MOTH NOR RUST

Rank #11 San Francisco, CA Electronica / Science Friction / World Co...

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Members: Frank Garvey, David Earl, Dave Gursom

Sounds Like: Mike Oldfield - Tubular.net, Dead Can Dance, Daniel Berkman, Aphex Twin, Grateful Dead

Label: Gate 6

Manager: Frank Garvey

Bio: MOTH NOR RUST is an electronic-prog-fusion band with a powerfully innovative sound. We are the band-in-residence at San Francisco's world-famous surrealist theater, OmniCircus. The San Francisco OmniCircus venue is at 550 Natoma Street. MOTH NOR RUST combines music and performance art with state-... See Full Bio

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“Garvey's compositional strengths, coupled with a concern for social issues reflected in his music, establishes him as one of America's most important electronic composers, in our estimation.”

— Electronic Music Newsletter

“The music conjures up all its magical might and embraces you in a dream that elevates you into a surreal sensual sensitivity. Liturgical vocal sequences with Iberian fragrances open up the hills and valleys in a splendor of white monasteries and flowing rivers.”

— SONOLOCO

"Billed as the world's first robotic theatre ensemble, OmniCircus is nevertheless no ephemeral vision of the future, but a thorough examination of the present through an unsentimental, yet curiously life-affirming lens."

— San Francisco Bay Guardian

“In Frank Garvey's House of the Deafman... there are whispers, chants, echoes, voices that seem to materialize out of the shadows and dissipate into the mist. Disturbed and disturbing. Chilling. Rich in aural imagery... a dark, haunting sonic journey through an anguished mind. House of the Deafman lingers like the nightmare that wakes you in the dim pre-dawn hours. The sinister robotic puppet show of the OmniCircus is as unsettling as the Lady in the Radiator from David Lynch's Eraserhead. And I mean that as both an endorsement and a caution. It is evocative and memorable.”

— James A. Gardner, All-Music Guide

“OmniCircus's Labyrinth is a masterpiece in the expression and presentation of emotion and depth of feeling.”

— AEON

“Frank Garvey is one of America's foremost video artists...his work shows the possibilities of video as an artform.”

— Films Inc.

“OmniCircus director Frank Garvey has an unnerving, intense presence, staring right through you. The robots are an expression of the transition between our dying era and the future. Garvey calls OmniCircus a robotic red-light district, full of mechanical whores, junkies, brawlers and beggars. He turns on GoBoy, a menacing robotic panhandler in a wheelchair who spins jerkily around the room barking "I'm just like you! Gimme fifty cent!" After GoBoy has made his rounds, Garvey takes the stage with his band, DeusMachina. The group's music is eerie, grandiose and operatic, full of mournful synthesizers and piano, droning guitars and melodies, and vibrations from a host of obscure instruments that are strewn about OmniCircus's black-box stage.”

— Michelle Goldberg, Metropolitan

“Circus roboticus. A troupe of robots forces audiences to confront the terrors of late 20th century life.”

— Mark Gimein, Salon

“Imagine a radiation-scarred Rodin sculpture in an electric wheelchair that's also a party crasher and an "aggressive panhandling robot." Such is the automaton created by San Francisco artist Frank Garvey.”

— Alan Rapp, Wired

“Sinister, ominous electronic cabaret music. The basic sound is slow to mid-tempo vocals with an almost Celtic sound to the music, but there are lots of things are going on here. This is the CD version of the superb rock/cabaret/theater show that took place at the OmniCircus. Strong Gothic/industrial influences (note the robots), touches of Tom Waits, lots of dark images of decay, but it never seems like a formulaic caricature: there's always *something* in there, just beyond your reach.”

— KZSU Stanford Radio 90.1 FM

“Mr. Roboto: Frank Garvey commands a troupe of radical robots. Deep in the technological heart of Carnegie Mellon University, Frank Garvey is creating a troupe of performing robots that sing, dance, preach and even misbehave, all to express a revolutionary vision. ”

— Andrew Druckenbrod, Post-Gazette Music Critic, Post Gazette

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Sat
Apr 13

OmniCircus
San Francisco, CA, US | 8:00pm
OmniCircus
San Francisco, CA, US
Sat Apr 13 8:00pm
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It's our 20trh anniversary show! C'mon out and help us celebrate 2 decades of surreal robotic cabaret!
Sat
Apr 13

OmniCircus
San Francisco, CA, US | 8:00pm
OmniCircus
San Francisco, CA, US
Sat Apr 13 8:00pm
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Sat
Jan 26

RPA Office
Richmond, 94801, US | 8:00pm
RPA Office
Richmond, 94801, US
Sat Jan 26 8:00pm
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OmniCircus is proud to announce- SAT. JAN 26 -8:00pm- a FABULOUS BENEFIT PARTY celebrating our new CDs >>IN MY MEMORY<< featuring vocalist DIANA TRIMBLE and >>UPRISING! (2 discs)<< featuring vocalists LILA ROSE, KYRSTYN PIXTON, CAMILLA PUCCINI and SCARLET MOON. with very special guest Richmond MAYOR GAYLE McLAUGHLIN!! This event is a benefit addressing the severe financial burden caused by OmniCircus director Frank Garvey's throat cancer! Please donate generously to keep the art and music safe! and performing LIVE at the party - Frank Garvey and the MOTH NOR RUST band with DAVE GURSOM and LUCA PLUS the unstoppable MARK COMSTOCK and the fabulous LAUREN OAKSHOTT... and a very special surprise guest!! ♥ at the RPA HEADQUARTERS in Richmond CA 1021 Macdonald St, Richmond CA Doors 8:00 COME HELP US CELEBRATE this milestone in OmniCircus HISTORY OmniCircus is a SURREAL CABARET and VENUE for avant-progressive theater and music, directed by Frank Garvey. The OmniCircus ENSEMBLE creates HEAVY-MENTAL CABARET for the weirdly twisted-warped 21st century, for film and stage. Our work integrates human actors, avant-fusion music, surreal life-sized computer-controlled robotics and midi-controlled virtual-reality (VRpit) performers. The Robotic Ensemble of the OmniCircus is a surreal red-light district, a troupe of mechanical beggars, hookers, junkies and street-preachers who appeared in our shows and engaged in mysterious cyborg guerrilla theater on the city streets.
2012
Jul 18

Stork Club Oakland
Oakland, CA, US | 8:00pm
Stork Club Oakland
Oakland, CA, US
Wed Jul 18, 2012 8:00pm
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2012
Jun 22

Bazaar Cafe
San Francisco, CA, US | 7:00pm
Bazaar Cafe
San Francisco, CA, US
Fri Jun 22, 2012 7:00pm
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