Playing bass on "Theme from Cinema Paradiso", by Ennio Morricone, with the Rochester Mandolin Orchestra, May 2022.

Cinema Paradiso Theme

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Wrapped

One of Sean's older compositions, given new life by Garlic Scapegoat!

Analise Hausmann: vocals, violin
Sean Dillman: vocals, guitar

Not Today

under my mask

destitute

don't leave me destitute

STRATA is the fifth performance art and film hybrid by artist duo VestAndPage (Verena Stenke and Andrea Pagnes). It is a film of philosophical, poetic action exploring caves as proto-spaces for altered states and sites of knowledge-making and human becoming. Some of the oldest known examples of human figurative artworks have been found within the caves of the Swabian Jura in Germany. These are the products of the Ice Age, dating back 33,000 to 43,000 years. VestAndPage convened an interdisciplinary gathering of over 20 artists and scientists to engage with these unique spaces and places and challenge central ontological and social issues. 

From December 12 to 15, 2024, as part of IX Venice International Performance Art Week “Portals and Constellations”, STRATA was reimagined as a video and sound installation in the European Cultural Centre (ECC) - Palazzo Mora. 

The soundscape for the exhibition by Douglas Quin is conceived as a complement to the film. Rather than recreate the film's soundtrack, the installation focused on conveying some of the experience of the caves themselves with audio gathered 'in situ' from performances to soundscapes. The approach to the audio for the gallery installation involved drawing from the many hours of location recordings, deconstructing and recomposing the layers and sonic strata to intimate the resonances of Deep Time and collective consciousness. 

Executive Producers: VestAndPage (Verena Stenke and Andrea Pagnes)
Producer: Douglas Quin

Featuring music and soundings by Aldo Aliprandi (self-made, 'trichord' instrument), Andreas Bauer Kanabas (voice) and Stephan Knies (violin), Aisha Ryannon Pagnes (voice), Ralf Peters (voice), Susanne Weins (voice), as well as cave environments and processed soundscapes. Photo © Fenia Kotsopoulou.

For more information about the project, please visit:

www.stratafilm.de
https://veniceperformanceart.org/the-art-week/portals-and-constellations-2024

STRATA Soundscape

Written and Sung by Ana Hausmann
Micah Pick: Piano
Sean Dillman: Bass, Mandolin, Synth, Backing Vocals
Mastered by Paul Joseph
Produced by Garlic Scapegoat

Fangs

Anna's Ghost performing Sean Dillman's song "That's What You Get".
Tiffany Pfeiffer: voice
Anna Webber: sax
River Guerguerian: drums
Gregg August: bass
Freddie Bryant: guitar

That's What You Get

A complete demo of Heading out of Nowhere: my "epic blues", in three movements. It’s about a journey through a futuristic - but recognizable -  America. Inspired in part by Bob Dylan.

Artwork by Meg Gregory

Heading out of Nowhere - Demo

Written by Sean Dillman in memory of late great jazz guitarist Vic Juris
Performed with the Kite Quartet
Produced by Sean Dillman
Mastered by Paul Joseph
Special thanks to Ken Thompson, Mike Early, and the late Diane Moser

For VJ

Ana Hausmann: vocals, violin, guitar, electronics
Sean Dilllman: vocals, guitar, bass guitar, mandolin

Fangs

Garlic Scapegoat

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