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Trip Metal Fest @ El Club 5/25/18

June 2, 2018 at 2:53 pm | Posted in Photos, Trip Metal Fest | Leave a comment

Trip Metal Fest was only one day this year, but it was a quality lineup, and NTS Radio did some broadcasting on the patio, which was cool as well. Nídia played afterwards and there were some sound problems but it still sounded excellent.

El Club patio

vegan sliders from The Grim Feeder

BMG (Ectomorph) on NTS Radio

Drew McDowall and Puce Mary on NTS Radio

Universal Eyes (Universal Indians + Wolf Eyes)

Universal Eyes (Universal Indians + Wolf Eyes)

John Olson

Pure Rave

Pure Rave

Pure Rave

dancing to Pure Rave

Gashrat

Gashrat

Puce Mary & Drew McDowall

Puce Mary & Drew McDowall

Puce Mary & Drew McDowall

Puce Mary & Drew McDowall

Puce Mary & Drew McDowall

MGUN on NTS Radio

flyer for the Nigh/Day party my sleep schedule wouldn’t allow me to attend

Guttersnipe

Guttersnipe

Martin Rev

Martin Rev

Martin Rev

Martin Rev

The Art Ensemble of Chicago

The Art Ensemble of Chicago

The Art Ensemble of Chicago

Nídia

Nídia

dancing to Nídia

dancing to Nídia

Nídia

Trip Metal Fest 2017 & other Memorial Day Weekend happenings

May 29, 2017 at 2:44 pm | Posted in Photos, Trip Metal Fest | Leave a comment

Friday, May 26

Trip Metal Fest poster

mural @ El Club by ZelooperZ

mural @ El Club by ZelooperZ

DJ Blk_out (+ not sure other DJ’s name)

drum installation by Apetechnology

drum installation by Apetechnology

Apetechnology

Wolf Eyes

Wolf Eyes

DJ Blk_out (+ not sure other DJ’s name)

DJ Blk_out (+ not sure other DJ’s name)

Vullmoxx

Vullmoxx

Crime Victims

Crime Victims

Geraniums

Siobhan (or maybe Pure Rave?)

Quiltboy

Knox Mitchell

Knox Mitchell

Viands

Viands

Viands

Apetechnology drum installation in action

Apetechnology neon ghost robot in action

Container

Pharmakon

Pharmakon

Saturday, May 27

John K King Books

John K King Books

Submerge (Underground Resistance headquarters)

Ron Zakrin painting @ Submerge

Submerge (Underground Resistance headquarters)

Submerge (Underground Resistance headquarters)

burger cakes @ Royale With Cheese

John Olson & Andrew Kirschner

Twig Harper

Sliki (Viki & Stallone the Reducer)

Sliki (Viki & Stallone the Reducer)

Aaron Dilloway

Princess Dragonmom setting up

Princess Dragonmom

Princess Dragonmom

Princess Dragonmom distributing cardboard weaponry

Princess Dragonmom (Warren Defever)

(It wasn’t really possible to capture this in photos but a giant cardboard unicorn came out and everyone destroyed it with the cardboard weapons.)

Fluct

Shades

Body/Head

Body/Head

Elysia Crampton

Via App

Via App

DJ Earl

Suzi Analogue & DJ Earl

Suzi Analogue, DJ Earl, & DJ Taye

DJ Taye

Suzi Analogue, DJ Taye, & DJ Earl

Sunday, May 28
Not Trip Metal Fest, but Holodeck Records’ showcase, which was sparsely attended but everyone I saw was amazing. I left around 1AM because I was tired, but it went a lot longer, and then there was another event after that which went on until the next afternoon! I wanted to stay for all of it but I have a body and I need sleep.

Troller (DJ set)

Curved Light

Curved Light

Curved Light

Samantha Glass

Samantha Glass

Samantha Glass

Amber from Troller

Russell Butler

Russell Butler

Dylan Cameron

Dylan Cameron

Something Cold

Trip Metal Fest, Detroit, Memorial Day Weekend, 2016

June 1, 2016 at 8:51 pm | Posted in Movement (DEMF), Photos, Trip Metal Fest | Leave a comment

This past weekend, Wolf Eyes hosted Trip Metal Fest in Detroit, which included shows at El Club in Mexicantown, discussions at Trinosophes, and film screenings at Third Man Records, Cinema Detroit, and Trinosophes, as well as an afterparty with Fit Sound and a noise brunch at the Jam Handy. I made it out to all three nights of performances at El Club as well as one of the discussions and two of the film screenings. It was also Movement (DEMF) weekend in downtown Detroit, and I got a media pass, but I only ended up going once, to see Honey Soundsystem (featuring my old college buddy Josh Cheon, who now runs the Dark Entries label). I also went to a discussion at MOCAD featuring Juan Atkins, Derrick May, and Kevin Saunderson, and I also visited Submerge (the Underground Resistance headquarters) and wandered around Detroit and took photos and stuff.
TMF was incredibly awesome, it was well organized, the sound and lighting were great, and most of the performances I caught were incredible. Hieroglyphic Being with Marshall Allen and Danny Ray Thompson of the Sun Ra Arkestra was probably the best set I’ve seen all year, and Morton Subotnick’s set was a once in a lifetime experience. Other favorites included Pod Blotz, Shades, Cotton Museum & Apetechnology, Panicsville (who did a magic show), Andrew WK performing a Bach piece with Twig Harper and Nate Young, etc.

scenes from Mexicantown

Morton Subotnick

Trip Metal

scenes from Mexicantown

El Club

MV Carbon

Panicsville

Panicsville doing magic tricks

Panicsville

Apetechnology + Cotton Museum

Cotton Museum lifting his gear table off the ground

Apetechnology + Cotton Museum

Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson & Juan Atkins in discussion @ MOCAD

poster for the Transmat 30th anniversary party

upcoming events wall @ MOCAD

building near Submerge

purple building blasting Prince

Submerge

giant bag of carrots near the Eastern Market

Trinosophes Trip Metal discussion schedule

Hieroglyphic Being, Marshall Allen, and Danny Ray Thompson in conversation

Lexie Mountain & Scroll Downers

Drainolith

Marshall Allen, Hieroglyphic Being, Danny Ray Thompson

Marshall Allen

Danny Ray Thompson

Hieroglyphic Being

Danny Ray Thompson

Marshall Allen

Marshall Allen, Hieroglyphic Being, Danny Ray Thompson

Marshall Allen, Danny Ray Thompson, Hieroglyphic Being

Marshall Allen, Hieroglyphic Being, Danny Ray Thompson

Joseph Hammer

Pod Blotz

Viki + Magas

Trip Metal Menu

Viands

Unfortunately I dropped my camera during Viands’ set and it broke, and I took phone pics for the rest of the weekend, but I bumped the resolution down by accident, so all the photos came out small, but here’s a few of them anyway: