{"id":300,"date":"2008-11-28T11:10:57","date_gmt":"2008-11-28T19:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seze.net\/blog\/?p=300"},"modified":"2008-12-01T11:46:12","modified_gmt":"2008-12-01T19:46:12","slug":"brainwaves-november-21-23-2008-boston-ma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seze.net\/blog\/brainwaves-november-21-23-2008-boston-ma\/","title":{"rendered":"Brainwaves November 21-23 2008, Boston, MA"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just returned back from a weekend of deep listening in Boston. It was amazing to see my old Boston friends and meet some of my favorite musicians. I am thankful to Jon Whitney for putting this festival of strange and wonderful music.<\/p>\n

The Brainwaves<\/a> festival started on Friday sharply at 8pm with JG Thirlwell’s Manorexia<\/a> project, a symphonic mix of strings and electronic sounds that sway from beautiful to haunting. Manorexia was the highlight of the Friday performances for me. JG Thirwell is a good friend of mine and I love the direction his music is going in these days. Each day Steven Stapleton of Nurse with Wound fame, played some songs in between acts. I was not sure why he did not perform in the festival but it was great to see him hanging around all weekend. I made it my mission to get to know him. I have been listening to the strange surreal music of Nurse with Wound<\/a> for over 20 years. His is a kind and modest man. I learned that Stapleton is a shepherd living in the countryside of Ireland where he works on his music and art. When I asked him how many records he put out<\/a> he said he had no idea. He may not know his own discography since 1979 but knows exactly how many sheep, chickens, and goats he has living on his farm.<\/p>\n


\nThe highlight for me was meeting Steven Stapleton\/Nurse with Wound. Photo by Bryan<\/p>\n

On Saturday I was most excited to see The Threshold HouseBoys Choir the new project of Peter Christopherson from Coil<\/a>. His performance did not disappoint. I was super excited to meet him and shake his hand. Part of me wanted to go on and on about all how much I love his music, but I spared him what he already knows.
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\nThreshold HouseBoys Choir<\/p>\n

Little Annie AKA Annie Anxiety’s quirky cabaret performance of standards, was a nice break from all the experimental music. Little Annie<\/a> has collaborated with Nurse with Wound, Marc Almond, Coil, and dozens of other people. She was like a gothic Edith Piaf on stage. Brainwaves ended on Sunday with a luscious dreamy performance by The Stars of the Lid<\/a>. I saw them perform at a church in NYC a few months ago. Their Boston show was totally different but just as good.<\/p>\n


\nStars of the Lid<\/p>\n


\nLovely Video Projections at Brainwaves<\/p>\n


\nMeat Beat Manifesto played a great set at Brainwaves but the whole time I was wondering of I was a decade too late on seeing them. Their sound might not have aged well but there were plenty of gorgeous video eye candy to keep me entertained.
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\nMeat Beat Manifesto<\/p>\n

Brainwaves 2008 Schedule<\/strong>
\nwith DJ Steven Stapleton spinning between sets all weekend long.Friday, November 21, 2008<\/strong>
\nMeat Beat Manifesto
\nSilver Apples
\nJG Thirlwell’s Manorexia
\nMarissa Nadler
\n& a special Greater Than One video presentation
\n
\nSaturday, November 22, 2008<\/strong>
\nHis Name Is Alive
\nGary Wilson
\nRivulets feat. Jessica Bailiff
\nMajor Stars
\nNmperign feat. Jason Lescalleet
\nGlenn Jones
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\nSaturday, November 22, 2008<\/strong>
\nMatmos
\nThreshold HouseBoys Choir
\nLittle Annie
\nReformed Faction (Mark and Robin of Zoviet France, Rapoon, Dead Voices On Air)
\nAndrew Liles & Jonathan Coleclough
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\nSunday, November 23, 2008<\/strong>
\nStars of the Lid
\nTo Kill A Petty Bourgeoisie
\nBoduf Songs
\nLichens
\nNudge
\nStrategy
\nWindy Weber (of Windy & Carl) & Thomas Meluch (of Benoit Pioulard)
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\n<\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/strong>All photos by Seze Devres<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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