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Kamikaze Nurse
It’s difficult to find bands in today’s rock landscape that deliver a grandiosity in their sound. One may go through the endless filler of the…
John Brennan
Real Live Action
Conundrum #3
Set 1: Julia Geaman sat tentatively behind her drum kit. Slowly and softly, she began to tap on the snare drum, building up a roll….
Real Live Action
Things Resounding Things
Presented by ECUAD’s Basically Good Media Lab, Things Resounding Things was an installation by Vancouver sound artist and percussionist John Brennan, to explore the “agency…
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Fishbowl Sessions: Live From CiTR/Discorder 2017
CiTR 101.9FM and Discorder Magazine acknowledge that the performances recorded at CiTR radio station took place on unceded Indigenous land belonging to the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam)…
Real Live Action
Destroy Vancouver XVIII
The moon was a ripe yellow crescent through the balding trees that surrounded VIVO Media Arts — it was as if the sky itself knew…
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Destroy Vancouver XVIII
Destroy Vancouver XVIII is the final chapter for the experimental electronic music series. For the past five years, Destroy Vancouver has brought together artists from the…
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Destroy Vancouver XVIII
I think it’s important to think about how this project started — the name “Destroy Vancouver” was about “protesting” what was happening in the city, the closing down of spaces where you could really experiment with noise or other genres.
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Vancouver Noise Fest VI
On May 7, I was to have my first experience with “unlistenable” sounds in a musical context, and for 7 hours, no less. While I…