Instagon #553
December 9, 2010
KDVS, Davis, CA
December 9, 2010
KDVS, Davis, CA
KDVS is a radio station on frequency 90.3 FM originating from the basement floor of Freeborn Hall at University of California at Davis. (UCDavis) that also streams at www.kdvs.org. It is a VERY independent radio station with a "free-form" format, it also has the largest indie FM transmitter on the west coast, making it pretty special. Every Thursday night at 11pm (PST) they invite a band into their studios to play live over the air for an hour from Studio A. This show is called L.I.S.A. .. Live In Studio A. Instagon has previously appeared on the L.I.S.A. show doing a noise set as part of promotions for past Norcal Noisefest events..but this was the first time that Instagon had played the weekly show as a band for the entire hour.. which is also pretty interesting due to the fact that we have recorded in this studio 2 times previously and have 4 releases that were from those sessions!
For this session a quartet was assembled to play for an hour, live over the air.. the band consisted of Lob with John Keeling on guitar .. someone that has been playing consistently with Instagon throughout this year.. also Drew Walker on drums.. and Matt Conklin on keyboards.. all three of these guys have been doing shows with us this year.. (John, Drew, & Lob had previously appeared earlier this year as a trio (session 545)) For this set we tried to focus on staying in the groove and feeling of the new CD "Sleepwalking" as to try to promote this release (the Sleepwalking CD was recorded at KDVS in Nov.2009) An amazing version of the song "Sleepwalking" was part of this session, but there were some pretty smokin' jams as well like the band classic "Deamon's Tube" (see below video!). There was a couple of short improv jams.. one of them was titled "Umbridge Study Hall" and can be heard as part of the Fresh Cuts series on Bandcamp.com .. funny story..
As we were setting up our equipment for this live radio session at KDVS, a short blondeish woman, with obviously too much time on her hands, appeared out of nowhere to tell us we were NOT supposed to be here and that there was a "24 study group" happening upstairs and she was promised there would be NO live music from the Radio station to disturb the students.. she was very determined and name dropping the name of "UC Aggie Regents" like it would have some magickal powers over us.. but in the end it did not.. we ignored her and played a great set..but in response to her very Umbridge like character, we dedicated a song..
INSTAGON 553
12-9-2010
KDVS FM 90.3, ,Univ.of Calif., Davis,CA
(live on-air broadcast)
Invokation>
Dripfall,
Cosmic
Deamon's Tube,
Sleepwalking,
Procell*,
My Little Red Planet>
Umbridge Study Hall*,
Space Walk,
Trip 23,
Echophobic,
The Sickness,
Orgone Collector,
Forward
(60:00)
* new improv riffs, first time jams
LOB - lead bass
DREW WALKER - drums
JOHN KEELING - guitar
MATT CONKLIN - keyboards
INSTAGON 553
12-9-2010
KDVS FM 90.3, ,Univ.of Calif., Davis,CA
(live on-air broadcast)
Invokation>
Dripfall,
Cosmic
Deamon's Tube,
Sleepwalking,
Procell*,
My Little Red Planet>
Umbridge Study Hall*,
Space Walk,
Trip 23,
Echophobic,
The Sickness,
Orgone Collector,
Forward
(60:00)
* new improv riffs, first time jams
LOB - lead bass
DREW WALKER - drums
JOHN KEELING - guitar
MATT CONKLIN - keyboards
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INSTAGON 553 VIDEOS:
PART ONE - Introductions>Invokation>Dripfall
PART TWO - Deamon's Tube
VIDEO LINK for "Deamon's Tube" from session 553 by Instagon.
big thanks go out to KDVS for letting us come and play.. Fenris Wulf for another amazing job of engineering and capturing the deamon.. John, Drew, & Matt for playing.. and everyone else that listened.. this was a really special session for sure.
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Instagon group photo taken by Fenris Wulf
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