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Los Veneremos

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Los Veneremos (also known as Ghosts and Strings please go to www.myspace.com/ghostsandstrings) is composer/musician/sound designer/recording engineer David Molina. it's an alias for all the sound track and solo works he has done over the past 15 years composing scores, and designing sound for theatre, dance, film, installation, and multimedia productions. Since the age of seven years old, Molina has been perfoming various styles of music on many instruments,  in many bands and ensemble formations. He also performed and studied classical guitar for 12 years, until he discovered the art of recording and scoring music for theatre and dance.since about 1996 molina collaborated and performed with the amazing guitarist and composer Chris Webb on numerous theatrical productions and in bands.Some companies and artists he has worked with include: A Traveling Jewish Theatre, Magic Theatre, Amercan Conservatory Theatre, Brava! Theatre, Yerba Buena Center For the Performing Arts, The Lab, La Pocha Nostra, Sonoma State University, 94.1 KPFA, 90.3 KUSF, University of San Francisco, Oakland Museum, Soap Stone Theatre company, Encore, Lorraine Hansberry, and Teatro Jornalero. Marin Theatre company, Teatro Esperanza, Campo Santo, Intersection for the Arts; Director, performance artist choreographer Emiko Lewis, Visual Artist Victor Cartagena, Film maker Ana Geyer, and Director Roberto Varea.since 2001 he has been sound engineer, & resident artist for the Drum Machine Museum, and has performed many concerts with museum owner Mickey Tachibana in the electronic groups Special Patches and Collision Course.Film credits include Barry Gifford's "Ball Lightning", the "Narc" and "Prospect"by Octavio Solis, and the documentary "The Translation Project" by Niloufar Talebi. Molina performs with the experimental, electro-acoustic band Transient which features Garret La Fever and John Ingle. together they have performed at 2005 International Loop Festival, and at the Chapel of Chimes 2005 winter soltice concert, and at various noise shows.  He also performed and recorded with free-jazz musicians Marco Eneidi and George Cremachi.   in 2006 Molina toured Peru with performance artist Violeta Luna. in 2007 he toured Argentina with Secos y Mojados. There they were invited Artists at the Hemispheric Intitute's "Encuentros". While in south america he recorded and performed with La Mente (Descabellado Records), El Paso (Dorog Records), Via 149, and Dj Nelson, dj Fede Flores, Sur Oculto and CTX. He is in the process of releasing his first solo album titled "Al Fin Estoy Aqui" Under the name Los Veneremos and a ten year compilation of sound tracks titled "Passing Thoughts Scraping Red Skys"

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 06/08/2007
Band Members: David Molina: guitars, bass, cello, flutes, electronics, drums, vocals, found objects, destroyed mother board, harmonica, accordian, broken auto harp, various instruments built by Richard Waters, field recordings.
Influences: The Swans, SlowDive, Arab Strap, Calla, Expolsions in the Sky, Brian Eno, Black Heart Procession, Labradford, Coil, Nurse with Wound, His Name Is Alive, The Dirty Three, Angelo Badlamenti, Ry Cooder, Boards of Canada. Duster, Sigur Ros, Mono, Yo La Tengo, Tom Waits, Charles Mingus, Lisa Germano, Tarentel, Half Film, Couger, Jim O'rourke, Gustavo Santaolalla, Ennio Moroconni, Einsterzende Neubauten,
Sounds Like: all of the above
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Lydia at Mark Taper Forum

Again this is the last project Chris Webb was working on before he passed away. I finished it up with string arrangments and addtional music. it is an intense piece of theatre."Lydia" previews April ...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:58:00 GMT

RIP Chris Webb 1973-2008

RIP Chris Webb 1973-2008 Current mood: sadCategory: MusicOn december 15th 2008 composer, guitarist, collaborator, G&S guitarist, and friend Chris Webb Passed away. He left us suddenly due to a rare ...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:52:00 GMT