IAO CORE LIVE @ KYOTO JAPAN CALLING MISTER ELECTRIC ANIMAL ELITE SHOW Second Set

IAO CORE LIVE @ KYOTO JAPAN CALLING MISTER ELECTRIC ANIMAL ELITE SHOW Second Set

IAO Core: Armadillidium Live in Kyoto, Japan

IAO Core Live at Red Rocks

this was our second time playing the mythic Red Rocks, the first time was/and is featured in our epic road film “Magickal Media Terrorism Tour”. This was also our first performance with Denver based percussion phenom, T.S. Anubis.... Thus the second set jamboreebop “Party and Play Perfectly Clear Elf Flamethrower” is truly outstanding for it's merciless drum antics … but before this is explored further, certain definitions need to be established just for clarity. Drumming is tricky stuff after all, and the in-built ambiguity of language also contributes to easily missing the many facets of the drum conundrum. So let us first define what is meant by “drumming”‘In this instance, what is meant is the ability of a human in the sense of body, mind and consciousness, leaving a point in time, hereafter labeled the Point of Temporal Origin (PTO), and then ‘arriving’ within a different temporal destination. In this definition, any movement in space is not considered as a key component of drumming , though it may certainly occur as a side effect.

IAO Core Live at Red Rocks 2009 2nd Set

IAO Core Red Rocks 2nd Set

Second Set: Threatened, The Vargtimmen, Party and Play, Perfectly Clear,
Elf Flamethrower, Drums/Space, Right Where it Belongs, Twisted (Beautiful World)

Johannes Ayres - Vox, Guitar, Samplers
Travis T. Cortez – Guitar
Rimi Ghose- Bass, Drums
T.S. Anubis - Drums,
April Q Dawn- Vox, Enochiana,
Seofon – Samplers, Noise
Terrence Oswley - Noise

this was our second time playing the mythic Red Rocks, the first time was/and is featured in our epic road film “Magickal Media Terrorism Tour”. This was also our first performance with Denver based percussion phenom, T.S. Anubis.... Thus the second set jamboreebop “Party and Play Perfectly Clear Elf Flamethrower” is truly outstanding for it's merciless drum antics … but before this is explored further, certain definitions need to be established just for clarity. Drumming is tricky stuff after all, and the in-built ambiguity of language also contributes to easily missing the many facets of the drum conundrum. So let us first define what is meant by “drumming”‘In this instance, what is meant is the ability of a human in the sense of body, mind and consciousness, leaving a point in time, hereafter labeled the Point of Temporal Origin (PTO), and then ‘arriving’ within a different temporal destination. In this definition, any movement in space is not considered as a key component of drumming , though it may certainly occur as a side effect. 

IAO Core Live at Red Rocks Ampitheatre set 1

IAO Core Live at Red Rocks Ampitheatre set 1

this is the mixing board mix from the IAO Core show at the celebrated Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison CO August 9th 2009. First Set: Waltzincore, Two Sunspots, The Babysitter
The Eternal Feminine (Lures to Perfection), Goldenbrown, Psycho-Killer, Violet Eyes, Vibrating

Founding father Johannes Ayres fronts the current IAO Core and members include April Q Dawn,, m.c. Schmidt and Drew Daniels (Matmos) Kris Force (Amber Asylum). and an A.I. named Kore. Their music touches on classical, electronica, post-industrial, speed metal with a distinctly experimental/avant-garde bent; Their lyrics are in fact superb: out of such pockets light pours, conjuring spirits of an America both mysterious and obscene.

American Autumn and other songs of the New Revolution

"American Autumn and other songs of the New Revolution", the 23rd studio album by Bay Area Epic Noise Rockers "IAO Core" will be released on October 7th 2012. The track list (subject to change) is as follows... American Autumn, Children of the Revolution, Burn Down Your Cities, Moonlight Shadow, Brighton Rock, Jack the Giant Killer, .....

IAO Core: (the) singularity (live event) Irate Caterpillars and other M...

