BIO

Bob Bellerue :: halfnormal :: Redglaer
bob(a)halfnormal(d)com

Bob Bellerue is a noise artist based in Portland OR. over the last 20 years i've been involved in a wide range of live creative weirdness - homemade percussion ensembles, Balinese gamelan, dance/performance art sound scores, installation art. for the last 8 years i've been primarily focused on live experimental electronic noise art, and have toured extensively in the western US, as well as Europe and Indonesia. i was formerly based in Los Angeles, where i ran the sub-garde experimental music/performance space the Il Corral, and curated the Beyond Music series and festival. i currently operate the label Anarchymoon Recordings, and am active as the solo artist Redglaer, as well as various ensembles including KILT, Dead Wolf Black, Purple Pansy, Feed the Dragon, and LAMFs.

my work is based in feedback circuits used for synthesis; recontextualized field recordings; texture/drone/nonmusical instruments (shanai, rebab, gambuh, chinese cymbals, hunting calls, junk metal, sheets of glass); and a performance presence best characterized as animist/animalistic. i attempt to harness the sounds within nature, without imposing a deterministic melodic/rhythmic structure.

EDUCATION
MFA Composition - Music / Integrated Media Noise Art Performance and Theory, California Institute of the Arts (2003)
BA Writing & Poetics, Naropa University (minor in performance art) (1995)

HONORS/AWARDS
Top Honors: Threat Level Charlie, Periòdic Sound Art Competition, Centre de Cultura Contemporànea de Barcelona (Spring02)
"1 of 10 people making things happen in LA" - LA Alternative Press (Dec05) nice picture in the paper with my dog, great for mom
#6 on the Trendsetters list, LA Alternative Readers Poll (July06) that's high enough, damn. a vote for me is a vote for noise!!
the ONLY person allowed to use a mixer at the INC, as authorized by Mr. Rat Bastard himself.

DISCOGRAPHY/PUBLICATIONS
Redglaer unloveable c40, cute tapes (in progress)
T.U.R.D. KILT/Feed the Dragon/Improvisatyrs 3x3"cdr, banned productions (in progress)
redglaer American Masonry CD, anarchymoon anok11cd (in progress)
Redglaer petals and scars c60, hanson (in progress)
Redglaer unknowable c20, barfing dagger (in progress)
Redglaer aneleutheromania c60, anarchymoon anok21
redglaer recycled music RRRecords
redglare cripes (on 5 way split 7" with Raven Chacon and others), no label (in progress)
redglaer cranky 7" Static Aktion records sa#05 (in progress)
KILT Snow White In Hell LP anok16 (co-release Anarchymoon, Sicksicksick, Bastardised)
power/field 2xCDr compilation, anarchymoon anok15
redglaer Buried with Freedom 3"CDr, Amorf Sounds amorf07 (2006)
Dead Wolf Black / Kilt split c20, Bastardised (2006)
Dead Wolf Black split CDr, Bastardised (2006)
redglaer go for broke c20, Anarchymoon Recordings anok14 (2006)
KILT hazeltine, track for NorCal Noise Fest 2006 comp CDr (2006)
Feed the Dragon Bromide Romance 12" split with Roman Torment, Anarchymoon Recordings anok12 (2006)
redglaer American Masonry 10", Anarchymoon Recordings anok11 (2006)
redglare Al Salami && Feed the Dragon Lechero, on LANoiseScape comp CD, Bastardised (2006)
red/bird collab with Dead/Bird for Eugene Noise Fest 06 comp CDr (2006)
redglare live in my head cs20 split with Raven Chacon, Stentorian Tapes st35 (2006)
KILT sharp dark love 3"CDr, Experimental Musical Research emr31?? (2006)
Bob Bellerue f*cking piano 3"CDr, p-tapes (2006)
redglaer && Feed the Dragon tracks on corralComp05 2xCDr, Anarchymoon REcordings anok10 (2006)
redglare crøn4, on Fossil Species compilation doubleProCDr), Roil Noise Offensive RNOCDR027 (2006)
redglare pedl p*nks fghk []pf (split double-3" with Dead/Bird), Anarchymoon Recordings / Seizure Palace anok08 (2006)
redglare Road(null) (on 4 way split CDr with English, Stimbox, and Torturing Nurse), Obscurica Ob-32 (2005)
redglare oskillator (split c20 with Raven Chacon's pedal bandolier), Anarchymoon Recordings anok07 (2005)
Bob Bellerue / halfnormal piano*cat CDr, Anarchymoon Recordings anok06 (2005)
Feed the Dragon (duo with Albert Ortega) çhufffecaaaack! c10x2, Anarchymoon Recordings anok05 (2005)
halfnormal functional error (on Microphone Compilation CDr), Iatrogenesis Records (IR017)
Bob Bellerue / halfnormal maltcrook 3"CDr, Experimental Musical Research emr15 (2005)
Bob Bellerue / halfnormal Distant Extrema 3"CDr, Anarchymoon Recordings anok04 (2005)
Feed the Dragon (duo with Albert Ortega) smellt 3"CDr, Anarchymoon Recordings anok03 (2005)
Improvisatyrs (duo with David Kendall) Fragrants CDr, Anarchymoon Recordings anok02 (unreleased)
Bob Bellerue / halfnormal Threat Level Charlie realCD, Anarchymoon Recordings anok01 (2002)
Bob Bellerue / halfnormal Blazing Grace 3" CDr, banned productions (2002)
Bob Bellerue Score for a walk text score, Trepan (2001)

