Demons (inc. Nate Young) and Sick Llama

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MIE is proud to present Demons and Sick Llama at the Islington Mill

DEMONS
(Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Demons evolved from a synthesizer duo into a Visual Music trio with the incorporation of video artist Alivia Zivich. Working under the name “Video Madness” she often used the music of Demons as soundtracks to her analog video experiments. Demons also features Nate Young, the founding member of Wolf Eyes. Live performances as a group led to the redefining of Demons as Visual Music.

“According to the theory of synaesthesia, sensory perception of one kind can induce sensory experience of another; for example, an individual may “see” certain colors when hearing musical notes. In such instances, sight does not negate hearing, but rather the two senses interact to elicit a heightened state of consciousness. While many art forms can evoke sensorial overlap, music has been considered by many proponents of the theory as an exceptional source for this phenomenon.”

Demons Evocation (No Fun) This duo from Detroit made the scariest damn noise album of 2007 with Evocation . Far from the typical free-for-all inanity that dominates the noise scene, Nate Young and Steve Kenney create sounds that are more in line with Carl Zittrer’s horror movie soundtracks, especially his haunting music for Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things . You know that really creepy electronic noise music that’s playing when the zombies come out of their graves? This is an entire album of it. chuck foster (BLOOD SAUSAGE) www.myspace.com/demonscool www.nofunproductions.com www.wolfeyes.net http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfW6pqVxPpI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W671ihnhPyU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p5jJfW8Bnk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7HRIcCBw5U

SICK LLAMA
(Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Label: Fag Tapes/Gods of Tundra/Hanson Records SICK LLAMA is the Michigan psychedelic noise punk solo project of Heath Moerland who is also the Fag Tapes label head. First recording released 12/03 on American Tapes with releases on Gods Of Tundra, Hanson Records, Chondritic Sound to follow. Heath opened for Wolf Eyes on their 2006 tour, played No Fun Festival in NYC and recently played Suoni Per Il Popolo Festival in Montreal with C. Spencer Yeh and Hive Mind. Established in 2004, Fag Tapes has put out over 250 releases and there’s no end in sight. Sick Llama uses tapes, clarinet, and whatever else is laying around to balance a fine line between composition and improvisation.