Thanks
to everyone that attended our REDCAT
shows. We had a blast and were honored
to share the stage with such great
artists. In case you missed the Stravinsky
Wind Octet premeire, we videotaped
it and we will post the video soon.
This Friday, June 18th,
we return to the beautiful Hillside
Club in Berkeley to perform the
Stravinsky alongside pieces from
our upcoming third album. We head
back to Los Angeles on Sunday,
June 20th (Father's Day) for our
final performance of the season
at our resident rehearsal space,
Cornerstone Music Conservatory.
As we close this year, we'd like
to thank each and every one of
you. We have many exciting projects
lined up for next year, and we
couldn't have do it without your
support! We hope to see you soon.
Sincerely,
Philip, Tom, Chelsea,
Ben, Marc, Felix, Alex and JohnPaul
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 Recording Our Third
Album At Knobworld
We recently began recording our third album
at the studio Knobworld.
We had a blast and would like to thank Jim
Lang for all his help!! Stay tuned for an
audio sample. For now, here are
some photos: Click
Here.
For those
who haven't heard the news, director
Ben Harbert has accepted a tenure-track
professorship position at Georgetown
University. He and his family will
be moving to Washington D.C. this summer.
While Los Angeles Electric 8 will live
on in his absence, we invite you to
what will be his final local show with
the group. Please come and congratulate
him on his new journey and bid him
farewell. His presence will be missed
dearly.
These past few months, we have
been preparing vigorously for our third
studio album. This concert
will be a "sneak preview" of
that material so be sure not to miss
it! We will perform music by Mantle
Hood, Phil Kline, Charles T. Griffes,
Wayne Siegel, Randall Kohl, and more.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 A Thank You And Announcing
Our Third Studio Album
Thank you to all those that made it to our Santa Ana and Santa Barbara performances.
We appreciate your
support. In case you missed them we have posted pictures of both shows: Click
Here.
We are excited to let you know that we will begin recording
our third studio album! Stay tuned for more information. Our second studio album
is currently finished. We are working out distribution methods and should be
available very soon. For now here is an excerpt of our second album.
Which will be titled: Imagined Overtures, after Frank J. Oteri's microtonal
suite by the same name.
Here is a sample of our upcoming second
album,
Imagined Overtures
On Saturday, we will
perform at Fishbon in Santa Barbara.
Reminiscent of the 19th century Parisian
salon, Fishbon believes in the power
of collaboration between artists, scientists,
engineers, writers, performers and
participants to create compelling aesthetic
experiences that would have been difficult
to achieve in isolated individual working
environments. Please come and support
this charitable organization.
We hope to see you there!
We are kicking
off the 2010 with a performance in Orange County
with Cellist Carter Dewberry. Surprises are
in store. Come to the pre-reception for tasty
truffles and wine and stay for a post performance
Q&A.
We will also have our first batch of T-shirts
availablefor sale.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 A
Big Thank You!
Thank you to everyone who came out to the
Armory this past Saturday. We appreciate
your support. Stay tuned for news on upcoming
performances and our second album, Imagined
Overtures.
Here is a sample of Interlocking Textures:
Sunday, October 11, 2009 Interlocking
Textures
Hello, we have been working hard all summer for
our upcoming season and will be presenting
an exciting set of Interlocking Textures. What
exactly does that mean? Well....
The Los Angeles Electric 8, the world's only
electric guitar chamber octet, will perform
music by American composers deeply informed by traditional Javanese
music—Mantle Hood, Nathaniel Braddock and Randall Kohl. These pieces have
rich interlocking parts and graceful melodies. Two traditional Javanese pieces
arranged for the Los Angeles Electric 8 will round of the set. Music from the
American minimalist composer Wayne Siegel—who was no doubt inspired
by the interlocking rhythms of Indonesia—will complement
the traditional fare. The evening will take
you from the traditional to the impressionistic,
all ringing from a chorus of electric guitars
imitating traditional Indonesian instruments.
