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April 22nd, 7pm – Lafayette Electronic Arts Festival
This video is a 6-minute highlight reel from the 30-minute Frankenstein Multimedia Performance by Carbon Diablo Ensemble at the [LEAF] Lafayette Electronic Arts Festival 2023. It was recorded on April 22nd, 2023, at Grimes Hall Center for Musical Arts in Lafayette, Colorado, to a standing-room-only crowd. Original audio room recordings via GoPro Hero 11 and iPhone 12 built-in mics.
THANKS
Thanks to [LEAF] for inviting us to perform and making the show possible. A huge thanks to all who came out and our families and friends for supporting us throughout the process.
ABOUT THE SHOW
The Carbon Dioxide Ensemble and Diablo Montalban joined forces as the Carbon Diablo Ensemble to present a multimedia deconstruction, reconstruction, and live score for the 1910 silent film Frankenstein.
The Carbon Dioxide Ensemble performs improvisational musique concrète with interactive visuals. Members include Thomas Lundy on Copper Heart articulated with dry ice, Victoria Lundy on Theremin and Live Electronics, and Mark Mosher on Live Sampling, Visuals, and Mix.
Performance artist Diablo Montalban, the Master of Audio Disaster, mixes live art through sound collage, drawing inspiration from music, pop culture, and noise. Diablo works spontaneously, creating pieces that are unique for the moment.
CREDITS
This improvisational performance is the culmination of 3 months of work. The show was designed collaboratively by workshopping the show in a series of rehearsals following a pre-production phase to analyze and break down the film elements. We were improvising live with a palette of video and musical objects and live instrument performances and did not have a master clock or sync between the performers. Diablo Montalban – Sound Collages, Spoken Word (https://hypnoticturtle.com/diablo-mon…) Carbon Dioxide Ensemble (https://carbondioxideensemble.com) Thomas Lundy – Copper Heart with Dry Ice Victoria Lundy – Theremin, Live Electronics (https://www.victorialundymusic.com) Mark Mosher – Live Visuals, Granular Synths, Mix & FX (https://MarkMosherMusic.com) Lizzy Mosher – Voice of Mary Shelley (https://lizzymosher.com) https://leafcolorado.org/category/lea… Source for 1910 Frankenstein silent film via the Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/item/2017600664/. THANKS Thanks to [LEAF] for inviting us to perform and making the show possible. A huge thanks to all who came out and our families and friends for supporting us throughout the process.
About
The Carbon Dioxide Ensemble is a Denver-based collaboration with Thomas Lundy, Victoria Lundy, and Mark Mosher. We focus on live improvisational multimedia performance art and musique concrète.
In this unique music and multimedia act, Mark uses samplers and other electronics to live-sample Thomas Lundy as he manipulates a Copper Heart with dry ice and other objects. Victoria Lundy accompanies the Theremin and live electronics. The only audio source for Octatrack other than drum samples is the input from the contact mic on the Copper Heart. Mark also provides interactive visuals with live camera input to further enhance the experience.
Since 2014, we have performed multimedia concerts in an around the Denver area including the long-running Concréte Mixer concert series at the Walnut Room, Scream Screen at the Denver Film Center, were the opening act for day 2 of the Denver International Noise Fest, collaborated using graphical scores with the filmmaker Taylor Dunne, and were invited to play a music convocation for the Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver performing on stage at the Gates Concert Hall.
CO2E descends from Denver’s Carbon Dioxide Orchestra which you can learn about here.
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Past Shows
October 29th, 2022
Pre-Film Concert at Scream Screen Event at Denver Film Center
Halloween horror double-feature on OCT 29th presented by Scream Screen at the Denver Film Center. Carbon Dioxide Ensemble performed the pre-film concert.
May 28th, 2022
4k Multicamera Performance with Interactive Visuals
Rocky Mountain Synthesizer Meet Drone Day Celebration Livestream
YouTube
July 27, 2019
Presentation & Performance – “Theremin, Musique Concrète, and Live Sampling, Oh My!”
Colorado Modular Synth Festival
Denver, CO
April 8th, 2017
Carbon Dioxide Ensemble with Filmmaker Taylor Dunne
TIME+SPACE Process Reversal Fundraiser
The Temple, Denver
Dec 22nd, 2016
The Carbon Dioxide Ensemble (CO2E) Opens Day 2 of the Denver International Noise Fest 2016
Globe Hall, Denver
Nov 27th, 2016
Concréte Mixer #6 – Featuring Mark Spybey of Dead Voices on Air
Walnut Room, Denver
April 4, 2015
Concréte Mixer #5 – Featuring Mark Spybey of Dead Voices on Air
Walnut Room, Denver
January 30th, 2015
Concréte Mixer #4 – An evening of solo and collaborative musique concréte
Walnut Room, Denver
October 13th, 2014
Concréte Mixer #3 – Convocation
Lamont School of Music
University of Denver
June 24th, 2014
Concréte Mixer #2 – Solstice
Walnut Room, Denver
June 25th, 2014
Concréte Mixer #1 – An evening of solo and collaborative musique concréte
Walnut Room, Denver
Press & Interviews
We were interviewed About Our October 29th Screen Scream Pre-Film Concert at Denver Film Center (and More) on the Queen City Sounds Podcast S2E17 podcast.
Some of Denver’s Most Challenging Music Finds a New Audience at DU…
DU is certainly no stranger to experimental music on campus, but it is certainly rare for this sort of performance to happen at a university in general…
Westword Magazine
Perhaps out of this performance, a new crop of adventurous musicians will take root in Denver or at least a greater awareness of the existence of an experimental scene in Denver spread to people who might be completely ignorant of it.
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History
The Carbon Dioxide Ensemble descends from Denver’s Carbon Dioxide Orchestra, a group that performed in the 1990s and early 2000s. An earlier incarnation of the CO2 Orchestra performed in the 1980s.
The Copper Heart was built and played by William Valdez. The Orchestra had a changing membership that at various times included David Dickson, Leroy Jaramillo, Victoria Lundy, Eduardo Mendez, Jason Mieger, and Bruce Nickerson.
The Carbon Dioxide Ensemble (CO2E) 