focus: default #7 – 08.09.2023 with Dorothy Carlos & Mhm, Mhm
The first event of our second season is happening on Friday the 8th of September with performances by Dorothy Carlos & Mhm, Mhm.
On Friday the 8th of September, we are opening the second season of our sound series* with an instore event at 3345 The Hague. For this occasion, we present a double-bill with performances by the experimental cellist, improviser and electronic musician Dorothy Carlos (NYC / Chicago) and multidisciplinary artist Mhm, Mhm (NYC / Amsterdam), - “a maker of blues you can only see once your eyes and ears get adjusted”. The intimate location of 3345 can only host a limited number of people, so make sure to buy your tickets on time.
*you can find last week’s announcement here, presenting our complete program for the fall of 2023.
Dorothy Carlos
Dorothy Carlos is an experimental cellist and electronic musician working in improvised performance and multi-channel sound in New York City and Chicago. Her work utilizes randomized electronics and extended techniques to explore fragility and imaginaries.
Recent solo performances have been presented by e-flux, Experimental Sound Studio Chicago, Big Ears Festival, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Last year, she released an album on the Chicago-based label American Dreams Records in collaboration with artist, Brian Oakes.
a selection of works include:
Alter, alter
(self-released, 2022)
“The release includes the stereo version of Alter, alter and the two studies that led to it. Alter, alter was originally premiered in a 16-channel format on March 11th, 2022 at Elastic Arts/Chicago Laboratory for Electro-acoustic Theater.”
Advent
(self-released, 2021)
“Solo cello improvisation.”
Circuit Spectre
(American Dreams Records, 2022)
“Circuit Spectre is a collaboration between artist and synth builder Brian Oakes and sound artist Dorothy Carlos. The album was recorded exclusively using Oakes's Untitled Sound System synth at his studio in Brooklyn, NY.”
Mhm, Mhm
Mhm, Mhm is a maker of blues you can only see once your ears get adjusted. Subterranean fever dreams and muddy washes of hypnagogic pop that exist somewhere on the intersection of modernity and mysticism.
The multidisciplinary artist is currently based between Amsterdam and NYC. His most recent performances include Haus Wien (aus), Juf (es), Tempel (nl), in vitro (be), Kwia (ger).
CALLING FOR A PEOPLE TO COME HOME
(parkwuud entertainment, 2022)
In the end of 2022, Mhm, Mhm released his debut ep “calling for a people to come” on Klein's parkwuud entertainment. This year, when it got reissued on tape, Boomkat wrote the following:
Klein’s Parkwuud Entertainment label quietly released this debut album from unknown entity Mhm, Mhm at the very end of last year, making it to the runner up spot in our annual list of new discoveries (…).
“Calling For A People To Come” is one of those elusive debuts that appeals to our love of an indecipherable narrative while also exuding pure feeling in a way that blends ambient blooz and smudged chamber classicism. (…) Yeah it’s that special stuff, weaving intricate, concrète sound design around beautiful strings, swirling atmospherics and an occasional spoken narrative not unlike the kind of intimate but larger-than-life sound documents Klein herself has had us snagged on since her debut almost a decade ago. (…)
A great, great debut: lather, rinse, and repeat.
one of our favorite mixes from Mhm, Mhm, made for Radio TNP last June, can be found here
default den haag is a sound series taking place in the Hague, the Netherlands, hosting listening events with a focus on experimental music and sound art performances.