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So as many of you are aware.. Last Saturday nite was the opening for my newest aRt exhibit entitled: Gar Bailey’s - “Neo-Dada, Maximalism in 2008″
This event was held at the Volusia county, omni-venue known as Caffe da Vinci aka the Tongue and Groove Gallery. And though there were definately a few missing faces of some of my friends and associates, whom I thought eYe may see at this most illmatic of occasions. (You know who you are.) The overall feeling at the end of the night, was one of success, accomplishment, comradery, and of a wonderful occasion.
*There were any where from about 75 - 120 people milling about through out the evening. Many of them, some of my favorite people on Earth.
*I am already receiving offers from people & collectors looking to purchase some of my w3rk. Which feels just swell as hell.
*Also, all the muscial performances on Saturday evening, including my own, were fantabulous shooting stars of the Summer night. A_Scissors was on point as ever. Bent Lee, Michael McNabb, and many other from the Four4ths vinyl crew repreZented hardcore for yer boy, and really helped push the whole celebration to the next the level.
I would like to take this time and space to specifically thank a few individuals for their efforts, support, and/or their friendship:
-> First off, I have to thank my wife, MinkinAce for her unwaivering support of everything that I have choose to explore & express in last 20 sum odd years. Without her eternal love, patience, and omni-support.. -the Gar Bailey that many of you know and love, simply would not exist. Neither would much of my w3rk.
*Dana - you are my heaRt giRl. You’re the softest thing I have ever touched. I will see you in the hallway baby.
-> Big Ups to the Caffe daVinci’s & Tongue n’ Groove staff.
This starts with El Capitaun: Mr. Rusty Hamil - Thank you for believing in me and my w3rk all these years. Even when not everyone else did or does. You’ve always given me a place to shine homeboy. I won’t soon forget it. (Import more beavers!)
I’d also like to give thanx to the other big dogs at the venue. Joe, Mark, and Joshua.. Keep it bangin’ guys, and I will too.
->And a big batch of Luv goes out to Sooz White. A special artist and woman who currently books the visual aRt at the Tongue and Groove gallery. Thank you Sooz, for giving me a bit of extra space to flap my wings and to do my thang. I really appreciate your open-mindedness and trust. An increasing rarity in the aRt community. Also, thank you for the help with my tags, and all the wonderfully, tasty appetizers you and your hubby Russ brought out for the opening. The salsa was some of the best I have ever tasted.
->I also would be remiss to not mention the wonderful tenders of the bar who help keep all of our perverbial gears greased. Randy and Caitlin.. you were fabulous. Stellar service. Also a hearty Big Ups nod to all the bartenders of the Caffe’s past. Especially Miss SarahRose.. -the OG of daVinci’s bartending, and a wonderful friend. Luv you lotz giRl.
-> Lastly but not leastly, a sincere thank you to all my friends and family who made it out to show me some love. It surely would be lonely here on EarF without all of you:
To my sister and one of my best friends: Rebecca & her man Mario, My cousins: Justin & John Ahnen, My step-bro: Jesse Bassett and his lovely lady Joyce, Sandra, Crystal, Debbie Perry, Melissa Duvelius, Todd Wallin, Denise, Brian Cunningham, Cate (Who came all the way from Pennsylvania), Eric & Amy Marden, Ian Monroe, Lee Miller, Lesley, Mikey Mell, Jay Byorne, Gil, Todd and Katie, Michael McNabb & Mary, Ton-E & Christiana, Tyler, Heather & Danny, Steph & Mike, Chris, Mia and to everyone else who was there on Saturday. -In physicality or in spirit. I sincerely appreciate all the love and support. -It means the w3rld 2 me, and helps fuel that intangible fire.
Yours truly - Matthew Gar Bailey aka alGARhythm
PS - Photos and Video from the event will be up real soon! I promise. For those of you who may have taken some photos and Video yourself.. please don’t hesitate to share that content with us.
PSS - For those of you who missed the opening and are perhaps looking for a small bit of redemption. The show will be up till mid-July, so feel free to head up there any time and pick you out a piece of gARtw3rk to purchase. -For those low on dough.. There are 11 pieces priced from 40 - 95 dollars. -Uh!
Embedded below this message are 2 of my favorite clips from my recent daVinci’s performance as a part of the event:
Avant GARism #5.
Videos of the show:
alGARhythm - Live at Avant GARism #5 (entire set)
Unfortunately, this will most likely be the last Avant GARism occasion held in downtown Deland at Caffe daVinci. A sincere thank you goes out to caffe daVincis for giving this event a chance, and perhaps even greater than that.. a solid footing to branch out from in the future. And though the support that we did receive from patrans over the past 6 months was decent. This past event being exceptionally sweet, with almost every seat in the courtyard filled. *In the bitter end.. it was not quite enough support to garner further Avant GARism events being held in Deland. I would definately like to thank all the special artists that came out and played their heARTs out for the all the wonderful folks who came out to hear and see these recepticals of transecendance. We did take a good shot at bringing the underground to Deland.. too bad that perhaps deland wasn’t quite ready for it yet.
