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Molten Plains Fest 2024 December 14 @ 5:00 pm - 12:00 am DECEMBER 14 Doors 5PM | Show 5:30PM | $20 (student)/$25 (presale)/ $35 (day of show)
Molten Plains Fest is back for its third year! Mutating into the compact form of one day on this edition! Fostering the spirit of adventurous music and further sounds, the Molten Plains monthly series celebrates the end of the year expanding into a festival on Saturday December 14th. Eight sets by twenty artists from ten cities, a convergence of inestimable music nourishment from Laura Ortman, Zachary James Watkins, gabby fluke-mogul, Emily Rach Beisel, Tom Carter, Caroline Davis, Lisa Cameron, Andrew Weathers, Ryan Seward, Sarah Gamblin, Stefan Gonzalez, Kory Reeder, Joshua Cañate, Aaron Gonzalez, Carla Weaver, Python Potions, Sarah Ruth Alexander, and Monte Espina. Nestled in Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios, Molten Plains consistently hosts an unique aural experience in North Texas. From sublime expressions to raw manifestations, across a scope of legendary ideas and sprouting concepts, always towards the ever expanding horizon of forward thinking creativity.
Saturday December 14 5:30pm $25 special pre-sale ticket $35 at the door. Students $20
Further information: https://moltenplains.com/ Molten Plains Fest is funded in part by the City of Denton, and sponsored by DMAC (Denton Music and Arts Collaborative, Recycled Books & Records, and The Wild Detectives. @molten_plains
LISA CAMERON (Austin, TX) space location of resonant frequencies to create oscillating overtones of amplified/acoustic percussion and strings
JOSHUA CAÑATE (Denton, TX) multicultural drums, percussion and saxophone
TOM CARTER (Houston, TX) intricately detailed electric guitar with strands of melody, drone, fuzz, and charged silence
EMILY RACH BEISEL (Chicago, IL) visceral blend of extended vocal and woodwind techniques with analogue electronics
CAROLINE DAVIS (Brooklyn, NY) nurturing visions of simple sonic offerings to morph our present. Saxophone
GABBY FLUKE-MOGUL (New York, NY) violinist, educator, organizer and doula; weaving within the threads of avant and free jazz with deep roots
SARAH GAMBLIN (Denton, TX) dancemaking practices, experiential anatomy and improvisational methods
AARON GONZALEZ (Dallas, TX) Eloquent and erudite double-bass
STEFAN GONZALEZ (Denton, TX) Drums amalgamation of jazz, punk and free music
MONTE ESPINA (Denton/Mesquite, TX) amplified sounds, signal processing, improvised sonic environments. Miguel Espinel and Ernesto Montiel
LAURA ORTMAN (Brooklyn, NY) White Mountain Apache vibrant, inquisitive and exquisite violinist
PYTHON POTIONS (Denton, TX) Slithering electronics, paranoid vocals, haunted rhythms. Rachel Weaver and Randall Minick KORY REEDER (Denton, TX) Composer. Objectivity, immediacy, introspective, atmospheric. Sawyer Editions/Sawyer Spaces
SARAH RUTH (Denton, TX) Cultivated voice, harmonium, hammered dulcimer, skateboard guitar
RYAN SEWARD (Colorado Springs, CO) multidisciplinary artist, composer, improviser
ZACHARY JAMES WATKINS (Oakland, CA) resonant bodies exciting harmonic energy, beating and phase patterns diffused spatially with full dynamic range
ANDREW WEATHERS (Front Range, CO) field recording, prepared guitar, surrealist soundscape, minimalist composition rooted in repetition and drone
CARLA WEAVER (Denton, TX) developmental movement, embodied anatomy, aligning intentions