WHAT:

Phog Masheeen is a sound art/video collective from Costa Mesa, California that focuses on using aerophones, idiophones and electronics for performance and sound design. Audio portions are accompanied by live mixed video.

WHO/HOW:

William Almas and Mark Soden Jr. constitute the phog masheeen core performers. Home-brew instruments, common objects and extended techniques involving dry ice are common features of Phog Masheeen performances.

WHERE:

The works of Phog Masheeen have been presented at:

• the Boise Creative and Improvised Music Festival, Boise ID
• Sonic Circuits, Washington DC
• Electro-Music, Philadelphia, PA
• Santa Ana Noise Festival, Santa Ana CA
• Norcal Noisefest, Sacramento, CA
• Wonder Valley Experimental Festival III, Wonder Valley, CA
• Spring Reverb, San Diego, CA
• Outsound New Music Summit, Palm Springs Museum of Art, Palm Springs, CA, San Francisco, CA
• 8 Bit noise art @ Leadway, Chicago, Il
• Zoom 2, Torrance, CA
• Jawbone Canyon IV, Mojave, CA
• Dung Mummy VI, Apple Valley, CA
• Los Angeles Downtown Film Festival
• The Soundwalk, Long Beach, CA
• The Orange County Fair, Costa Mesa, CA
• the Long Beach Pump opening night party.