Three Modular Performances by Dave Vosh

dave vosh, live at "noise awareness day", 4/27/2016

Published on Jun 3, 2016 dave vosh

"'noise awareness day 2016' for the d.c. metro area was hosted by george mason university in Fairfax, Virginia and curated by dr. Thomas Stanley on 4/27/2016.

my thanks for the invitation to perform at the event.

dave vosh - modular synthesizer"

What's great about this one, is Dave just sitting there. It's a self generative patch, so why pretend you are doing anything? He created the patch and just has it on display, much like a painter would display their art, but as we associate live music with live performers, he is present throughout the piece. He is part of the piece. Pretty cool and somewhat funny when you think about it.

dave vosh, live at "electric maid", 5/13/2016

Published on Jun 3, 2016

"solo live modular performance at 'electric maid', Takoma park. md.

thanks to bsdiy for the invitation to perform at this event.

dave vosh - modular synthesizer"

"faster not safer", live at "electric maid", 5/14/2016

Published on Jun 3, 2016

"electroacoustic duo 'faster not safer' performing at 'electric maid', Takoma park, md. on 5/14/2016

thanks to bsdiy for the invitation to perform at the event

'faster not safer' :
keith sinzinger - prepared tapes and effect devices
dave vosh - critter and guitari pocket piano and delay pedal"

Dave Vosh & Venus Slick Live

A chance to see some interesting instruments live.

"Friday, Nov. 4 – Dave Vosh brings “bag of analog tricks” to the Lou!

Dave Vosh
Special guests Dr. Mabuse and Venus Slick
Friday, Nov. 4, 2011 – 8 pm
Floating Laboratories
4528 Ohio [St. Louis]
Admission: $5

HEARding Cats is excited to bring east coast synthesis sensation Dave Vosh to St. Louis for a rare Midwest performance. Vosh has had a lifelong passion for electronic music. After years of toiling in autodidactic obscurity

he summoned-up the courage to contact one of his idols, Karlheinz Sctockhausen, by mail. To his great shock, Maestro Stockhausen not only answered his letter personally but continued the correspondence with Vosh up until his death; offering advice and discussion on all sorts of musical issues. Emboldened by Stockhausen’s attention, Vosh assembled an arsenal of sophisticated electronic instruments and recently decided to take the bushel-basket off his lamp in the active DC/Baltimore avant garde scene. He now performs regularly in the Electric Possible and Sonic Circuits series, as well as at the Red Room, Hexagon, and Pyramid Atlantic. He appeared in the 2008 and 2009 Electro-Music Festivals.

In an unusual appearance on Baltimore’s Rams Head Live stage Vosh’s solo performance was described:

'He comes in, hobbles up to the stage on his cane, opens up a big briefcase of mephistophelesian landscapes, and settles into a chair. Then he takes up his little baton and calmly conducts a tour across the terrible beauty of the vast frozen steppes of Hades. …and when the show is over, he quietly packs it all up and lumbers off into the night.
It’s a hell of an act.'

Dr. Mabuse has become a regular at Floating Labs over the last two years. His talents and iterations are wide-ranging: a synthesist; a bass player; a keyboardist; a composer. Mabuse plays as a solo artist (often on analog synthesizers of his own building and design), and collaborator in various ensembles, including the tory z starbuck project, SANE, and “The Dark Secrets of Dr. Mabuse.” His performances are largely improvisational, and explore both rhythmic and textural concepts at the edges of music.

Venus Slick is a painter by trade, a musician by night, and a grifter by day (hence the name “Slick” – careful, she’s liable to steal your wallet!). Her talent on the custom-made, one-of-a-kind analog synthesizer “Il Viaggio di Marconi” is only surpassed by her beauty. She’ll join Vosh for several transmigrations throughout the evening."

square v equation

square v equation,pt 1.wmv

YouTube via davevosh | November 13, 2010

"dave vosh and frank vanaman, square v equation, performing an improvised modular synthesizer duet at the baltimore electronic music winterfest 2010 held at the hexagon in baltimore,md. on feb. 27, 2010.
dave vosh and frank vanaman - modular synthesizers
jerohme spye - imagery"

"the modular used on "square v equation" for frank, in this instance, was a mostly bugbrand with a bit of d.i.y., blacet and modcan thrown in. mine was a mixed manufacturer euro-format - doepfer,malekko/waird,harvestman,makenoise."

live at "electric possible", washington,d.c. - dave vosh and jeff bagato pt.2

"part 2 - conclusion of dave vosh and jeff bagato performance on 2/15/2010"

Dave Vosh & Chris Videll 8/4/2011

The video synth is the Critter and Guitari tv-oscillascope. Dave will be performing with Venus Slick in St. Louis on Nov 11.

