Olympia Experimental Music Festival | |
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Genre | Electronic music, experimental music |
Location(s) | Olympia, Washington |
Years active | 1995-present |
Founders | L. Jim McAdams |
Website | Olympia Strange Music MySpace page |
The Olympia Experimental Music Festival, also known for a time as The Olympia Festival of Experimental Musics, [1] has been produced annually in Olympia, Washington since 1995. [2] Organizers have included festival founder L. Jim McAdams, [3] Arrington de Dionyso (founder of the Olympia Strange Music Society), [3] Aerick Duckhugger, [3] and Domenica Clark. [4] During de Dionyso's tenure as chief organizer (festivals 9–12) the festival was primarily known by the alternate name The Olympia Festival of Experimental Musics.[ citation needed]
Performers have included Acre, [5] Alps of New South Wales, [5] A Nat Hema, [6] Wendy Atkinson, [5] Atropy Minor, [6] Argumentix, [5] Better People, [5] Blue Sabbath Black Cheer, [5] Bran Flakes, [7] Cabinet of Natural Curiosities, [5] Celesteville, [5] Crank Sturgeon, [8] Dead Air Fresheners, [8] [9] Amy Denio, [10] Dendrites, [8] Arrington de Dionyso, Paul Dutton, Evolution Control Committee, [11] Steve Fisk, [8] [11] Foque Mopus, [10] Gang Wizard, [3] Hans Grusel's Krankenkabinet, [5] Bill Horist, [10] KnotPineBox, [8] Al Larsen, Le Ton Mite, METAL, [5] Midmight, [5] Nequaquam Vacuum, [5] Noggin, [1] Noisettes, [5] Office Products, Oliver Squash, [5] Plants, [5] Gino Robair, [1] Sluggo, [11] Chuck Swaim, [7] Toro sec Toro, Jennifer Robin, [12] White Rainbow, [5] Bert Wilson, [1] Wood Paneling, [1] [5] [9] Paintings for Animals, [13] LA Lungs, [13] Four Dimensional Nightmare, [13] Super Unity, Eurostache, [13] and Nathan Cearley (at the time performing as Godzilla).
In addition to unusual, experimental, and/or noise music, many festival performers use film, multimedia, and spoken word. Yahoo News in 2007 called it a "summer festival to watch". [14] In Signum, writer Tiffany Lee Brown commented in 2001: "This was no overpriced, fancypants event full of goatee-stroking theorizers or a showcase of overserious minimalist compositions, but a romp through the tangled underbrush of homegrown experimentalism." [12]
Olympia Experimental Music Festival | |
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Genre | Electronic music, experimental music |
Location(s) | Olympia, Washington |
Years active | 1995-present |
Founders | L. Jim McAdams |
Website | Olympia Strange Music MySpace page |
The Olympia Experimental Music Festival, also known for a time as The Olympia Festival of Experimental Musics, [1] has been produced annually in Olympia, Washington since 1995. [2] Organizers have included festival founder L. Jim McAdams, [3] Arrington de Dionyso (founder of the Olympia Strange Music Society), [3] Aerick Duckhugger, [3] and Domenica Clark. [4] During de Dionyso's tenure as chief organizer (festivals 9–12) the festival was primarily known by the alternate name The Olympia Festival of Experimental Musics.[ citation needed]
Performers have included Acre, [5] Alps of New South Wales, [5] A Nat Hema, [6] Wendy Atkinson, [5] Atropy Minor, [6] Argumentix, [5] Better People, [5] Blue Sabbath Black Cheer, [5] Bran Flakes, [7] Cabinet of Natural Curiosities, [5] Celesteville, [5] Crank Sturgeon, [8] Dead Air Fresheners, [8] [9] Amy Denio, [10] Dendrites, [8] Arrington de Dionyso, Paul Dutton, Evolution Control Committee, [11] Steve Fisk, [8] [11] Foque Mopus, [10] Gang Wizard, [3] Hans Grusel's Krankenkabinet, [5] Bill Horist, [10] KnotPineBox, [8] Al Larsen, Le Ton Mite, METAL, [5] Midmight, [5] Nequaquam Vacuum, [5] Noggin, [1] Noisettes, [5] Office Products, Oliver Squash, [5] Plants, [5] Gino Robair, [1] Sluggo, [11] Chuck Swaim, [7] Toro sec Toro, Jennifer Robin, [12] White Rainbow, [5] Bert Wilson, [1] Wood Paneling, [1] [5] [9] Paintings for Animals, [13] LA Lungs, [13] Four Dimensional Nightmare, [13] Super Unity, Eurostache, [13] and Nathan Cearley (at the time performing as Godzilla).
In addition to unusual, experimental, and/or noise music, many festival performers use film, multimedia, and spoken word. Yahoo News in 2007 called it a "summer festival to watch". [14] In Signum, writer Tiffany Lee Brown commented in 2001: "This was no overpriced, fancypants event full of goatee-stroking theorizers or a showcase of overserious minimalist compositions, but a romp through the tangled underbrush of homegrown experimentalism." [12]