There is a Paisley Babylon fan page on Facebook…it’s been there for a while but I’ve only recently decided that might be a good place to post little surprises like exclusive tracks, show info, and contact with people who enjoy the dark sonic journeys I’ve been creating.
Join me on Facebook and say hello…and if you’re working on your own like-minded music, do feel free to use that page to get in touch, discuss shows or collaborations, split seven-inches, etc.
–Joe Wallace
Boy are there a LOT of tracks here. Fans of Nurse With Wound, Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire, Coil and other early industrial acts might find a thrill or two by listening to this material. Are you into theremin and old-school analog electronics? Here we go!
Paisley Babylon is plotting a little in-store tour of the midwest for 2015 and I’ve only just started assembling a press list and looking for like-minded performers to partner with in places like Ann Arbor Michigan, Toledo Ohio, Indianapolis, Springfield Missouri, St. Louis, and places all up and down the Bible Belt…(does anyone still call it that?)
It has NOT been easy to assemble a press list. Paisley Babylon is nothing if not weird and my electronic forays into outer space are not made alone–my fellow space travelrs are out there, I know they are.
But getting us to a rendezvous point is another challenge entirely.
If you are playing experimental, weird, left-of-center music or making ambient soundscapes, strange journeys off into the outer darkness, I would love to hear from you in any capacity. You can reach me at
jwallace242@gmail.com
That goes double for people running experimental music blogs, ambient music blogs, and related projects. I am very keen on promoting these projects as they bring news of this type of music that otherwise just gets overlooked. Forever. Sadly.
If you run a music blog that caters to experimental electronic music, ambient sounds, and the artists that create them, please get in touch as I’m starting a Resources section here that will prominently feature links to these blogs and those who cover these genres.
Back to the research…I have to get this press list compiled before the caffeine wears off.
–Joe Wallace
BIG thanks to all who came to see the three-theremin spectacle that was last night’s Paisley Babylon performance. I did the opening set as Paisley Babylon and then stayed on stage as half of Binary Partners. It was a very good night indeed and it was nearly two full hours of unusual, hallucinatory entertainment that would have pleased Timothy Leary, William Burroughs, and probably Stephen Stapleton.
Here are some images from the show, there was a full recording of both performances and that will become available at some point. Stay tuned for details.
–Joe Wallace
Tonight, Friday October 17 2014, Paisley Babylon does a three-theremin performance at StudioLab, located in Chicago’s Bridgeport Art Center 1200 W. 35th Street Chicago Illinois 60609. StudioLab is on the 5th floor of the art center, take the elevator to the 5th floor and follow your ears.
There will be free wine and beer while supplies last. This performance is part of the Bridgeport Art Center Third Friday Artist open studios event. Don’t miss this!