15 Degrees Below Zero
PERFORMING AT SOMEDAY
Friday, Feb 16 › 8pm › $5
CACOPHONY: An evening spotlighting those revisionist musical forms often referred to as “experimental”, curated by Mr. Ogo Eion. Noise, ambient, drone, neo-classical, glitch, power electronics, improvisation, etc.
Featured artists for this month include, 15 Degrees Below Zero, Nezzy Idy, Sleeping with the Earth, To Kä Ge, and more TBA.
About the artist
The story of 15 Degrees Below Zero began on May 13, 2000, with Imperial Floral Assault Unit. Gary TVG of The Violet Grind put together a band for what was supposed to be a one-off performance on KSZU, Stanford University's radio station, for their annual Day of Noise, 24 hours straight of noise performances. The members were Gary, Michael Addison Mersereau (of CTC, Cipher Utopia, and 18 Frames Per Second, amongst others), Daniel Blomquist (of Decibel, which has slowly mutated into The Twittering Machine), and Mark Wilson (then about to start his own project Conure). Prior to this performance, only Mike and Gary had collaborated together before, one recording of which can be heard on The Violet Grind/Cipher Utopia release on Troniks. Due to time crunches, we did not have time to rehearse or even discuss what we were going to do. We pretty much had to start five minutes after Mike and Gary arrived at the station so we really had no idea what we were going to do. We just went ahead and played. As mentioned, this was meant to be a one-off performance. After listening back to the recording of our set, we knew we couldn't allow that. We were amazed at what we had pulled off, especially considering the factors mentioned above. (The recording was available on our split release with Stolen Light, Conure, andGoose.
So we continued as IFAU for another six months, releasing a few items, playing several shows, and receiving mostly positive responses. However, in January, 2001, Gary decided he wanted to go his own way, and he split up the project. Despite the disappointment, Dan, Mike, and I decided to continue working together. The name 15 Degrees Below Zero was decided on in February, 2001, and we began our first recordings a month later.
Our music, as was the case with IFAU, is all structured improvisation, sometimes leaning more one way, sometimes the other. We've played with a number of great bands and went on a small west coast tour in August of 2003. We've released a posthumous set of IFAU material on Crunch Pod,along with a set of 15DBZ material. Our first CD (an EP) was released mid-2004 on the same label. Our first full length CD was to be released on Malignant Antibody, but after a long delay, we decided to look for a new label. The CD was finally released on Force of Nature in March of 2006. We're in the midst of recording our second full length.
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