Live AV Performance for VIDICON 2021

Sunday, November 14 - 6:30pm

Vidicon is a gathering of video artists, analog, digital, software, hardware and everything in between. For three days there are never ending sessions of jams, talks, workshops, impromptu art pieces, collaborations and performances. Vidicon will continue to take place in cyberspace and the videosphere, in order to grow and collaborate with all the video artists the world over. We plan to host the event in a number of virtual spaces to encourage collaboration, communication, and creativity.

Alex will be streaming her first solo A/V set with audio and video synthesis performed live.

See the full 2021 agenda here.

Performance will be streamed here - just click “Main” at the bottom left of the page.

Visualizer for Lubelski & Claude VonStroke’s “Ice Cream Cone” Premieres on Flaunt

The second in a series of visualizers for Lubelski’s upcoming album Happy Accidents on Dirtybird Records. This track is a collaboration with label boss Claude VonStroke and features breakthrough vocalist Life on Planets. This one premiered on Flaunt Magazine - see article here.

Archive of PELLYVISION w/ Smokey Emery

Broadcast live on DUBLAB 10.21.21

Since the age of seventeen, Daniel Hipólito has been capturing, fragmenting, and reconfiguring his life experiences through tape manipulation as Smokey Emery. Equipped with consumer recording devices, documenting and transforming life’s everyday chapters into vignettes of self reflective audio-journalism. By combining equally purposeful and random media, self played samples, found sound, public domain audio, homemade foley, field recordings from various locations, and hand cut reel-to-reel tape loops plucked from his own sound menagerie to be warbled, sped up, slowed down or reversed, all layered at vastly different speeds, linking displaced moments into cogent soundscapes. In this way, Smokey Emery utilizes time and substance as compositional elements that play an equal, if not dominant role in the sonic architecture.

Audio archive available on dublab here.

DUBLAB’S 22nd Anniversary Party & Fundraiser

dublab returns to Zebulon for an in-person celebration showcasing resident DJs and its community of local musicians and bands

Following on its annual tradition, dublab is happy to announce its 22nd Anniversary Party. This fundraiser event takes place every year to celebrate the station’s beginnings back in 1999 as one of the pioneers of online radio. As a listener-funded non-profit radio station, over the years dublab has become a cultural institution in Los Angeles, using radio to foster a creative community of music lovers, musicians, and DJs that has expanded to affiliate stations in Japan, Spain, Germany and Brazil.

The event will feature three areas of live music, DJ sets, video art and more including DJ sets by:

Damar Davis
Gay Felony
Lara Sarkissian
Dara Genesis
séverine
DJ Ariana
Starcrossed
Juke Bounce Werk
Encarnación
Suzanne Kraft
In Sheep’s Clothing
Aaron Paar
Hoseh
Randy Ellis
The Alaia
Ryan Lee Moore
Ganas

There will also be live performances by:

Pacoima Techno + Soltera
Sharada Shashidhar + Jamael Dean
Host Family
BELI
Thalma de Freitas + Ana Barreiro
Lionmilk Quartet and more to be announced…

Alex Pelly will be doing live visuals on the main stage all night.

Tickets now on sale through DICE FM
$10 online
$15 at the door
FREE for dublab members

Das Bunker 25th Anniversary

Friday, October 1st - 10pm - 3am

Four rooms of Industrial dancing.

Das Bunker resident DJ's plus special guests ROBERT LANE (//TENSE//, With Sympathy, Machine Club) and RAVE DAD (Dublab, Serenity Rave), REMY MARC (Cold Life, VSSL), GINA KHUN (Machine Club), REEL EYES (Das Bunker co-founder).

Live performance by STREET FEVER

TV Installation and Live Visuals by Alex Pelly in Jewel’s Room.

Ticket’s available here.

Visualiser for Lubelski's “Asylum” Premieres on Billboard

This is the first of a series of visualizers for Lubelski that will be released in the coming months - one for each track of his upcoming album Happy Accidents on Dirtybird Records. This one premiered on Billboard’s “First Spin” on 9/17/2021 - see the article here.