Update: the show in November is in St. Louis, not Ohio. Ohio was the street. My mistake.




safe and effective at visart and rooftop@rockville,md 8-4-2011.wmv

YouTube Uploaded by davevosh on Aug 5, 2011

"'safe and effective', chris videll and dave vosh performing at 'visart / rooftop@rockville,md.' at their art-party / performance art event called "d.c. emerging" held on 8/4/2011. d.c. sonic circuits curated the sonic performances at this event.
sadly, this is only an excerpt of my performance with chris. enviromental factors - wind and crowd noise plus blocked sight-line for the camcorder all posed problems. still, we got to play on an honest-to-god 6th floor building rooftop, amazingly weird fun !
chris videll - electroacoustics
dave vosh - modular synthesizer"

dave vosh at 'an die musik' , baltimore,md. 7-30-2011.wmv

YouTube Uploaded by davevosh on Jul 31, 2011

Dave Vosh & Venus Slick will be playing in St. Louis on Nov 4. See this post for details. Update: I originally had Ohio as the location. Ohio is the street. The upcoming performance is in St. Louis.
"live performance at "an die musik" in baltimore, maryland on 7/30/2011. this was part of the baltimore sdiy group sponsored 2011 electronica-fest at this venue.
dave vosh - modular synthesizer"

I asked Dave what he had in his system and he sent in the following:

"top row : doepfer a-180 multiple, tiptop z3000 vco, wiard/malekko oscillator, wiard/malekko anti-oscillator, doepfer a-110 vco, doepfer a-188 vc analog delay, tiptop z5000 digital efx (first version)

middle row : bananalogue vcs, analogue solutions ad/ar env gen, wiard/malekko envelator, wiard/malekko borg1 vcf, doepfer a-106-6 xp vcf, doepfer a-117 digital noise, doepfer a-114 dual ring mod, doepfer a-132 dual vca, doepfer a-132 dual vca, doepfer a-101-1 low pass / gate

bottom row : doepfer a-183-1 dual attenuator, doepfer a-180 multiple, doepfer a-198 ribbon controller, doepfer a-170 dual slew limiter, doepfer a-138 mixer, doepfer a-143-3 quad lfo, doepfer a-149-1 / 2 source of uncertainty, makenoise wogglebug, doepfer a-138 mixer"

Dave Vosh Eurorack System & Performance

dave vosh - live at pyramid-atlantic,silver spring,md 11-26-2011.wmv

YouTube Uploaded by davevosh on Nov 28, 2011

"modular synthesizer live performance at pyramid-atlantic arts center in silver spring, md.. event was sponsored by d.c. sonic circuits and held on 11/26/2011.
dave vosh - modular synthesizer"

dave and logan,live at sonic circuits@artomatic 5-31-2009

YouTube via davevosh | December 09, 2010 |
"improvised live performance by logan mitchell,sr. and dave vosh from sonic circuits @ artomatic in washington d.c. on 5/31/09.
logan mitchell,sr. - modular synthesizer
dave vosh - modular synthesizer and radio"

via Dave: "i used a mixed euro-rack, doepfer, mfb, etc.. logan used a doepfer."

You might recognize the name Logan Mitchell from the Baltimore SDIY group featured here.

dave and logan, live at sonic circuits@artomatic 5-31-2009, pt 2.wmv

dave vosh - live at the wind-up space, baltimore,md. 2-4-2012.wmv

YouTube Uploaded by davevosh on Feb 10, 2012

"solo modular synthesizer performance by dave vosh at "the wind-up space" in baltimore, maryland 2/4/2012. event was sponsored by the baltimore sdiy group of which i am also a member. this was a nice venue for experimental music, very open as it also does double-duty as a community art-space. i enjoyed playing there and hope to do so again."

safe creations @ sonic circuits festival 10 5 2013

Published on Oct 9, 2013 dave vosh·65 videos

"electroacoustic duo performance from the sonic circuits festival, held on 10-5-2013 at atlas performing arts center in washington, d.c.

our thanks to s.c.d.c. for the opportunity !

ken moore - gongs
dave vosh - modular synthesizer" [with ribbon controller]

violet and dave vosh, live at cd cellar,arlington,va 8 29 2012

YouTube Published on Aug 30, 2012 by davevosh

"benefit for 2012 d.c. sonic circuits festival -
recorded live at cd cellar, arlington, virginia on 8/29/2012 -

themed show of "untested duo`s" -

violet - electroacoustics (harp, efx pedals, e-bows, contact mic`s, etc. )
dave vosh - modular synthesizer

it was an amazing event - superb music in a great atmosphere with good people performing and in attendance.

my thanks to all concerned !"


d.c. sonic circuits festival, sept. 28 - 30, 2012

THEREMANIA

For those of you in Washington D.C. This one via George Mattson.

