Nettle record release on Sub Rosa 12/3 @ Vaudeville Park

None More Eleven: Spinal Tap appreciation 11/11/11 w/ Nona Hendryx

That's me in the Gumby t-shirt playing guitar with the incredible Nona Hendryx.

CMJ 10/22 @ Vaudeville Park

That's me playing with Joey Johnson aka Space Pimp on synth, and Dave Berger on drums. It was a fantastic night of music with Richard Bennett and Monocle, Dead Leaf Echo, and Erik Fitzgerald.

Here are some of my latest circuits/noise-makers

This Domo-Kun circuit is a NAND Gate four-oscillator sound maker. It has two different types of pots and a photoresistor. I cover the screen with my blinking bicycle light to stimulate the photoresisting oscillator for cool rhythmic effects.





























































The Tea forte' is a 3-oscillator circuit. It's is a hex inverter with two photoresistors & one pot, hooked up through diodes. I get fun ringmod sounds, and sometimes eerie human vocal qualities. Oh, I almost forgot, the pot is also linked to a pair of electrodes for touch sensitivity.


Videos coming soon.....

Ekona Jatta, master Akonting player from southern Senegal

If you take a close look at Ekona's right hand, it's so similar to the right hand clawhammer/frailing style in Old-Time music. Incredible!

Going to Prison, Freed in a Gutter

Two exciting shows this week, please come if you're around......


When: Wednesday, July 20th (7-9pm)
Where: Sculpture Center 44-19 Purves Street, Long Island City, Queens
What: performing "Come Together" and "Attica" by composer Fredrick Rzewski
with Brent Arnold(cello), Katie Young(bassoon), Megan Gould(violin)
Chris DiMeglio(trumpet), Joe Gallant(bass), Baby Copperhead(banjo), and Fionn Meade (vocals/curator)
Why: Cuz these pieces are deep (inspired by the Attica Prison Riots 1971) and nearly impossible
the musicians are golden virtuosos
free food, party and drinks: )
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When: Saturday, July 23rd (9pm-Midnight)
Where: The Gutter in 200 N.14th St. Williamsburg,Brooklyn
What: Baby Copperhead w/ Brent Arnold(cello), Dave Berger(drums)
and SynthHead#7(synthesizer)...plus guest Jason Loughlin(baritone guitar)
Why: Playing with the full band!!!!!!!!!Plus, it's Jason Loughlin's CD release party, and Austin McCutchen
I go on at 9.30pm
Cover $5

enjoy the rest of your summer!!......luv, Coppy Bopperhead

An evening of Music & Electricity

Join me this Saturday, June 18th @ 7.30pm at Vaudeville Park in Brooklyn. I've got some new music I'm gonna try out for your zesty ears. Performing before me are ODO and Ana Lola Roman, two sensational synth/electronic androids. Space Pimp will be joining me on synth, and Brent Arnold will be on cello. It doesn't get any better than that!
Facebook invite here

Vaudeville Park
26 Bushwick Avenue
WillyB,Brooklyn
$6

Daizyzz at K&M Bar

Brian Zegeer and I are screening a live performance and interview of our video/music collaboration. There may also be a little performance in the begining...come out to show them!
Facebook invite here
K&M Bar
225 N.8th on the corner of Roebling
WillyB, Brooklyn

Beefheart Tribute Footage

Woe-Is-Uh-Me-Bop
with Reuben Radding-Bass
Eric Slick-Drums
Mike Fornatale-Vocals
Kevin Kendrick- Vibes
Benjamin B. Lee- Guitar



A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond
with Jesse Krakow- Bass
Benjamin B. Lee- Guitar

Heart of Beef

BEST BATCH Yet: A TRIBUTE TO CAPTAIN BEEFHEART

A legendary concert/tribute/benefit to pay ultimate homage to the man that changed musical history ===)))))>>>>rock&roll, blues, punk, free jazz, contemporary music, you name it.. he just simply made it hysterical, carefree, ambitious, microscopic, expansive, ancient, cathartic .....MR. DON VAN VlIET aka "Captain Beefheart"! This is a benefit to raise money for MS research.

It's a huge honor to be able to participate in this event featuring some of the most daring musicians I know...Jesse Krakow, Keith Abrams, Ruben Radding, Mike Pride, and many many more....

We will be graced by Gary Lucas(former Beefheart guitarist), Nona Hendryx, Nina Perrson (the Cardigans), Doug Gillard(Guided by Voices), Weasel Walter(Behold the Arctopus)

June 4th, 2011
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery St, NY
7pm
$10

Nettle performs at 92 Y

Nettle featuring DJ/rupture, Brent Arnold, Bill Bowen, and yours truly will be performing at 92Y in Tribeca. The evening will also include performances by Debo Band and Alsarah & The Nubatones. There will be sounds reminiscent of the Ethiopiques and music from Sudan. This is definitely the last Nettle show for the summer. Get tickets ==> Here

Saturday, May 28th
8pm
92YTribeca
200 Hudson Street
$16

4/19 ~~ This Tuesday at Zebulon...

Seungmin Cha, Eunsun Jung, and Woonjung Sim )))))>>>Korean shamanistic ritual music from 2415....

