• JC Fetlock – Flute
• Sam Frantz – Synth
• Michael Friedman – Guitar
• Doug Hynes – Guitar
• Rodney Martin – Synth
• Jeff Rettew – Drums
• David Sheaffer – Bass
• Bill Speakman – Drums/Theremin
• TBD
• TBD

Show Details:
The Candy Factory – Warehouse D
342 N. Queen St. Rear
(walk through the arch to the rear of the building, next to Building Character)
Saturday, September 19
Facebook Event
Doors 7pm
Show 8pm
$10 Suggested Donation (pay what you can)
Produced by Lancasphere Sound Collective

Joe Olnick

Harrisburg guitarist Joe Olnick found inspiration for his new album in an unexpected place: at a friend’s art exhibit. Olnick attended an exhibit by artist and musician Stew Bradley of Lancaster last spring.
“Stew and I were in a band together a few years ago, and when I heard he was having an exhibit of paintings, I had to check it out,” Olnick explains. “I was blown away by what he had been creating, especially with his magnificent use of brilliant colors in this series of paintings.”
Olnick offered to compose an instrumental piece that Bradley could play at his next exhibit. “I wanted the music to enhance the paintings, and not distract from them, but also add to the experience for those going through an exhibit.”
Bradley sent Olnick pictures of the new paintings, and he came up with sounds and musical themes that he looped and layered, hoping to mimic the bright layers of color in the buildings and landscapes. What started out as one ambient piece soon evolved into many, and the album Bright Paintings was born.
Here are two songs from Bright Paintings along with the artwork by Stew Bradley that inspired them:
(view a full image of the painting)

(view a full image of the painting)

George Wallace

Lancasphere 8

Saturday, May 9, 2015
Doors 7:00pm
Show 7:30pm
$5-$10 Suggested Donation | BYOB

• Photographer and filmmaker Lowell Brown presents excerpts from After Lumiere
• Filmmaker Stephen Ulrich returns with live improvised visual projects
• Visual and performance artist Nancy Baum will be creating live visual art responses to the improvised music

Here’s how it the Evolution of Sound works:

• Loretta Bilieux – Vocals
• Melissa Brun – Cello
• Robin Chambers – Violin
• John Healy – Guitar
• Brandon Hollinger – Sax
• John LeClair – Guitar
• Rob Nye – Bass
• Jesse Porter – Drums
• Jordan Rast – Violin
• Malik Rhodes – Bass

Show Details:
The Candy Factory – Warehouse D
342 N. Queen St. Rear
(walk through the arch to the rear of the building)
Saturday, April 18

Doors 7pm
$5 – $10 Suggested Donation (pay what you can)
Produced by Wood Stove House and Scott Bookman

Birds of the Cloud Forest

I started thinking about devices that would play themselves while traveling though Europe in 1978. I kept a journal and drew a picture of one device that appeared in a dream. When I returned to West Philly I started to accumulate parts to build these devices. Soon after, my energy went into rehabbing a newly purchased house and into playing oboe in a jazz and world music trio. Gradually the boxes of parts got pushed further back down the to do list. The dreams stayed alive and supplied enough energy to drag those boxes along on four house moves, and resist their getting dumped in the trash.  About four years ago Jason Mundok asked me to do some incidental music for the [Lancaster’s] 24 Hour Plays. With parenting down to a dull roar it seemed appropriate to dig around in the attic and see what was in those boxes. I pieced together some things that were the beginnings of what I am doing now.
As a homage to Frank Zappa’s piece “Toads of the Short Forest” I capriciously called the first performance “Birds of the Cloud Forest” which over time took on its own meaning. I look at the devices that play themselves as the “cloud”, a loose collection of sound molecules that do not have a defined shape or rhythm. At the moment the cloud includes three guitars that are strummed automatically and two 1980’s synthesizers.  The birds are the instruments that are actively played while the cloud chugs along under its own steam. Instruments include oboe, a bamboo clarinet (inexplicably in A-flat), recorders, and an assortment of whistles. For the March 21st performance we have added an another bird, local guitarist Steve Bridgeman. Steve and I last played together in a quartet in the early 1990s. His vision and virtuosity add a unique birdsong into the cloud forest.
Another addition for this performance will be visuals some of which will be created on the spot in real time. Nancy Baum makes drawings using household materials and inks on a drawing board that will be projected as a back drop to the music. Included will be a video of shadow play; a drawing in 3D. – Tim Baum 3/8/15

Here’s Birds of the Cloud Forest at Lancasphere 2 on November 14, 2014.

Noite

Here Inside

Here Inside performs atmospheric and ambient art rock. The band formed in early 2014 to develop and perform two concept albums called Brave Road (Part I & Part II). Read more about that project here. Members include Michael Bridgman (bass), Randy Bucksner (saxophone and flute), Anne Kirby (vocals), Kelly McClain (drums), and Jason Mundok (keyboard and vocals).

Hello Counselor

Hello Counselor is a collective of local musicians who perform all improvised sets of experimental music. In various forms, the group performs weekly at improv sessions at the home of Lancaster guitarist and concert promotor, Scott Bookman. The Lancasphere 4 configuration includes Matt Blank (drums) from Slackwater News, Scott Bookman(guitar), Michael Bridgman (bass) from Here Inside, Ron Leik (guitar), and Travis Spurley (sax) from Shrimpboat.