"Friends of El Possible--Mark your calendars and prepare yourselves for
THEREMANIA!!

Sunday January 7, 2007--THEREMANIA!!
All-theremin show with Coven of One + Rupert & Art + Echolalia + Dave Vosh

You know the SOUND of the theremin, even if you've never seen one: the Beach
Boys used one on "Good Vibrations" and it's featured on the soundtrack to
more than one science fiction B-movie (like Forbidden Planet). The theremin
is a unique instrument that the musician plays without touching it. It's all
done with electric currents coming out of two antennas. You have to see it
to believe it. And at THEREMANIA you will see and hear what the theremin is
all about! Five DC-based experimental musicians bring their theremin chops
to the stage!!

THEREMANIA!! featuring:
Coven of One--Solo project of Nicoletta Stephanz incorporating
voice,theremin & other instruments. Nic has played theremin with Legendary
Pink Dots, Daevid Allen (Gong), and with three groups at the recent Gong
Reunion Festival in Amsterdam. Check these props: "Thank god we had a REAL
thereminist!" - Wendy Carlos; "Nic is one of the most creative people I
know." - Bob Moog. link

Rupert & Art--Duo of Ruppert Chappelle & Art Harrison plays homemade & Moog
theremins plus other electronic gadgets. Formerly known as legendary late
70's group Jobs for America. Art currently plays theremin for The Cassettes.

Echolalia-- Scene favorite doing lots of shows & collaborations of late,
bringing the latest advance in her solo theremin + electronics experiments.

Dave Vosh--Analog electronics improvisation with a set up that includes a
theremin module.

more artist info and weblinks on website!

$5--all money goes to the artists!
8:00 pm, Sunday, Jan 7, 2007
Phillips Hall, 801 22nd St, NW
Rm B120 (in the basement)
(22nd and H Streets/GW Metro)
George Washington University
703/533-3423"

Image via this site.

Baltimore SDIY Meeting #1 minutes for April 2008

via Logan on the AH list:
"Hello to all. The 1st meeting of the newly formed Baltimore SDIY (Synthesizer Do It Yourself) Group was held today at The Golden Corral Restaurant on Chesapeake Drive in Glen Burnie MD. Dave Vosh & I were the only attendees because of the short notice with which I put the meeting together. He brought his Doepfer A-100 Analog Modular System & I bought my DVC-1 Dual Voltage Controlled Oscillator module, DNG-1 Dual White/Pink Noise Generator module that I designed & built in 2005 & 2006 respectively, and a Single LFO module that I made on 11/06/1979 that still works. There are photos of Dave's system & my modules including photos of the two of us on my personal website.


We enjoyed checking out each other's systems and just talking about different approaches to the SDIY field as well as circuit pros & cons. This meeting really enhanced both of our viewpoints on this subject and may even lead to future live performances together. Today was an eye opener & an inspiration to the continuing construction on my own self-desgned & built analog music synthesizer.

In November of 2007 I decided that it was time to try & form an SDIY group here in Baltimore MD since some of the other groups seem to be located in the Upper East Coast, Midwest & West Coast areas, so due to the long distances & today's ever-increasing gas prices I find it difficult to attend any of these meetings. I really didn't know if anyone else would be interested in doing something like this when I put out my original Baltimore SDIY Group formation proposal on the AH & SDIY email groups lists last year.

Dave & I are hoping that there will be other members at the next meeting and we're also thinking about other locations to hold future SDIY meetings. The future meeting location(s) will hopefully be in an area that will be a central meeting place distance-wise since we all live in different parts of Maryland with one member living in Alexandria VA. We're also hoping to get other members to join the Baltimore SDIY Group who may not necessarily put together their own synthesizers but still have an interest in Electronic Music and/or music synthesizers. If you're interested in joining the Baltimore SDIY Group just send me an email to ProwlerRaven32 hotmail.com and request to be added to the group. Also include your contact phone number(s) if you feel comfortable doing so so that I will have a faster way to contact you in case the group has a pre-planned event with last minute changes that you may need to know about right away. Thanks for reading this posting and Happy SDIYing."

dave at r.h.l.,part 1.wmv

YouTube via davevosh | November 12, 2010

"live modular synthesizer performance by dave vosh recorded tat the baltimore electronic music fallfest 2010 held at rams head live in baltimore, md. on 10/28/2010.
all real-time, no laptop, midi, sequencers, etc. done with a mixed euro-format modular."