Archive of PELLYVISION w/ Sha Sha Kimbo

Broadcast live on DUBLAB 9.13.21

With an unwavering love for the underground bass movement at the core of her artistry, Sha Sha Kimbo is a DJ, producer and bonafide raver from Los Angeles, California. As exemplified by her signature sound and style, Sha Sha has a championed ability to draw endless amounts of inspiration from the ’90s rave scene and intertwine a modern, future-forward perspective. This has since become a dedicated pillar of her productions and DJ sets alike, garnering a hard-earned reputation as a respected selector known for explosive, high-energy sets.

Audio archive available on dublab here.

Music Video for Sha Sha Kimbo “Save The World” Premiers on Ransom Note

“Channeling the rave energy we've all been missing over the last year and a half, Los Angeles native Sha Sha Kimbo brings a heavy dose of breakbeat anthems on her new six-track EP 'Total Chaos'. Coming via John Frusciante and Aura T-09's Evar Records, Sha Sha translates the rich emotions that come from being back on the floor, moving through jump-up rave and euphoric breaks, which get a refresh on the flip from LYZZA, Machine Girl and LCY.

To accompany lead track 'Save The World', Canadian filmmaker and video artist Alex Pelly Save has crafted an eye melting acid trip to the underground, rife with explosive sensory colours made using glitchy analog video processing and audio-reactive modular video synthesis.”

See Ransom Note premiere here.

Archive of PELLYVISION w/ ON

Broadcast live on DUBLAB 8.19.21

August’s guest was ON, the new project produced by Michael McDowell (Wild Wild Mike) and Devon Steffens (Psychic Health). Conceived during quarantine, ON is a symbiosis of their shared love of Kosmiche, New Age, and ambient music. Their debut full-length release is due later this year.

Devon Steffens is an electronic musician and promoter from Los Angeles. He produces and performs in Psychic Health and ON, as well as solo under various guises. He has hosted hundreds of the city’s underground electronic acts as part of his Triptronics Research event series.

Michael McDowell is an electronic musician based in Los Angeles. Originally from Oregon, he performs with ON and in his solo project, Wild Wild Mike. His first official EP, Maybe Someday You’ll Realize, was released in July 2021. He is playfully bumbling and allergic to dust.

Audio archive available on dublab here

Das Bunker Is Back!

Friday, July 30th - 10pm-3am

Das Bunker returns from an eighteen-month hiatus with a classic DANCE NIGHT.

This means all of the DB resident DJ's will be spinning industrial dance, EBM, rhythmic noise, and industrial techno across three rooms.

TV installation and live visuals by Alex Pelly in Jewel’s Room.

Tickets available here.

Archive of PELLYVISION Broadcast with Diskore, Nemeton and Shrill for Darkmatter Soundsystem’s 20th Anniversary

This month we celebrated the 20th anniversary of Darkmatter Soundsystem with crew members Diskore, Nemeton, and Shrill.

Darkmatter Soundsystem was founded by a collective of like-minded individuals who sought to showcase extreme electronics and splintered beats in independent autonomous zones throughout Los Angeles. Since 2001 Darkmatter crew has thrown more than 40 underground parties.

Darkmatter Soundsystem is also a record label that has released music on vinyl and digital formats from Minion, ADC, Poxxe, Fiend, Resurrector, Baseck, WMX, Wet Mango, Pink Abduction Ray, Bad Timing, Dimentia, Abnormalities, and more. The most recent digital release features remixes by Xanopticon, Somatic Responses, Fluxion A/D, Pink Abduction Ray, Fiend, and Baseck of Dimentia’s EXQSTE album. Darkmatter Soundsystem is planning more parties and music releases in 2021 and 2022.

Archive available on dublab here.

Archive of PELLYVISION w/ Cafe Ale

Broadcast live on DUBLAB 5.20.21

Cafe Ale is the project of Ale Cohen, a musician and producer based in Los Angeles. His work over the years includes the bands Pharaohs, Psychic Powers and Languis as well as numerous collaborations and production work with a wide range of artists. Cafe Ale was borne out of Ale’s studio, named affectionately by his friend Diego (aka Suzanne Kraft) who was offered a cup of coffee from Ale every time he visited.

