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100 Hammers Project with Stuart Gunter(0)
Monkeyclaus participated in the collaborative art project 100 hammers with local drummer, Stuart Gunter. 100 hammers is inspired by Maine Artist and collector, David McLaughlin. David inspired people through his art and his creative use of recycled materials. David passed away in May 2010 and his community decided to honor him by collaborating in this [...]
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Master Kong: April 2, 1999 – September 22, 2010
Confucius, aka Master Kong, was born dead. The vet who brought him into this world resuscitated him with her own breath. He was a cat like no other from that day on. He acted more like a dog than a cat. He learned to come to a whistle and was the smartest animal we have [...]
Tabla Star Loren Oppenheimer Returns to Charlottesville
Loren Oppenheimer, originally from Charlottesville, Virginia, left almost 10 years ago to follow a dream and learn in the true style of Indian Classical Music as a committed and sincere disciple of Pandit Divyang Vakil. Loren is a tabla soloist and accompanist for music and Kathak dance and a member of the tabla ensembles Tabla [...]
Old Style Blues Recording
This was a fun and great sounding project. Trashe Blues wanted to make an old vintage style recording , with the exception of being able to mix after recording, so , we used a lot of our vintage mics and Pre-amps for the tracking to Pro-Tools. All tracked live together , even vocals. In the [...]
Talibam! From The Deep Archive
Talibam! Live at Echo Curio Jan. 24 2010 Talibam! is nearly impossible to pin down. Both men, drummer Kevin Shea and Mottel, spend the majority of any given year on the road in the US and Europe, whether it be with Talibam! or their various other projects. It is a metaphor for their sound: it [...]
New Release from OKAI – “Okai’s Odyssey” is now available as a FREE download
DOWNLOAD HERE First I would like to Thank the Creator for lending me the creativity to make this happen. Also to my spirit who guides me through the trials and tribulations. This album is dedicated to all the fellow musicians, mc’s, singers, videographer’s, and business people who help me through this journey of mine without [...]
The Garage – Charlottesville’s Most Intimate Venue
I recently stumbled upon The Garage while it was open and running with music and art blaring out into the night. I think it is the coolest little spot in Charlottesville yet. Tiny because the actual size is about the size of one of the JPJ Arena’s subwoofers . In the line of underground music [...]
Stencil – Time Lapse – Joe Iurato
Joe Iurato has just completed his first large scale outdoor stencil. While I was at first glance disrupted by the insertion of colors, I must admit that the result is equal to his smaller greyscales pieces. Poetry wins. This stencil was created from a picture by Transgress. Timelapse by Nilepoc.com. Music from Abel Okugawa. t>
Beak – ‘Iron Acton’
Check out this new seemingly controversial music from the band BEAK>. BEAK> were formed in January 2009 by three Bristol musicians, Billy Fuller, Matt Williams and Geoff Barrow (Geoff Barrow , who was/is a staple in the band Portishead, my favorite). This is much more indy rock sounding but still cool, will this type of [...]
Ehecatl Tour – 2020 and Alex Schein
Check out the sounds from the Ehecatl Tour : The mission is simple. The vision is universal. The travel will be medicine. With the gift and talents Creator has given us, we will embark on a journey throughout Turtle Island to highlight and help the creation of peace that’s already formulating amongst our young brothers [...]