Argumentix
PERFORMING AT SOMEDAY
Friday, Nov 17 › 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, Critical Theater, Dead/Bird, Argumentix, Soup Purse, Forrest Friends and Aubrey Birdwell, with 8mm & 16mm film projection by Jay Blohm.
About the artist
Argumentix built bulk pressured tight in a crock pot for several years stretching out its infant T-Rex arms to 4-track awkward exploration and vague focus producing charming mistakes.
Ballads of suicide victim mothers splashed kiddie-pool waves in nocturnal slumber. A configuration of electronic devices leaded w/ unintentional tape loops, minimal beats and grating scrapes of amplified scratching metal and loads of appropriation of adult contemporary... the dream was a diagram and puzzle to solve revealed the results were what Argumentix is today.
My biggest influences are a culmination of every sound ever heard, but a good starting point for the results would be Christian Death's first album (effeminate punk goth), Throbbing Gristle, Elton John, Nick Cave, Supreme Dicks, Jandek, Edward Ka-Spell (of Legendary Pink Dots), my friend's bands and DJ Screw's production.
From previous band's powers... Alarmist's tight frightening punk edge, Sex with Girl's no boundaries identity leaping and Space Hawk's drugged out epic story telling, Argumentix was born from combing experimentation and defining my singular focused vision, creating a product that is uniquely only myself.
Every time I breath, I feel the slight pin prick of despair. A deep darkness bubbles beneath the gregarious enthusiastic clown. Pushing limits of sonic sense and collaging a junk noise rummage sale, I can sing a duet with any combination of found sound.
At war with everything inside, I loathe that I love myself so much. Every 5th word carefully weighed, silence would beg obscurity.
I mowed lawns at all your punk shows. I destroyed friendships with bad discretion. I've already lived a few lives and I hold hands with the past. If I died today I would wake up in a crib and start all over. I'm hoping for an upgrade in wealth, confidence, a non-addictive personality and a desire to begin performing at a young age.
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