IAO Core Live from Mosswood "The Rite of Venus" Part 7 of the Rites of E...

 
This is nothing less than pure awesome and behold a court of photosynthetic Angels who make this place inside your chest cavity a Paradise, performing tantric intercourse in magick towers and lush subterranean caves, opening your heart chakra screaming " fuck me like fried potatoes on the most beautifully hungry morning of my God-damn life." It is Art that pleads a kind of lost divine madness a its guiding inspiration. the center will make itself known to those who will be a part of it there and who will find their way there and those who are to be a part of it in another location will also respond to the gravitational pull of Love in evolution, embracing the death of the false, for the endless perpetuation of the real, via the mysterious process of change, which is the dance performed by that which is immortal in us …and is the perceptible part of the divine in demonstration of it. Chickadees have been known to fornicate with badgers here, for christsakes.

Live in Antwerp Set 2

IAO Core Live in Antwerp set 2

Ah, Antwerp!According to folklore, and as celebrated by the statue in front of the town hall, the city got its name from a legend involving a mythical giant called Antigoon who lived near the river Scheldt. He exacted a toll from those crossing the river, and for those who refused, he severed one of their hands and threw it into the river Scheldt. Eventually, the giant was slain by a young hero named Brabo, who cut off the giant's own hand and flung it into the river. Hence the name Antwerpen, from Dutch hand werpen—akin to Old English hand and wearpan (= to throw), which has changed to today's warp.Back in the olden days, women hung laundry out on the street to dry, a perfect opportunity to chat and gossip. Laundry Day aims to recreate this congeniality with up to 50,000 people dancing on the streets of Antwerp's Ledeganckkaai. It was this celebratory event, in which our heroes found themselves in the Summer of 2010.

Ah, the summer of 2010. In January “Rolling Stone” deemed us only a couple tweaks away from greatness. We had begun to fourth-guess ourselves. Each IAOster accused the other of holding the band back. Things got a lot more fun as the year progressed. A week into the first leg of our first European tour, our sound man slammed my finger in a van door, breaking it in two places. I regained my dexterity in a few weeks, but the experience left us all shaken. Travis took on the lead guitar position and vocals became my main thing. Never the less we blazed a trail across Europe that moved away from the bone-crushing riffs of ourr forebears and instead settled upon something more spiritual and transcendent; regularly bringing forth a more organic tone that appeared to be in awed reverence of itself. This recording (made straight off the mixing board) is a very good one, and was one of our better live European performances, if I do say so myself, and I just did, didn't I ?

IAO Core Live in Antwerp July 2010 Set 1

IAO Core Live in Antwerp July 2010 Set 1

IAO CORE ANTWERP LAUNDRY DAY
SET NUMBER ONE Waltzincore, Just Two More Sun Spots, The Eternal Feminine Lures to Perfection, Dogtower, Wish you were Here,  Dogtower (reprise), Violet Eyes, Enochian Blues, Melody of Certain 3,
 Big Electric Cat, Ring of Fire 

IAO Core "Let'em Eat Pi (Hole Cakewalk) Live in the Grand Ballroom 7-6-2012 Set 1

IAO Core "Let'em Eat Pi (Hole Cakewalk) Live in the Grand Ballroom 7-6-2012 Set 1
The first set from the last show in "The Grand Ballroom" at Oakland's historic Lake Merrit Lodge ( for the last two years, IAO Core's homebase)

The Last Blast in the Grand Ballroom?

Ownership of the historic Lake Merritt Lodge has been taken over by the City of Oakland. It is still unclear what they plan to do with it, so this next Friday's show, maybe the last in the Lodge's Grand Ballroom. This is where IAO Core recorded it's fabulously successful live CD (the) singularity (recording of live event) last January. The building has been home to such legendary artists as Dario Puga, Jello Biafra, Benjamin Bufano, Jerry Garcia, Richard Brautigan, IAO Core, and countless others.....

