NO PART OF IT

2012-02-14T02:46:00.000-08:00

I will be playing at Crown Tap in Support of Mac Blackout Band and Shaved Women on March 17th

Xylowave/Zylowave

2012-01-03T01:56:00.000-08:00

Spleencoffin has just released a split c50 cassette between GX Jupitter-Larsen and myself. It will come with a double sided 3 panel insert, xerox on black paper, and silver screen printing.

Arvo on Decaycast

2011-10-26T23:21:00.000-07:00

eck out a rare internet release I did for Decaycast, a loop based kind of sound collage effects composition, shooby doo bop.

"333" aired at Martha's show on WFMU!

2011-09-30T00:59:00.000-07:00

Along with Mark McGuire, Crank Sturgeon, and Black Vomit! Listen HERE!

"333" Aired on Dave X's "It's Too Damn Early" Radio Show

2011-09-30T00:53:00.000-07:00

Along with Merzbow, Richard Pinhas, Government Alpha, and Giancarlo Toniutti. Listen HERE!

"333" at The Sound Projector!

2011-09-30T00:49:00.001-07:00

The Heat Death of Everything

16 May: oddity of the month for May comes from Arvo Zylo in Chicago. His 333 (NO LABEL) release is a quite overwhelming mix of chaotic elements, where manic organ riffs and repeated loops are pitched against large gusts of disquieting and alien noise blocks. For all of these three long tracks, there is a constant air of alarm, as though things are going to get wildly out of control and potentially dangerous at any second. Patterns do emerge from the apparent chaos and fug, but this is definitely one teeth-clenching roller-coaster ride where you need to strap yourself firmly into your armchair before clicking the play button. The collaged cover artworks are printed in garish, acid colours and their imagery tends to mimic the mayhem of the music, particularly the pink dayglo chickens running over what looks like an endless field of scrap metal. “Alcohol-soaked, dark and solitary” is how the creator describes the making of this intense and strange album of circuit-bending and warped hip-hop approaches.

Arvo on UbRadio/9th Floor Radio

2011-09-25T19:03:00.000-07:00

Listen to a podcast by members of Big City Orchestra featuring material by Arvo, along with an eclectic mix of jazz, avant garde, electronic music, and plain out zany and rib tickling fun!

9thub9-Sep 22,11pt1 from das ubuibi on Vimeo.

9thub-Sep 22,11pt2 from das ubuibi on Vimeo.

PLAYLIST (artist / release / track name)

Gil Evans Orchestra / Blues In Orbit / title track
National Lampoon Radio Hour / Greatest Hits / Public Disservice
Emmenthal Socapex / Aeterna
Cursed Chimera / End This / Didn't Really Want To Know
Villain / Dissenter / I Got Virus
Babalon / Live recording 2003
Charles Rice Goff III / Zygoma Diploma (Volume Twenty-Nine)
Pentliczek / Abnormous Post Anomalous and Proto-Surrealistic Versions of
Popular and Traditional Psychotic Songs / La Zona
Wyrm / Divination Bones b/w Adam Coils
Voice Of Eye / Anthology Two 1992-96 / Succumb
Diledadafish / The Last Famous International Gluttons (compilation) / Mise
En Place
Drew Dobbs / Decade (recordings 2001-2011) / Kitto
Johnny Japes and his Jesticles / The Hit Viz Comic Pop Record / Scrotal
Scratch Mix
Aural Resuscitation Unit / I Hear Drums
Andrea Pensado / Ktotam / Bicho Raro
Cursed Chimera / 8th Circle Below (compilation) / 8th Circle Above The Ice
Lake
Don Campeau / Through The Black Forest / Cross Section of Last Scattering
Circle Six / The Box / Waking Up Inside
Arvo Zylo / 333 / Deadbeat Deluxe
Ron Geesin / Biting The Hand / Agitation in Anticipation of Offspring, Part Y
Edward Ka-Spel / The Minus Touch / track 2
Neil Innes / Innes Own World Best Bits Part Two / Messages
Johnny Japes and his Jesticles / The Hit Viz Comic Pop Record / Bags of
Fun With Buster

more info at:
http://www.9thfloorradio.com/9thubradio/
http://www.ubuibi.org/

*note: the radio show cuts off 10 minutes before the hour in hour two, so
not all of the tracks are on the .mp3 archive -- the full audio of show
can be heard on the video version which will be available in a few weeks
at this location: http://vimeo.com/channels/137100

DELIRIOUS MUSIC FOR DELIRIOUS PEOPLE AVAILABLE NOW

2011-09-15T17:40:00.000-07:00

The Delirious Insomniac Freeform Radio Show has haunted the airwaves of WLUW into the wee hours of dreary Monday Nights since 2008. Host Arvo Fingers uses his lengthy experience as a sleepless madman to wield surrealistic songs and sounds into a slithering swath for 4 hours a week. Presently, "Delirious Insomniac" is also syndicated on RadioKL.Hr in Croatia, with occasional interviews, virtual guest installations, ghost hosts, and radio art. On September 9th, 2011, Arvo Fingers and WLUW will be celebrating the 4th Anniversary of the Delirious Insomniac Freeform Radio Show as well as the release of the first volume of "Delirious Music For Delirious People", a compilation featuring Jarboe, Controlled Bleeding, Zola Jesus, Boyd Rice and Friends, Gary Wilson, BeNe GeSSeRiT, Big City Orchestra, Hans Grusel's Krankenkabinet, and others.

CDs in Digipaks as well as professionally printed CDRs in jewel cases are ready. the CDRs are $6 postage paid in the USA, $9 postage paid elsewhere. The CDs in digipaks will be available some time after that, and are $8 postage paid in the USA, $11 elsewhere. paypal address is misterfvckhead@yahoo.com , orders are shipping now.

333 Reviewed at Killing Birds

2011-09-12T23:12:00.000-07:00

Arvo Zylo was an unknown name to me before I received his package of releases. Info on the net is sketchy, but Zylo's press release emphasizes his presence on the Chicago independent radio scene, live shows in and around the windy city and an association with the legendary Illusion Of Safety.

"333" is a really interesting release that combines krautrock, prog, electronica and noise (sometimes all on the same track!). Very well paced with a real affinity for the dramatic buildup. These compositions are created from some of the strangest, oddball sequenced patterns, followed on by chattering noises, psychedelic synth tones, more harshness and stunning, rhythmic driving-forces that reshape the sound structure again and again. If this is breakcore, it's creating a new definition for it. It's a devilish sort of music that, at first, makes for the raised eyebrow and then the dropped jaw as this thing grows into a behemoth before your ears! I really cannot recommend this one enough. Likely to leave noise purists skeptical but this is for more open minded listeners.

See other reviews of Allan Zane, Marlo Eggplant, Eric Lunde and more HERE

DELIRIOUS MUSIC FOR DELIRIOUS PEOPLE COMPILATION CD

2011-08-31T17:39:00.000-07:00

CDs in Digipaks won't be available by the 9th, but professionally printed CDRs in jewel cases will be ready. If anyone would like to make pre orders, the CDRs are $6 postage paid in the USA, $9 postage paid elsewhere. The CDs in digipaks will be available some time after that, and are $8 postage paid in the USA, $11 elsewhere. Feel free to send money through paypal to misterfvckhead@yahoo.com if you would like to pre order this release, orders will ship around mid September.

At this time, less than 150 copies of the digipaks are available and not spoken for. The pro CDRs are now available and will stay in print perpetually.

"333" Reviewed at Animal PSI

2011-08-22T12:59:00.000-07:00

http://www.animalpsi.com/index.php?entry=entry110525-162453

Only half-evil, ‘333’ is only half-Noise, the rest a circuit-bent circus of manic rhythms and flamboyant glitch beats. The 60 minute looong-player by Arvo Zylo pays equal time to hi-fidelity Japanoise, hardcore breakbeats, and deep European surrealist absurdity akin to the solo work of Larsen’s Fabrizio Palumbo. While the half-hour intro track feels necessarily fragmented and piecemeal, the second and third tracks (“Deadbeat Deluxe” and “Plasthma”) both integrate nicely these elements into punchy anti-disco. Technicolor and crunchy, the duration hangs together nicely, but with the methamphetamine compulsion of the Industrial pleasure principle. Not to be ingested casually. A self-released, pro-pressed CD available for $9 HERE.

"333" aired on Brian Turner's (WFMU) Radio Show!

2011-08-05T19:01:00.000-07:00

Listen to Brian Turner's Radio Show on WFMU, where an excerpt from "Quicksand Eggs of A Beaten Pathos" from "333" was aired along with Alien Sex Fiend, Phill Niblock, Terry Riley/ L'infonie, and Necro Deathmort!

August 9th, with a live performance by the Psychic Paramount, as well as music by Bohren and Der Club of Gore, Abwarts, and Conrad Schnitzler, Brian Turner also played this release: http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/41428

Unreleased material aired on Wm. Berger's My Castle of Quiet radio show on WFMU

2011-07-28T19:29:00.000-07:00

Listen here! also aired were Black Sabbath, Pyha, Keith Fullerton Whitman, and the trailer to Confessions of an Opium Eater!

"333" aired on Greek Mind, Radio Valencia

2011-07-28T18:00:00.000-07:00

GREEK MIND

July 10, 2011 ::: MP3::: http://bit.ly/gmr014bp "bran(...)pos"
Boyle - (from Raum Zeit 5cd, self-released)
Bran...Pos - Pinball Paneer 2 (Minus One cd, Soundcrack 2011)
Dead Machines - (from Prisonfood cs, self-releaesed 2011)
Jason Zeh – (from Heraclitus cd, CIP 2008)
Sparkle Girl - (from Library Music cs, self-released)
PCRV – (from Three Untitled Pieces cd, Somnolent Shelter 2011)
Vertonen - (from Cresting cs, BloodLust! 2010)
Uns - (from What Does The Brain Have To Do With It 2cd, CIP 2010)
Bran...Pos - live in-studio performance (~40min.)
Uns - (from What Does The Brain Have To Do With It 2cd, CIP 2010)
Bran...Pos - interview
Mammal - (from Incinerator II cs, Gaping Hole 2009)
Arvo Zylo (from 333 cd, No Part Of It 2010)

New Review of "333" at RODENTAL

2011-07-11T22:07:00.001-07:00

Read a Review of 333 at RODENTAL.

"I am inspired to sprint and destroy"

"333" Now at Prison Tatt Records!

2011-07-08T19:12:00.000-07:00

"333" is now being distributed by the excellent new label Prison Tatt Records.

From the site:

Arvo Zylo (Chicago, IL, USA)
Arvo Zylo - Chicago's Delirious Insomniac, and wearer of many hats, including Saint Street and Mister Fuckhead. Arvo, self-described "Rodney Dangerfield of noise," really does deserve your respect, especially considering the breadth and variety represented in his work, his zeal for collaborations (with everyone from Cock E.S.P. to Dan Burke), and his sheer unstoppability as a writer, curator, compiler, visual artist, noise musician and radio DJ.
Arvo Zylo - 333, pro-pressed CDr ($9 USA, $12 world, prices ppd) - Prison Tatt considers the sprawling 333 to be Arvo's finest hour, and the CDr digital format to be its most worthy representation available (this same set of pieces was also released on ltd. cassette under the alias Mister Fuckhead.) 333 combines full-on hard electronics with Ralph Recs./LAFMS tuneful extrapolation, and it's clear from listening the incredible and meticulous amount of work that went in to the layers of action, beauty and barrage. 333 is experimental, experiential, progressive and aggressive all at once, a masterwork that will provoke, get the blood pumping and downright entertain. Prison Tatt could not be happier to have a few of these for sale and subsequent enjoyment.

Review of "333" in Impose Magazine

2011-05-11T23:58:00.000-07:00

http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/arvo-zylo-is-not-messing-around

The kaleidoscopic monster of a 30-minute track starts at a carnival. It's the first slab of Chicago noise guru Arvo Zylo's 333 LP, and it makes a Goblin/Dario Argento soundtrack by comparison a birthday at Chuck E. Cheese (though the opening bars of Zylo's apocalypse seem to drink from the same horror trough). Destruction soon reigns, and three minutes in we're witness to the shuddering death of all that is melodic and whole. I'm not gonna walk you too much farther through the righteous nightmare. That'd be rude to the Zylo, but let's just say the industrial trap opens and there's hints of quasi-baroque escapism (and training) to accompany the otherwise brutal hell-scape.

