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About Me

Andy SYKORA born, Los Angeles, 1967
drums in L.A. area rock/art/bar bands, 1985-2000
creates/mails collage postcards, 1984 on-going
'stencil graffiti project', Berkeley, 1990-92
performs in multi-genre band Harm Farm for 3 U.S. tours, 1992
records/performs electronics/voice as Blandysment, L.A., 1995-98
programs 'Strange Place For An Ear', a weekly 2 hour live audio collage radio show,KBLT 104.7 FM, L.A. 1996-98
percussion/drums w/ songwriter/playwright Stew, L.A., 1997-98
drums U.S. tour w/ Stew's band The Negro Problem, 1999
in-house percussionist, recording label Disque Tricatel, Paris,1998-99.
performs on metals/samplers/prepared guitar w/ free improv group Guitar Party, L.A. & San Diego, 1997-99
performs/hosts a monthly non-electronic new music series
Holly Matter Fine Art, L.A., 2000-01
as Choking Hazard (w/ Albert Ortega & Heather Lockie ) designs a sound installation on the L.A. river for the Arroyo Arts Collective event 'River Alchamy', 2002
contributes a cdr to 'Audio Relay', a portable music & sound archive by Brennan McGaffey that presents internationally the work of sound artists, Chicago, 2005
performs on a piezo mic'd/delayed bicycle at the festivals
Sunset Junction Street Fair, 2005
L.A. Bike Summer, 2005
Long Beach Sound Walk 2005 & 06
tours/records in free improv duo UEM, 2006 on-going
Sacramento Audio Waffle 17
The Luggage Store,S.F.
Dangerous Curve,L.A.
Make Music New York Fest
Psychogenic Experimental Concert Series,L.A.
Il Corral,L.A.
directs a video for the band Perplexa, 2007
Myspace Contact TablesUEM at Dangerous Curve

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Member Since: 7/12/2006
Band Website: is a BANNED website
Band Members: My use of the spontaneous indeterminate compositional vernacular, shaded with the violence of electricity could be called 'freestyle' after all. There is no 'free improv' or 'noise' listings on myspace for some reason.

Andy Sykora uses:
Delay units, piezo contact mics, voice, percussions, field recordings, digital noise, radio waves, a furniture caster, mass media excerpts, bicycle, 1/4 speed cassette player, occasionally synth, etc.

Influences: All sound that I hear, myth, stammerers, whiskey, dust, 60Hz, Duchamp, Rothko, Cage, James Hillman, Andy Goldsworthy, Ken Nordine, Negativland, Eva Hesse, you ,etc.

Los Angeles light
Sounds Like: the touch of smelling tasty sight.
Record Label: Trend Coma Bootlegs
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

coming soon

I am goimg to assemble this.......(d'oh)...
Posted by SYKORA on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:41:00 PST

John S. Koppel,civil appellate attorney,DOJ

Bush justice is a national disgraceBy John S. KoppelAs a longtime attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice, I can honestly say that I have never been as ashamed of the department and government that...
Posted by SYKORA on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 03:44:00 PST

dem folks

Columns: July 6, 2007http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/column?oid =499199Letters @ 3AMHeartlandBy Michael VenturaIdly leafing through old travel notebooks, I came upon aged Verlie, who had ...
Posted by SYKORA on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 04:53:00 PST

your imagination

Within the Context of WASP ContextAssessing the legacy of George W. S. Trow.By Stephen MetcalfPosted Friday, Dec. 8, 2006, at 6:07 AM ETEvery generation or so, a disappointed preppy marvels at the dem...
Posted by SYKORA on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 08:42:00 PST

Just Say Bo No!

Self-righteous U2 singer Bonois playing a concert in Glasgow, Scotland whenhe asks the audience for total quiet.Then in the silence, he starts to slowly clap hishands, once every few seconds.Holding t...
Posted by SYKORA on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 01:45:00 PST

a turism

to 'be sure' of anything,one must be ridiculously detached from their creative essence.
Posted by SYKORA on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 06:38:00 PST

dub-ya

GEORGE W. BUSH 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20520 LAW ENFORCEMENT I was arrested in Kennebunkport, Maine, in 1976 for driving under the influence of alcohol. I pled guilty, paid a fine, and...
Posted by SYKORA on Sun, 29 Oct 2006 03:00:00 PST

The work and the other

A [work of sound] lives by companionship,expanding and quickening in the [ears] of the sensitive [listener].It dies by the same token.It is therefore a risky act to send it out into the world.How ofte...
Posted by SYKORA on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 06:24:00 PST

The law is changed

October 13, 2006http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/column?oid =oid%3A410255Letters @ 3AMFor Other PurposesBy Michael VenturaSept. 28, 2006: Remember the date. It seems to have passed mostly ...
Posted by SYKORA on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 11:30:00 PST

commodity

"As an artist you have to be a thief and steal a place for yourself on the rich man's wall." - Mark RothkoOr you don't have to.
Posted by SYKORA on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 03:55:00 PST