Titwrench 2010 Starts Today!

A unique music festival experience that takes Lilith Fair to an entirely different level. The DIY fest starts today , so if you’re in town, check out one, two, or all three days. The best part is that there will be workshops this year.

WORKSHOPS

TITWRENCH 2010
Workshops and Demonstrations
Saturday July 10th 12-5 pm
Space is limited-please register at the door or [email protected]
HOW TO RUN A PA FOR A DIY SPACE // 12-2:30pm at GLOB // Cost: donation
Learn how to run a live PA system and mixer for live music events. This demo will cover basic technical
aspects of running a PA to properly deliver the sound of music (or noise) at a DIY Space, including how to
GERMAINE BACA developed a deep appreciation for sound and music at an early age growing up in a family of
accomplished musicians, including parents who perform in mariachi bands. She has taught guitar and drums at The Rock
and Roll Camp for Girls in Portland, currently works as an Audio/Visual contractor and is a member of I.A.T.S.E. local 28
and 7. Germaine plays drums and has toured with Rainbow Sugar, Josh Taylor’s Friends Forever, Old Time Religion (K
Records) and Sin Desires Marie, who have recently reunited and are planning a reunion show this fall in Denver.
VALERIE FRANZ got her start in sound engineering on an 8-channel mixer in a high school performance class. Soon
after that she found herself running sound at the popular Denver nightclub, Rock Island, soon followed by a stint at
the Marquis Theater. Inspired by the local underground music community, she and band mate Bree Davis started the
cassette label, Teen Pass Out. She currently performs in Night of Joy, Slight Harp and Last Eyes and is a member of
the TITWRENCH Fest planning crew. As lead guitarist and vocalist for NOJ, she recently returned from an east coast
tour with local artists Hideous Men. She will be taking her solo project, Last Eyes, on tour with Psychic Handbook this
TODD NOVASAD is from Denver, Colorado. He builds homemade electronics and acoustic objects to sculpt sound
influenced by space exploration and new horizons under the name Novasak. The sonic output being both quiet and loud
becomes a wide-open sound space falling from harsh electro-acoustic noise to abstract ambient, always tripping between
these genre definitions. He is the head behind the recording label Swamp Of Pus Quality Media, and is partner/organizer
LIVE ONLINE MUSIC COLLABORATION // 3:00-5:30pm at GLOB // Cost: donation
Hands-on workshop for real time online music collaboration techniques. Participants will be invited to
play in a set with immediately following the workshop to kick off the evening’s musical performances.
SYNTHIA PAYNE is an award-winning scholar and artist from Los Angeles, California. Her pioneering live internet music
shows occur on a global scale – literally musicians from all over the world playing together in real time. Synthia received
an MFA from UC Santa Cruz’ Digital Arts and New Media. Earlier this year, she was technical director for telematic
concert at the ATLAS theatre between CU Boulder’s Jazz Studies onsite, NYU’s Steinhardt School, and Korea’s KAIST.
BUILD YOUR OWN CONTACT MICROPHONE//12-2pm at Rhinoceropolis//Cost:$10.00(incl. material)
Learn how to make a basic contact mic that will open your ears to a new world of sound. These homemade
mics give you the ability to amplify acoustic instruments or any strange, noisy object (sky’s the limit) by
plugging it into a mixer or directly through your amp. You will leave this workshop with the knowledge of how
to make more at home as well as techniques to waterproof your mic so that you can record sounds submerged
MARISA DEMARCO and GENA LAWSON are from Albuquerque, NM and perform in several bands including Milch de la
Maquina (performing at Titwrench). They use experimental sounds and like to derive music from items other than musical
instruments. For this they have learned how to make effective and cheap contact mics. In their non-musical lives, if there
is such a thing, Gena teaches high school English and Marisa is the news editor for the Alibi (an Albuquerque magazine).
BUILD YOUR OWN FM TRANSISTOR RADIO // 2-5pm at Rhinoceropolis // Cost: $25.00 (incl. materia)
Learn how to build your own FM transistor radio to broadcast a pirate signal that others can tune into within
a close range. The ability to freely broadcast and tune into radio transmissions has been one of the most
fundamental forms of communication technologies throughout history and still remains as a valuable tool for
AUTUMN CHACON is a self-taught circuits hobbyist from Albuquerque, NM who enjoys tinkering in the fields of
electromagnetic spectrums. Her interest in radios (and other lo-fi technologies) is rooted in her interest in preserving a
human connection in media. With fellow collaborators, she has built and used multiple radio transmitters to broadcast
and tune in the sound for various films for drive in movie events. Autumn will be joining Titwrench after her recent trip
to the Allied Media Conference in Detroit, where she conducted a workshop on the importance of traditional forms of
communication in a society increasingly reliant on centralized mass media.