Electronica Fest 2015 Set for Saturday, Nov 14 in Maryland

This year is set for November 14th at the National Electronics Museum in Maryland.

Full Details here, including pics from previous years' events.

"The National Electronics Museum's Electronica Fest 2015 will be held on Saturday, November 14, 11:30am to 9:30pm. Come out for a day of knob twisting, pitch bending, wiring mazes, sound shaping & visual explosion, with sixteen of the area's most exciting and innovated musical groups."

This one in via Dave Vosh.

Baltimore An Die Musik 2011 Electronica Fest Two Concert on 07/30/2011 (video 5 of 5)

YouTube Published on Apr 21, 2012 by BaltimoreSDIYGroup

"Baltimore An Die Musik 2011 Electronica Fest Two Concert on 07/30/2011 by the Baltimore SDIY Group

http://sites.google.com/site/baltimoresdiygroup/Home/group-shows/an-die-musik...

This is the 5th of 5 short promotional videos featuring Dave Vosh aka "Safe2". This is from our 2nd performance at An Die Musik LIVE in Baltimore MD.

Logan Mitchell Sr - Baltimore SDIY Group's leader & founder
Produced by Synth Tech Project Productions
© 2008-2012 All Rights Reserved"

More videos from the event here: https://www.youtube.com/user/BaltimoreSDIYGroup

Electronica Fest 2014 Coming November 8th to the National Electronics Museum

Electronica Fest 2013 video Published on Dec 20, 2013

"On November 9th 2013 the National Electronics Museum hosted a group of artists and musicians for Electronica Fest 2013. For more info visit: http://www.nationalelectronicsmuseum...."

via nationalelectronica.com

"Join the National Electronics Museum as we host Electronic Fest 2014 - a day of knob twisting, pitch bending, wiring mazes, sound shaping & visual explosions. On the main stage witness an absolutely awesome musical voyage into another galaxy of sound alterations as we present fifteen of the area's most exciting and innovated musical groups.

Proceeds to benefit museum community / technology outreach programs.

Date: Saturday, November 8, 2014
Time: 12-10pm (see schedule)

Tickets: $10 All Day With Reentry

Location: National Electronics Museum
1745 West Nursery Road
Linthicum, Maryland 21090
Phone: 410-765-0230"

This one in via Dave Vosh.

safe fast and effective, live @ d.c. sonic circuits, 9-17-2011.wmv

YouTube Uploaded by davevosh on Sep 19, 2011

"safe fast and effective, live at d.c. sonic circuits on 9/17/2011, held at pyramid-atlantic arts center, silver spring,md..
keith sinzinger - moog rogue, sampler, bent toys, metal percussion
chris videll - drone lab, gongs, metallic percussion
dave vosh - modular synthesizer"

alternate view of international electromatics, 9-10-2011 (8mm).wmv

YouTube Uploaded by davevosh on Sep 11, 2011
Birthday party?
"alternate view performance video from 9/10/2011 at n.e.m.. the first, 4mm, video was shot from the back of the room with one camcorder. a second, 8mm, unit was used as the camera that captured stage imagery and was sent to video mixer. a side effect was to also record a video from a different, closer perspective and provide a different "look".
which do you prefer - ?
frank vanaman - euro-format modular synthesizer
dave vosh - euro-format modular synthesizer, critterandguitari tv-oscilliscope and videonics mx-1 video mixer."

international electromatics, live at sonic circuits@p-a 4-7-2012

international electromatics,live at sonic circuits@p-a 4-7-2012.wmv

YouTube Uploaded by davevosh on Apr 9, 2012

"international electromatics, frank vanaman and dave vosh, doing a live, modular synthesizer improvisation at the 4/7/2012 d.c. sonic circuits event held at pyramid-atlantic in silver spring, md.
(better quality, direct-to-dvd, copies are available directly from me should there be any interest )"

alternate realities intersection, 12-6-2011.wmv

YouTube Uploaded by davevosh on Dec 7, 2011

"audio and video from the home studio -
video was created with a critterandguitari tv-oscilloscope.
audio was created with a mixed-manufacturer eurorack format analog modular synthesizer.
created on 12/6/2011

dave vosh - analog modular synthesizer and imagery"