Playing traditional Indonesian music
on eight electric guitars is an extension of
the guitar's long residency in the
archipelago. Portuguese ships brought
the first instruments of the guitar family
to Indonesia in the 16th century. Ever
since, Indonesian musicians have adapted the
instrument to indigenous musical traditions,
somewhat resisting the colonial power of the
guitar as a bearer of Western pop music. In
sound, the electric guitar resembles the struck
metal of Indonesian gamelans, making it an
unlikely yet well-suited host to Indonesian
music.
We also would like to welcome back founding
member, JohnPaul Trotter... who comes back
from South America with stories of wonder and
adventure.
"These artistic possibilities
are increased exponentially when
one combines art forms, as the LAE8
and world arts and culture MFA candidate
Cari Ann Shim Sham are doing in the
form of Project Berd.."
Tom Farrell
is a Los Angeles based guitarist,
composer and performer. A Chicago
native, Tom recieved his M.M. from
Northwestern University in Classical
Guitar Performance where he studied
with the Waller and Maxwell Duo.
In January of 2000, he was awarded
first place in the Society of American
Musicians Classical Guitar Competition.
Tom lives in Culver City,CA and teaches
at The Cornerstone Music Conservatory
in West LA and at the New Village
Charter High School in downtown Los
Angeles.
"Count the Los Angeles
Electric 8 among the ranks of gifted
electrists aiming to restore our
faith in its wild side, but with
discipline and music stands in tow."
Ken
Rosser's performance resume ranges from
John Cage, Billy Higgins, Bennie Wallace
and Vinny Golia to the Elvis Schoenberg
Orchestra Surreal, with appearances at
the Monterey Jazz Festival, The Frankurt
Jazz Festival and the International Reggae
Festival in New Orleans. Ken is also
actively involved in the World Music
scene. He teaches private guitar at GIT
in Hollywood, CA.
General admission is $10 with dinner ($12 show only). Seating is limited and
we expect the concert to sell out so please purchase in advance or call SOhO
for reservations: (805) 962-7776.
A big thank you to all who made it to our
2008 performances. We were thrilled to play
another sold-out show for our season-closer
at the Electric Lodge. At present, we're
planning our 2009 season and working on our
next album, currently in the mixing stage—we'll
keep you posted. For now, we leave you with
this short documentary on the group from
the World Festival of Sacred Music Performance.
Created by Adam Mcfaddin Ballard, for the
World Festival of Sacred Music - Los Angeles
2008. LA Lens on Sacred Music.
Los
Angeles Electric 8, the world's only
electric guitar chamber octet performs
their final show for the season.
This unique evening features a world
premiere of Phil Kline's "96 Tears," written
for eight sustaining electric guitars,
a modern emulation of 16th century
viol consorts. They will also perform
selections from the "Well Tempered
Clavier" by J.S. Bach, "Octet,
Op.11" by Dmitri Shostakovich,
a selection from "Quartet for
the End of Time" by Olivier Messiaen,
Italian Renaissance pieces by Gabrieli
and Taeggio, Indonesian gamelan styled, "Balinesa
El Canto de los Changos" by Randall
Kohl, and the ethereal "Domino
Figures" by Wayne Siegel. This
show is not to be missed!
Or call for reservation,
seating is limited: (310) 823-0710.
JohnPaul is off to Rio de Janeiro
to
explore Brazilian
guitar styles
Wedensday, November 12, 2008 Please join us for two
very exciting shows this weekend.
On Friday, we will perform at the
hip cabaret Café-Club Fais Do-Do
in the heart of Los Angeles' mid city
district. Fais Do-Do offers fine soulful
Cajun cuisine and an entrée
into a diverse music, theatre and dance
scene.
Honorary ninth member, drummer Daryl Anderson, will join the group for Frank
Oteri's microtonal rock suite. The elegantly ambient Agness Twin will open
for our two full sets.