Blood Rhythms photos from Denver Noise Fest

2011-04-27T17:50:00.000-07:00

Denver Noise Fest was fantastic! Take a gander at photos by Todd Novasak here. Special thanks to Chris Turner from Nookleptia, GX Jupitter-Larsen, Clayton Counts/Bull of Heaven, Elizabeth Floersch/Fatale, the guys in Page 27, Byron Tenebra, Seth Vanhorn from Disthroned Agony, and Little Fyodor & Babushka!

Review of "333" in Vital Weekly

2011-03-29T02:26:00.000-07:00

http://www.vitalweekly.net/774.html

ARVO 333 (CD by no label given)
An series of electronic illustrations of an emotional infatuation with 333 industrial work with a long history of its gestation, a Salvador Dali work if ever there was one in industrial music. played in various venues and group members and none over 11 years.. "with a sample-based material ranging from madly structured pseudo-classical, swing jazz, or exotica to industrial, noise, drone." which accounts probably for its over worked ornate baroque features. just summarizes, encapsulates the virtual modernity and spaces we now find ourselves in, in its eclectic disgust for the present it has to be a remarkable critique, I cant say I like it, but then I don't particularly like the current situation, or were the paintings of Francis Bacon pretty. it should be played for 24 hours over all media worldwide, and then humanity might see sense and in doing so as Camus advised commit mass suicide thus saving what is left of the planet.. to the seagulls outside this apartment now..(jliat)

"333" aired on Wm. Berger's My Castle of Quiet Radio Show on WFMU

2011-03-18T02:30:00.000-07:00

A track from "333" was played on Wm. Berger's My Castle of Quiet Program, alongside artists such as Neuntoter Der Plage, Merzbow, Kakerlak, and Pussy Galore! This is an excellent franchise, basically the only time I ever hear something about "metal" being mentioned and get excited. DESCEND!

Show at Mortville on March 5th CANCELLED

2011-02-28T04:22:00.000-08:00

This show has been cancelled

FEEDBACULA
RICHARD SYSKA
BLOOD RHYTHMS
NOOKLEPTIA
MORALES PHALLUS (ALEJANDRO from PISS PISS PISS MOAN MOAN MOAN)

COCK E.S.P. - Historia De La Musica Cock - Available Now (featuring Arvo and many others!)

2011-02-26T04:52:00.000-08:00

COCK E.S.P. - Historia De La Musica Cock - Available Now (featuring Dental Work and tons of awesome friends!)

"The 17th full-length album by infamous Minneapolis noise band Cock E.S.P. is both an homage and parody of the group's extensive and eclectic musical influences, a unique tribute to the past 100 years of experimental and underground music, forming a new cornerstone in the group's mission to challenge the conventional wisdom of unconventional music.

Featuring 125 pieces divided into eleven chapters, recorded over a period of two years and clocking it at a mere 38 minutes, "Historia de la Musica Cock" presents an intricate, diverse and rapid-fire selection of art movements and musical genres including: Fluxus, Futurism, Punk Rock, Free Jazz, Plunderphonics, Japanese Noise, Avant Garde, Minimalism and Psychedelia. Genres are referenced directly with music performed using their original style and instrumentation, often contrasted with Cock E.S.P.'s usual harsh electronic fare.

In addition to the core Cock E.S.P. membership -- Emil Hagstrom, Matt Bacon, Jason Wade (FAGGOT), Nicole Rode (Rape Door), heterosexual hair stylist Scott Burns and Jamaican dominatrix Paige Flash -- this album features dozens of special guest musicians including: John Vance (Eclectic Ensemble, WRONG), V/Vm, Andy Ortmann, Smell & Quim, Blowfly, Dreamland Faces, Weasel Walter, Leslie Keffer, Origami Bøe, Costes, Suffering Bastard, Twodeadsluts Onegoodfuck, Disthroned Agony, Page 27, Jiblit Dupree, Naomi Elizabeth, S/M, Dental Work, Head Molt and RU-486 as well as members of Harry Pussy, White Mice, Wasteoid, the Nihilist Spasm Band, the Stooges, No Doctors, Ovo, Abiku, Rusted Shit, Pain Teens, Ghostband, Angry Feminists, Thunderbolt Pagoda, Gash Blood and Harsh Reality."

CD in 5x7 card package. Cassette features 36 minutes of bonus alternate/extended mixes. Co-released by Breathmint, Little Mafia, and SunShip Records/E.F. Tapes.
$8.00 plus $2.00 S/H in the USA; $10 plus $4.00 S/H international.

Paypal to ewhagstrom ((at)) yahoo ((dot)) com, or click the link below.

Checks payable to EMIL HAGSTROM send to:

SunShip Records
P.O. Box 580218
Minneapolis MN 55458-0218 USA

Review of "Saint Street" on Dead Formats

2011-02-25T22:43:00.001-08:00

Saint Street
s/t
Self Released
(3)

Harsh noise instantly pummels you on this release over it's ten tracks. It's a bit on the long side but the note I received with it informed me that it is made up of two separate full lengths. Lots of interesting dynamics throughout both sides of this cassette. Not totally a HNW but punishing enough to make you need to take a break between side one and two. Subtle moments of melody desperately try to break through the noise like someone trapped under ice. Quiet dark at times but it avoids the whole blackened noise thing and just barrels straight ahead in the way some of the later Birchville Cat Motel releases did. I think this may have benefitted from being broken up into two releases but it's pretty damn good.

http://www.devdformats.blogspot.com/

New Review of "333" from Culture Is Not Your Friend

2011-02-22T03:32:00.000-08:00

Culture is Not Your Friend Issue One

Arvo Zylo – 333http://www.myspace.com/misterfuckhead
Noise, Rhythmic, Glitch.
Label – Self released

01 Quicksand Eggs of a Beaten Pathos02 Deadbeat Deluxe03 Plasthma
A long way was set before “333″, the album by Chicago based Arvo Zylo, before it was realized into its physical format. Like the artist himself describes, these recordings were made back in 2003, inside a closet that stood in the bowels of a rat infested house with a flooded basement (no less!), and was shaped and molded until it was released in 2009. This Narnia-meets-Fightclub scenario might sound like an irrelevant piece of information for someone who holds this album for its sounds rather than its history, yet hints of this moist background can be traced both in the cover art and, of course, in the music.

The three tracks of the album, all donning great titles, are quite long, with the track “Quicksand Eggs of a Beaten Pathos” overshadowing the other two by lasting over 30 minutes. Zylo begins with rhythmic sounds and builds a firm, even melodic ground for us to stand on, only to shatter it to pieces few minutes later, as these rhythms turn to blistering, pulsating noise. This shape shifting is something that Zylo does a lot in order to keep his audience alert. Brushing together dirty drones with water soaked sounds and eerie ambience, the opening track grows intense and hostile as minutes pass. About halfway through Zylo let the matters calm a little, thus allowing more delicate sounds of metallic hisses to surface. Later on, the music will turn harsher once again. When we get to the beginning of “Deadbeat Deluxe”, the sounds are distressing and chaotic, and Zylo adds broken electronic beats to the boiling soup he serves. “Deadbeat Deluxe” goes mental until a certain moment of Zen when it suddenly balances into a rhythmic industrial peak. Zylo creates pockets of sanity that floats in the massive, intense flood of electronic mayhem, long enough for the listeners to take a deep breath before the next dive, but not long enough to calm them down.

“Plasthma” begins with an airy, yet highly distorted ambient breeze. This track serves as a fitting closure for the album, as these relatively soft waves of distortion begin creating sonic turbulences that lead to the albums screaming end. ’333′ is rich in texture and musical events. Zylo brings a real treat in the form of a bumpy rollercoaster ride with sharp angles that prevent you from predicting where you are being taken next; a recommended experience!

WHITE VAN

2011-02-15T02:05:00.000-08:00

AVAILABLE NOW:

WHITE VAN ISSUE #1
90 pages, b+w, 8.5x11" (printed on double-sided 11x17" paper)

No reviews, no articles, no opinions.
Collages, block prints, paintings, drawings, photography, cut-up poetry, and xerography.
3 brief interviews with Mutant Ape, Vomir, and Arvo Zylo.

$6 ppd (US and World)

Order it here: http://jerseyflesh.bigcartel.com

Owl Eater

2011-02-14T04:35:00.000-08:00

A track of mine is featured in the most recent Owl Eater net compilation. Also featured are PBK, A.R.GH, and Sick To The Back Teeth among others.

SANG MORT

2011-02-02T08:53:00.000-08:00

A new online compilation is out on Datahex featuring a new collaboration track between myself and Elizabeth Floersch (Fatale) under the name SANG MORT.

BLOOD RHYTHMS Video Clips

2011-01-11T08:32:00.000-08:00

Blood Rhythms Part 1 from Anna Gregoline and Jesse Thomas on Vimeo.

Blood Rhythms Part 2 from Anna Gregoline and Jesse Thomas on Vimeo.

The live debut of BLOOD RHYTHMS was on December 11th, featuring members of ONO: travis, P. Michael, Jesse Thomas, Dawei Wang, Rebecca Pavlatos, and Mimi Wallman alongside myself. Also playing that night was Illusion of Safety as a trio, with only their second performance that utilized a live drummer. This time it was with a stand kit of big drums played by Travis Bird, and they did a rare (possibly final) industrial set. Death Factory and Battleship opened. For the BLOOD RHYTHMS performance, we agreed to start with lots of cacophonous junk metal, including a gargbage pail, a belt sander, and a grinder. The rest of the group started without me while I was outside smoking, without any of us doing a sound check, and so you'll see me come into the mix at about the 5:00 minute mark. There were live projections by a fella named Nate who came in to work with Battleship, the video was filmed by Anna Gregoline. Thanks to Anna and Jesse for the videos! The result is something that seems like an alien satellite transmission from a secret dungeon on the moon. Enjoy!

Arvo featured on Margaret Noble's "Sound Is Art" Website

2011-01-08T09:55:00.000-08:00

An Excerpt from "333" was featured on Margaret Noble's "Sound Is Art" blog.

This site explores the many questions, compositions, ramblings and experiences of sound that come to listeners and creators. From abstraction to music, all forms of organized and naturally occurring sounds are presented here.

"333" Reviewed by Srdjan Eftimovski (Nundata)

2011-01-03T07:15:00.000-08:00

Srdjan Eftimovski, a regular listener to my radio show, who performs under the name, NUNDATA, wrote a glowing review of my release "333". Thanks Srdjan, and thanks to Justin Marc Lloyd for publishing it!

Arvo Zylo - 333

When I first got this release I knew mr. Arvo only through his radio shows and some samples of live show I saw on the streaming services. I got interested so I ordered “333” from this artist. When it arrived I expected simple DIY CDr , but that was not the case. All the printing was of very high quality with nice label on disc itself. You rarely see that much effort in noise world. But that was just tip of the iceberg… What is important here is music, I mean noise, I mean NoiseMusic as one entity. This guy is on other pole of the noise world. It is not “delaypedalputalotofdistortionovereverythingandscream” kind of noise like 99% of acts out there – this is composed noise. It is made from sounds that are not noisy themselves, but the way they are played and all the timings blend it to one big composition which can be listened either way. If you start to listen it as a noise you will hear noise elements, on the other hand if you pay attention and listen to its rhythms and tones and instruments, you will hear it as the music. You will see that all is carefully planned and mastered.

First track “Quicksand Eggs Of A Beaten Pathos” start with the tune that sound like “The Residents” at their best and then slowly melt into noisy frequency shifting space. Around 10-minute mark some melody again start to appear from the depths of noise becomes dominant but then it melt with some tribal rhythm and disappear in background. Rhythm or arrhythmia is guiding us to some 20 minute mark where we start to choke under noisy silence but from it he pulls us up into some weird melody which sounds almost danceable (as much as it can be in noise world anyway…). Rhythm is leading us out of this one and we start with some his/heartbeat sound on second track “Deadbeat Deluxe”.

Various synth melodies and strange beats are melting together all along this one. You have nice and intelligent cacophony all over these 16 minutes. It will make your heart pump like crazy for then minutes, then it will allow you to rest for a minute or two with some calmer part and toward the end atmosphere build up again and push you heartbeat rate up again. But you will not rest now because “Plasthma” starts with some drums beating in empty hall and strange pitch shifting noises are all around you with some crazy tune playing in the background. You start to feel anxiety from this tune, and then tune turn to some type of horror movie theme (which add a just right taste to this album). After few minutes it decay into noise and they all together slowly fade away in void. Album reaches almost 59 minutes of brilliantly executed noise experimental music project. If you like to explore new possibilities in music world no matter if that is noise, or some experimental form be sure that this album you have to own. Whatever that you expect from this album be sure that you will be pleasantly surprised after listening to it. More surely – try and play it one more time as soon as it ends, I promise that you will hear so many layers that you missed in first listening and that you will enjoy even more.

