LAURA ORTMAN (dust dive flash)

About Me

..LAURA ORTMAN (WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE) IS A MEMBER OF THE DUST DIVE, SILVER SUMMIT, THE COAST ORCHESTRA, STARS LIKE FLEAS AND COMPOSES MUSIC FOR FILM AND ART INSTALLATIONS IN THE FORM OF THE DUST DIVE FLASH. IN 2008 SHE FOUNDED THE FIRST ALL-NATIVE AMERICAN ORCHESTRA CALLED THE COAST ORCHESTRA. MEMBERS COME FROM ALASKA, ARIZONA, D.C. AND NEW YORK AND PREMIERED AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART IN D.C. AND OPENED UP THE MARGARET MEAD FILM FESTIVAL IN NYC. THE DUST DIVE, A BROOKLYN TRIO COMPRISED OF ELECTRIC GUITAR, VIOLIN, CHORD ORGAN, SAMPLES,PIANO, MUSICAL SAW, HAM RADIO TRANSMISSIONS AND VOCALS. THE DUST DIVE'S CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED DEBUT ALBUM "ASLEEP OR AWAKE WALK" WAS RELEASED BY OWN RECORDS IN LUXEMBOURG (AVAILABLE AT ownrecords.com) AND HAS RELEASED THEIR SECOND ALBUM "CLAWS OF LIGHT" RECORDED BY SEBADOH'S JASON LOEWENSTEIN. SHE HAS TOURED THE US AND CANADA EXTENSIVELY WITH SILVER SUMMIT AND STARS LIKE FLEAS AND HAS TOURED EUROPE WITH THE DUST DIVE. CLASSICALLY TRAINED ON VIOLIN, SELF-TAUGHT ON GUITAR IN 2006 SHE RECORDED HER FIRST SOLO ALBUM NAMED "TENS OF THOUSANDS" WITH THE LEGENDARY ANALOG SOUND ENGINEER MARTIN BISI.PROUDLY NEW YORK'S FREE103POINT9 RADIO TRANSMISSION ARTS OF ACRA, NEW YORK HAS INCLUDED THIS ALBUM AS PART OF THEIR ARTIST'S TRANSMISSION DISPATCHES ADO29. IT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE AT THEIR WEBSITE: www.free103point9.org/works/345LAURA ORTMAN is ALSO A LICENSED HAIRSTYLIST AT FRINGE SALON (fringeny.com) IN NEW YORK CITY ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE. COME BY FOR A HAIRCUT!

LAURA ORTMAN HAS COLLABORATED WITH:
THE COAST ORCHESTRA**** KILT**** STARS LIKE FLEAS****SILVER SUMMIT**** RYAN SAWYER, DREW ST. IVANY, ALEX DREWCHIN, RYAN SMITH**** RAVEN CHACON**** BLACKHORSE LOWE**** TERROL DEW JOHNSON**** AMERICAN INDIAN COMMUNITY HOUSE GALLERY**** BEE + FLOWER**** PATRICK MC CARTHY (ENOCHKANE)**** TOBY DAMMIT**** IRENE BEDARD AND DENI WILSON**** RYAN SAWYER AND MARTHA COLBURN, GREY GERSTEN, G. LUCAS CRANE**** UZI AND ARI**** AMY TALLCHIEF**** GUEST VIOLIN WITH WOVEN HAND**** NATIONAL BRAID**** ANNABEL WONG**** A MILLION BILLION**** OUT LIKE LAMBS**** LATITUDE/LONGITUDE**** JOHN ZORN, IKUE MORI, SYLVIE COURVOSSIER, LANCE GRABMILLER, JON NATCHEZ, SHAYNA DULBURGER, SHANNON FIELDS**** MATT LAVELLE, CATHERINE SIKORA, DAN LEVIN, JASON KWANG, SHELLEY BURGON**** ENOCHKANE**** TIANNA KENNEDY + HANNAH MARCUS**** SHAWN BOSLER + JUDE WEBRE**** MALIA JENSEN**** LORENZO CLAYTON**** THIS FRONTIER NEEDS HEROES**** LUXTON LAKE**** MATOU**** JENNIFER CHIN**** TIM HAYS**** .....AND MORE PROJECTS IN THE WORKS....
THE DUST DIVE FLASH HAS PERFORMED AT:
THE BLACK AND WHITE GALLERY, BROOKLYN / FREE103POINT9'S CAMPFIRE SOUNDS, ACRA, NEW YORK / IMAGINENATIVE FILM AND MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL, TORONTO, CANADA / NATIVE CINEMA SHOWCASE, SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO / GARY FARMERS' VFW NIGHTS AT INDIAN MARKET, SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO / THE STONE, NYC/ THE UNITED NATIONS PLAZA. THE DUST DIVE FLASH PERFORMED THE CLOSING NIGHT OF THE SMITHSONIAN'S NATIVE AMERICAN FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL MARCH 29TH IN NEW YORK Performances by: The Dust Dive Flash, Blackfire, Derek Miller and Samantha Crain!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/4/2007
Band Website: free103point9.org/works/345
Band Members: LAURA ORTMAN (WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE)--VIOLIN, APACHE VIOLIN, ELECTRIC GUITAR, PIANO, MAGNUS CHORD ORGAN, VOCALS, CASIO AND SAMPLERS
Influences: THE DUST DIVE FLASH performed SUNDAY, MARCH 29th, 2009! The closing night of the National Museum of the American Indian's NATIVE AMERICAN FILM + VIDEO FESTIVAL in NEW YORK