Here you may download IAO Core's (the) singularity (recording of live event) Set the First

IAO Core (the) singularity (recording of live event) Set the First

and here it is world. The whole first set : The Waltzincore (Dub) , Hello Little Spark, .. a colour, Radioactivity, Good Evening Blazing Apostles Can I Help You?, Melody of Certain 3, Push the Button, I Feel Closer, You Love Me, Violet Eyes, We Live Again, Vibrating 

and here you may download (the) singularity (recording of live event) Set the Second

IAO Core (the) singularity (recording of live event) Set the Second

The songs in the Second Set: Damien, The Dogtower, Masterhit 3, Strange Powers, Property of Thieves, The Vargtimmon, MA'AT (Drumspace), Salvo after Salvo of Ripened Spores Burst into the Air, The Divine Invasion,
Up-Rising, The Immigrant Song

(the) singularity (live event) was recorded in January 2012 in the Grand Ballroom of the historic Lake Merritt Lodge in Oakland, CA. Avoid prolonged exposure to (the) singularity (live event) if under the influence of children under water and over.the counter cultural back drops into the cornea after a large meal..... Rinse and repeat if necessary....Do Not Panic Unless You Want.To....

IAO Core's (the) singularity (recording of live event) is set loose on the Metaverse!

The new IAO CORE live album,(the) singularity (recording of live event) has been let loose on the Metaverse and it is truly an awesome thing to behold. Culled from three IAO CORE singularity performances of January and February of this year, the songs present a single live album, over 2 hours in length! And while you can download both sets for free starting this weekend, let me tell you how you can best experience, (the) singularity (recording of live event) : When you purchase the whole enchilada directly from Metaversal you get: a beautiful 22 page booklet that includes lyrics and artwork for each of the songs, autographs of each of the IAO Core personnel that appear on the recording, a third CD (another full hour) of music from the singularity performances unavailable elsewhere, and the satisfaction of knowing your 20 dollar purchase keeps the IAO Core in Guitar strings, nine volt batteries, etc for another year. So while you can download it for free, (the) singularity (recording of live event/the whole enchilada!) is available directly from the band and at finer Sonic Emporiums worldwide

the following is part of a piece I did with ”GhostWire” on our new CD "(the) singularity (recording of live event)"

(the) singularity is nearly upon us and I thought I'd give you a few details about some of the album's tracks: Part of the fun of being Iao Core these days is being able to choose songs to perform from our back catalog, and/or improvising them on the spot (would not be possible without my talented band mates!) and/or covers of songs from my life as a huge music fan, that are very emotionally charged and special to me...

The Waltzincore
This song is the first song of every IAO Core performance, a kind of call to the assembled that we are now entering the Metaversal Core. It never sounds the same way twice and of the three “singularity (live events) versions, the one we chose for the CD is like an rambunctious overture built on ascending levels of warm synthesizer and E-bowed guitar, timpani and marimbas, like the industrialized anthem of some tuned in, outsider alien culture, .

Hello Little Spark
This song was on the first IAO CORE album and is the first song I ever wrote lyrics specifically for the music (which doesn’t even sound remotely like the original music, so let‘s think of it as evolutionary) A love song to the life force .The narrative features virtually no metaphors or similes; everything seems to happen at face value--a complicated search for meaning or "interpretation" is unnecessary. Again, the song is closer to traditional American music than love songs heard on the radio. It is direct yet not necessarily blatant or trite since the subject matter is uncommon for contemporary American rock lyrics.

“Give me love, Give me life, a small monkey for a pet,
and girlfriend for my monkey Named “Chabooya crepe suzzette”

When the sasquatch stumbles across the missile silo, and I myself in dream tumble over the white cliffs of Dover, over and over”

(When analyzing song lyrics, certain basic differences from poetry have to be understood and observed. When comparing popular song lyrics to contemporary or classic poetry, it is difficult not to miss a striking difference in quality--song lyrics generally tend to be outspoken and trite where poetry clouds itself in ambiguity and complex imagery. The intelligent rock musician is put in the position of working as hard as a poet or painter, while being expected to accept his gifts with the self- deprecating shrug of the idiot savant.)

