On the evening of Sunday, December 15, we are proudly hosting Michael Anderson’s solo project DREKKA (IN), audio/video artist Benjamin (Bunjamun) Ahlteen’s (CMH) multimedia project Levitation Center and multi-instrumentalist Tristan Buie-Collard’s project My Name is Tristan (CMH). Doors 7:30pm, show begins at 8:00pm sharp. $8.00 prepaid, $10 at the door.
About the artists:
Since 1996 Michael Anderson has evolved from experiments in early industrial tape culture to the production of fragile bedroom noise folk with expansive cinematic textures in his project Drekka. Having released dozens of cassettes, CDs, and LPs on his own Bluesanct label as well as numerous other labels internationally, Anderson has traveled, collaborated, and relocated, all the while collecting memories and building a very personal archive of corresponding sound. Drekka’s music is made through continually delving into this archive: digging up and repurposing old recordings, live performances, and forgotten snippets of out-of-touch friends’ voices. It is a project that experiments not only with sound, but also with memory as a subject and a process. Like Tarkovsky’s The Mirror or the more abstract works of Coil and Cindytalk, Drekka is both a sonic experiment and an assemblage of memories – at one moment dissonant and intimidating, and the next warm, hospitable, and ultimately soothing.
The Levitation Center serves as a moniker for Benjamin (Bunjumun) Ahlteen’s ambient musical and conceptual art output. It is also an immersive performance space where levitation-inducing shows occur in a peculiar barn in Ohio.
Bunjumun is a musician and multimedia artist based in Columbus, Ohio. They have spent eighteen years participating in the local music and arts scene. Over the past five years, they have focused on music for film and immersive experiences, with an interest in performance accessibility and audience participation. Using microcontrollers and custom musical equipment, they strive to create unique shows and special festivals. Two among these are Nappy Hour, co-created with local artist Nautalyss (@Nautalyssdesigns), a fully immersive, happy-hour-timed show focused on rest and relaxation that invites bedroom artists to share their most esoteric pieces, and Midwest Psych Fest, co-created with Andrew Davis, which brings regional psychedelic artists to a camping festival setting.
Bunj is a light and sound designer, formerly working for Otherworld and now collaborating with local artists such as Andrew Lundberg and Kyle Dineen. Benjamin is currently employed as an after-school program music instructor at Franklinton High School and teaches private music and production lessons.