino Eli Gallery
81 Hester Street (At Orchard), Manhattan
Artist reception;
Friday October 28, 2011 6 – 9 pm
The Performance is at 7 pm
I was commissioned to make a soundcollage to accompany Laura’s performance.
Note: The performance itself will last about 10 minutes, so don’t be late!

10.7.2011 Super Coda, Bananas at DUMBO Arts fest, SK tape out

admin — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:37:58 +0000

1- Supercoda show on Sat October 8th – Show at 13 Thames SK Orchestra tape release show, Brandstifter & Kerstin Lichtblau, Jerry and the t Party, $50 Trumpet pre-vietnam send-off show!
Show starts at 8pm.
$5, we tried to make it free but the venue charges a little to help with rent/accommodating us/etc

2 – Did you see my bananas?
Two weekends ago, at Bartertown for the DUMBO arts festival, if you gave me a receipt you would have gotten a banana, or a GOLDEN banana.
It was called “Bananas for receipts”

3 - The Tape! Micro-release , original silk-screened art, hand-numbered, on sicsic tapes : SK Orchestra live at the Flux Factory.
Dust off your tape player and dig in. Check out the art by Paula de Castro.

4- A little pic of me in Rachel Mason‘s Opera “Alien Suns” this was a gas!

8.31.2011 Germany, New Track, Supernatural Opera, DUMBO Arts Fest

admin — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:17:42 +0000




	- The SK Orchestra and PAS at „KunstZwerg“ Art Festival September 2nd to 4th 2011 in Zweibrücken/Germany SKO’s International Debut! - PAS at Electro-musicfest at Huguenot “The woodstock of electronic music” Sept 11th 5pm in the theater click here for directions/ details – One of my tracks is on the compilation Classwar Karaoke Survey 015! - ALIEN SUNS/ A Supernatural Opera by Rachel Mason and Little Band of Sailors I’m playing theremin! September 15th, 9pm at Dixon Place, NYC $10 The FB Event Click Here for tix and details - I have a booth at Bartertown, by The Heather Hart Experience at the DUMBO Arts Festival! September 24th and 25th (Saturday and Sunday) Click here for directions/details My booth is called “Bananas for receipts” - I’ll be trading bananas in exchange for receipts. Bring your receipts and other stuff for trade!

7.29.11 Experi-MENTAL fest, SKO on label, SKO/PAS in Germany

admin — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:54:31 +0000

I’m very excited to be participating in….

- The Experi-MENTAL festival III
Fri-Sunday, August 5th-7th
Presented by PAS and Alrealon Music
Curated by PAS and Valerie Kuehne
Goodbye Blue Monday, 1087 Broadway, Brooklyn
SK Orchestra’s set is Saturday 8pm
But I will sitting in with Invisible Hand on Friday at 10pm
and Valerie Kuehne and Chris Haack on Sunday

-The SK Orchestra’s first international performance at „KunstZwerg“ Art Festival, and another set by PAS
is taking place September 2nd to 4th 2011 in Zweibrücken/Germany. Big thanks to our dear friends Brandstifter and Tanja, and of course my amigo and bandmate, Mr. SK100, Robert L. Pepper, without whom I wouldn’t be doing any of this.

and….

A small label in Frankfurt, sicsic tapes, is distributing a two sided SKO tape to the world-wide experimental scene!