2nd Annual TITWRENCH FEST! JULY 9-10-11 2010 in DENVER

LADY-CENTERED/D.I.Y. EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC FEST
–Featuring sonic and visual artists from the Southwestern U.S. + beyond–
ALL AGES ALL WELCOME

Donate/Participate/Info:TITWRENCH.COM

PASSES will be available online soon!
$25 for 3 DAYS // $12 for 1 day
((Student discount and Volunteer/Trade opportunities available))

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Emceed by the divine PIPER ROSE!

LOCAL ART SHOW
curated by ELENA STONAKER

http://www.elenastonaker.blogspot.com/

RECONSTRUCTED FASHION by BAILY ROSE

http://www.bailyrose.com/

VEGAN DELIGHTS by CHOMP!

http://chompvegan.wordpress.com/

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WORKSHOPS held on Saturday July 10th

at Rhinoceropolis:
$25-you will build and leave with your own device!
(Email [email protected] to register)
>12pm: Build a FM Transistor Radio with Autumn Chacon
>>3pm: DIY Contact Microphones with Marisa DeMarco + Gena Patrice

Free/Donation (at Glob)
>12pm: Running a Live PA System with Valerie Franz + Germaine Baca
>3pm: Realtime Online Music Collaboration with Synthia Payne
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DJs:
PAM // MINTY OH // NARKY STARES // HEATHER O // PICTUREPLANE // TAHNEE (NM)

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DAY 1 – FRIDAY JULY 9
6pm-1am at GLOB

w/Food/Crafts/Art Show +
Music by:

JULIE SLATER (CO) avant-garde violin

http://encirclingwomenshealth.wordpress.com/

CONCRETE SHIVA (Long Beach,CA) Heavily reverbed mandolin/tape loops/harsh noise

http://www.myspace.com/concreteshiva

ASTRAL GLAMOUR (CO) handmade xylophone and theatrics

http://www.myspace.com/astralglamour

LUST-CATS OF THE GUTTERS (Denver,CO) screaming grrrl garage rock

http://www.myspace.com/lustcats

NIGHT OF JOY (Denver,CO) outré post-punk minimalism

http://www.myspace.com/wearenightofjoy

HELL-KITE (Tempe,AZ) doom folk-metal

http://www.myspace.com/hellkitemusic

KEVIN SHIELDS (Denver,OR) handmade harsh noise

http://www.myspace.com/kkevinsshields

BURY MY BONES (Denver,CO) wicked shoegaze

http://www.myspace.com/theburymybones

HOT WHITE (Denver,CO) anxious tea party-punk

http://www.myspace.com/d00dhotwhite

CHRISTINA THE HUN (Fort Collins,CO) ecstatic drums/vox solo

http://www.myspace.com/christinathehun

SNAKE RATTLE RATTLE SNAKE (Denver,CO) siouxsie and danzig carnival rawkers

http://www.myspace.com/snakerattlerattlesnake

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DAY 2- SATURDAY JULY 10
12pm-5pm: Workshops at Rhinoceropolis/GLOB

12-5 Crafts/Food/Hang-out at GLOB
+
Music 5pm-1am at GLOB

VIDEO BY:
H.DOT (Denver,CO)

http://www.delicatematter.net/

JANEDAPAIN (Boulder,CO)

http://www.janedapain.net/

MUSIC:

SYNTHANY (Denver,CO) real-time online collaborative music experiments

http://www.youtube.com/synthANY

SARA CENTURY (Denver,CO) spastic punk-inspired folk

http://www.myspace.com/saracentury

THE ARSONIST (Albuquerque,NM) tape loops/weirdo folk

http://www.myspace.com/musicandarson

ORIGAMI HANDS (Ft.Collins, CO) bedtime pop

http://www.myspace.comorigamihandsoflove/

EUROPEAN DREAM COLLECTION (Denver,CO) techno mysteries
Project of Aubrey Heichemer

