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High Desert Soundings Fundraiser Party
Sep
1

High Desert Soundings Fundraiser Party

High Desert Soundings needs your help!

Our 2024 festival, October 11th and 12th at The Palms restaurant in Wonder Valley, promises to be one of our most exciting years yet, with a dynamic lineup of over two dozen performers. To present this program, this year, we're trying to raise a modest $2000, and we can't do that without your support. 

To raise money and show our love for this community, we've decided to throw a FUNDRAISING PARTY! 

Buy tickets here!

All funds generated by ticket sales will go directly towards the festival artists. We are a DIY festival, and we do not make a profit - we do this out of love and support for our community to come together for two days of shared sonic exploration.

We have an awesome lineup of performers, installations, and DJs, most of whom are part of the HDS family, and all have graciously agreed to donate their time to support our cause. Come out and hear: 

  • Patrick Shiroishi

  • Vinny Golia

  • Bobby Bradford & William Roper

  • Stephanie Cheng Smith

  • Serpentine ___mission

  • Liam Mooney

  • deathflavorkiss 

  • Sobbing Honey

  • Haydee Jimenez 

There will also be *free* cans donated by the very best microbrew in LA, Solarc Brewing, started by experimental bassoonist Archie Carey (who also happens to be performing in a large ensemble in this year's festival!). 

And that's not all: we'll also have a merch market that includes limited stock shirts from 2023, totes, stickers, mystery CD bundles, and possibly more! 

Come out, throw down, and support desert-based experimental music!

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Deathflavorkiss / Mem1 / Ken Ueno
Jun
24

Deathflavorkiss / Mem1 / Ken Ueno

an evening of experimental sound from three diverse artists

$5-10 sliding scale at the door | NOTAFLOF

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Deathflavorkiss

hand-built instruments and harp

Mem1

cello and live electronics duo

Ken Ueno

solo vocal set featuring circular breathing and difference tone singing

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Mystic Elevator
Jun
15

Mystic Elevator

for you , for me ,

▁ ▂ ▄ ▅ ▆ ▇ █ together █ ▇ ▆ ▅ ▄ ▂ ▁

𝘓𝘰𝘴 𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘥𝘶𝘰 𝘔𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩 𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘦, 𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘣𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘶𝘰, 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬-𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘖𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘌𝘨𝘨.

pay what you can /

100% of ticket sales go to the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund

𝘔𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 is . . .
Abigail Whitman
Jack Herscowitz

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Black House Collective
May
26

Black House Collective

Oracle Egg is excited to be hosting Black House Collective’s 2024 workshop and final performance. Featuring 28 performers from across the country performing 6 world premieres.

O N E N I G H T O N L Y <<< f r e e >>>

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Elva Tang Flute

Victoria Lee Oboe

Anne Pinkerton Oboe

Emily Mehigh Bflat/Bass Clarinet

Melissa Achten Harp/Creative Director

Andrew Anderson Piano

Albert Lau Percussion

Matt LeVeque Percussion

Caleb Durant French Horn

Patrick Williams French Horn

Kimmie Sabio Trumpet

Neha Kudva Tuba

Mason Moy Tuba

Myra Hinrichs Violin

Emelyn Bashour Violin

Elicia Neo Violin

Celka Ojakangas Viola/Composer

Emma Antonides Viola

Samuel Zagnit Contrabass/Composer

Hannah Rice Voice

Andrea Church Voice

Lydia Brown Voice

Alondra Santos Voice

Stephen Pitters Voice

Ann Chen Voice

Isabel Fernandez Voice

Kaitlyn Son Voice

Jack Herscowitz Composer

Carlos Bandera Composer

Yifeng Yvonne Yuan Composer

Hunter Shelby Composer/Director

Charles-Eric Fontaine Conductor

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Manu
May
3

Manu

Manu

by Anuj Bhutani

“𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘶 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩-𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦/𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮 𝘪𝘯-𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘐 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘺 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 (𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬) 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘦, 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘴.” 𝗔𝗻𝘂𝗷 𝗕𝗵𝘂𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗶

RSVP required; link here

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Flesh Detection
Mar
30

Flesh Detection

F l e s h D e t e c t i o n

inhabiting time , fleshing in

everything i touch becomes me, everything that touches me i become

do you remember this feeling? if you listen closely you will hear the ocean in your veins

pulsing, fluid, formless

pleasure is not the goal but it will illuminate the way

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the final performance exploration of a week-long residency by chef and multidisciplinary artist Heidi Ross featuring Melissa Achten

Space is limited - tickets available here

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Heidi Ross Residency
Mar
24
to Mar 30

Heidi Ross Residency

𝙷𝚎𝚒𝚍𝚒 𝚁𝚘𝚜𝚜

𝙷𝚎𝚒𝚍𝚒 𝚁𝚘𝚜𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚏 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚒𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚒𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚘𝚍, 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚌 𝚘𝚋𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎. 𝚁𝚘𝚜𝚜 𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚢𝚜 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚞𝚖 𝚋𝚢 𝚜𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚛-𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚜, 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚕, 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚜, 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜, 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚍𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚘 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚘𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎-𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚖 𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎.

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Nicholas Deyoe / M. A. Harms / Micaela Tobin / Nicki Chen
Mar
16

Nicholas Deyoe / M. A. Harms / Micaela Tobin / Nicki Chen

voice, guitar, viola, percussion, 

acoustic, augmented, electronic, flickering

gladsome, anxious, cathartic, vehement,

solo

water, distant birds, reflecting foliage, warmth,

ambient drones, hidden melodies, cathartic noise, 

overlapping language, conflicting words, 

duo

pavement, grass, moonlight

wire, hair, wood, plastic, flesh, metal,

trio 

nicki chen, nicholas deyoe, m.a. harms, micaela tobin

quartet

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Carrie Frey &amp; Adrianne Munden-Dixon
Feb
22

Carrie Frey & Adrianne Munden-Dixon

Something loud, something quiet. Something dense, something spare. A piece for the angels, and a piece for Caesar.

Adrianne Munden-Dixon, violin, and Carrie Frey, viola, join Californian friends Myra Hinrichs, Robbie Bui, and Nate Friedman for a smorgasbord of works by inti figgis-vizueta, David Bird, Anna Heflin, Morton Feldman, and Theo Haber. Frequent collaborators in era-spanning quartet Desdemona and in the New York experimental scene, Frey and Munden-Dixon are touring in support of their 2023 solo albums, Seagrass and Lung. 

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Caroline Jesalva & Melissa Achten / Jessika Kenney / BearDuo / Jonathan Paik & Will Fredendall
Oct
7

Caroline Jesalva & Melissa Achten / Jessika Kenney / BearDuo / Jonathan Paik & Will Fredendall

bring your soul cage down to 𝑶𝑹𝑨𝑪𝑳𝑬 𝑬𝑮𝑮 next weekend for an evening of sound

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𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘮 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵…𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵

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