BDG + OP

New Dublab mix by Brian Degraw and Oliver Payne is up!

Recorded 8/27/09 in Los Angeles while the sun was setting

on the first night of those big fires

Mutato Muzika

Mutating Meltdown just came through LA, played a super fun show with Pearl Harbor, Best Coast and Tearist…and left us with these treats!

DISBAND was an all-female band and performance collective formed in 1978 and comprised of feminist artists such as Ilona Granet, Donna Henes, Ingrid Sischy, Diane Torr, Barbara Kruger, Barbara Ess (of Y Pants & The Static), and Martha Wilson. Their intention was to discard standard pop instrumentation, in favor of crafting sharp-witted, catchy, a cappella pop songs. During the late 1970’s, Martha Wilson had watched other musicians play the Mudd Club, CBGBs, and other New York venues and thought, “They all knew how to play instruments and I didn’t, so I called up artist girlfriends who were long on concept and short on skills, and DISBAND—the all-girl band of artists who couldn’t play any instruments—was born.” Wilson was inspired by the No Wave scene that was going on around her in downtown Manhattan—acts like Theoretical Girls, Bush Tetras, and James White and the Blacks sparked her interest in making music. The group tackled issues of gender inequality, politics, fine art, and sexual identity in their genre-blurring performances. Audiences were often unsure if what they were seeing was a pop group or a performance art piece. The group eventually split up in 1982, never officially recording an album and leaving behind very little documentation. This self-titled CD, featuring 21 live recordings from 1979-1982, is the first comprehensive release of an often-overlooked experiment in music and art. Click here for more info.