At first Cafe Ale was simply a vehicle to showcase the work created in the studio by Ale and many of his friends. Although this continues to be the case, it has also turned into Ale’s “solo” project, ultimately being a mix of the two. Cafe Ale draws inspiration from dance, balearic, electronic, ’60s, post punk and experimental music. As done from its first release on Cooper Saver’s Far Away label, each release is masquerading as a mix, something like a performance from the legendary Cafe Del Mar in Ibiza known for its famous mixtapes.

Audio archive available on dublab here.

Live Audio/Visual Performance for Vidicon

Performed Live at Coaxial Arts 3.20.21

Alex Pelly on analog audio and video synths with Oren Kolin (of Drawing Board) on heavily affected electric guitar. Performed live at Coaxial Arts for Vidicon's stream as part of Coaxial's 6 Year Anniversary Festival.

Video documentation and sound mixing by Chloe Scallion with camera work by KA.

PELLYVISION w/ oonceoonce

Broadcast Live on DUBLAB 4.15.21

oonceoonce (Maria Consuelo Gonima) surrenders to any 4/4 beat–expect crunchy, pummeling yet melodic techno, body-moving IDM, arm-raising disco and a little psychedelic rock for good measure. Part of the Perpetual Dawn crew, she came up in the Tigerbeat6 family, booking, playing warehouses and dance floors in LA, San Francisco, Austin and Europe.

Audio archive available on dublab here.

Live Visual Performances for Resonant Frequencies

Sunday, April 4 - 6pm

Resonant Frequencies fosters a vibrant, and growing community of live electronic artists in the S.F. Bay Area through once a month live “open mic” concerts that pair video and sound artists for improvised collaborations.

Tune in live here.

Coaxial 6 Year Anniversary Book Release Drive-In Screening

Saturday, March 27 - 7pm

Book release for Coaxial Arts 6 Year Anniversary which includes an essay by Alex Pelly and Elaine Carey and photos of their residency Solid States.

Screening works by previous artists in residence.
𝗢𝗺𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝗱𝗲
𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗶 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝘂
𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻
𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅 𝗣𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘆/𝗘𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘆
𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗚𝗼𝗻𝘇𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘇
𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗥𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗼
𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁ö𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗶𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻
𝗝𝗲𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗦𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗸𝗮 𝗡𝗼𝗻𝗼
𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗟𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗮 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸𝗼
𝗝𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘆
𝗖𝗵𝗹𝗼𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻
𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗲𝗹𝗮 𝗧𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗻
𝗗𝗝 𝗚𝗮𝘆 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝘆

Coaxial Arts / 1815 S Main St. Los Angeles, CA 90016

Can’t make the drive-in? Watch on twitch here.

Premiere of Drum & Lace’s Further on DUBLAB

Further is a music and dance anthology by Drum & Lace.

Analog FX for ‘Crane Song’ at (6:08) by Alex Pelly.

Video Artist Lecture at Coaxial Arts

Thursday, March 4 - 7pm

Coaxial Arts is presenting an online lecture series of video artists explaining and demonstrating their work. Lecturing artists will present an overview of their past work, their processes, and their inspirations. The lecture series will be free and each session will be presented as a livestream and last one to two hours.

Streamed live from Coaxial Arts here.

Live Performance Video of Byron Westbrook’s “Ricochet Waves” on New Commute

“Celebrating the release of his new record Distortion Hue, Los Angeles electronic composer Byron Westbrook performed a live streaming show broadcasted from Bandcamp’s new streaming service. “Ricochet Waves” captures Westbrook’s engulfing wash of reflective sequences performed with synthesizer, computer, and processed cassette tapes augmented by the psychedelic video synthesis supplied by filmmaker Alex Pelly.”

New Commute article here.

PELLYVISION w/ Pablo Perez

Broadcast live on DUBLAB 2.18.21

Los Angeles based experimental electronic music artist Pablo Perez is known for creating a sonic blend of rhythms, glitch, noise, and variations of defective sounds. His unique improvisational style takes the listener on a journey of alternating and morphing soundscapes that coalesces his wide-range of conceptual influences into a driving modular organism. His new album FLY is up on bandcamp.

Audio archive on dublab here.