So it is quite fitting that we went out with such a bang on May 3rd, 2008. Nathan Wolek, then Benny Loco, followed by myself: alGARhythm brought honest, muzikal heat in each of our performances of our own respective, electronic sub-genres. I am also stoked that the majority of this was caught on video!! (Look for some Nathan Wolek & Benny Loco footage in the near future.) Big big thanx to Mr. A_Scissors Cunningham and Sir Drone Operator for helping me out with the video stuff, relocating gear, friendship in general, and for putting up with my occasional, grumpy, anxiety fits. You guys rock it hard nails sonz. So without further delinquince, enjoy the stellar footage of my performance below.
Always - alGARhythm BaiLey
-So if you really dug on that, and you’d like to view the video entire set.. ->Again, Head over to: alGARhythm - Live at Avant GARism #5 (entire set) ..and give it a further looksy.
Also, If ya missed this one.. eYe will be doing a similiar performance at my June 7th aRt show opening party. Come get at me!! Cuz even good video ain’t better than real life in real time. ->Taters.
With Live Audio & Video performances by an all Volusia county local cast:
Nathan Wolek - “Nathan Wolek is an audio artist and researcher whose work encompasses advanced signal processing techniques, multimedia performance, audio installation art, and electronic music history. He is also a full-time faculty member at Stetson University in DeLand, FL who teaches courses within the Digital Arts program and oversees the Music Technology major.
Benny Loco & Uncle Abuelito - A one time pupil of Mr. Wolek. Benny Loco is bright spot on the burgeoning West Volusia underground electronic music scene. This kat is on the way up, and has been demonstrating this fact with a bunch of successful, local performances and DJ sets recently. Come catch him doin his software/hardware hybridisation at AG #5 before he is off building musical rainbows in some other magical land.
alGARhythm - Resident weirdo shaman of multiple genres, and the mastermind behind the Avant GARism spectacle of live, innovative audio/video. Gar will be armed with a fresh batch of circuit bent toys, a new video projector, and a pile of fresh content for your voyeuristic pleasures.
* Besides the performance for the Gar Bailey - “neo-dada, maximalism” aRt show on June 7th.. this will most likely be one of alGARhythm’s last, local performances for a good while. So even if you are one of those folks who may not totally “get it”, come show me some love and maybe I can help enlighten you to the beauty of unfettered, artistic exploration.
Plus.. IT IS A FREE SHOW.
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The Venue:
Caffe DaVinci
Phone: 386-736-4646
Address: 112 West Georgia Avenue - Deland, Florida 32720
Cost: FREE
Time: 10PM - Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
Avant GARism #4
Saturday, February 9th, 2008
Performances by:
alGARhythm - (Polyvibe)
alGARhythm makes Maximalist music as a result of existing in an corrupt, over-saturated society. AbstraKtion, Angst, & Absurdity share space with utter Beauty & unfettered Intangiblilty.
Dance beats dance with Sound Collage.
The Peripheral meets the Forefront.
Popularity jumps rope with Obscurity.
Nothing is Safe, and Everything is Sacred.
On Accident, By Purpose. Gar Lives..
A_Scissors - (Polyvibe)
A_Scissors uses Drum Machine Art as a conduit for transformation and communication.
Cohesiveness of aesthetic. Like a cheetah. A mirage. Like a soft child.
Auditory bliss makes friends with the ratatat-tat-tick-tock-boom-click. Metaphoria electro-caffinates and inflates the imagination of cohabitation. Orchestrated, Analog “MueZeek” made for people’s of all cloth, and made with a vulnerability & musical touch one might describe as: “delicacy”.
Existing somewhere near the music of a Boards of Canada, or a Nathan Fake but done with a definitive “punch” and style that is all his own.
Mr. Antonym - (Nophi)
Mr. Antonym makes eclectic, brooding IDM.
Here’s how he described his upcoming set for the 9th: “Expect sample-heavy, distorted pieces that sound like demons belching brimstone and depressing dirges that lull the mind into a anesthetized haze so the inevitable psychic implants will be virtually painless. Goth kids will love it.”
Drone Operator - (Consumer Electronics, Polyvibe)
Drone Operator fuses sinister organic undertones, darkened Electro, IDM, Booty Breaks, & Glitch . Conducting, shaping, and molding crooked thinking into a simmering pot of ominous storm cloudISM. The Drone works and the Operator directs, rushing out potent pulses of tactical psycometry.. Audi-O with a depth and exactness that verbiage cannot manifest.
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The Venue:
Caffe DaVinci
Phone: 386-736-4646
Address: 112 West Georgia Avenue - Deland, Florida 32720
Cost: 5$
Time: 10PM
Performances by:
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==> My Big Screen - ( Pan/Dos’s brand new Dance Rock Club Glitch Project from Sanford, FL with additional video screens and a Live Synth Player. )
*Video and Music by Pan/Dos - entitled: “Br Y Double“
*Video and Music by Pan/Dos - entitled: “Crunk Rap”
==> Dr. XnLB - ( Effectual Soft-Wearing Productionism meets Real-Time CoHabitation, Manipulation, and De-Categorization through the Fussion of Audiotory Fission. )
- Fresh off of a stellar NoPhest performance in Atlanta. The Doktor is in, and has plenty of new musical remedies for your over formatted brain cavities. Xenlab w3rks out of Orlando, FL.
