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Emerald City

This is my next foray into dance/ music/ sound design. Should be fun, spectacular and green.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2012 AT 8 PM – 11 PM

IT IS EMERALD CITY DAY – 8PM TILL LATE BABY&Co.

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Event by KT Niehoff

Baby & Company

Duration: 3 hr

Public  · Anyone on or off Facebook

TODAY – EMERALD CITY – THE PARTY STARTS AT 8 AND GOES TILL LATE…..D.R.E.S.S.T.O.K.I.L.L.

$15 AT THE DOOR

Baby&Co. Boutique (it’s high fashion, not mommy wear!)
1st and Virginia – take a cab you urban-ites

High fashion, contemporary dance, Live Music, FULL BAR, spectacle, and adornment.

Presented by Lingo, Baby&Co. and the City Arts Festival

$10 TICKETS IN ADVANCE TILL THE AFTERNOON:
http://www.cityartsfest.com/…/lingo-productions-jill…

Music: Scott Colburn, KT Niehoff, Ivory Smith, Karyn Schwartz
Dancers: Jody Keukner, Jul Kostelancik, Nadia Losonsky, Annie McGhee, Emily Sferra, Molly Sides, Calie Swedberg, Rosa Vissers
Clothing: Jill Donnelly
Hair and Make-Up: Lindsey Watkins
Styling: Lily Karsten
Photography: Hayley Young
Booze: Oola Distillery, Elysian Brewery, K Vintners

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Vensaire EP available on Bandcamp

While not the record I recorded this summer, this is your introduction to the new group! I heartily endorse a download of this!

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A Little Fader Action

Here’s a nice little write up in the Fader.

For Ten Hits For The End of The World, their upcoming LP on Paw Tracks, the Larson sisters hatched a premise so elaborate that it’s almost hard to believe they went through with it. Imagine that we’re living in the aftermath of the apocalypse, and Prince Rama is somehow still alive, and they’ve decided to make a covers compilation of the ten most popular songs around the globe on the day the world ended. The making of Ten Hits, which drops November 6th, involved the conception of ten imaginary artists, the penning of a track corresponding to each of them, and the physical embodiment of those fictional characters across ten separate photo shoots. The catchy-as-hell “Those Who Live For Love Will Live Forever” arrives to us today as a “channeling” of fictional British post-punk collective I.M.M.O.R.T.A.L.I.F.E., a musical “sex cult” founded on the belief that lovemaking is the elixir of eternal life, and that the right kind of dance anthem can get people in the mood.

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A little name check doesn’t hurt one bit.

That’s right! Interview magazine of all places

With the premiere of their first official EP—their initial (and hopeful) handshake with the general public—the Brooklyn-based Vensaire wants to show you what they’ve got. We’re pleased to premiere the EP in its entirety [at right].

Akin to a jigsaw puzzle, Vensaire is assembled from jagged, oblong, and often eccentrically shaped pieces: influences range from the sweeping sounds of traditional Chinese music, to the soothing voice of Billie Holiday, to the spastic and stuttered beats of Chicago footwork, to the stories that accompany psychedelic folk music.

And they want you to know that. Each song presented on the EP is authored separately by each of the five members; it’s a way to introduce themselves. “We wanted to solidify our personalities within the band,” said Alex LaLiberte, vocalist and synth player. “The Beatles did it so right, you can name each member of the band… you can hear each influence… and that’s what we want.” Alex Jacobs, the band’s drummer, added, “It’s a more personal approach.”

Maybe it’s democracy, or maybe they’re just naïve—either way, it seems to be working. Full of light-hearted jangles layered upon an atmospheric grunginess, the EP is both salty and sweet. As each track audibly personifies the member who wrote it, the listener becomes acquainted with every facet of the group, “like you are meeting a bunch of people at a party,” remarked LaLiberte.

It’s their résumé, so to speak, a glimpse into what they can do—and it was enough to get the attention of Scott Colburn (known previously for working with the likes of Animal Collective, Prince Rama, and Arcade Fire), who helped produce their debut full-length record, Perdix, which they are currently looking for a label to release.

All in all, it’s not a bad introduction.