The Dust Dive Flash featured:

LAURA ORTMAN (of Stars Like Fleas, Silver Summit, The Coast Orchestra, The Dust Dive) guitar, violin, duet vocals

and guest artists:

ALEX DREWCHIN (of Silver Summit, Alex Drewchin) duet vocals

DREW ST. IVANY (of Psychic Paramount) guitar

RYAN SMITH (of Stars Like Fleas, A Million Billion) keyboards, vocals

RYAN SAWYER (of Stars Like Fleas, Tall Firs, Lone Wolf) drums, vocals

Sounds Like: OTHER MUSIC (nyc) UPDATE 1/11/2007:I acquired a self-released version of this album late last year and was pretty bowled over by it. In fact it's probably one of the most evocative things I heard in all of 2006. Unfortunately my copy was like, number 198 out of 200 or something, and I was pretty bummed that we weren't going to be able to turn a bunch more people on to it, but thankfully the good folks over at Brooklyn's Free 103.9 have had the superb sense to finance a limited second pressing, which we have just received. Dust Dive Flash is a spin-off of the great local group the Dust Dive, and is the solo project of member Laura Ortman, a Brooklyn-based artist, classically trained violinist, and member of the White Mountain Apache Nation. Tens of Thousands is her first solo release, and it is uniformly excellent. Her songs are elegiac, with skeletal guitar glacially played, and vocals shrouded in haze. But it's her violin playing that really gives the album its mood and character. She's able to coax an unusual tone from her violin, with ample amounts of glissandi and slurred notes moving her compositions back and forth between the celestial and the terrestrial. Her playing inhabits a really nice space; nestled somewhere between the drone and the fully melodic. It is a distinctly American sound that is seemingly informed with a sense of history both natural and manmade. A map of reference could be the work of people as diverse as Bjorn Olsson, Goldmund, Mazzy Star, or even Jandek. Despite these comparisons Tens of Thousands is a uniquely singular and beautiful experience, and will surely rank as one of the best discoveries of your year as well. [MK]www.othermusic.com/updates
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

STARS LIKE FLEAS playin at MoMA, Monday, June 8th, 6pm!

One last addition! the link below is a pdf if you print out you get half off admission!!! yess!! I wanted to pass the savings ONTO YOU YOU YOU!!!!: http://sdm3.rm04.net/servlet/MailView?ms=MjU1NjEw...
Posted by on Wed, 27 May 2009 18:56:00 GMT

The Dust Dive Flash to perform SUNDAY, MARCH 29th, 2009***

Dear Friends, Sunday, March 29th, 2009 is the closing nig...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:37:00 GMT

About "Blessed By You" and "Someday We'll Be Together"

"Blessed By You" came during the direct week after the Coast Orchestra, the all-Native American Orchestra i founded performed here in NYC. I had lumps in my throat the amazement that it came to life. ...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:21:00 GMT

On US tour with SILVER SUMMIT January 2009

.. Northwest, West coast, Southwest Tour with Silver Summit Jan. 16-24th, 2009! .. Dearest A...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:12:00 GMT

February 14th, 2009 I'm playin with John Zorn, Ikue Mori, Sylvia Courvossier, Shannon Fields...

Invited by curators John zorn and Shannon fields! at the Stone valentines day 2009....i was like "you sure you got the right person?!" I'm really psyched to play my best! Shows at 8 and 10 pm..It's a ...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:09:00 GMT

all-Native American orchestra premieres this WEEK and NEXT!

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO: The premiere of the Coast Orchestra, the all-Native American orchestra premieres this Sunday, November 9th at 6:30 pm in Washington, D.C.'s National Gallery of Art. We ar...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:11:00 GMT

DUST DIVE FLASH FEATURED IN CHIRACAHUA APACHE EXHIBIT IN D.C.

THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN IN WASHINGTON D.C. HAS A NEW EXHIBIT UP ABOUT THE CHIRICAHUA APACHES AND FEATURES THREE SONGS BY THE DUST DIVE FLASH (AKA LAURA ORTMAN, WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE...
Posted by on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 07:26:00 GMT

"TENS OF THOUSANDS" review ROLL Magazine sept. 2007

www.rollmagazine.com/music_reviews_sept07.htmlThe Dust Dive FlashTens Of Thousands free103point9 transmission arts review | by M.R.SmithThe Dust Dive Flash is a Brooklyn-based ensemble featuring Ken S...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 22:30:00 GMT

about reprise of the sunrise

the cycle of lifeno start no finishbut there's the hope that each new day there's something discovered and cared for.it's how i've come to terms with the deaths of my mother and two of my grandmothers...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:55:00 GMT

10 years watching

10 years in brooklyni've watched cars and truckswaking everybody upto get homeblack soot all over my hand and feetand stale wine breathbrooklyn busstopsand a tornado threat the radio mysterya dozen do...
Posted by on Wed, 16 May 2007 11:45:00 GMT