*So how about 3 fresh Dr.XnLb Tracks to get the eustachionic buds moist in the mean time? Gotta love free MP3 Downloads.
(Thanx 4 sharing XnLb)
==> Paul Wall’s Teeth - ( Subliminal AbstraKt’d Human Beat-Boxing with Synthesition from Apopka, FL. )
*Video of Paul Wall’s Teeth - Live at the Gramma Party Make-Up Show. Uncle Lou’s of Orlando, Florida in Dec. 2007. Video by Joshua Rodgers of Broken Machine Films.
==> Gar BaiLey - Also on the bill for “visual” contributions, I will be completing a 4-5 foot abstraKt’d, maximalist painting through the course of the evening somewhere near the festivities on the beer garden stage. (barring precipitation of course) So if you’ve ever wondered how eYe get it done & down on canvas, I am gonna lay down a mega-bad-ass piece of aRtw3rk for the occasion. Come sEE and hEAR 4 yersELF.
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The Venue:
Caffe DaVinci
Phone: 386-736-4646
Address: 112 West Georgia Avenue - Deland, Florida 32720
Cost: 5$
Time: 10PM
knuckles, hugs, kisses, & salutations - gaR
Performances by:
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Bonz Xylophone - (Indie Synth Crunch Performance aRt IDM man from Winter Park, FL)
*Live Video of Bonz Xylophone playing the 1982 venue in Gainesville, FL on March 16th, 2007
AttachedHands - (Duo of Mad Midi-Mapping, Digital Analogery, & Ambionic Juxtapositionism from Orlando, FL.)
* Video of attachedHands sound checking/jamming live at trilogy in 2006.
alGARhythm - (Shamanic Chickenism Drum Machine aRt and Existential Button Box Boinking from Osteen, FL.)
* Video of alGARhythm playing the Deland Music Festival in Nov of 2007.
* alGARhythm’s albums, as well as others, can be purchased at Central Florida’s own: Polyvibe Records -Cheggity check that out as well.
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**So if you are willing, able, & open-minded.. please come out and support this new, monthly celebration of individuality through ocular and auditory exploration. Avant GARism promotions is commited to showcasing Central Florida’s massive underbelly of talented musicians, videographers, & performers. But without your occasional presence and/or support, this will not be possible. Spread the good word folks, and let’s make this a special tradition that only grows larger with the fertilization of our collective, creative spirits.
You know the venue:
Caffe DaVinci
Phone: 386-736-4646
Address: 112 West Georgia Avenue - Deland, Florida 32720
Cost: 5$
Time: 10PM sharp
knuckles and salutations - gaR BaiLey aka alGARhythm
6 minute video of PAN/DOS throwin’ down thee uber-ill, Lo-Fi/Hi-Fi Audio/Video-ismnism at the innaugural “Avant GARism at DaVinci“.
Live Footage of Pan/Dos by, yers truly: Senor GaR BaiLeY.
Recorded in Downtown Deland, Florida at:
Caffe DaVinci on Nov. 9th, 2007.
Children of the Earth.. The Time has Come!
The innaugural night of the monthly event that I’m going to be curating, booking, hosting, etc at Caffe DaVinci starts this Friday. -And I’ve got some special performances to kick this thing off with an O-riginal BANG!
Avant GARism at DaVinci is dedicated to showcasing our area’s thriving underbelly of uber-talented, contemporary artists. -Musicians, Video Artists, Performers, Poets, Pipers, Prophets, etc. This’ll hopefully be the first of many successful nights of eclectic and eccentric performances to come. Big thanx to one of Central Fl’s most chillax’d, intimate venues for helping to facilitate this gathering of fertile hearts and minds.
PAN DOS - Sanford, FL
-Pan Dos is one of my favorite A/V artists in any area, much less our own. His brand of melodic, glitch-hop booty is cohesively abstracted just enough to wiggle yer brain, yer ears, yer eyes, and yer ass all at the same time. And the best part is he runs it all through multiple VCRs and TVs for the full-on cerebral, ocular, auditory experience. Do not miss this artist! He is what Avant GARism at DaVinci is all about.
alGARhythm - Osteen, FL
-alGARhythm is a shamanic fig as an embodiment of sound and sight. Using an assortment of instruments, drum machines, synths, samplers, tapes, toys, TVs, etc to explore the human condition. Existential rhythm aRt melody machine performance Man.
Cop City Cold Chillers ChillPillars- Deland?, FL
-Unfortunately due circumstances out of their control, “CoP City ChillPillars” have had to cancel their performance with us on Nov. 9th. Look for them at a future event though. And don’t fret.. that just means a little more PAN/DOS & alGARhythMANism for ya’s!
Caffe DaVinci
112 West Georgia Avenue - Deland, Florida 32764
386-736-4646
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