Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Window Works

 Small Engine 
Window Gallery

Creatures In Little Big Spaces
New drawings by Christoph Knerr
January 14-February 9, 2011
Opening Reception 6pm, Friday, January 14, 2011
1413 4th St SW, Barelas between Normal Gallery and The Petting Zoo.
with performances by
Leeches of Lore
Shoulder Voices
Great White Buffalo

Albuquerque,NM

small engine is a home for art and music that cannot be bought nor hung nor recorded.


 


Sunday, December 19, 2010

Laura Ortman Cassette Release Party

Wednesday, December 29 · 9:00pm - 11:30pm
Location: Small Engine Rez
1413 4th st sw, Albuquerque NM



ODNILA.G "MINGA" REVIEW//09

" ... Odnila. G Minga is the side project of Matt Galindo from Sabertooth Cavity, one of Albuquerque NM’s forerunners of audio destruction.  Their wall of sound approach has shaken the rust off of many venues in Albuquerque, which led me to pick up this cassette release.
I was lucky enough to have my ears rattled by Odnila.G Minga’s cassette release more recently, and I can say one thing; if you like guitar geekery, this is a record you have to check out.   Recorded to 4 track cassette, it’s like a wall of guitars recorded in a cave full of screaming bats, on fire.  Covered in Bees.
I wish I could give you a digital audio clip of this awesomeness, but honestly, it would lose the flavor.  You need to get this one on Cassette and listen to it old-fashioned style to really understand the sound here.  Ambient/noise/experimental music is very much about the tones beyond the music, and many of those only come out in analog recording, I feel..."
TAPES: SOLD OUT

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

YESKA #2 //split cassette


TrashNasty by Odnila.G
For his third release, Odnila.G trades his guitars for shovels and uses drums as mics. Desolate, drones dug up from the earth, filtered through a one ton tin can. “TrashNasty” is electronic Future Folk that makes one wonder what instruments will be played by the fireside when all the guitars are used for firewood."


On the B-side is the debut of Rene Aguilera, bassist for ABQ rockers SabertoothCavity. “Paranoid Campaign” is a thicket of brutal bass improvisations for your ears. Crushing yet clean, low end for days.


Limited to 40 copies. $6 shipping included.


YESKA#2

Canal B review

Une jeune formation d’Albuquerque nous fait partager son goût immodéré pour Arab on radar, Le prog rock et les Butthole Sufers. Tout n’est pas parfait mais le potentiel créatif de ces jeunes gens est assez exponentiel. A suivre donc
 
A young formation of Albuquerque makes us share his inordinate taste for Arab on radar, the prog rock and Butthole Sufers. Everything is not perfect but the creative potential of these young people is quite exponential. A follow therefore
 

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Sunday, September 27, 2009

EASYDISCS 4 & 5




Albert Ortega-Bent Parallax.
The first two songs off this album are from "Scrap Vessel" , a film by Jason Byrne that documents the death of a cargo ship, following its final treck. Its no wonder why these songs come to me in a form of isolation, vibrations from a vessels last sail at sea.Tonal meditations that go hand in hand with found footage and wide angle shots. Soundscapes of delayed fingers anxiously tapping at soft metal, or a phantoms prayer bowl echoing through a revolving door. Either way it is sound to close your eyes to and let the shadows navigate.


Raven Chacon-Music for Flute, Guitar & Amp; Outdoor Sine Wave
There are certain sounds that can take you back to a specific moment in time. The images are slightly hazy, but for a moment you are there. This sound is not one of those. As you listen to this recording it makes your mind move forward, not back. A wave that is gliding over a New Mexican vastness,not bothering to stop and mingle with the vultures. Take note of this electric/landscape/minimalist painting, you might not hear flute or guitar. I didn't, but then again I listened to it while driving through the desert. Funny things happen out there.
Recorded somewhere in New Mexico, 2009.

EasyDiscs
is a CD-R label out of Portland OR, stared by musician Adam Reese. Its main mission is to release cheap and good looking material, without working to hard. Each album is limited to 96. Dressed in white.

Monday, August 31, 2009

8/29/09: HOUSE SHOW


Ronoso: kicked off the night with a super tight and heavy set. The room did two things for them; it made them sound awesome, (no room for little things to be missed)and it made it super smelly. all of the senses were in action. Whispers of H1N1 spread as the bassist collapsed during the set.


Black Guys:

Blistering drone,


six amp melt down.



Playing Noise catch,



in the dark.


Pinkeye: A four piece band that has just started playing around ABQ. They had sort of an "Indie" sound with a groove, loud, soft, loud kinda thing. They had vocals but no PA, which means I have to see them again.

"Night Riffing"