Sound Dojo Vol III
Enter the Sound Dojo formless & be ready to free your mind to some expiermental sound waves!
Rosali
North Carolina-based artist Rosali makes songs that take their time in revealing their full power. What might first appear to be restrained, introspective compositions will stretch slowly outward, snagging your attention with a subtly sideways guitar lead or an exceptionally raw lyric you didn’t catch the first time around. A child of two musicians, Rosali grew up as part of a large family that sang together and taught themselves various instruments, finding the earliest forms of her musical voice harmonizing and making up songs with her sisters. As an adult, Rosali merged this musical upbringing with an active involvement in Philly’s experimental and D.I.Y. community. Her 2016 solo debut Out of Love was released on Siltbreeze, a long-running label that champions abstract noise and challenging listening. While Rosali’s earliest work was far nearer to folk-informed rock than harsh sonics, it held an intensity of its own in its strange angles and unexpected vulnerability. Second album Trouble Anyway expanded on the debut with clearer production and more involved arrangements. A host of friends from Philly’s freak scene contributed to the album, including appearances from ambient harpist/pianist Mary Lattimore, Purling Hiss/Birds of Maya shredder Mike Polizze, glistening lap-steel from Mike Sobel, understated percussion from War On Drugs drummer Charlie Hall, and several others. Trouble Anyway brought Rosali a new level of exposure, with a flood of positive critical press and tours supporting acts like The Weather Station and J Mascis. Along with her solo work, Rosali’s output has materialized as a broad spectrum of disparate collaborations, including the hypnotic garage trio Long Hots, slow-burning psych scrawl in duo Monocot with Cloud Nothings drummer Jayson Gerycz, and Wandering Shade, a three guitar improv act with Headroom’s Kryssi Battalene and Thrill Jockey artist Sarah Louise. Aspects of the more free-floating side of Rosali’s oeuvre inform her songwriting process, with songs often emerging from the ether of lengthy improvisation sessions, new ideas congealing through a boundless exploration of possibilities. Brought to life with help from Omaha’s David Nance Group as the backing band, 2021’s song-centered No Medium was a sharply realized example of Rosali’s distinctive synthesis of metered songwriting and unfettered searching. Around the same time, she offered a completely separate side of her craft with cassette release Chokeweed, a collection of auburn-hued solo guitar improvisations. She followed that in 2023 with the acclaimed improvisational guitar album Variable Happiness released under the moniker Edsel Axle. In whatever form it takes, Rosali’s softly glowing music is malleable and deceptively fluid, able to appear patient and refined or at the edge of unraveling depending on how closely you chose to look. Bite Down, Rosali’s new album made in collaboration with Omaha’s finest David Nance, James Schroeder, and Kevin Donahue, and Destroyer collaborator, Ted Bois released March 22, 2024 on Merge Records.
Melanated Magic “Finding Me”
Zhomontee is a mental health therapist and owner of Melanated Allied Counseling and Studio. She is a local actress and award winning performer. You may notice in recent performances with Joyful Noise, Salem Baptist Church and Rebel with a Cause with the River city Mixed Chorus as a soloist. You may have seen Zhomontee from her roles as Effie White at the Omaha Community Playhouse, as Marie/Fairy Godmother in Cinderella at The Rise, and her roles as Deloris Van Cartier in Sister Act at the Omaha Community Playhouse. Zhomontee has received an OEAA for best actress in a musical in 2017 and a Mary Peckham award from OCP for an outstanding performance in a musical. Melanated Magic “Finding Me” is my first solo/non theater based show! My business is called Melanated Allied Counseling and Studio for BIPOC and Queer Folk. I celebrate and serve so many people just like me and the only right thing is to do a show that celebrates that. This show outlines my love for me and my journey to getting there. While the music choices are recognizable as love songs and over all bops, they have a personal meaning to my growth. Come join me in a night of fun, good music, and great company!
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Bri Bagwell
Texas Female Artist of the Decade, Bri Bagwell, is a force to be reckoned with from her rousingly fun live performances to trailblazing recordings garnering her twelve #1 singles on Texas Country Radio and counting. With multiple Female Vocalist of the Year awards, Bri is making waves with her music drawing national attention. People Magazine raves, “Bagwell increasingly finds her name being mentioned amongst country music truth-tellers such as Ashley McBryde and Morgan Wade.” Her latest album, Corazón y Cabeza (Heart and Head), has already spawned three #1 singles, “Trenches,” “Free Man,” and “Hello Highway,” the latter inspiring her 2023 summer tour across 10 states and Mexico. Performing over 120 shows a year, Bri has shared the stage with a long list of esteemed artists, including Willie Nelson, Miranda Lambert, Robert Earl Keen, Kacey Musgraves, and Dwight Yoakam. Catch Bri Bagwell live on tour or listen to her latest podcast, ONLY VANS, at www.bribagwell.com.
