Yeast by Sweet Beast 2009 Highlights Experimental Music In the Quest to Keep Austin Weird!
Yeast by Sweet Beast 2009, presented by Crunchy Food Enterprises and Church of the Friendly Ghost is a three-day experimental improvisation and outsider music festival (now in its 9th year) to be held Saturday March 14th at Salvage Vanguard Theatre (2803 Manor Rd., Austin, 512-786-2015), Sunday March 15th and Monday March 16 at Plush (617 Red River, Austin, 512-478-0099), during the SXSW Film and Interactive festival. Poet, musician and filmmaker Anne Heller (of the experimental improv band Aurora Plastics Company) began the fest in the year 2000 to celebrate still being alive and to return a bit of happiness to the community by creating a manifestation of “flying the freak flag.” She organizes and funds the fest herself, paying the performing bands equally from the profits, if any. Inspired by Andy Warhol’s legendary “Exploding Plastic Inevitable” happenings, this showcase of up-and-coming tonal artists is accompanied by the film installations of video artist Paul Baker and others, creating a hypnotic ambiance throughout.
The music is the reason for the Yeast by Sweet Beast experimental music fest. Experimental music is a viable genre and should be performed live for people to see and hear. It has a history which dates back to the turn of the last century and is rooted in the jazz tradition which in turn stemmed from the music performed in voodoo rituals brought to ....America.... by African slaves. These vibrations and tones may seem unsettling or evil to the uninitiated, but in truth they are healing and cathartic. They can take one to a beautiful inner/outer space where one can be free to float beyond this drab, spastic world and its physical and spatial limitations.
Experimental improvisational music is “art for art’s sake,” creation as a means of intense personal expression. The bands featured in Yeast by Sweet Beast are all experienced improvisers who feel comfortable and relish the magic which is creativity in the moment. Many also perform in other musical genres. Each band gets a 30-minute set with 8 or 9 bands performing each night of the fest.
Yeast by Sweet Beast 2009 will feature Miami’s Laundry Room Squelchers, Denton’s The Watchers, Yells at Eels, Dust Congress, Table of the Elements artist Carlos Villarreal, , as well as such Austin-based experimental stalwarts as ST-37, Jherri Seinfeldt’s Atrophied Sac, Houston-based Future Blondes and Muzak John, Book of Shadows, Doug Ferguson of the Austin Theremonic Orchestra, and organic-electric soundtrack conjurers Aurora Plastics Company. Paul Baker of Sub Oslo, visual artists Eyeplug, RecSpec and Lars will visually accompany the musical performances, in traditional Yeast by Sweet Beast fashion.
Please contact Anne at cfood3000@gmail.com or Aaron at churchofthefriendlyghost@gmail.com for more information. See the latest Yeast by Sweet Beast 2009 updates and band schedule at http://www.myspace.com/auroraplasticscompany or
http://www.myspace.com/auroraplastics.
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Contact: Anne Heller
Aurora Plastics Company (band)
Crunchy Food Enterprises
cfood3000@gmail.com
or
Aaron Mace of Church of Friendly Ghost Booking
churchofthefriendlyghost@gmail.com
Yeast by Sweet Beast 2009 Schedule:
Sat mar 14 at salvage vanguard (2803 Manor Rd.,512-786-2015)
Main Stage:
Projections by Eyeplug
7:15 to 7:45 pm --------Book of Shadows
8 to 8:30 pm -----------Bee vs. Moth
8:45 to 9:15 pm --------Yells at Eels
9:30 pm to 10 pm -------Mystery Band
10:15 to 10:45 pm ------Waco Girls
11 to 11:30 pm ---------Great Tyrant
11:45 to 12:15 am ------Future Blondes
12:30 to 1 am ----------Balaclavas
1:15 to 1:45 am --------ST37
Side Stage:
Projections by Lars
7:30 to 8 pm -----------Carlos Villareal
8:15 to 8:45 pm --------Concrete Violin
9 to 9:30 pm -----------ecfa
9:45 to 10:15 pm -------Clear Spot
10:30 to 11 pm ---------Skullcaster
11:15 to 11:45 pm ------Xathax
midnite to 12:30 am ----Steve Marsh
12:45 to 1:15 am -------The Watchers
1:30 to 2 am -----------Muzak John
Sun mar 15 at Plush (617 Red River, 512-478-0099)
Projections by RecSpec
8 to 8:30 pm -----------Canada Coda
8:45 to 9:15 pm --------Bobbie
9:30 pm to 10 pm -------Bright Duplex
10:15 to 10:45 pm ------7 Inch Stitch
11 to 11:30 pm ---------Dust Congress
11:45 to 12:15 am ------FM Campers
12:30 to 1 am ----------Plutonium Farmers
1:15 to 1:45 am --------Jherri Seinfeldt's Atrophied Sac
Mon mar 16 at Plush (617 Red River, 512-478-0099)
Projections by Paul Baker
8 to 8:30 pm -----------Mold
8:45 to 9:15 pm --------Johnkin'kin
9:30 pm to 10 pm -------Jacob Green's Project with Tamara
10:15 to 10:45 pm ------Low Red Center
11 to 11:30 pm ---------Expensive Shit
11:45 to 12:15 am ------Laundry Room Squelchers
12:30 to 1 am ----------Doug Ferguson
1:15 to 1:45 am --------Aurora Plastics Company