Friday, December 24, 2010

December show report

We were waiting on the rundown of our november/december shows until we had all of the pictures from some people who came to our shows in early december... this is taking longer than expected, so no more procrastination....

The show at Domingos Niu was quite excellent, full room, and ourselves quite happy with the musical result after all of the effort put in over the previous month. Wonky Trio was proceeded by a live set by Yarmark (one of my projects), and there was also a good response too that too. This night was curated by The Family Step, a collective of which the three of us began collaborting together with, so quite a "family" atmosphere that evening. Unfortunately no recording because I forgot to push the red button on the MiniDisc.

The show at Freedonia on Wednesday the 1st was pretty scarce on people, bascially just our friends, a bit of a private party vibe, and we took advantage of that fact to have some fun. Niño´s set was great as usual, including some of his classic trax such as those on the 3D Ep, as well as some material from the Pendrive release, but then ending with some of his new DubSteppish stuff. We definitely expect to be working with him more in the future.

Finally, the show with Thavius Beck was really great for everyone. We all got warmed up by the exestentialist nintendoness of Subatak, a really interesting thing those guys are doing, including a visual game element which gives an interactive aspect for the public to watch. In our set we definitely had a lot of fun, wrapping it up with an impromptu jam. Thavius threw down an awesome, awesome set. Im very excited for his releases coming up next year.... Won´t say any more about that, I´ll let him do the talking on that front. The next day we hung out a bit and I got a private demo of the new new Novation Ultranova synth. It has a few interesting features that you won´t find on any other piece of hardware, like the touch-sensitivtiy of the parameter control knobs. Anyway the other guys weren´t with us that evening so they don´t appear in this nice photo.

We hope to see Thavius back in Barcelona soon!

Monday, November 29, 2010

Niño + Wonky Trio 1.12.10 @ Freedonia IS ON!!!

Excuse the confusion in Facebookey and other places....... we thought that we would have to reschedule this show but NOOOOOO ITS ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A little about our friend Niño. This guy has been a huge inspiration for me (Evan) since I learned about him about a year ago. He does some of the best Wonky/Skwee/Beats music in the Peninsula, I suffered a mental wonkout the first time I saw him play. We are really really really happy to have him with us for this evening. Here you can find a very complete bio in Catalán from the folks at 4Labels4You. http://www.niubcn.com/4labels4you/artistes.htm

www.myspace.com/freakgroove

Don't be a robot! Come see us on Wednesday!

Monday, November 22, 2010

Wonky Trio with Thavius Beck 5th December!!!!!!!!

Wow we're going to have a big week next week. We've been invited by Kalamartz collectie to play a party at La Resistencia with the incredible Thavius Beck on the 5th. This guy is the absolute master of the sample-trigger live show, among other talents. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thavius_beck. Flyer will be out briefly!

Wonky Trio @ Domingos Niu (The Family Step)

Wonky Trio will perform Sunday, the 28th of November, at Niu, Almogàvers 208 in Barcelona (www.niubcn.com). Flyer to follow!

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Wonky Trio and Niño @ Freedonia!! 1.12.10

We'll be at Freedonia in the Raval, Wednesday, 1st of December! Very excited to show our work, and additionally very very happy to have Niño playing after our set (http://soundcloud.com/freakgroove). This show won't leave you feeling like a robot!