Arvo featured on New 3 CD Compilation

2011-01-01T07:40:00.000-08:00

A compilation that features a track of mine called "Hex Crank" is now available for purchase.
The compilation is called "Music To Fuck To" and it spans 3 professionally duplicated CDs. There are 50 artists on the comp, including Vomir, Josh Lay, and Cory Rowell (Demonologists).

$15 including international shipping, 2 for $25, 3 for $33.
PAYPAL TO solution1tile@hotmail.com

Year end/Tour highlights

2010-12-22T04:27:00.000-08:00

View my disposable camera photo album from the November tour here.

Overall highlights:
(please consider this just some jotting down rather than an article)

Dave Phillips at Neon Marshmallow Fest (both sets, field recording set was really good too)
also from that fest Govt Alpha, Kevin Shields, Haters, Telecult Powers, Wasteland Jazz Unit, Sixes, Cornucopia, Fossils, Work/Death, dp/gx collaboration, Sigulda, Justice Yeldham, Pod Blotz, Dog Lady and I can keep going. 3 out of the 4 nights absolutely blew me away. And also doing a DJ set with a belt sander at the after party. Drinking after hours at the Green Mill with Derek Rogers. Many thanks for putting these nights together and doing good things for Chicago!

Chicago Noise Conference (especially travis from ONO doing his cover of "Motherless Child" with his adornments and his sheet metal), Forbes/Young duo on the rooftop, lots of drinking and comraderie.

Illusion of Safety doing an industrial set as a trio with a drummer on a stand kit of big drums. Whole night was good. Death Factory doing drum machine/rhythmic industrial with drills/guitars etc. Battleship doing a pretty eloquent kind of dark ritual drone type thing, ONO for joining me as Blood Rhythms, gentle yet chaotic wise people.

Everything at the last night of the Mopery in Chicago, and everything else at the Mopery.

Eugenics Council/Corephallism at Ball Hall

WolvSerpent/Locrian at Enemy

The 3rd anniversary event of my radio show - Everybody who played and showed up for making it an exciting night, the sound guy for not calling the police because there was blood all over his gear, Darkroom staff for being cool about it. Nookleptia, Ammunition, Lechuguillas, ONO.

Times at Mortville in general.

JIB JAB!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4OatIhPg9Y

Doing my first tour in July with highlights including Cock ESP totally changing my approach just by their hospitality and intent alone, John Vance, Seth Ryan, Disthroned Agony, Sigulda, desoeuvre bruit, I Am Foresight, staying with a tenant (Zac Szymusiak) in an 1800s mansion in Columbus owned by Mark Gunderson of Evolution Control Committee and hearing inspiring stories, meeting bbob of Fluxmonkey, seeing Irene Moon perform at Cool Ranch, riding with Paleface Destroyers and hearing stories about Native American History as it relates to their collection of relics that they've found in cemetaries, and more things I can't remember.

STL Fest in October - Riding with Neil Jendon and stopping in Peoria to hang out with Infirmary, having a record store there buy $50 with of stuff from me, The sincere support from Mark of LEMP, the inspiring solidarity that Peter J Woods was able to instill (although I was only there on Friday and couldn't see his set) the sets by Diaphragmatic, Pusdrainer, Brain Transplant, and more; hanging out with a fella named Ben and Dave from Skarekrau Radio/Brain Transplant at a jazz bar, getting lots of free drinks from a drunken rich guy and almost going to a symphony with him, getting drunk and riled up with Alex from Socially Retarded and Jay from Lechuguillas all night, much to the chagrin of everyone else who was trying to sleep, unfortunately. Sorry!

2nd Tour in November - Dead Audio fest - Houston - Reality (a 12 year old kid, best set of the night)/Zombra, Austin Caustic/Concrete Violin, Richard Ramirez, Steel Hook Prosthesis, Lychgate (and getting drunk with them into the wee hours also), Mickey/Screaming Fetus, Bereft, Biological Girl (and also for making me an awesome custom mask by request, it didn't do what I expected it to do, and it gave me new approaches), Olivia nonchalantly playing ukulele all night, and doing a cover of "Tiptoe Through The Tulips" for me at 3AM, probably more that I am forgetting, incredibly good night. Hopefully I didn't do anything stupid.

Austin - Getting a ride with So Boring and Chris, playing with a Crash Worship cover band for almost 10 minutes until the fires happened, the immense experience that MC Clitfart, Bubble Face, Polly, Logan Owlbeemoth, and others provided while I stayed with them at Disco Village, Fucking Breakdancing Ronald Reagan for letting out a bunch of crickets and setting up two killer shows in one day, especially Dromez, Sex Bruises, and Derek Rogers
-Arlington - The immense support, the miracle of finding a show thanks to Wasted Words at a CD Warehouse after hours, and drinking/hanging out afterwards, smoking in bars, Welby, Zanzibar Snails, Snuff Film....
-Having a late bus cause me to miss my transfer to Baton Rouge, and being able to hang out with a very good friend of mine, Lidia, short notice in Tex-Arkana. Riding through thick fog and sharp turns on dirt roads to an absolutely isolated ranch at 60mph.

-New Orleans - Drew Ziegler and his big heart, insatiable appetite for alcohol, surreal living quarters like a hidden circus shanty town inside of an abandoned iron ore factory, 100 year old junk and ripped furniture everywhere, old friend Dave Hedges, seeing Ratty Scurvics and his wife OOPS, MC Tracheotomy, drinking Bloody Marys or Bug Gulp Daquiris all day, experiencing a fully functional squat house and drinking bootleg ginger wine, getting off of the bus and going straight into a cabaret with free spaghetti and wine, fitting right in immediately, watching people throw spaghetti around and light fire crackers, Playing a punk show in New Orleans short notice instead of a sports bar in the suburbs, hanging out with Sven from Telecult Powers, playing an open mic tent and freaking out families and children, also inspiring some to dance before the feedback kicked in. Going to a soul club at 4AM and getting flirted with, having incredible trouble going to the bus station at 6.

Atlanta - My best set of the tour, great sound - the most enthusiastic and supportive 5 people I have ever seen, Eyedrum is an amazing place.

Cleveland - Now That's Class - Brainbombs on the juke box, Black Mayonnaise fogging up the entire room and blowing everyone's house down, Fluxmonkey, Murderous Vision (especially for having me as a guest), jamming at Bela Dubby at 2AM, hanging out with good people on Thanksgiving, drinking absinthe, Cunting Daughters, Mitch from Fascist Insect, Ghostpussy, especially Wyatt and Cool Ranch, Paul for making me a mix tape of Cleveland punk, Sam Goldberg for doing synth jams while I was comatose on the couch with a hangover - perfect accompaniment.

Columbus - ONO for coming all the way to Columbus in some kind of absurd motorcade to play my tour finale, Also Bennett/Skylab, Pusdrainer hacking at his noise briefcase and sharing his whiskey, again drinking bloody marys all day.

International Email Audio Art Project Volume 2

2010-12-15T04:17:00.000-08:00

Download a track of mine called "A Radio Drama" HERE

The Homemade Music Movement has grown from the roots of the Mail Art Movement, and in order to pay due respect and acknowledge these origins, I propose an international EMAIL audio art project in which contributors will send to me a one-minute miniature audio work in mp3 format (plus visual works if desired) attached to an email. These works will be published together in volumes online.

You can download Volume 2 featuring these 60 artists:

Adrian Carter (UK), Zilbread (USA), PBK (USA), R. Stevie Moore (USA), Fernando Bocadillos (Argentina), FLAtRich - Rich La Bonté (USA), Murmurists (England), Heather Perkins (USA), Le Scrambled Debutante (USA), Instagon (USA), Combat 23 (Czech Republic), Rick Tarquinio (USA), Sean T. Wright (UK), Kevin John Henry Lewis (USA), Travis Johnson (USA), Gary Pig Gold (USA), Nebulagirl (USA), Klimperei (France), Subversive Intentions (USA), Yannick Franck (Belgium), Barbershop - Concrete Project (France), _whALe_pLAtE_ (USA), Dave Wright (USA), Eric Boivin (Canada), Otolathe (USA), The Preschool (USA), Ryan Jordan (UK), Arvo Zylo (USA), Obozdur (Russia), M.Stactor (Canada), Andrew Mascardi (USA), Gryphée (France), Zanstones (USA), Regosphere (USA), Rolna (Hungary), Loup-Garou (USA), nundata (Serbia), undRess Béton (Germany), M.Nomized (France), Dooks/Cazal (UK), Anders Östberg (Sweden), Hieronimo Air Fat (USA), Minimal Frank (Canada), Vladimir Markov (Russia), Ed Wayne Lefski (Germany), Adrian Beentjes (USA/UK), Rosso Merda (Italy/USA), Julia LaDense (USA), Martial Bécheau (France), Jim Ivy (USA), Simon Whetham (UK), Bret Hart (USA), Brandon Ross/Lord Masque (USA), Half An Abortion (UK), John Wiggins (USA), The Evolution Control Committee (USA), Andrew Dalio (USA), Will Soderberg (USA), Hal McGee (USA), Dedali (Italy)

here:

http://www.archive.org/details/InternationalEmailAudioArtProjectVolume2

'Hello Walls' aired on Wm. Berger's My Castle of Quiet (WFMU)!

2010-12-02T23:45:00.000-08:00

Listen to Wm. Berger's diverse yet cohesive episode of My Castle of Quiet where an excerpt from "Hello Walls" was aired along with The Damned, Bone Awl, Silver Apples, Aids Wolf, and John Carpenter!

BLOOD RHYTHMS debut at Viaduct Theater December 11th with Illusion of Safety, Death Factory, and Battleship

2010-11-29T17:07:00.001-08:00

On December 11th at Viaduct Theater, there will be a night or dark, brooding, and abrasive electronic noise music.

ILLUSION OF SAFETY
Upon suggestion from curator of this event, will be performing an industrial set as a trio. Presenting a set of big beats, analog electronic sequences, voice cut ups, and other digital and non digital noises. Featuring IOS founders Dan Burke (laptop, modular synth, metal percussion), & Mitch Enderle (amplified... springs, metal, samples, circuit bent electronics) with Travis Bird (Drums), this set will thrill all five of you who have waited to see the days of our fifth CD, Inside Agitator brought back to life. Thrown into the mix will be a few long overdue cover versions of the founding fathers and our former heroes, Throbbing Gristle.

illusionofsafety.net

BLOOD RHYTHMS is a debut project spurred by Arvo Zylo (Arvo Fingers on WLUW's Delirious Insomniac Freeform Radio Show), and this time it will feature the entire band of chicago avant-gospel kingpins ONO doing a collaborative performance called "LOCKED AWAY".

www.arvozylo.bandcamp.com,www.ono1980.com

DEATH FACTORY will perform his particular brand of claustrophobic outsider noise music that he has been perfecting since 1988.

www.myspace.com/deathfactory

BATTLESHIP (radio waves/electroics duo)

www.viaducttheatre.com/

The Viaduct Theater

3111 N. Western Ave.

Chicago, IL 60618

9pm

Latter poster design by Jim Ford

Dead Audio Footage/Back from Tour

2010-11-28T18:15:00.000-08:00

Thanks to Hierchiss for the mask.

More photos on Facebook courtesy of Carol Ann Sandin:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=1706114373598&set=a.1706024331347.95868.1260180116&pid=1905061&id=1260180116

The tour was great. Many thanks to the people who helped and supported!

A lot of stories to tell. But maybe later, no rest for the wicked!