Brent Arnold)))))>>> scintillating cello music from Castle Greyskull w/ violinist Lindsay Cuff a.k.a Shira....

Baby Copperhead w/ Space Pimp & Brent Arnold ))))))>>>>ionized helium from Quasar M 218.9000000000000...and Brian Zegeer's vj animations from the Dawn of Man (~_^)..

It doesn't get any more romantic especially in Brooklyn's dimly lit cave called Zebulon.

258 Wythe Avenue
Willy B, Brooklyn
9pm
*Free

Nettle live at the Bell House, Brooklyn March 2011

Verde by Nettle from yana kehrlein on Vimeo.

Nettle at Vaudeville Park with Special Guests

DJ/Rupture's Nettle will be playing within a sculpture show at Brooklyn's Vaudeville Park. This will be part of the "Pairing Off" a.k.a "Music is Art/Music as Art" series at VP. These types of shows are always my favorite because they are intimate and provide an alternate landscape to hear live music. Opening the night are Korean musicians, Seungmin Cha--Eunsun Jung--Woojung Sim, who play shamanistic experimental flute and vocal music. Also, Lamin Fonfana will be doing a live set of sound oscillations from his profound musical vocabulary. This will be Nettle's last shows in a while, so please catch us if you haven't already: )

Vaudeville Park
26 Bushwick Ave. WillyB, Brooklyn
Saturday--April 9th--2011
8.30pm
$5

Nettle Plays Zebulon

DJ/Rupture invited me to join his group Nettle back in February. I would call a Nettle a dark chamber ensemble that is triggered by DJ/Rupture's brilliant electronic alchemy paying occasional homage to the music of North Africa(Gnawa). I'm also very fortunate to have Brent Arnold on cello, Lindsay Cuff on violin, and Bill Bowden on percussion/electronics in this outfit. We play at Zebulon this Thursday, March 10th at 9.30pm. The show is free!!

Tap Dancers at Danspace

I'm very honored to be a part of this special tap show. Michelle Dorrance is a member of STOMP and one of the most phenomenal tap dancers out there; and we go all the way back to Chapel Hill High School!!! I'll be playing guitar on a piece Michelle and I arranged a few months ago. Also, adding choreography is Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, another tap giant doing a tribute to Michael Jackson and Paul Kennedy. This is seriously incredible!!

For tickets >> Danspace

Michelle Dorrance & Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards: A Shared Evening!

Featuring "Blood On the Dance Floor", Dormeshia's tribute to Michael Jackson and Paul Kennedy and
Introducing Dorrance Dance, new works choreographed by Michelle Dorrance.

It runs:
March 10 - 12, 2011 [Thu-Sat] at 8PM
presented by Danspace Project, located in
St. Mark's Church in the Bowery: 131 East 10th Street (at 2nd Avenue).
The evening is a part of Danspace Project's Platform Series: Body Madness Part 2 - Rhythm & Humor and is curated by the lovely David Parker.

Video/Sound Collaboration

Derelict Daisy from Brian Zegeer on Vimeo.

This is "Derelict Daisy" a video project that Brian Zegeer created. It is inspired by the Frank/Leslie short "Pull My Daisy"(1959) staring Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, Gregory Corso, and beautifully narrated by Jack Kerouac.

I did an all electronic performance on this piece using my new inventions-- Tea Forte'(a three oscillator noise cracker), a theremin, various circuit-bent toys, a sampler, and a prepared speaker.

*note--this was a live performance at Vaudeville Park. The sound quality is not the best because we used a video camera mic. We hope to re-record and perform this again in the future. For right now, it will give you an idea of what could happen. Hope you enjoy: )

Living Room Residency Thus Far

Thanks to Dave Berger and Space Pimp for playing the opening night with me. Dave is now in New Zealand enjoying the warm scenery. Also, a big shout out to Emil McGloin for playing baritone and acoustic guitar with me last week. And, of course, Synth-Head#7 for making an appearance Earth all the way from planet Synthia with Anthony Johnson.

Next week, 2/16 at the Living Room will be awesome. We already got a nice writeup on BeaconPass site for this show. This will be the same lineup as my Crystalline Flux show last year. The incredible Emily Manzo on prepared piano, scintillating cellist Brent Arnold, synthesis master-mind Joey Johnson, and the drumming force of Mr. Anthony Johnson.

http://www.beaconpass.com/event/baby-copperhead-2

February Residency @ The Living Room

<< The Living Room>> 154 Ludlow Street in the Lower East Side.

*photo by Megan Senior, depicted within an installation by Caleb Nussear and Naomi Reis

Cat's Cradle 12/22/10

Thanks to all of you who came out to the Cradle last week. So great to be back in NC, seeing old friends and playing music at the Cradle with Lizzy Cook and Adam Sung Waldron. Also, a special thanks to Great Dog Almighty and Spaghetti Western for contributing their amazing talents to the bill. Here are some moments(~_^)

*photos by Ronnie Cruz

Upcoming Show at Pete's Candy Store with Konings Blauw 1/10

*flyer by Jay Pluck

Living Room 12-03-2010

*photos by Mathieu Asselin