Hayden Pedigo
Hayden Pedigo: man, myth, master of disguise; un-picker, finger-picker, absurdist, perfectionist. An innovator of the instrumental genre, challenger of the stereotypical, son of a truck-stop preacher. His new album, ‘I’ll Be Waving As You Drive Away’ is, Hayden reflects, not a straightforward solo guitar record, but in a sense “a micro-dose psychedelic album.” Unafraid to push the parameters of American primitive, the walls of the album’s world are fuzzed-up and glimmering. Pedigo’s trademark, highly skilled guitar compositions, more intricate than ever, are augmented by influences he’s never been able to achieve on previous records, drawing strongly from the uncanny psychedelia of larger-than-life culture in the American South, so often bigger, stranger, more unnerving than fiction. Throughout ‘I’ll Be Waving As You Drive Away’, moments of genre-defying, unapologetic exuberance are carefully balanced with delicacy and intricacy.
Adam Melchor
Adam Melchor’s journey thus far has been far from conventional. Long story short, this proud Jersey boy picked up a guitar and eventually fulfilled his lifelong dream of becoming a musician in Los Angeles. But in reality, he got there by singing for mobsters “well-suited insurance guys” at pizza parlors, getting an Opera degree, playing thousands of hours in various dives, churches, and restaurants (sometimes in the same day), and driving across the country to the West Coast in an old Toyota Camry (twice). Moving to Los Angeles during 2018, he had sessions with everyone from Charlie Puth to The Chainsmokers, and has also toured alongside Mt. Joy, Dodie, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, and JS Ondara. Picking up steam, his single “Real Estate” gained impressive traction leading up to the 2020 SUMMER CAMP EP. After racking up more than 40 million streams and garnering acclaim from NPR, Wonderland Magazine, Billboard, Atwood Magazine, and more, he properly made his debut earlier this year with Melchor Lullaby Hotline, Vol. 1.
Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds
Legendary guitar stylist Kid Congo Powers (The Gun Club, The Cramps, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds), along with cohorts: drummer Ron Miller (Up The Academy), and guitarist Mark Cisneros (Make-Up, Des Demonas & Hammered Hulls), embark on a Midwest USA & Canada tour in September 2025. Waking from a nap in the swamps of outer space, Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds ride a geisterbahn into the hypnagogic, a place between sleep and consciousness. Look out for them in a town near you!
Clan of Xymox
Clan of Xymox is a Dutch band formed in 1981 in Nijmegen, Netherlands. The band originally started under the name Xymox and was founded by Ronny Moorings. Their music is often classified as darkwave, gothic rock, and synth-pop, and they are known for their moody, atmospheric sound and introspective lyrics. In 1983, the band released their self-titled debut album “Subsequent Pleasures” and gained attention in the emerging gothic music scene. The album featured a dark, ethereal sound that would become their signature style. The band’s name was changed to Clan of Xymox after signing with the U.K. independent label 4AD. In 1985 Clan of Xymox released their second album, “Clan of Xymox ” which included the hit song “A Day.” The album helped establish the band’s reputation within the gothic / dark wave music scene and gained them a dedicated following. Over the years, Clan of Xymox has experienced various lineup changes, with Ronny Moorings being the only constant member. The band has continued to release albums and tour regularly, maintaining a strong fan base around the world. Clan of Xymox’s music often explores themes of love, loss, and introspection, and they are known for their melancholic and atmospheric soundscapes. Their influence can be heard in the work of many contemporary darkwave and gothic bands. Throughout their long career, Clan of Xymox has remained active and continues to be an important and influential presence in the gothic/ dark wave music genre. Ronny Moorings writes, records and produces all music and lyrics for his songs. Clan Of Xymox LIVE are : Ronny Moorings : vox, guitar, melodica. Mojca Zugna : bass. Mario Usai : guitar / bass. Sean Goebel : Keys , synth drums , backing vox. Daniel Hoffmann : FX & Sequencer.
Dayglo Abortions
Dayglo Abortions – The Dayglo Abortions, a Victoria BC punk/metal band that has been abusing ear holes since 1979. The Dayglo Abortions have put out over a dozen records, including the popular Feed Us a Fetus (1986) and Here Today, Guano Tomorrow (1987). Their last record at the time of writing was 2016’s Armageddon Survival Guide. The longest-running leader, producer and writer of the band is Murray “The Cretin” Acton. Currently the lead guitarist and vocalist, Acton created The Dayglo Abortions and has been active for every year except three in the mid-90s when he created the band LUMMOX, and released the masterpiece (Natural Born Swillers). The Dayglo Abortions are now and will forever be the most important punk band in Canada, also being one of the first bands in North American history to be slapped with obscenity charges. Murray considers his writing to be light hearted and satirical while the rest of us get to enjoy some of the finest punk rock ever written. The Brothels – ska/street punk from San Antonio, TX https://thebrothels.bandcamp.com/ Cordial Spew – hardcore / punk rock from Omaha, NE established in the early 1980’s Hand Painted Police Car – punk rock from Omaha https://handpaintedpolicecar.bandcamp.com/