ARVO 2010 SICK SKIN TOUR

2010-11-11T03:33:00.000-08:00

11/13 - Houston TX - DEAD AUDIO FEST
11/14- still looking in Dallas, Arlington, or Denton
11/15 - Austin TX - Red 7 guesting with Warship Earth/Bubble Face
11/16 - Austin TX - 7pm - Trailer Space Records w/ Breakdancing Ronald Reagan, Trip Drip Drop + more
10pm - CLUB 1808 (1808 EAST 12TH STREET) w/ Derek Rogers, Sex Bruises, more
11/17- Ft. Worth, TX - Wasted Words Collective
11/18 - Baton Rouge. LA - The Warehouse w/ GNGRBNGR, more
11/19 - New Orleans - 6:30 PM: Fringe Fest/Buskers Happy Hour Tent
11/20 - Metaire, LA - Babylon
11/21 - Atlanta GA - Eyedrum Art and Music Gallery w/ Pony Bones and Sychophants
11/22 - Dayton OH - BATTERY CAGE (Skeleton Dust Presents) w/ IOVAE, KANIBLE, John Moloney
11/23 - Cleveland OH - Now That's Class w/ Murderous Vision, Black Mayonnaise, Fluxmonkey
11/24 - Cleveland OH - Bela Dubby
11/26 - Columbus OH - Skylab w/ ONO + TBA

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Video from StL Fest thanks to Bullart./Tour Poster Added

2010-10-30T15:13:00.000-07:00

Arvo Zylo at NoisefeSTL '10 (Day 1, 10/22/10) from Bullart. on Vimeo.

Diaphragmatic at NoisefeSTL '10 (Day 1, 10/22/10) from Bullart. on Vimeo.

St. Louis Noise Fest Highlights

2010-10-26T22:36:00.000-07:00

photo courtesy of Blake Edwards

I had a great time playing at St. Louis Noise Fest on Friday. I wish I could have stayed the whole time. I was fortunate enough to be offered a ride from Neil Jendon, who did a stellar set with a drum machine, a modular synthesizer, and some other things I didn't grasp. PusDrainer blasted people with beat driven noise and vocals as I watched from outside with my nose pressed against the window because I didn't get back in in time before it started, Vertonen brought on a wide palette of sounds including a record player, a radio, and some Beyonce loop at the end, Brain Transplant was without a core member but executed some nice gloomy electronics with saxophone burps and whistles on top.

People were very receptive to my set, alarmingly so. Unfortunately I missed a video projection by Ghost Ice while I was breaking down, but things kicked right back into gear when Diaphragmatic erupted with heavy distortion from scrap metal, an electric drill, some chains, and a big steel bowl full of nails. My excitement got the best of me and with a nod of approval, I helped finish off his set with my belt sander.

At present time I am anxiously watching the Bullart. page for more uploads of the live sets throughout the span of the weekend. I have the utmost thanks and respect for Peter J Woods, the man who spearheaded most of the booking, and the people of LEMP who put it on.

After the show I had a long and heartening conversation with Mark, the owner of LEMP, and then went to a bar with an incredibly nice fella named Ben to see one of the members of Brain Transplant (and also Skarekrau Radio) play Sax in a jazz ensemble. By the time I came back to the venue, members of Socially Retarded, Lechuguillas, and GET PREGNANT were in the back yard lighting a fire and keeping me riled up laughing about nothing all night.

Many thanks to the people of St. Louis who attended and made it a refreshing and jubilant experience.

Grand Guignol: An Exhibition Celebrating the Legendary Theater of Terror

2010-10-18T02:26:00.000-07:00

I'm not sure if I will make it back from St. Louis in time for this but I have been commissioned to do a 3 hour sound installation for this exciting and imaginative event.

GRAND GUIGNOL: An Exhibition Celebrating The Legendary Parisian Theater of Terror
CENTURY GUILD . 23 October 2010 . 6-9pm (secret location)

Mutilation… Hysteria… Disease… They all made their home at Le Théâtre du Grand Guignol! The Grand Guignol was a 19th century Parisian theater that shocked and aroused audiences with productions blending macabre horror and flirtatious sex. Its legacy has inspired contemporary artists from all backgrounds including Tim Burton, Clive Barker, and Marilyn Manson. To celebrate its blood-soaked legacy, Chicago gallery Century Guild presents an exhibition honoring the legendary theater just in time for Halloween.

Century Guild was founded in 1999 by Thomas Negovan and Stuart Tomc, and since its inception, they have placed artworks in museums and top collections around the world. Works previously in the Century Guild inventory are on permanent display in The Art Institute of Chicago, The Detroit Institute of Arts, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Previously, Century Guild kept a low profile and only exhibited their works at select public events and exhibition as they focused on building an impressive inventory of important Art Nouveau and Symbolist artifacts. The Century Guild collection concentrates on antique posters, lithographs, and period pottery from Germany, Austria, France, and Italy 1880-1920, and includes the lithography of infamous artists such as Gustav Klimt, Alphonse Mucha, Egon Schiele, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. These artifacts are indisputably some of the most fabulous romantic and inspiring art anywhere — including very rare and very special posters from the early years of The Grand Guignol, so rare that many have not even been documented.

To celebrate both the opening of a new, Chicago-based showroom space as well as the most frightening night of the year, Century Guild pries open its steel doors and invites you to witness what will no doubt be one of the most grotesque displays of both antique poster and contemporary art, an exhibition inspired by the most notorious theater of all time: The Grand Guignol. Original and rare artifacts for The Grand Guignol as well as grim antique lithograph posters and works on paper by the likes of Gustav Klimt and Alphonse Mucha (turn of the century icons in the world of Secessionist and Art Nouveau art whose work continues to inspire) from Century Guild’s inventory will be exhibited along with notable contemporary talents: Dave McKean (groundbreaking multi-media artist best known for his work on Neil Gaiman’s legendary comic book series The Sandman and his feature film for the Jim Henson Company, MirrorMask), Gail Potocki (award winning Symbolist painter, “The Union of Hope & Sadness“), Chris Mars, Kent Williams, and more.

The exhibition will be a ONE-NIGHT ONLY event, featuring passed canapés and beverages. Because this event is sure to test the very sensibilities of even the most psychologically stable individual, no one under 18 will be permitted. Holiday-appropriate or formal attire encouraged. This is an invitation only event, RSVP required.

For more information and to R.S.V.P.:
inquiries [at] centuryguild.net, or contact Jack @ 800.616.2368

In addition to the show, an exhibition catalog is in the works. Currently, we’re rounding up support via the fantastic community-based fundraising website Kickstarter.com. To make a pledge, click the link below:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/337503446/grand-guignol-the-legendary-theater-of-terror-exhi?ref=search

The catalog will be 32 pages, full color and utilizes the same eco conscious printing techniques that our company has held in such high regard as with previous publications. It will be available for purchase at the exhibition, and thereafter online and at other Century Guild exhibitions. The run will be limited however, so be sure to get your copy soon.

ST LOUIS FEST UPDATE

2010-10-18T02:23:00.000-07:00

FRIDAY

I LIKE YOU GO HOME
VERTONEN
ARVO ZYLO
SPUNKY TOOFERS
SLOW OWLS
NEIL JENDON
PUS DRAINER
INFIRMARY
ANDREW MARKEE
TIM KAISER
BRAIN TRANSPLANT
GHOST ICE
DIAPHRAGMATIC
SIGULDA
SWIM IGNORANT FIRE

SATURDAY

LELAND P MALARIA
MEKA
FATALE
BATTLESHIP
GRANDMOTHER
EVOLVE
GET PREGNANT
JIGSAW RHETORIC
VICTORY
DR RHOMBOID GOATCABIN
OBLIVE
KBD
BOAR
INSTINCT CONTROL
KINGSTON FAMILY SINGERS
RAPERIES
CORRIGAN BROTHERS

SUNDAY 1

MEKA
RED ELECTRIC RAINBOW
MATT MUSLIN (NAME?)
DEATH FACTORY
WHERE'S URANUS
BLESSED SACRIFIST
SOBOU SHUU
SUNGLASSES
SOLAR SHADOWS

SUNDAY 2

PLASMIC FORMATIONS
ANDREW MARKEE
C LUSTERFUCK
JOHN MALONEY
I AM FORESIGHT
LONELY PROCESSION
NOM DE PLUME
EPICYCLE
XALLXFORXTHISX
THE MAN AND THE SCIENTIST
CUSTODIAN
DEVELOPER
DARGER
DAY CARE

Mister Fuckhead T-Shirts

2010-09-29T21:44:00.000-07:00

While the moniker “Mister Fuckhead” is now inactive after 10 years of existence, there have been consistent requests/suggestions to reproduce this old image onto a T-Shirt. Some may remember that it was the cover art for the original “333” release in 2004, and it was on hundreds of copies of stickers distributed for 5 years. It is now available for consumption.

Available at RedBubble or CafePress.

ST. Louis Fest

2010-09-29T17:38:00.000-07:00

Vertonen
Neil Jendon
Arvo Zylo
Infirmary
Boar
Victory!
Instinct Control
Battleship
I LIke You Go Home
The Man And The Scientist
Sigulda
Nom de Plume
Is
Fatale
Oblive
KBD
Solar Shadows
Tom Vasilj
Evolve
Sobou Shuu
Jigsaw Rhetoric
Diaphragmatic
I Am Forsight
Peter J Woods
Custodian
Blessed Sacrifist
xALLxFORxTHISx
Get Pregnant
Pusdrainer
Grandmother
Meka
Lucky Bone
Wilmer Incognito
Developer
Red Electric Rainbow
Ghost Ice
Epicycle
Clusterfuck
Malaria
Sunglasses

"Saint Street" on Hal McGee's Homemade Alien Music Program

2010-09-18T09:00:00.000-07:00

An excerpt from "Saint Street" has been featured on Hal McGee's Homemade Alien Music Program. Hal has been making experimental music since the early 80s, and has been an important fixture in the experimental scene around Florida and in general. His podcasts have a broad, yet cohesive reach with regard to sound as it is weaved into a sonic palette. This 21st episode is said to be his final one. Thanks Hal!

"Saint Street" aired on WFMU's My Castle of Quiet with Wm. Berger

2010-08-09T05:34:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Wm. Berger for playing "Overture" from the album "Saint Street", along with The Birthday Party, Twin Stumps, Fecalove, Flesh Coffin, and Khanate, among others! Listen to the archive or look at the playlist HERE: "Inhuman Nature"

"333" Reviewed at Auxiliary Out Blog

2010-07-27T17:56:00.000-07:00

Mister Fuckhead - 333 [No Label]

A while back I reviewed a hulking 93 minute beast by Mister Fuckhead and Company, where Arvo Zylo and a series of collaborators ran the gamut from forming live junk noise brigades to 7 or 8 piece meat locker brass sections. Zylo a.k.a. Fuckhead (though he recently dropped the moniker and now plays as just Arvo Zylo) is back but this time solo, apparently with only a sequencer in tow, with 333, with a cassette seven years in the making.
Zylo is up to something very different here, it's still a beast at 3 tracks spread over a c66 but Zylo throws plenty of curveballs. For instance, the first side, "Quicksand Eggs of a Beaten Pathos" rolls to a start with surprisingly mellow looped toms. If he wanted to head in a powwow direction he could have, but instead he launches this queasy synth beat and furthermore throws barroom piano over that! The beat lurches/grinds/limps along in a bizarre mess of a beat. Flaming barrages of noise drop in and things get harsh. Heavy torrents of feedback all but subsume voice and the deep throb of the drum programming. The tape continues to singe your eyebrows for a long while with screaming frequencies. It drifts out of the cloud enough for some heavy piano and drum hits though. Sequenced synth tones spread like an infection and morph into an electric organ bit. There's some thunderous crushing drum hits quickly after before slowing into a mid-tempo beat with oscillators puttering all around. The beat gets syncopated and lurches forward. Zylo breaks it down mixing up the beat with a programmed drum solo constructed from live drum samples I think. Around halfway through, the carnage seems to cease. A quiet drum pounds slowly in an empty room until corroded by pervasive scratchy static, atonal panned piano slams, hyperactive squelches and what sounds like a cut-up keyboard demo that morphs into a weird house rave-up. A new agey synth makes a surprising but welcome appearance as the piece jettisons deeper into its technicolor nightmare. My favorite beat from the side emerges pretty late in the game and it's fleeting too as it gets slowed down pretty quickly. The tape lurches and grooves relatively "un-noisily" for the rest of the jam until it evaporates in a cymbal crash. It's a dense and burly side to be sure.
Following it is the first track on the second side, "Deadbeat Deluxe," which continues the onslaught of noisy beats. All manners of bzzsh's, krshff's, and mhmffm's make their way along plenty of loopy electronics into a cyberpunk thrill ride. Fast drum machines, heavy reverbed thumps, repetitive synth parts; no one would mistake this as being uncomposed but it still hangs together by a thread. Zylo keeps piling on more and more sounds/parts/whatever until it makes up a cacophonous layer cake of destruction. The track achieves an interesting feat in that it's totally assaulting music without actually relinquishing the conventional rules of what music should be. The piece breaks down into a section of rare sparseness and Zylo marches along with a beat that sounds like a whip being cracked along with an array of strange noises. The beats kick back in with a bit of a vintage video game vibe. The soundtrack of Mario getting his ass tortured to death in Bowser's dungeon? Don't know what the inspiration was here, but I suppose that's as good a guess as any. The frequencies continue to heave, the jam gets progressively noisier and more confrontational. The steam engine continues to roll until its yanked out by the neck and replaced by a new beat that quickly peters out. The final and shortest track "Plasma/Asthma" is by far the noisiest jam, and I mean that literally cause of how saturated, blown out and grainy it sounds. The sound doesn't lose any definition because of it though which is amazing. Kudos to the masterer, Clayton Counts. Underneath the six feet of fuzz are pounding percussive loops like a muck raking hip hopera from hell about a factory workers' uprising. Gears grind, seize, stop and lurch forward again in bizarre poly(a)rhythms. Shifting into a machine gun synth melody, things get progressively zanier. In what, in all likelihood, is my favorite part of the tape, Zylo launches into a heady haunted organ jam. It's excellently composed with various layers of melodies and manages an absolutely seamless transition from all the head smashing that came before. The whole tone of the piece is difficult to describe as it manages to be a little uplifting but in a very unsettling way. It's perplexing, but I'm gonna take the sublime whenever I can get it.
This is a hefty hour of music, and not everyone will be down with it, but whether someone is or not shouldn't cause the listener to hold back any respect for Zylo's painstakingly put together and singular vision. Fuckhead and Company will probably end up getting more plays in my deck, but 333 takes you on a journey that the former can't match.
The packaging is cool as is typical with Zylo's releases, 333 has a purple vellum cover with a double-sided, fold-out color j-card on the inside. The tape is still available from the artist and there is also a pro-duplicated, shrinkwrapped CD-r edition too if that's your preference.

