To track it's beginning would take a long time, but Aleks comes to mind right off the bat. Aleks, also known as Stick Ball Man, also known as Marlo-- Aleks, the grand creator and fellow magician who weaves intricate webs, and conducts master plans-- since we've met we have orbited each other.
After both going through insanely challenging times in our lives simultaneously and coming out victorious, Aleks came up with the idea of a collaborative EP called "spells" in which we both would create pieces of music that would tell the narrative of being caught "under a spell" and then casting it off, or shedding it, and emerging from the spell which narrowed our micro and macro cosmic vantage point, only to see a much different world!
The EP never happened (or hasn't happened yet) due to us both being busy with other project (Alek's multi-media play/production which will be performed some time next year and my various noise/sound projects.) But I couldn't stop thinking of the concept-- music or songs as spells. I started to think it could be much more than just an EP but a way of performing live in general (or at least calling it what it is! Most musicians feel they are conducting a spell in some way or another when they perform, either on themselves or the audience, or both??!!!) And this is how I got the idea of putting on a 2 day show of noise, experimental musicians, video artists, performance artists, and dancers. There will be no songs, only spells. An experiment in expression and collaboration between artist and audience. I'm sure it has been done before--and it will be done again. There is nothing new under the sun--only the collective flow that only the individual (silver?) surfer can ride.
So ride we will!
Long Live Sorcery Music!!!!
--mascara
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