Blazing Apostles
begins with a Tibetan horn blasting it’s call as if through remote Himalayan passes and then into a hyper paced electronic jam reminiscent of early Kraftwerk , with an overlay of tweaked manually recorded samples from Ms. Ghose. The backwards drums only make it more surreal... there’s a lot of guitar in this…very greasy…very IAO Core…

Skinflowers.
is all about it’s infectious bass line over a rhythmic sea of hammered strings and a beautiful melody line seemingly composed from sampled animal growls, grunts and other beastly noises. Even more clearly an American song in the best tradition of folk singers like Woody Guthrie or Phil Ochs is…

Royal jELLY
a brilliant bit of electronic cabaret featuring yours truly scat singing a duet with a honeybee. I kid you not! Is that a real horn section in there? Strange and beautiful. It is a song depicting the plight of a bee keeper. My lyrical eye in describing my topic was so sharp that I heard of an actual Bee keeper wondering "what the guy who wrote this song would've thought if he'd ever known a band like the Iao Core was gonna be doin’ it." I consider this the best compliment I ever received for a lyric, obviously because it certifies an authenticity I aimed for.

Dogtower
is another first set song, a reggae infused extravaganza with D. Gardner lending the proceedings tasty if not otherworldly swashes of turntablism. Mega. Lyrically once again everything seems to happen at face value--a complicated search for meaning or "interpretation" is unnecessary.

The Babysitter
is thundering bass, fuzz guitar, drums, an amazing tight power trio piece that reminds me of the early Stranglers: power pop with an edge. Rimi’s recital of the description (in French) of a 16 millimeter stag film involving Infantilism (this film was shown behind the band in our early live performances, endearing us in the hearts of the S.F. fetish underground scene) from the back of the films box gives the whole affair a Euro trashy feel. Even cloistered nuns must know what she's talking about..

Pirouette
This was inspired by the first acoustic tour we did with Tarantula Hawk in Holland and Belgium in 2007, and one mad night in particular when we were driving back from a gig to the hotel we were using as a base. We had plenty of Absinth and primo weed and started to record ourselves accapella making up a song. Kory was in the front singing the keyboard parts, Rimi was singing bass parts, I was singing the melody and Goshi was keeping time on an Absinth bottle with a broken drumstick…our tour manager was laughing so much he could hardly drive and was getting secondarily stoned…We got so excited we got into a series of nipping duels with some badgers down at the grain elevators. you had to be there really…very funny…

MA’AT
is the “magic orgasm” of “(the) singularity (live events)” Let me back up…the order of songs, is of exceptional importance during a Iao Core show. Traditionally, since 1987,a Iao Core show is split into a first and a second set, where the first set is characterized by more conventional songs that are played without too much improvised jamming; the length of the songs stays within reasonable limits as well. The second set, in contrast, features many improvised jams that stretch the songs easily out to fifteen, twenty minutes. At some point in the second set, Goshi and Rimi (percussion & drums) will take over and play an extend drum solo while everyone else leaves the stage. Before they are finished, the other band members return, and Goshi and Rimi leave the stage. What follows is an extended, beatless jam of exploratory sounds known as "Space." Somewhere in the middle of the second set of every Iao Core show the band turns a corner. We enter a musical environment without walls or structure. The song form is abandoned, and the very elements of music may be called into question. The only mandate is to explore new territory. It is an environment where rhythm, tone, color, melody, and harmony can be explored without rules or predetermination, a musical adventure where composition and performance are one. MA'AT is such a piece. After "Space," we will play three or four more songs, commonly ending with a high- energy song like "The Babysitter'" or "Porpoise," and come back for a one-song encore. This pattern forms a relatively firm structure in which highly unstable elements are put--the music is always improvised, and not one song has been played twice the same way, and the actual list of songs played always varies, to the point where not even the band members know what we will play before we go on stage. This is of high importance because…………