Mini Tour Highlights

2010-07-17T22:12:00.000-07:00

Live Excerpt Thanks To Emil Hagstrom

In Minneapolis I was fortunate enough to record and do a show on the same bill as Cock E.S.P. . Their performance was in total darkness, with whatever light that came from someone's hand held camera illuminating naked/half naked bodies covered in glitter writhing around, with amplified tire rims and a trampoline bouncing around in the background. The combination of finding a belt sander in a Minnesota thrift store and being enabled by Emil Hagstrom in a few ways made my little mini tour astronomically better than I'd thought it would be. There was also some technical help given by John Vance that ended up saving me from a drastic tour setback on day one.

Columbia saw our show getting relocated to a venue with much more traffic, to a party kicked off by a large circle of people square dancing. My time spent with Dominick Dufner/ Sigulda and his girlfriend Michaella nom de plum was super fun, good people. Michaella gave me a hand stenciled T. Rex shirt, I will never forget it!

In St. Louis I made it to Apop Recordsearly and was fortunate enough to get my tapes into that store, while also buying what I could with my meager budget. You have to commend a store that is carrying cassettes that come with rotting, moldy pig ears, or mini CDs mounted on broken shards of glass. That is a damn good record store. The Show Was At Wayout Club, a bar owned by a couple who share duties of running sound, door and bartending between themselves. They shared food from their picnic earlier that day and were very nice people. All sets were great, Sigulda, N.N.N. Cook, and Desoeuvre Bruits, a project by a man long involved in the noise scene for over 10 years, collaborating with many people around town, he shared his debut as a solo act on this bill. I also met Mark and Sasha from Luftwaffe and had some good conversation before getting whisked off to the bus station.

When I get the chance, I will be sending a few gift baskets. It was a lot of fun.

Highlights from Columbus and Cleveland are: Getting to share a bill withFluxmonkey, hanging out with Andy Slater/Velcro Lewis before my show at Bela Dubby, making it to Cool Ranch afterwards to meet/see Irene Moon for the first time, reuniting with an old and dear friend, hearing stories about collecting Indian Artifacts from Rudy Gerdeman and seeing him swallow a piece of his broken mic and continue playing. In Columbus I was fortunate enough to hang out with Zac Szymusiak at his house built in 1870, and hear stories about having Mark Gunderson of The Evolution Control Committee as a landlord. I was also glad I got to meet/see Jonathan Enrique Barajas/I AM FORESIGHT perform and meet Luke Tandy/Skeleton Dust/Being. Many thanks to the people who made it good!

Photos for cassette editions of "Hello Walls" and "Saint Street"

2010-07-08T00:29:00.000-07:00

Hello Walls at Bachelor's Grove Cemetary:

Hello Walls at the "Bird Sanctuary":

Saint Street view 1:

Saint Street view 2:

Dead Bird:

July Mini Tour

2010-07-04T16:29:00.000-07:00

happening soon!

SAINT STREET

2010-07-04T15:50:00.000-07:00

Now available: "SAINT STREET" pro shrink wrapped CDR (or pro duplicated, imprinted smoky black cassettes with double sided 5 panel inserts; preorder also available, shipping later this week). Digital harsh noise work from 2003 - 2010, in some cases written before a formal introduction to harsh noise was made, out of explorations with failure at making structured electronic music. More musical elements than a usual harsh noise release can be expected. A raw track from this release can be heard here: UNDULA.

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HELLO WALLS REISSUED

2010-07-03T16:47:00.000-07:00

HELLO WALLS MP3

The impetus that spurred this album happened when Ed End, curator of the yearly comp series, "Necktar", asked me to contribute something based on "perception". I immediately came up with an elaboration from Willie Nelson's song, trying to evoke the idea of human imprints on inanimate objects existing within a room, or the anthropomorphic characteristics of them, without the implication of love or loss. This is from my experience of spending a lot of time in old and abandoned buildings, as well as cemeteries, desolate plots of concrete along the lake, and especially in the flooded, moldy basement of an incredibly old church around Augusta and Noble, Chicago circa 2003. I also wanted to use musical and visual imagery which suggested a sort of euphoric feeling of submersion that comes with the choice of complete solitude and being influenced solely by one's own thoughts/actions within a set location for long periods of time. Originally issued on the now defunct Enemata Productions in 2008 (headed by Rick from Infirmary), this new edition comes with 3 single sided 3x5 cards, a yellowed, crumbling page of a book from 1938 with old English text in German, and a generous amount of soil from either "The Bird Sanctuary" along Montrose area lake grounds, the Morse beach, or Bachelor's Grove Cemetary, reputedly the most haunted place in the country. Select copies come with worms, bird bones, and garbage. Cassettes are black Type II High Bias, duplicated by Andy Ortmann with full color labels inside of a smokey poly case, all contents come in a black 4x6 poly bag. Specific soil requests are not available. Run time is approximately 68 minutes. Limited to 84 with a small amount set aside for a special edition packaging later this summer. More pictures to follow.

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"333" aired on WFMU's The Eternal Now with Andy Ortmann

2010-06-13T12:58:00.000-07:00

Another show I regularly listen to when I do anything regularly is The Eternal Now. Hear a snippet of "333" as it heads up to great stuff by Robert Rental/Thomas Leer, Leslie Keffer & Scott Martin, John Foxx, Psychic TV, and a gnarly remix of Teenage Fanclub!

"333" Now Available In Pro CDR Edition

2010-06-13T01:33:00.000-07:00

These are shrinkwrapped in a standard jewel case, pro-printed discs *whose under sides are a decptively shiney silver. $9 Postage Paid. *AUDIO SAMPLE*

"333" aired on Wm. Berger's My Castle of Quiet Radio Show!

2010-06-12T22:10:00.000-07:00

A lengthy excerpt of "333" was aired on Wm. Berger's WFMU Radio Show My Castle of Quiet, smack dab inbetween a mesmerizing unreleased harmonium piece by Rory Hinchey, and a deeply engaging, perhaps somewhat pagan noise track by Cornucopia. I'm a regular listener of this show when the computer is on, and I'm honored to be a small part of Wm.'s vast, foreboding tastes.

"333" Reviewed on OKTO Media

2010-05-12T11:44:00.000-07:00

OKTO MEDIA

http://www.chondriticsound.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=35266

I keep coming back to this tape, and I think it really deserved to be reviewed. I really prefer tapes that range the perfect balance of quality work and decent length, which "333" manages quite well. Anything shorter than its hour-length would probably leave me unsatisfied; anything longer would possibly drag. It is also relevant to note that prefer to listen to tapes in my car, where the recording kicks on and off at random intervals with the starting and stopping of my car in my various travels. Big-picture composition is somewhat important to me when it comes to music, since if i like the details, i will listen to the tape enough times to figure out any greater design of the piece. Well, that's a tad of a cop-out, but really, it's mostly less important than how the music makes me feel. Whatever.

Overall, the most basic thing to be said of "333" is that I felt like I was in good hands during my listenings.

There are many tape out there with damaged music bordering on noise. "333" is the inverse of that approach, which is less common to me. the most convenient label of the work on the tape is clearly "noise", but that is somewhat limiting. the flow of work is a nicely balanced feel of stream of consciousness improv with very deliberate decisions on structure placed throughout. The artist makes important note in his press releases of the grueling mastering process of the tape, along with the intentions of the work to be performed live, which is cool to know, but not necessary to feel the intelligence behind the audio. I can rarely notice track changes, since most of the pieces flow together nicely.

This is rhythmic noise that occasionally organically turns into melody at times, as well as often shifts to well-crafted, energetic harsh noise. Because of this, its rather difficult to define, which is always a good sign, personally. Parts of this could easily be compared to "industrial", but that is rather limiting as well.

In any case, this is noise/music that challenged the need to distinguish between the two. It's really a dogmatic distinction that most of us can't help but adopt, but listening to this tape is a great reminder that music is music, and that good art doesn't need to be choked by labels.

There's a cool intelligence behind the wheel here; which doesn't seem too self-conscious, either. It's a confident mish-mash that is clearly doing what it wants to accomplish.

RECOMMENDED LISTENING. I look forward to any future releases by Mister Fuckhead.

*Negative Note(s):

(1) I'm not really a fan of the moniker "Mister Fuckhead". It doesn't illicit any serious attention for me, and it makes the release appear to be a bit of an immature joke-project at first glance. If the artist didn't include audio samples on the press release I saw, I would have had no interest at all in the project. But, whatever. I think Melt-Banana is a stupid name, too, but nobody cares since they are one of the best bands on the planet.

(2) Not a huge fan of the cover art & fonts either, but the orange version of the tape I have and the use of the transparency print is totally rad. My reaction to the visual aesthetic feels like a weird counterbalance of taste. The design concept is excellent and professional. I love the image concept, but not the image content, if that makes any sense. Whatever.

Again, VERY SATISFYING TAPE. RECOMMENDED.

Watch for this artist's future releases, and pick this up before it's gone.

-Jonathan

jonathanenriquebarajas at gmail dot com

"333" featured on Colors of the Dark blog

2010-05-03T14:27:00.000-07:00

I share some background about my approach to making the album, and a little about where I stand in terms of making art in general, at Jonathan Canady's Colors of the Dark, a blog whose original focus was about featuring various macabre artists, and now has expanded to also include personal interest entries and dark subject matter in general. I'm glad to be part of it, and I want to thank Jonathan for the support!

"333" Available Now!

2010-03-30T02:19:00.000-07:00

MP3 Samples:

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In 1999, a half-semester at an art school that corresponded with a theoretical synth punk band went terribly awry. This caused an experience that effectively spurred a deep foray into experimental music and industrial noise out of simple practicality, almost entirely naive or unaware of any previous precedents with this mode of expression. In existence since the year 2000, the one-man project started with little else than a sequencer for the first 7 years, and it's still an integral part of the composition process.

Solo work up to that point had been inching around minimal electronic and sample-based material ranging from madly structured pseudo-classical, swing jazz, or exotica to industrial, noise, drone, and technical malfunction based compositions. The premise was later broadened to a great deal of studio editing/composition, and can be summarized by excessive amounts of layering from various sound sources and instruments. Recent lone performances have incorporated rhythmic noise accompanied by a contact mic'ed metal mask, with Arvo effectively taking a belt sander to his face, and he has been referred to by many as "intense weirdo power electronics" with regard to his live sets.

