Olympia Experimental Music Festival
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The Olympia Experimental Music Festival has been produced annually in Olympia, Washington since 1995. Organizers have included Aerick Duckhugger, L. Jim McAdams, Domenica Clark, Dick Metcalfe, Harlan Mark Vale, Ashley Shomo, and Arrington de Dionyso, founder of the Olympia Strange Music Society. During de Dionyso's tenure as chief organizer (festivals 9-12) the festival was primarily known by the alternate name The Olympia Festival of Experimental Musics.[1]
Performers have included Old Time Relijun, Dead Air Fresheners, Chuck Swaim, Jennifer Robin, A Nat Hema, Gang Wizard, Atropy Minor, Steve Fisk, Nequaquam Vacuum, Noggin, Wood Paneling, Paul Dutton, Al Larsen, Arrington de Dionyso, Le Ton Mite, A:Frequency, Therefore, Evolution Control Committee, Bert Wilson, Bill Horist, Amy Denio, Climax Golden Twins, Bran Flakes, Eddie the Rat, Xiu Xiu, The Curtains, Crank Sturgeon, Mecca Normal, Office Products, Gino Robair, Maher Shalal Hash Baz, Glamorous Pat, Foque Mopus, Hans Grusel's Krakenkabinet, Midmight, Cabinet of Natural Curiosities, Oliver Squash, Alps of New South Wales, Dead White, Argumentix, Celesteville, Wendy Atkinson, White Rainbow, Plants, Blue Sabbath Black Cheer, Acre, Metal, Better People, and Noisettes
In addition to unusual, experimental, and/or noise music, many festival performers use film, multimedia, and spoken word. Yahoo News calls it a "summer festival to watch" (Yahoo Upcoming). In Signum, writer Tiffany Lee Brown comments: "This was no overpriced, fancypants event full of goatee-stroking theorizers or a showcase of overserious minimalist compositions, but a romp through the tangled underbrush of homegrown experimentalism."
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- Tiffany Lee Brown, Bleepy-Bloopy Noises: Creepy-crawly creatures emerge for the Olympia Experimental Music Festival, Signum magazine, Marrow section, issue 12, 2001. Accessed online 23 September 2007.
- Christopher DeLaurenti, Classical, Jazz, & Avant Experimental Music Festival, "The Stranger", Jun 26 – Jul 2, 2003 issue. Accessed online 25 November 2007
- Author unknown, Yahoo Upcoming. Accessed online 23 October 2007.
