Live 2024

Live 3/20/2014 @ Local 506 (opening for La Femme & Wild Moccasins) Dedicated to the 40th anniversary of Philip K. Dick's "2-3-74"/"Vesicle Pisces" phenomena.

Setlist:

TwelveEight
cathodica
a.21
Waiting So Long
aeoneine
nocset (malfunction)

 A. Johannessen, M. Finger, M. Hawthorne

Vesicle Pisces (Live @ Local 506 - Chapel Hill, NC - 3/20/2014)

1. Myriapoda (SansKarma ver.)
2. newnwel
3. riftsS-LS
4. Distributive
5. Gestalt
6. neb

Lyrics for riftsS-LS:

Saint-Laurent somniosus
Saint-Laurent somniosus

fathoms from home
unshifting patterns into the distance
and nothing to know
but opaque water, it would seem

fathoms from hope
I can't feel my mind
I think I'm blind
but maybe there's nothing to see

Lyrics for Distributive:

a new campaign
a new campaign
we just complain
we just complain
until so browbeaten have we been
that our foreheads have given in
until so browbeaten have we been
that our foreheads have given in

and hidden in
and hidden in
a glimpse of skin
a glimpse of skin
are “そうですか”, “или нет”, et “dankeschön”
clattering like plastic plates over some plain
until no meaning can remain
neither urgent nor arcane

Personnel:

Ariel Johannessen: synths
Michael Finger: rhythm section, voice

An evening of experimental and electronic music on the 55th anniversary of the first Twilight Zone episode's premiere. Visual accompaniment featuring vignettes from from the 1959-1964 television program was controlled live by Prisma Video.

"There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call the Twilight Zone."
—Rod Serling

The Twilight Zone first aired on October 2nd, 1959 in the form of Rod Serling's original Teleplay, "Where is Everybody?"

There is a Fifth Dimension (Twilight Zone 55th Anniversary - Live Oct 2nd, 2014 @ Nightlight)

A-21
Mantras
Children of the Neon Dream
rgB
Depths of the Day / Asilidae

[Mantras]

I stumble over feet, my own
following myself quickly, falling over myself quietly
as these failings are all my own, perhaps they're here to guide me
but I won't let them be what they want to be
oh, no

we collapse at half-past ten
I never cease my talkings – even as water rushes in my mouth
you and I are both face down
the tide is rising now
and so it won't be long before we've drowned
but you're keen, and I'm keen
so don't dream
that this inland sea complicates our trajectory

no, I'd never waste your time
you've got your mantras, and I've got mine
per your embittered heart's designs,
you've still your wide array of nematocyst-like embellishments, you
you know, and I know
so don't suppose
that we're more than the paths for what we "chose"

I would never waste your time
you've got your mantras, and I've got mine
per your embittered heart's designs,
you've kept your mantras as I'll keep mine
but you know, and I know
so don't suppose that we're more than the paths for what we "chose"

it's growing harder still to see
so is this concrete?
or is it something that's been paved with me?

[Children of the Neon Dream]

Children of the Neon Dream

reflections of neon in the night
refractions of neon through the rain
refractions of neon through the mind
reflections of the neon brain

Children of the Neon Dream

[Depths of the Day / Asilidae]

depths of the day
depths of the day

more tuned than timed
these things we say
allowed to land just where they may

depths of the day
depths of the day

less tuned than timed
these things we say
allowed to land just how they may

it's not what it must be
it's what it might be

beneath the breadth of the bay
beneath the breadth of the bay

above the black of the waves
above the black of the waves

reflective opaque
reflective opaque

depths of the day
depths of the day

Live - Moroderik & Co. @ Motorco : 06152024

Album release party for The Longer Morrow

Bloc-Note Blue
Mantras
Children of the Neon Dream
Visible Spectrum
Cosmic Rays


<Bloc-Note Blue>

quite the wait
an answer
in monochrome? cyanotype?
find the traits
for transfer
photogram or phenotype?
photogram or phenotype?