While he has toured solo, and exacted countless performances by himself, locally Arvo has often taken to an affinity in setting up large groups for captivating, mood changing performances. There are often around 6-15 people working in layers of comparative sameness, particularly with The "Mister Fuckhead Ensemble", which was rooted around the concept of brass instruments or junk metal in copious amounts. The "Mister Fuckhead" moniker has been retired, and in its place is a more primal thesis statement, "BLOOD RHYTHMS" as the new umbrella. The debut of "BLOOD RHYTHMS" in December of 2010 exhibited a haunting, visceral performance featuring the entire band of 6 Chicago veterans, ONO, with many layers of junk metal cacaphony, 2 power tools, 3 guitars, 4 vocalists, and many electronics.

Past live contributors or collaborators have included Dave Purdie (Silver Abuse, Satan 2000), , Mike Krause (Death Factory), travis (ONO), Daniel Burke (Illusion of Safety), Michael Kendrick (Rope, Lovely Little Girls), Bruce Lamont (Yakuza), Right-Eye Rita, Rik Garrett, Adam Jennings (Winters in Osaka), Christopher ILTH (Daily Void, ex-Loto Ball Show), Alex Morales (Running, piss piss piss moan moan moan), and Andy Ortmann (Panicsville).

After much time carefully and obsessively dwelling on releases, having officially issued only 3 for the entire decade, Arvo has become more efficient, decisive, and exacting privately, coming out of his shell and expanding with both live and studio collaborations on the horizon alongside creatives such as Fatale, Desoeuvre Bruit, Skin Graft, Dog Lady, and Cock E.S.P. It will still be surprising if he takes less than a year to release anything, given his ponderous nature, but a diverse palette of work has been set in motion. He is also known by some as a radio DJ whose program is syndicated in Croatia, a freeform live DJ, a writer, an artist, a curator of a events, an occasional label head, and in general a catalyst for exciting ideas.

The cassette is limited to an edition of 99, across 3 different colored cassettes (solid orange, solid purple, black), with 3 different label designs, a 3 panel, two sided, full color insert, and a color transparency.

There is also a professionally duplicated, shrinkwrapped CDr in a jewel case with full color art work, in an unlimited edition available.

Shipping Included

(sample of one of the 6 label designs)

People that can get past their potential assumptions about the name won't likely be disappointed. The transparencies cost a lot but it has to be that way. Here is a scan of the transparencies that will go over the inserts (please pardon my dirty scanner bed, I was scanning piles of nails the other day):

Mister Fuckhead Special on Radio SC in Zagreb Croatia!

2010-03-06T13:59:00.000-08:00

STREAM
RADIO SC IN ZAGREB CROATIA
I will see if there is a recording of this show that I can share.

Apparently the special was aired this morning. Enormous Thanks to the people at Radio SC for doing this feature!

Poslušajte danas na Radiju SC Chicago noise specijal!

17h – 20h Čangrljanje-specijalno izdanje: Bratez Sachulatez presents Mister Fuckhead /Radio SC (Zagreb)

Monstruozni, nasilni Bratez i promiskuitetni prevarant Sachulatez u svojim dekadentnim avanturama, lutanjima, opijanjima diljem svijeta uvijek kada se vrate u domovinu kao pravi hrvati/gastrbajteri donesu darove i belosvjetske drangulije kojih nema kod nas. Bratez Sachulatez su se napokon vratili nakon šest godina i koji tjedan, te obradovali/iznenadili i prijatelje i neprijatelje.Njihovim poklonima svi se raduju kao kada si 80s djeci dijelio gumene bombone po povratku iz Austrije. Nije ni čudo da se iza kuluara priča da su novi val upravo Bratez Sachulatez doneli jos krajem 70s, no kako nikada nisu voljeli veliku pozornost, titule i medalje rađe su prepustili Rundeku i ekipi.

Kako pričaju u Chikagu prošlog ljeta su upoznali izvesnog Arvo Zyloa, poznatijeg kao Mister Fuckhead koji zajedno sa osmoro virtuoza čine big band, i to ne običan već extream noise big band. Mister Fuckhead je Bratez Sachulatez dvojcu poklonio trostruko kazetno izdanje njihovih Live performancea snimljnih u zadnje tri godine. Naime na kazetama se nalaze šest live performansa i još dva dodatna odsviranih od strane arva i njegove ekipe kako Arvo to opisuje svojim riječima: …the line-up ranges from Arvo and one other to like eight people, all huffing away on brass instruments, manipulating tapes and electronics or just plain out banging on shit… quartet on drums, tape loops, guitar, scrap metal and electronics. I can’t quite make out the samples from the tapes, it could be some kind of fucked classical piece or folk tune but at times it even seems a little like a 70’s disco/funk jam…

U svakom slučaju nepropustite premijerno emitiranje tri kazete Mister Fuckheada koje niko nikada ranije nije čuo na našim prostorima. Više informacija o Mister Fuckhead i sutrašnjem showu potražite na sledećim linkovima:

http://www.myspace.com/misterfuckhead

http://www.discogs.com/Mister-Fuckhead-Company-3-X-c33/release/1990583

Autor i voditelj: Bratez

Sachulatez

Google Translation:

Listen now on Radio SC Chicago special noise!

17h - 20h Čangrljanje-Special Edition: Bratez Sachulatez presents Mister Fuckhead / Radio SC (Zagreb)

Monstrous, violent and promiscuous Bratez fraudster Sachulatez in their dekadentnim adventures, wanderings, drinking around the world whenever they return to their homeland as a true Croat / gastrbajteri bring gifts and belosvjetske trinket which there with us. Bratez Sachulatez have finally returned after six years and that week, and glad / surprised and friends and gifts neprijatelje.Njihovim all rejoice as when you 80s children shared the rubber candy after his return from Austria. No wonder that after kuluara story that the new wave just Bratez Sachulatez brought at the end of the 70s, but never like that great attention, titles and medals rather are left to Rundek and team.

How to tell the chikago last summer they met a certain Arvo Zyloa, better known as Mister Fuckhead who along with eight virtuosos are big band, not the usual noise, but extream big band. Mister Fuckhead is Bratez Sachulatez duo presented a triple cluster edition of their Live performances snimljnih the last three years. In fact the tapes are six live performance and two additional odsviranih by Arva and his team to Arvo to describe his words ... the line-up ranges from Arvo and one other to like eight people, all huffing away on brass instruments, manipulating tapes and electronics or just plain out banging on shit ... quartet on drums, tape loops, guitar, scrap metal and electronics. I can not quite make out the samples from the tapes, it could be some kind of fucked classical piece or folk tune but at times it even seems a little like a 70's disco / funk jam ...

In any case nepropustite premiere broadcast of three tapes Mister Fuckheada that one never before been heard in our country. More information about Mister Fuckhead and tomorrow's show, visit the following links:

MISTER FUCKHEAD - "333" PRE ORDER

2010-03-03T14:46:00.000-08:00

I wrote the first beginning from this album in 2003, while I was living in a 2nd floor closet, squatting in a rat-infested house that only had power in one outlet, all the way in the flooded basement. This was for my first performance at a public venue. I have reworked these tracks over and over again, spending 15-25 hours at a time drinking fake absinthe doused with wormwood oil and plugging away, to make individual pieces for each performance up until 2007. It took me some time to be completely happy with the whole album as a cohesive, organic entity that takes on a life of its own, and with the incredible patience and ceaseless resources of Clayton Counts, we mastered it in a stretch of about 5 8 hour long days, while we meticulously went over every detail. The 60 minutes of material culminates a series of compositions I made specifically for live performance, then spent a lot of time fine tuning or expanding afterwards. It is composed entirely with a Yamaha RM1x sequencer, incorporating various carefully crafted haywire anamolies that were featured in Dead Tech/Circuit Bending type of art gallery events, and much experience from performing with live bands or working with various drug addled beat industrial/hip hop artists, among other things.

The cassette is limited to an edition of 99, across 3 different color cassettes (solid orange, solid purple, black), with 3 different label designs, a 3 panel, two sided, full color insert, and a color transparency. The cost is $9 USA, $12 elsewhere, postage paid. The release date is 03/30/2010, and will ship within 3 days of that date. You can send paypal to misterfvckhead@yahoo.com . If you would like my mailing address just let me know. If anybody who does reviews for publications or blogs would like to give a thorough review based on the content, I will refund their money after purchase. Wholesale rates are available, distros are welcome and encouraged to get in touch. The cassettes are duplicated and the printing is almost ready to be done.

(sample of one of the 6 label designs)

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(These samples can be heard streaming HERE )

Mister Fuckhead and Company Reviewed at Heathen Harvest

2010-03-02T17:27:00.000-08:00

Heathen Harvest

Well, Mister Fuckhead And Friends plays very strange music that is repetitive and loop-based. Often times the music has harsh noise elements to it, and in general the vibe of this makes me think of Crash Worship and that sort of carnival atmosphere. There are live drums and rhythms that at times recall the New York no-wave era and some of the groups that followed in that direction such as Swans. This has a distinct Skin Graft records sort of flavor to it, and the adventurous jams often go on into cacaphonous dalliances far past their original rocking intentions. The music seems mostly improvised, as strange sounds will make their way into the mix on the first track that don't seem fully intended. As we get a little bot further into the casssette, things get a bit more interesting with some complete abandoning voyages into glaciers of harsh noise shredding the speakers with total disregard for rhythm or melody. Still sounds like it would have been better to have been there in person, but this recording will suffice.

At over ninety minutes of music, this collection of unnamed and improvisational live sets is very daunting. Mostly the music has a very nineties feel to it, this sounds like it could have been recorded at the same time as some of the classic recordings by the Haters or the New Blockaders. Each set has moments of interest, but for the most part this tape is one long noise set. There are some fairly spectacular and strange line-ups, including what sounds like a makeshift jazz ensemble. My favorites are the electronic and tape-based setups, which is what side one mostly consists of. If you are a fan of no-wave and need something new in your life, you could do worse than this ninety-minute long cassette of noise performances by Mister Fuckhead and Friends.

This has a pretty wide variety of material on it for you to choose from. Also, if you unravel all of the tape from the inside you can spool it around clothing and make very interesting tassels for your outerwear. Hanging many strands of magnetic tape in a consecutive row off of your hat is a great way to show your individuality and style.

