9th Annual Experimental Music Festival

The Olympia Strange Music Society was founded in 1995 by Arrington de Dionyso and Jim McAdams, two KAOS dj's who agreed that while Olympia was certainly a fertile ground for independent rock music, there were other genres of very visceral music that were under-represented in the "scene".

(PRWEB) May 31, 2003

PRESS RELEASE FOR:

THE NINTH ANNUAL OLYMPIA FESTIVAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MUSICS June 26-29 2003

The Olympia Strange Music Society was founded in 1995 by Arrington de Dionyso and Jim McAdams, two KAOS dj's who agreed that while Olympia was

certainly a fertile ground for independent rock music, there were other genres of very visceral music that were under-represented in the "scene".

The first annual Olympia Festival of Experimental Musics was held in May of 1995, in conjunction with the Seattle Festival of Improvised Music. In the following years the festival was moved to the last weekend in June.

What is Experimental Music? The Olympia Festival of Experimental Musics does not concern itself with answering this question directly, but each year presents a very diverse group of performers, each with their own very different approach to working with sound and performance.

While there are festivals with similar aim all over the country (usually in bigger cities known for experimental music), the Olympia Festival avoids the "stuffiness" of some more formal presentations of experimental/new music by

keeping to the small town "DIY" punk ethic that is so associated with Olympia's music history.

Each year the Festival has grown considerably in international reputation amoung the connaisseurs of avant-garde music. Each festival has presented an amazing diversity of approaches to and backgrounds in experimental music, from new composition, free improvisation, avant-rock, avant-jazz, noise, electronic, and music that is undefinable except to say that is it very

strange. Every festival has featured performers astounding in their years of mastery of their forms and instruments, with international reputations. Every festival has also made room for younger performers very new to

experimental music. More than a few times we have hosted a young experimental musician's very first public performance.

The down-home enviroment of the festival is such that old masters and young amateurs can interact freely and thoughtfully without need for ego and

pretension. This year will be the first year that the festival has hosted a night set aside especially for collaborations of music with dance, which will be held at the Heart and Soul Dance Studio on Sunday June 29th.

The Ninth Annual Olympia Festival of Experimental Musics is curated by Arrington de Dionyso. Performers will be arriving from Seattle, Portland, Bay Area, Los Angeles, Chicago, NYC, and Portugal.

for more information, please contact Arrington at 360 786 1638, or relijun@hotmail.com

Showtimes each night 8pm, admission is $7 for opening night, $6 for subsequent nights, or $20 for a full pass to all events. In addition to

scheduled events listed below, there will be a number of guerilla "happenings" occuring throughout Olympia during the week of the experimental music festival.

THURSDAY JUNE 26- Traditions Cafe 300 Fifth Ave

8:00-8:35 Bert Wilson, Nancy Curtis, Craig Hoyer-Olympia

8:40-9:10 Allen and Pat Strange-Bainbridge Island

9:15-9:40 Gust Burns, Annie Lewandowski, Tom Swafford, Heather

Gibbons-Seattle

9:45-10:15 Billy Mintz-Los Angeles

10:20-10:55 Aaron Russell-Bay Area

11:00-11:25 Vis a Viscera-Olympia

11:30-12:00 ImproviSatyrs-Los Angles

FRIDAY JUNE 27-Traditions Cafe 300 Fifth Ave

8:00-8:30 Monktail Creative Music Concern (w/Bert Wilson)-Seattle/Olympia

8:35-9:05 Thollem McDonas-Pacifica, CA

9:10-9:40 Mike Bisio, Rob Blakeslee, Greg Campbell-Seattle

9:45-10:05 Ghidra-Seattle

10:10-10:40 Scott Looney Trio-Bay Area/Portland

10:50-11:20 When Bells Breathe- Seattle

11:30-12:00 Gino Robair- San Francisco

12:05-12:35 rev.99 -New York City

SATURDAY JUNE 28- Midnight Sun 113 Columbia

8:00-8:30 Faun Fables Solo and Noe Venable- Bay Area

8:35-9:05 Metalux -Chicago

9:10-9:30 Big Techno Werewolves-Chicago

9:35-9:55 -Chuck Swaim and the Dead Air Fresheners -Olympia

10:00-10:25 Zdrastvootie -Santa Cruz

10:30-11:00 Adam Diller Trio-Seattle

11:05-11:30 Doug Theriault/Jim Knodle/Tim du Roche-Portland/Seattle

11:37-12:00 Experimental Dental School-Bay Area

SUNDAY JUNE 29- Heart and Soul Dance Studio

8:00-8:40 Eddie the Rat -Bay Area

8:50-9:20 Janet Pants Dans Theeatre -Los Angeles

9:25-9:50 Super Unity Super Group -Portland

10:00-10:30 Bridget Irish -Olympia

10:35-11:05 Acoustic Reign Project-Seattle

11:10-11:40 Noggin -Bellingham

11:50-?Wood Paneling -Olympia