On Saturday, we will perform at Fishbon
in Santa Barbara. Reminiscent of the
19th century Parisian salon, Fishbon
believes in the power of collaboration
between artists, scientists, engineers,
writers, performers and participants
to create compelling aesthetic experiences
that would have been difficult to achieve
in isolated individual working environments.
Please come and support this charitable
organization.
We hope to see you there!
Scroll down to Rona's Favorite Picks and Thank you Rona!:Click
Here to read.
Monday, October 20, 2008 Website
Updates
Hey everyone, we udated our repertoire section
with samples of our new pieces
(and some old) from recent performances.....
In case you are curious to what they sound
like if you missed some shows. We also
updated our photos section,
which took forever. See you soon :)
We are pleased to announce that we'll
be sharing the stage with our friends Edmund
Welles, the bass clarinet quartet. Edmund
Welles is not to be missed. The innovative
Bay Area quartet plays what they call heavy
chamber music, mixing old-school metal
with chamber arrangements. We'll be playing
pieces from our new set that we premiered
to a sold-out crowd at the Armory Center
for the Arts. (Thanks everyone for such
a great turnout!) We will also be premiering
some new music you didn't hear at the Armory.
In addition, if you missed the Armory show,
we play two full sets alone at the acoustically
stunning Church of the Epiphany in Oak
Park the following Sunday. We'll premiere
a few new pieces there as well.
Friday
/ October 10, 2008 / 9:00pm
Los Angeles, Eagle Rock / Zomzy
Studios
Saturday / October 11, 2008 / 8:00pm
Long Beach / {open}
"an extremely exciting album,
not to mention enjoyable to listen to,
and gives one the feeling of being on
the ground floor of something fresh and
new."
Come to the Armory Center for the Arts,
where we will offer a distinctive interpretation
of sacred music for this year's World Festival
of Sacred Music. We will recast a number
of sacred and devotional works from their
original instrumentation—adaptations
of traditional Indonesian gamelan, chorales
by Bach, Messiaen, Villa-Lobos and more.
Sunday / Septemeber 21st, 2008 / 7:00pm
Pasadena/Armory Center for the Arts
Read the rest of the album review on Aiding and Abetting:Click
Here.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008 Los Angeles Electric
8 on KPFK!
Listen to a recording of World Festival of
Sacred Music Director, Judy Mitoma on "Global
Village Tuesdays with Betto Arcos." They
talked about our upcoming performance in the World Festival of Sacred Music....
They are awesome people!.
Original Broadcast: Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008, KPFK 90.7 Los Angeles CA
Click button to listen to our selected
excerpt (or download the whole show, click
here)
"... Los Angeles Electric 8 made a very good
start in introducing electric guitars into
the classical music milieu."
Read
the rest of the album review on Psyche
Music:Click
Here.
Thursday, July 31, 2008 Album
now available on iTunes
For
those of
you who
don't need
to hold the awesome CD in your hands with
awesome
cover artwork
by Brooks
Salzwedel,
the album
is now
available
on iTunes: click
here
The Los Angeles Electric 8 is featured
on "Friends
of RHR Thursdays" every
Thursday in July on redhookradio.org.
Listen in for tracks from the debut album
mixed in with other great music. For a
link to Red Hook Radio Click
Here.
This month on Friends of RHR:
Los Angeles Electric 8, Porter, Guillermo
E Brown, Shake Zulu Overdrive, The
Mackrosoft, Cheebacabra, Black Sea,
The Happy Talk Band, Prototokyo, Rats
With Wings
Pandora, Radio from the Music
Genome Project, Click
Here
Thursday, May 8, 2008 Los Angeles Electric 8 on the Radio!
Listen to a recording of Ben Harbert on "Global
Village: Music From Around The World and
Around the Block with John Schneider." They
talked about the new album and the Microfest
concert.
Original Broadcast: Thursday May 8th 2008,
KPFK 90.7, Los Angeles CA
Thanks
to everyone that attended our REDCAT
shows. We had a blast and were honored
to share the stage with such great
artists. In case you missed the Stravinsky
Wind Octet premeire, we videotaped
it and we will post the video soon. 