Mister Fuckhead & Company Reviewed at Auxiliary Out

2010-02-21T07:27:00.000-08:00

Auxiliary Out

This project was masterminded by Arvo Zylo, unfortunately better known as Mister Fuckhead. The "company" in question is a huge series of collaborators he recruited to produce these 90 minutes. The tape consists of six live recordings and two recorded in a meat locker and the line-up ranges from Arvo and one other to like eight people, all huffing away on brass instruments, manipulating tapes and electronics or just plain out banging on shit. It's one of the most monstrous 90 minutes I've come across, and perhaps a bit too much to take in in one sitting but taken a few performances at a time it's pretty enjoyable.
The tape starts off with one of the strongest performances. It's a live recording from 2008 featuring a quartet on drums, tape loops, guitar, scrap metal and electronics. I can't quite make out the samples from the tapes, it could be some kind of fucked classical piece or folk tune but at times it even seems a little like a 70's disco/funk jam. Anyway, so you got someone messing with samples meanwhile the world is basically collapsing. The rest of the crew gets really heavy and moves like a fucking juggernaut, splintering everything in its path. The drummer hits them like a bastard and the guitar gives it a steady rock n roll underpinning that really ties the jam together with a sludgy bow on top. The quartet builds to such a relentless, unholy racket it's quite staggering. It's phenomenal really. The second piece, recorded in 2007, switches gears with a duo formation on scrap metal, electronics, glass and vacuum. Rather than the monolithic skull crushing of the previous piece, it moves along somewhere in between mild harsh noise and free-percussion crews like Albero Rovesciato. The piece is navigated through jangling percussion, sharp blasts of feedback, synth filter sweeps and electronic rumble. It's a good track, well-paced and the duo definitely have a handle the rhythm of the piece. I'd be curious to see what else this duo formation would come up with. The final piece of the side was recorded under a year ago and it expands the ensemble to 7 people. One or more people are credited to all of these things: baritone sax, electronics, guitar, electric drill, scrap metal, saxophone, modified trumpet, bass, cymbals, blood, coronet and vocals which is pretty insane. Looking at a line-up like that I was expecting another noise assault a la the first track but they actually deliver something much more unsettling. Someone's crooning about temptation against brass and reed squeals, metallic clinks and clangs and fearsome power drill work. There's way more space in this piece than previous tracks making it feel a lot more ominous and disjointed. The second half of it finds lilting brass met with shrieks from a modulated power drill and its real disconcerting.
The second side houses five pieces. The first two are shorter and were recorded by a wind ensemble in a meat locker. Five people play baritone sax, coronet, saxophone and trumpet. The first piece somehow manages to recreate some of power drill-like grind from the last piece. Maybe I accredited it incorrectly before. The piece flowers (or wilts) into polyphonic disharmony. The next piece finds Mr. Fuckhead layering various recordings from the meat locker on top of one another, creating a much more unyielding, dissonant plate of sound than the previous track. Both are cool pieces particularly the second one and they show another facet to the Fuckhead and Co. identity. The third piece of the side is another live performance that expands the ensemble to eight, now including trombone, tuba and french horn(!) It's awesome, a throbbing, swollen mass of resonance. There are nearly imperceptible melodies hidden deep within the swampy brass drones. It's a pretty brilliant piece of creepy horn-blowing. The next track finds the group in a seven piece formation still with many horns in tow but with the addition of electronics (and kazoo.) A couple minutes in, after establishing some core drone waves, a few trumpets and possibly coronet start soloing and it's pretty fucking cool! The ensemble creates this swirling vortex of brass and reeds lead by a great central melody continually contorted and modified by that group of trumpets/coronet. It's odd because out of nowhere on this rather dark and noisy tape there's a fascinating centerpiece of beauty. Around halfway through a really bassy sound starts wiggling around and a few filter sweeps worm their way in as well. That horn melody continues but it's slowly dro(w)ned out by jittery electronics but makes occasional resurgences before the track splinters and slowly sputters to a halt. It's a fantastic 15 minutes, quite possibly the best work of the whole tape. The final piece features three people with tapes, electronics and field recordings at their disposal, kicking off with classical music in a cloud of noise. It's a weird track cause there's this pervasive prickly static but occasional intimations of melodies underneath the white noise. I think the piece suffers from following the previous one because the majority of it comes off as significantly less dynamic. I really like the final five minutes of it though, lots of weird loops intermingle freely with a little melodic undercurrent before bringing the tape to a close.
The thing I like most about the tape is that Zylo has assembled a burgeoning group of individuals with an even larger tool chest to explore the many sonic products possible from their collaboration while simultaneously creating a unified aesthetic over the course of 90 minutes (and a couple years.) Well done.
The c93 is limited to 93 copies, it's a lot of bang for six bucks and the tape looks really nice, with matching labels and matching red shells and cases; you can tell a lot care went into the packaging just as well as the music. There's also a special edition triple cassette version with handmade art and whatnot available as well. Check hereor record stores around Chicago for copies.

Many thanks to Drew, he has a good radio show/podcast on his page too...

There are a couple of copies at Reckless Records

Review of Mister Fuckhead & Company in Vital Weekly + "333" Due out in March

2010-01-19T11:23:00.000-08:00

http://www.vitalweekly.net/714.html

90 + minutes of a compilation... ...I suspect revolves around the DIY ideas in the noise genre, which I suppose I should say something about. I think it's a continuum of the very free improv work on the outskirts of jazz / avant gardism / fluxus which will it seems continue to exist as its kind of found an ecological niche within contemporary modernity / post-modernity, a niche similar to a biological one through perhaps in terms of Dawkins' "meme" - though I must admit to not liking the idea which seems self contradictory especially here as I cant see how this music can have the desire to sustain itself anymore than DNA.

The ideological processes that gave the left field avant improv is no longer active, which is proclaimed by the current practitioners, but that perhaps is the whole point - an ironic positing of the no longer theory laden intellectualism of the new wave, more an oily swell of pollution and dead seabirds. Interesting, poignant even and ultimately nice.(jliat)

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MORE POLLUTION ON DECK: a cassette version of an album I worked on for nearly 5 years, "333" will be out in march. Mastered by Clayton Counts, it will be a c66 with a double sided 3 panel j card. Edition of 99. Here is a crop from the collage art:

Please feel free to get in touch if you're interested in ordering or carrying this release. Wholesale will be available.

PAYPAL/CONTACT: misterfvckhead@yahoo.com
3XC33: $18 ppd everywhere
C93: $6 USA, $9 World

Mister Fuckhead & Company aired on Auxiliary Out Radio Programme

2010-01-19T00:55:00.000-08:00

View the playlist HERE

The Auxiliary Out radio programme airs Sundays 11am-1pm Pacific time. You can stream it online at U of Washington's student-run station, Rainydawg Radio. Also, you can stream the radio from the Rainydawg Myspace

MF & Company played on WORT's Weekly World Noise

2010-01-05T21:14:00.000-08:00

Until Sunday you can listen to the archive of the Weekly World Noise Radio Program HERE

The DJ is the main man behind Earjerk Records.

Here's the playlist, and another older one we were played on. Thanks for the support!

Mister Fuckhead & Company aired on Little Fyodor's Under The Floorboards Radio Show

2009-11-17T22:28:00.000-08:00

The archive of each episode from Under The Floorboards is only up for a limited time, but it's an honor to be in there. Thanks to Little Fyodor for the airtime!

New Mister Fuckhead & Company

2009-10-15T08:40:00.000-07:00

The initial idea for this project started with a brass group on April Fool's Day that just did reverb-laden drones. Other ideas presented themselves from there on. Later, various incarnations of the Mister Fuckhead Ensemble, Mister Fuckhead & Friends etc. incorporated junk metal scrape, chains, vacuums, glass, drills, guitar, keyboards, field recordings, classical samples, and tape loops. "c93" is a live document of more than 6 performances from the last 2 years or so; edited, and revitalized.

Contributors featured are travis (ONO), Daniel Burke (Illusion of Safety), Michael Kendrick (Lovely Little Girls, ex-Rope, Redemer, etc), Mike Krause (Death Factory), Dave Purdie (Silver Abuse, Satan2000), Richard Syska (Dummy Antenna), Andy Ortmann (Panicsville), Bruce Lamont (Yakuza), Right-Eye Rita, Brian Klein, Christopher ILTH (Daily Void, ex-Functional Blackouts), Alejandro Morales (PISSPISSPISSMOANMOANMOAN), Rik Garrett, Rupert Glimm, Bobby Danger (Black Bear Combo), and Allison Lake (Pommel).

Here is a link to sound samples: http://www.divshare.com/download/8911141-c60

The accompanying visual matter was made with only the intention of framing the work, I had no desire to try to place any kind of artful sheath over this collection or its contributors. It's been in my mind for the entire time to use pen & ink splatter and a few other elements, so naturally the end result is an edition of 33 with hand made inserts/labels and handwritten credits (samples below). There are 3 red tinted c33 Type II High Bias tapes in a white cassette album and it comes with a 4x6 photo from the aftermath of one of our performances. Fountain pen ink has been the main tool used, on varied sketch paper. I grappled with the idea of selling this item at all since I've got so many... um ...royalties to give out and I've become attached to some of them. Never-the-less, 9 of the 33 are available for $18 postage paid everywhere. C'est La Guerre. First come first served.

There is also a solid red c93 in an edition of 93, containing the same material with two sided, perforated, black and white J cards based off of the handmade work; black and white labels, red norelco cases, printed credits. Covers vary. There will be a small amount available with hand written/drawn/made covers & labels. $6 US, $8 World.

All orders will be shipped within 3 business days between 2 pieces of cardboard, inside a padded envelope.

Paypal to misterfvckhead@yahoo.com

The content is the same for the 3xc33 album and the c93.

A1:
Christopher ILTH (Daily Void): Tape Loops
Alejandro Morales (PissPissPissMoanMoanMoan): Drums
Mike Krause (Death Factory): Guitar, Electronics
Mister Fuckhead: Electronics, Scrap Metal, Tapes
Recorded live at The Empty Bottle, August 3rd, 2008 by Daniel Burke.
Live sound by Kenny Rasmussen.

A2:
Mike Krause: Electronics, Scrap Metal
Mister Fuckhead: Electronics, Scrap Metal, Glass, Vacuum
Recorded live at South Union Arts, July 11th, 2007 by Joe Hahn.
Live sound by Brian Klein.

A3:
Travis Dobbs (ONO): Vocals, Vocal Overdubs, Scrap Metal.
Daniel Burke (Illusion of Safety): Guitar, Electronics, Scrap Metal
Michael Kendrick (Lovely Little Girls, Ex-Rope, Redemer, Maco Sica, etc) - Scrap Metal, Trigger Pads, Blood
Richard Syska (Dummy Antenna): Bass, Modified Trumpet, Electronics
Mike Krause: Guitar, Electric Drill
Dave Purdie (Silver Abuse, Satan2000): Baritone Sax, Mouthpiece, Electronics
Mister Fuckhead: Scrap Metal, cymbals, Coronet
Recorded Live at Ronny's, March 18th 2009.
Collaborative live sound by Brian Klein.

B1:
Taken from material recorded inside of a meat locker
above Grace Kulp's apartment on October 29th, 2008.
There were recorders in each corner for acoustic brass improvisations by:
Bruce Lamont (Yakuza), Andy Ortmann (Panicsville), Dave Purdie, Brian Klein (The Machinist), and Mister Fuckhead.

B2:
Various carefully piled layers from each corner of the meat locker.

B3:
Bobby Danger (Black Bear Combo): Tuba
Rupert Glimm: Trumpet
Right Eye Rita: French Horn
Rik Garrett: Trombone, Electronics
Brian Klein: Trumpet, Electronics
Richard Syska: Trumpet, Electronics
Dave Purdie: Baritone Sax, Electronics
Mister Fuckhead: Coronet
Excerpt from a live performance at Beat Kitchen, April 1st, 2007.
Recorded by Dan Demchuk.

B4:
Rupert Glimm: Trumpet
Rik Garrett: Trombone, Electronics
Richard Syska: Trumpet, Saxophone, Electronics
Allison Lake (Pommel): Kazoo, Electronics
Dave Purdie: Baritone Sax, Electronics, Buzzing
Brian Klein: Trumpet, Electronics
Mister Fuckhead: Coronet, Electronics
Recorded live at Darkroom Bar, May 20th, 2007, by Dan Demchuk.

B5:
Brian Klein: Tapes, Electronics
Mike Krause: Tapes, Electronics
Mister Fuckhead: Tapes, Field Recordings, Electronics
Recorded live at Elastic Arts, June 21st, 2008

All Material was edited, manipulated, and mastered by Mister Fuckhead.

Duplication (and some further fine tuning assistance) By Andy Ortmann.

3xc33: $18
c93: $6 US, $8 World
Paypal: misterfvckhead@yahoo.com

New Show Added

2009-07-01T00:13:00.000-07:00

Hosted By:
N/A

When:
Friday, July 10, 2009

Where:
Ottoman Empire
2820 W Lyndale
Chicago
60647

Description:
Dead Superheroes Orchestra, Funeral & The Twilight, Grace Kulp, ME etc...http://www.myspace.com/thefuneralandthetwilight, http://www.myspace.com/gracekulp, http://www.myspace.com/deadsuperheroes,

Click Here To View Event

Mister Fuckhead Interview, "Greatest Improvement in Dance" book by Edgar Amaya

2009-06-25T15:12:00.000-07:00

Edgar Amaya, a writer, DJ, and one half of the band EaViL, has published a book on lulu.com
which contains album reviews, live reviews, some personal thoughts on various musical ventures, and 2 interviews. Mister Fuckhead shares honorable company with Lydia Lunch in the interview section of this all around thoughtful and organic/poetic/abstract publication.

Mister Fuckhead Ensemble live at Darkroom 01/11/09

2009-04-01T04:37:00.000-07:00

Mister Fuckhead Ensemble live at Darkroom 01/11/09 featuring Richard Syska, Billy Smith, Eorl Scholl, Clyde Rourke, and Andy Ortmann. Scroll to about 5:20 for the performance to start. It was filmed courtesy of Soren Kyale with a small handheld video camera. The audio doesn't do the performance justice, but the performance is well worth documentation.

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LIVE MISTER FUCKHEAD ENSEMBLE

2009-03-24T05:01:00.000-07:00

THE MISTER FUCKHEAD ENSEMBLE:
w/ arvo fingers, richard syska, daniel burke, michael krause, brian klein, michael kendrick, dave purdie

Video courtesy of ACID MARSHMALLOW

mister fuckhead ensemble (early set) at hotti biscotti (chicago) march 7th, 2009 from acid marshmallow on Vimeo.

mister fuckhead ensemble (late set) at hotti biscotti (chicago) march 7th, 2009 from acid marshmallow on Vimeo.