written in broken bits
easy enough to figure out
finding someone who can fill the script
that part’s left in doubt
that part’s left in doubt

written…in code?
disappearing ink?
out of order in the bloc notes
it forces one to think
it forces one to think

encroaching from the margins,
phrases eager to break ranks
each page, a potential garden
previously left blank
unintentionally left blank


<Mantras>

I stumble over feet, my own
following myself quickly, falling over myself quietly
as these failings are all my own, perhaps they're here to guide me
but I won't let them be what they want to be
oh, no

we collapse at half-past ten
I never cease my talkings – even as water rushes in my mouth
you and I are both face down
the tide is rising now
and so it won't be long before we've drowned
but you're keen, and I'm keen
so don't dream
that this inland sea complicates our trajectory

no, I'd never waste your time
you've got your mantras, and I've got mine
per your embittered heart's designs,
you've still your wide array of nematocyst-like embellishments, you
you know, and I know
so don't suppose
that we're more than the paths for what we "chose"

I would never waste your time
you've got your mantras, and I've got mine
per your embittered heart's designs,
you've kept your mantras as I'll keep mine
but you know, and I know
so don't suppose that we're more than the paths for what we "chose"

it's growing harder still to see
so is this concrete?
or is it something that's been paved with me?


<Children of the Neon Dream>

Children of the Neon Dream

reflections of neon in the night
refractions of neon through the rain
refractions of neon through the mind
reflections of the neon brain

Children of the Neon Dream


<Visible Spectrum>

cones
rods
(from) red (to) violet

surface, air, Mechanica
stars
black backdrop and satellites
pulsed silence

both benthic and
Balearic / palagic
bicladal arms race catalyzed
(stare through) echoes of the trilobite

Live @ Neptunes 09/27/2024

Bloc-Note Blues
Mantras
Children of the Neon Dream
Visible Spectrum
Cosmic Rays

[Bloc-Note Blues]

quite the wait
an answer
in monochrome? cyanotype?
find the traits
for transfer
photogram or phenotype?
photogram or phenotype?

written in broken bits
easy enough to figure out
finding someone who can fill the script
that part’s left in doubt
that part’s left in doubt

written…in code?
disappearing ink?
out of order in the bloc notes
it forces one to think
it forces one to think

encroaching from the margins,
phrases eager to break ranks
each page, a potential garden
previously left blank
unintentionally left blank

[Mantras]

I stumble over feet, my own
following myself quickly, falling over myself quietly
as these failings are all my own, perhaps they're here to guide me
but I won't let them be what they want to be
oh, no

we collapse at half-past ten
I never cease my talkings – even as water rushes in my mouth
you and I are both face down
the tide is rising now
and so it won't be long before we've drowned
but you're keen, and I'm keen
so don't dream
that this inland sea complicates our trajectory

no, I'd never waste your time
you've got your mantras, and I've got mine
per your embittered heart's designs,
you've still your wide array of nematocyst-like embellishments, you
you know, and I know
so don't suppose
that we're more than the paths for what we "chose"

I would never waste your time
you've got your mantras, and I've got mine
per your embittered heart's designs,
you've kept your mantras as I'll keep mine
but you know, and I know
so don't suppose that we're more than the paths for what we "chose"

it's growing harder still to see
so is this concrete?
or is it something that's been paved with me?

[Children of the Neon Dream]

children of the neon dream

reflections of neon in the night
refractions of neon through the rain
refractions of neon through the mind
reflections of the neon brain

children of the neon dream

[Visible Spectrum]

cones
rods
(from) red (to) violet

surface, air, Mechanica
stars
black backdrop and satellites
pulsed silence

both benthic and
Balearic / palagic
bicladal arms race catalyzed
(stare through) echoes of the trilobite

Burn the Dragon 2024

1. Bloc-Note Blues
2. Mantras
3. Children of the Neon Dream
4. Visible Spectrum
5. Cosmic Rays

[Bloc-Note Blues]

quite the wait
for an answer
in monochrome? cyanotype?
find the traits
for transfer
photogram or phenotype?
photogram or phenotype?

