Artists' Reception and CD release event for GOLD RECORD STUDIO, a project of Jon Brumit and
Lisa Mezzacappa, featuring performances by some of the individuals that contributed to the project.
This spring, Jon Brumit and
Lisa Mezzacappa set up GOLD RECORD STUDIO, a free public recording studio at the NorCal Swap Meet at Laney College. Every Sunday for six weeks, anyone and everyone was invited to record a GOLD RECORD on the spot, with guest Bay Area musicians like SUKI O'KANE, SHELLEY DOTY, LUCIO MENEGON, JASON LEVIS, MICHA PATRI, AURORA JOSEPHSON, SETH LEPORE, WAYNE GRIM and DAN PLONSEY. The open-air, bare-bones studio was equipped with an antique record cutter, a stack of homemade blank plastic records, and a full set-up of instruments.
LIVE at LANEY is a double-CD, released on Edgetone Records. From droney psychedlic rock meditations, to a cappella soul covers, frenzied guitar shredding, funky drum beats, blues jams, noise rants, and impromptu operettas, the CD features intimate solo songs next to distorted full-band explosions. More than 120 amateur vocalists, audio engineers, record collectors, professional musicians, musical families, audiophiles, local bands and aspiring songwriters from ages 6 to 60 contributed tracks to the record. The result is a fascinating, overwhelming, dazzling sonic portrait of one idiosyncratic little corner of Oakland.
The exhibition, which runs through July 22, recreates the flea market in the gallery space with mural-sized photography and a sound installation of flea market field recordings. The exhibition also includes photo documentation from the flea market residency, videos of flea market jams, listening stations featuring CD outtakes and cut records, and Gold Record Studio paraphernalia. Funded in part by a grant from the City of Oakland's Cultural Funding Program.
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Info:
http://www.goldrecordstudio.com
http://www.edgetonerecords.com
http://www.21grand.org
http://www.jonbrumit.com
http://www.lisamezzacappa.com
Cost: FREE
Videos featuring musicians playing at this event
avantNOIR, a suite of compositions for jazz quartet plus guests, is a musical companion to the crime novels of Dashiell Hammett and Paul Auster. All music by Lisa Mezzacappa.