Trunculence reviewed by WZRD staff

2008-12-23T17:49:00.000-08:00

Very kind and thorough people.

Press Release for 1/11/09 Show at Darkroom

2008-12-02T03:28:00.000-08:00

This incarnation of The Mister Fuckhead Ensemble will feature brass elements, electronics, scrap metal, and a great deal of percussion.

www.myspace.com/illusionsofsafety or www.illusionofsafety.com

http://www.myspace.com/aph0rism or www.ap5m.com

www.myspace.com/7283165 www.wtiirecords.com www.darkroombar.com

Oneiroid Psychosis:Oneiroid Psychosis, originally a duo between brothers Lars and LeifHansen, is now a darkwave solo-project from Wisconsin by Lars. Originallyknown simply as Psychosis, they were discovered by Decibel Records in 1993and have been making music using the name Oneiroid Psychosis since.Because a band called Psychosis already existed, it was necessary for thebrothers to change their name to avoid confusion or legal conflict, hencethe addition of the word "Oneiroid," which comes from the Greek word"oneiros" which means "dream".OP's first album, Stillbirth was released in 1995. Four songs from TheTime Spent Dead were included on the album, two after being re-recordedentirely, and two after being remastered. Stillbirth was re-released onCOP International in 2003.

After Stillbirth, OP released two more CDs on Decibel in 1996: A single,called Assuage and the album Fantasies About Illness. After these tworeleases, however, Decibel and Psylabs (OPs recording studio) both moved,which resulted in a number of complications regarding the next album,Garden of Remembrance. OP was forced to separate from Decibel, but aftersome time, they found a new home with Nilaihah Records.

The album featuresguest appearances by Kristy Venrick of The Azoic and Shikhee of AndroidLust.The fourth album released by Oneiroid Psychosis was originally a "topsecret project".

Lars and Leif wanted to make an album without any outsideinfluences. They recorded the album while building a new studio.Eventually, the secrecy of the project became less important: passion wasparamount. As their new studio was completed, so was the album.

DREAMS(with pollutions when virile) was released in 2001 by COP International.A re-release of 1995's Stillbirth was followed by OP's fifthfull-lengthalbum, Forever is Forgotten.

At this point, working together on musicbecame more difficult for the brothers: they no longer lived together,Leif had a new baby and both were involved with Albion Swords, asword-making company. They managed to find the time, however, to completeForever is Forgotten.

Fast forward to 2008 and you will see the launch of a web store forOneiroid Psychosis (which is located at www.psylabstudios.com) and thereleaseof the new cd Sentient.

ILLUSION OF SAFETY:IMPRESSION Illusion Of Safety intrepidly charts the terra incognita wheresound, silence, noise and music intersect. Using conventional instruments,sound generating devices and random objects, IOS hews sonic sculpturesthat deliberately provoke, mesmerize and even affront listeners.

OVERVIEW Illusion Of Safety has been the ongoing project of Daniel Burkesince 1983, working with numerous individuals in various combinations ofone to 10 members. Their work has been continually evolving, neversettling into an easy niche. Each collaborator has brought their ownunique perspective to the project. Since 1991 IOS have released 20 CDs onlabels such as Die Stadt, Silent, OddSize, Staalplaat, Soleilmoon,Manifold, Tesco, Ossosnossos, and Complacency. At times their work hasbeen called ambient, post-industrial, electro-acoustic, electronica,noise, sound collage, improvisation, and power electronics.

Unable tocategorize their work into one style, each release, live performance, andsometimes individual piece often shifts abruptly from one atmosphere toanother.

CURRENT POSITION Daniel Burke is currently working with electronicsynthesis, computer composition, and manipulation of historical musicalreferences and highly amplified handled objects. Burke usessemi-recognizable preexisting structural elements and rearrangements ofthe "language of error" to convey external stimuli and personal internalcontext. The results are destroyed music, broken sound, disturbed ambienceand the quest for the sublime.DANIEL BURKE'S ARTIST STATEMENT: The work represents not only my internalworld but the world as I perceive it. I work toward truth and often usebrutal honesty in mirroring my own state of mind and what I experience ofsociety & civilization.

The work represents my interest in the duality,contradictions, and ironies of the world we live in, the human conditionand my own state of mind.

I explore my fascination with the necessities ofbalance and the nature of dichotomy: chaos vs. tranquility, sacred vs.profane, subtleties vs. obviousness, and the ugly vs. an all pervasivebeauty. My hope is that other people can relate to the work on anemotonal, and intuitve level, while appreciating my aesthetic interest inexploring the inneffible.

To illiustrate & illuminate psychologicalprocesses and personal/interpersonal relationship. To activate modes ofperception to facilitate direct access of the psyche, emotion, and theinfinite. transcendence

THE MISTER FUCKHEAD ENSEMBLE:Mr. Fuckhead is the mastermind of one Arvo Fingers, who is not only a liveperformer, but also chicago's leading dj for music that falls into the"experimental,noise" category. Probably best known for releasing thenow-sold Trunculence Locked Groove Seven Inch Record which hadcontributions from such bands as Crash Worship, Nurse with Wound,HeliosCreed,Mykel Boyd,Cock E.S.P, Emulsion and many more.

The live version of this incarnaion is often referred to as The MisterFuckhead Ensemble. Members range from Three to Eight depending on what isplanned for the evening. Tonight's show arrives with the expectations ofat least 3 drummers/percusionists to keep true to Arvo's"industrial"roots.

Mr. Fuckheads live performances are always loud, incedinary, uniqueand unforgettable and have they have brought their unique interpretationsto play along side many of the noise scene's biggest names. One thing issure is that if you are missing old skool bands such as In the Nursery,Controlled Bleeding, or Einstuerzende Neubauten then Mr. Fuckhead is foryou.

APHORISM:Aphorism's Josh Pyle is no stranger to electronic music. Drawn to thedarker end of its spectrum in the early 90's, Josh spent years in theIndustrial music scene.

Involved in a number of projects, Josh relocatedfrom Texas to Chicago in 2000. With a music background spanning well over15 years, Josh's project Aphorism began to take off in 2005. "Whenworkingon a new track, it usually starts to take shape as a song at about thesame time it starts crashing my computer.

I guess I like to push the limitof my gear. Either that, or it's time for a new Mac."Although obsessed with the ability to create physically impossible soundswhile driving his equipment to the edge, Josh never lost his love for postpunk and Wax-Trax! era electronic dance music. With inspirations rangingfrom Berlin Electro to Skinny Puppy; from Amon Tobin to Dub, thecombination of stylistic influences plus an interest in 60's and 70'sEuropean soundtracks contributes to the sound of Aphorism. Now, Aphorismjoins Tympanik Audio for his fantastic and incredibly dynamic debut albumrelease titled 'Surge' with this showcase being his cd release party.

Press release written by Dave from WTII Records

TRUNCULENCE Locked Groove Compilation 7" (SOLD OUT)

2008-07-18T02:47:00.001-07:00

UPDATE:

Orders for the Trunculence Locked Groove Seven Inch Record are NO LONGER available.

It was compiled by Arvo Fingers over more than 2 years time.

The art was done by Christopher ILTH, handmade xerox collage with no computers. The first edition, limited to 300, is on translucent red vinyl, packaged in a black and metallic silver 10 inch jacket. The insert is 8x8, two sided, laser printed on Gilbert Bond Paper from the 1960's, with watermarks visible for most copies.

Below are the featured artists:

A01 - PORNOCANE
A02 - HIMEI KOUKOTSU
A03 - LE SCRAMBLED DEBUTANTE
A04 - MAGIC IS KUNTMASTER
A05 - BLACK LEATHER JESUS
A06 - CRASH WORSHIP
A07 - COCK E.S.P.
A08 - DAVE PHILLIPS
A09 - DAVE PHILLIPS
A10 - DAVE PHILLIPS
A11 - ANAKRID
A12 - ANAKRID
A13 - ANAKRID
A14 - ANAKRID
A15 - ANAKRID
A16 - CRYPTIC WEEVIL
A17 - SAMUEL HENRY
A18 - INSECT DELI
A19 - INSECT DELI
A20 - ROBERT INHUMAN
A21 - THE MACHINIST
A22 - PROTMAN
A23 - SATANICPORNOCULTSHOP
A24 - DAN LAYNE
A25 - LITTLE FYODOR
A26 - HISS
A27 - FAITH
A28 - FECALOVE
A29 - SPLINTER VS. STALIN
A30 - PEREID
A31 - A PINK CLOUD
A32 - DEAD PENI
A33 - MISTER FUCKHEAD
A34 - MISTER FUCKHEAD
A35 - MISTER FUCKHEAD
A36 - MISTER FUCKHEAD
A37 - MISTER FUCKHEAD
A38 - MISTER FUCKHEAD
A39 - MISTER FUCKHEAD
A40 - MISTER FUCKHEAD
A41 - MISTER FUCKHEAD
A42 - MISTER FUCKHEAD
A43 - SIXES
A44 - OPHIBRE
A45 - THE ELECTRIC SET
A46 - WYRM
A47 - POMMEL
A48 - IDX1274
A49 - MUTANT APE
A50 - TORTURING NURSE

B01 - THE LONELY PROCESSION
B02 - CHILDREN'S GUIDE
B03 - SID REDLIN
B04 - MR. CALIFORNIA
B05 - MR. CALIFORNIA
B06 - NURSE WITH WOUND
B07 - NURSE WITH WOUND
B08 - AMPHIBIOUS GESTURES
B09 - AMPHIBIOUS GESTURES
B10 - AMPHIBIOUS GESTURES
B11 - INDIAN JEWELRY
B12 - HELIOS CREED
B13 - RUBBER 0 CEMENT
B14 - MYKEL BOYD
B15 - WARMTH
B16 - PANICSVILLE
B17 - PANICSVILLE
B18 - PANICSVILLE
B19 - PANICSVILLE
B20 - ANDY ORTMANN & JOHN WIESE
B21 - ANDY ORTMANN
B22 - ANDY ORTMANN
B23 - ANDY ORTMANN
B24 - PANICSVILLE
B25 - CABLES
B26 - CABLES
B27 - SUDDEN INFANT
B28 - SUDDEN INFANT
B29 - SUDDEN INFANT
B30 - SUDDEN INFANT
B31 - SUDDEN INFANT
B32 - CRANK STURGEON
B33 - EaViL
B34 - CLAYTON COUNTS
B35 - CLAYTON COUNTS
B36 - CLAYTON COUNTS
B37 - CLAYTON COUNTS
B38 - CLAYTON COUNTS
B39 - CLAYTON COUNTS
B40 - SKOZEY FETISCH
B41 - SKOZEY FETISCH
B42 - SKOZEY FETISCH
B43 - SKOZEY FETISCH
B44 - SKOZEY FETISCH
B45 - SKOZEY FETISCH
B46 - EMULSION
B47 - SOS (SYMBOL OF SUBVERSION)
B48 - DEATH FACTORY
B49 - INFIRMARY
B50 - TO LIVE AND SHAVE IN L.A.

Shipping in the USA is $3 and $1 per item for orders of as many as 5.

Copies are available for $13 each if money order or hidden cash is mailed to recipient. Inquire for address.

Release Parties are underway this month in Chicago:

Permanent Records will be the only record store in America carrying the first edition of the record, unless there is an unlikely case where featured artists sell their copies to record stores.

At the time of this entry, little over 100 copies are available.

EBAY SELLER ID

HELLO WALLS

2008-04-27T01:08:00.000-07:00

After much delay, this release is now officially available. I won't be able to send out the orders I've taken until I get artist copies, but otherwise you can order from the label now..

Cover photo by Bethany Barton, edited by Steve Reese, layout by Arvo.

Hello Walls is a cassette album based around the theme of vacant buildings. Various concepts such as ghosts, abandonment, and the anthropomorphic aspects of old structures are explored within nearly 70 minutes of material. It was recorded and mastered by Arvo at Scab Labs Studios in Berwyn Illinois, 2008, released by Enemata Productions .

At present time you can hear a track from the album at myspace.com/misterfuckhead. This track features Infectious Rex and his girlfriend doing paranoid rants amidst the Electronic Voice Phenomena and screaming.

Hello Walls is available by sending $7 to enemataprods@hotmail.com via paypal.com or by clicking the button below.