H.O.A. (Tempe, AZ) (Members of Hell-Kite) “”..like dinah cancer meets lydia lunch thru floorboards”-MMR

http://www.myspace.com/hyenaorgyaftermath

BABY SHAMPOO (Albuquerque, NM) girly harsh noise trio/audio-visual loops

http://www.myspace.com/babyshampoomusic

MARLO EGGPLANT (Olympia, WA) handmade electronic noise and drone

http://www.myspace.com/marloeggplantmusic

Runs Corpus Callosum Distro/Label:

http://www.corpuscallosumdistro.com/

AMY ANNELLE (Austin, TX) moonlit scrap-yard folk

http://www.highplainssigh.com/

CALDERA LAKES (CO/OR) haunted forest noise
Collab between Eva Aguila (Kevin Shields) and Brittany Gould (M.I.B.)

http://www.myspace.com/calderalakes

OCCASIONAL DETROIT (Albuquerque,NM) the BEST abstrakt hip-hop

http://www.myspace.com/occasionald

HIDEOUS MEN (Denver, CO) dance music for weirdos

http://www.hideousmen.com/

THE FRENCH CHEMISTS (Denver, CO) lo-fi punk rock and roll dance party

http://www.myspace.com/thefrenchchemists

ORANGE COAX (Denton,TX) no wave sax/vox/drums
(feat. Sashenka of Christian Teenage Runaways)

http://www.myspace.com/orangecokes

MILCH DE LA MAQUINA (Albuquerque,NM) desert noise/performance art

http://www.myspace.com/milchdelamaquina

VIA (Denver,CO) lush dark nomadic visions

http://www.myspace.com/vviiaa

FOREST WORLD (Provo,UT) hyper electronic-pop duo

http://www.myspace.com/forestworld

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DAY 3 – SUNDAY JULY 11th
10am-2pm (free) Pancake Picnic for the Living Dead at Cheeseman Park in Denver (powered by JanedaPain)
w/live music by
>Pillow Garden

http://www.pillowgarden.bandcamp.com/

>Dream Wagon

http://www.myspace.com/dreamwagon

>Maggie Gulasey & Maria Koehler
>More than This (members of Tit 4 Tat)

Pancakes,coffee,juice.Bring something to share!
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Music/Food/Crafts/Art show
at GLOB
5pm-12am

Animations by CHRISSY ESPINOZA (Denver,CO) http://www.chrissymode.carbonmade.com/

ROBIN WALKER (Denver,CO) dusty rose ukulele mountain

http://www.myspace.com/robinwalkeraddon

MANO (Denver,CO) heart like thunder folk
(Member of Tit 4 Tat collective music project)

http://www.myspace.com/tit4tatrox

LAZY MARY (Long Beach,CA) freshly wound up grrrl rock

http://www./www.myspace.com/524294931

LADYPARTS (Denver,CO) avant chamber-pop

http://www.myspace.com/theladypartsmusic

POLLINATION POPULATION (Denver,CO) soaring folk-pop

http://www.myspace.com/pollinationpopulation

THE TANUKIS (Denver,CO) crooning experimental classical delights

http://www.myspace.com/thetanukis

DIANE CLUCK (New York,NY) sparse and visceral folk/makes you feel at home

http://www.last.fm/music/Diane+Cluck

MARRIED IN BERDICHEV (Denver,CO) ethereal vocals/ambient electronics/noise

http://www.myspace.com/marriedinberdichev

DRIPFED (Denver,CO) crust crust crust

http://www.myspace.com/dripfed

NEONATES (Denver,CA) minimal surf punk

http://www.myspace.com/neonates

LISA FRANK (San Antonio,TX) post-riotgrrrl \”sasspunk\”

http://www.myspace.com/lisafrankunicornporn

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TITWRENCH FEST is a 100% community-sponsored event!
Donate here http://www.titwrench.com/
and/or donate your time as a volunteer or street team member!
Contact is:
[email protected]
twitter.com/titwrench
myspace.com/titwrenchfest
youtube.com/titwrenchfest

Press Inquiries:
[email protected]/720-447-9476