written in broken bits
easy enough to figure out
finding someone who can fill the script
that part’s left in doubt
that part’s left in doubt

written…in code?
disappearing ink?
out of order in the bloc notes
it forces one to think
it forces one to think

encroaching from the margins,
phrases eager to break ranks
each page, a potential garden
previously left blank
unintentionally left blank

[Mantras]

I stumble over feet, my own
following myself quickly, falling over myself quietly
as these failings are all my own, perhaps they're here to guide me
but I won't let them be what they want to be
oh, no

we collapse at half-past ten
I never cease my talkings – even as water rushes in my mouth
you and I are both face down
the tide is rising now
and so it won't be long before we've drowned
but you're keen, and I'm keen
so don't dream
that this inland sea complicates our trajectory

no, I'd never waste your time
you've got your mantras, and I've got mine
per your embittered heart's designs,
you've still your wide array of nematocyst-like embellishments, you
you know, and I know
so don't suppose
that we're more than the paths for what we "chose"

I would never waste your time
you've got your mantras, and I've got mine
per your embittered heart's designs,
you've kept your mantras as I'll keep mine
but you know, and I know
so don't suppose that we're more than the paths for what we "chose"

it's growing harder still to see
so is this concrete?
or is it something that's been paved with me?

[Children of the Neon Dream]

children of the neon dream

reflections of neon in the night
refractions of neon through the rain
refractions of neon through the mind
reflections of the neon brain

children of the neon dream

[Visible Spectrum]

cones
rods
(from) red (to) violet

surface, air, Mechanica
stars
black backdrop and satellites
pulsed silence

both benthic and
Balearic / palagic
bicladal arms race catalyzed
(stare through) echoes of the trilobite

TescTSP-10192024

TescDLT-11062024

Live @ Burn The Dragon, autumn 2022

1. Tunnel Vision
2. Caldeira
3. Mantras (rather atypical version)
4. Grid

[Caldeira]

We’ve been down this street before
yes we’ve been down this street
almost November, now
and I’m still in shirtsleeves
that in the window?
a meager library
and my reflection, there
just staring back at me 

the Cote Des Neiges dissolves

what once was striking
wet black asphalt and golden leaves
today, is cold and grey
with snow and cracked concrete
what once was Andrea now has become Denise
and my reflection’s there
still staring back at me 

the Cote Des Neiges dissolves

on the horizon, two domes destined not to meet
a sun, setting, half-obscured
casts shadows at my feet
former distractions
are distractions no more for me
I’ve re-envisioned myself in charcoal relief 

the Cote Des Neiges dissolves

La Cotes Des Neiges est dissolvée

[Mantras]

I stumble over feet – my own
following myself quickly
falling over myself quietly
as these failings are all my own,
perhaps they're here to guide me
but I won't let them be what they want to be

oh no

we collapse at half past ten
I never cease my talkings even as water rushes in
my mouth
and you and I are both face down
the tide is rising now
it surely won’t be long before we’ve drowned

but you’re keen
and I'm keen
so I can’t dream
that this inland sea complicates our trajectories

No, I'd never waste your time.
You've got your mantras, and I've got mine
per your embittered heart’s designs,
You've still your wide array of nematocyst-like embellishments, you...

but you know
and I know
don’t suppose
that we’re more than the paths for what we “chose”

It's growing harder still to see...
so Is this really concrete
it’s growing harder still to see
so is this concrete or
or is it something that's been paved with me?

Live @ Burn The Dragon 2022

Live at the Carrack. Durham, NC 02/08/2019
1. -esque,  2. SoME2: Silk Road as an Island,  3. ...V, W...,  4. Distributive

RUPTURE / RAPTURE / REVOLUTION

RUPTURE / RAPTURE / REVOLUTION: Live @ the Carrack

Polyrhythmic pop experiments & dense, digital psychedelia.

Tescon Pol

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