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Live at the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum 2​-​3​-​6

by Languis

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Release: Live at NHM 2.3.6
Release Date: October 3, 2006
Label: Pehr
Catalog Number: Pehr045


In late 2005, Languis were commissioned by the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles 
County to create a piece for the Sonic Scenery exhibit, an experience that allowed museum patrons to view the museum’s exhibits through the soundscapes of several prominent artists. Luminaries such as David J (Love & Rockets, Bauhaus), Sun Ra Arkestra, Ozomatli, John Hassel, Autolux and Matmos were amongst their peers.

 On February 3rd, 2006, for the opening of this event Languis was invited to perform live along with Matmos, Daedelus and guest speakers. Due to fire code and audio restraints the Museum had to devise a new way to present this performance. The Silent Set was created. The idea was that the audience would experience the performance through plugging in headphones through specially designed ports in the venue. No Amplification.

 This meant that Languis could not bring along any sort of traditional live setup. Acoustic instruments were out! Instead the band brought along everything from a thrift store tape machine with homemade tape loops, a dvd player, minidiscs with samples of the evenings events, an open microphone, a massive array of effects processors, along with drum machines, synthesizers, and one guitar. Not a laptop computer in sight!

 This also meant that with a simple stereo recording the performance could be captured 
and heard in the exact same way audience members experienced it at the opening. Languis, Live at NHM 2.3.6 contains the entire unedited 3 hour performance by Languis broken down into 3 parts for download. Live at NHM 2.3.6 captures the band at their most collaborative and inventive and this is the only format that can truly capture the performance as it can be played at length in its entirety. Recommended for fans and followers of experimental electronic and ambient music.

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released February 6, 2006

Languis Live at NHM 2.3.6

A Three Hour Headphone Only Performance Recorded Live At The Natural History Museum Of Los Angeles County on February 3, 2006 As Part of the Sonic Scenery Exhibit’s Opening Night.

The Sonic Scenery Exhibit Took Place At The Natural History Museum Of Los Angeles County from March 3 to August 3 of 2006. For more information visit www.nhm.org

Alejandro Cohen:
Tape Loops, Shaker, Vox Phantom XII Stereo, Roland RE-301 Chorus Echo, Ebow, CD Player, Rhode Condenser Microhpones

Johnathan Girgus:
Minidisc Recorder, DVD Player, Alesis SR16 Drum Machine, Ibanez DB3 Digital Delay, Boss FL1 Flanger , Memory Man Delay, Harmonica

Marcos Chloca:
Roland Groovesynth Keyboard, Boss RV3 Reverb/Delay, IPod

Stephen Swesey:
Roland Juno-60 Analog Synthesizer

Mix And Manipulations By Marco Paul

Rercorded By Languis, Engineered By John Mendez

This Program May Produce Sounds That Could Cause Damage To Electronic Audio Equipment. Best If Monitored On Headphones

Thank You Ben Rogers Of The Natural History Museum For Graciously Allowing Us To Use This Recording.

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