SELECTED PERFORMANCES/PRESENTATIONS

2008:
Quickie US Tour: 9 gigs in 2 weeks, NY - OR
Cryptic Providence at North Burial Grounds of Providence RI
Noise/Art "visual art by noise artists" reception at Kerry Schuss Art, NYC
Cacophony 3 year anniversay
Vancouver Noise Festival
Tecumseh/Thrones/Pussygutt PNW Tour: 5 gigs in 4 days, WA - OR
KBOO Portland

2007:
Dangerous Curve - 2 Week Residency "Beasts & Friends" (Los Angeles)
International Noise Conference (Miami)
Brainbomb Fest, Che Cafe (San Diego)
The Unknown Theater, soundtrack for "Collision Course" by the Greatfruit Collective (Hollywood)
Highways Performance Space, soundscore for "Les Biches" by Wanda Gala (Santa Monica)
Noisy Night, SASSAS, The Steve Allen Theater (Hollywood)
Norcal Noise Fest (Sacramento)
Tecumseh West Coast Tour (Seattle - San Diego)
Redglaer / Acre US Tour (Portland OR - Portland ME - Miami - San Diego over 2 months)

2006:
Turn the Screws Festival of Love and Noise (curator and performer)
Machine Project (Los Angeles)
KILT West Coast Tour (Los Angeles - Seattle)
Europa Travels (Paris, Antwerpen, Zurich, Warsaw, Wroclaw, Berlin, Ljubljana, Lausanne over 5 weeks)
Eugene Noise Fest 06 (Eugene OR)
Track16 gallery, soundtrack for "The Crook" by Empire of Teeth (Santa Monica)
New Genre Festival at Living Arts of Tulsa, soundtrack for "Last Waltz" by Empire of Teeth (Tulsa OK)
the Miles Playhouse, soundtrack for "Last Waltz" by Empire of Teeth (Santa Monica)
the Il Corral soooo many times (producer / curator)

2005:
Turn the Screws Festival of Love and Noise (curator and performer)
Redglare / Raven Chacon WNWSW tour (CA, OR, WA, ID, UT, CO, NM, NV)
18th St Arts Center, Halloween Bash (Santa Monica)
line space line (Los Angeles)
LA Sound Shift (Los Angeles)
Los Angeles Theater Center, soundtrack for "The Crook" by Empire of Teeth (Los Angeles)
Highways Performance Space, soundtrack for "The Crook" by Empire of Teeth (Santa Monica)
California Institute of the Arts, soundtrack for "El Norte" by Tanz Infernos (Valencia CA)
SoCal Sonic Festival (Long Beach)
Feed the Dragon / Adam Overton West Coast tour (CA, OR, WA)
The Smell (Los Angeles)
the Il Corral many times (producer / curator)

2004:
Beyond Baroque, curator and performer (Venice CA)
18th St Arts Center, Halloween Bash (Santa Monica)
Bellerue / Chacon / Overton Southwest tour 2004 (AZ, NM, CO)
Brewery Arts Center (Los Angeles)
Free Ears Festival, Highways Performance Space (Santa Monica)
Big Sur Experimental Music Festival (Big Sur CA)
Highways Performance Space, soundtrack to "Collision Course" by the Greatfruit Collective (Santa Monica)
Stanford University, solo full-evening showcase (Palo Alto CA)

2003:
Bellerue Midwest Tour 2003 (CO, OK, NM over 3 weeks)
Beyond Music Sound Festival 2003, Beyond Baroque, curator and performer (Venice)
8th Yogyakarta Gamelan Festival, (Java, Indonesia)
Improvisatyrs West Coast Tour (CA, OR, WA)
California Institute of the Arts, soundtrack for "Out of Me and Into You" by Lauren Hartman (Valencia CA)
CEAIT Festival 2003, California Institute of the Arts (Valencia CA)

2002:
Beyond Baroque, Beyond Music Series, curator and artist (Venice CA)
Bellerue Northwest Tour 2002 (CA, OR, WA)
Wedge Installation Gallery (Los Angeles)
Platinum Oasis, Outfest 2002, Coral Sands Motel (Hollywood)
Flophouse Festival, Crazy Space (Santa Monica)
PERIÒDIC Sound Art Competition, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)
Spain
Cage Festival, California Institute of the Arts (Valencia CA)
CEAIT Festival, performer and curator, California Institute of the Arts (Valencia CA)

2001:
Beyond Music Festival 2001 (Venice CA)
Rainforest IV, California Institute of the Arts/Getty Research Center (Valencia CA)
Highways Performance Space, soundtrack for "Translations" by Carol McDowell (Santa Monica CA)

PROJECTS
Halfnormal (since 1999)
Redglaer (since 2005)
KILT (since 2005) - with Raven Chacon
Feed the Dragon (since 2005) - with Albert Ortega
Dead Wolf Black (since 2006) - with Sandor Finta
Suara Liwet (since 2003) - with Marc Lannelongue
Improvisatyrs (since 2002) - with David Kendall

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