ITCHY-O | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Denver, Colorado, United States |
| Genres | Rock, world, electronica, avant-garde, experimental |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Labels | Alternative Tentacles |
| Website | itchyo |
Itchy-O is a 57-member avant-garde music performance group based in Denver, Colorado, consisting of a drum-corps battery, pyrotechnics, taiko drummers, and an arsenal of electronics and crowd-roving provocateurs.
History
Formed in Denver, Colorado in 2009, itchy-O released the EP Inferno! in 2011 and signed with iconic label Alternative Tentacles to release their debut LP Burn the Navigator in September 2014. Both works were engineered by Bob Ferbrache.
The group's second album, From the Overflowing, was released on Alternative Tentacles in September 2017, followed by a cross-country supporting tour and live in-studio performance on WGN-TV on October 5, 2017. Itchy-O released their third album, Mystic Spy | Psyko Dojo, August 11, 2018[1] on their Mettle Studios imprint with a regional supporting tour in 2019.
During the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic, the group developed two immersive drive-in concert series taking place in Denver: August's Sypherlot: Drive-in Radio Bath and October's Hallowmass.[2][3] The recordings from these performances (engineered by Evergroove Studio) were released as SYPHERLOT/HALLOWMASS 2020: DOUBLE LIVE October 30, 2021 on Alternative Tentacles.[4]
On September 17, 2021, itchy-O played a surprise set for the grand opening of immersive art exhibition Meow Wolf's Denver location, Convergence Station.
Itchy-O has performed at Riot Fest, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Austin's Art Outdoors festival, the Stanley Hotel Film Festival, Tucson's All Souls Procession, San Francisco's Day of the Dead Festival, Atlanta's Goat Farm and Denver's Biennial of the Americas. They have played on stage with David Byrne & St. Vincent, and shared billing with Devo, Beats Antique, Warlock Pinchers, Extra Action Marching Band, The Melvins, March Fourth, and many others.
The group has also anchored Fantastic Fest in Austin (2015-2017, 2022) and played four centerpiece shows in Hobart, Tasmania at MONA FOMA's wintertime festival in 2016.[5]
Albums
- Inferno (EP, 2011)
- Burn the Navigator (LP, 2014)
- From the Overflowing (LP, 2017)
- Mystic Spy / Psykho Dojo (LP, 2018)
- Sypherlot/Hallowmass 2020, Double Live (LP, 2021)
Members
Ethan Alexander - Bass
Bryan Aquino - Snare
Scott Allen Banning - Producer | Director | Roto-Toms
Nicole Banowetz - Inflatable Arts
Mariah Becerra - SFX
Rex Blatter - Chaos Krüwe
David Britton - Synthesizer | Noise Division
Geoff Brent - Vocoder | Chaos Krüwe
Megs Burd - Beast
Robert Drew Burleson - Cymbalist
Carlo Campagna - Cymbalist
Jesse Dawson - Sampling | Electronics | Noise Division
Jackson Ellis - SFX | Pyro Technician
Grayson Fiske - Bass Drum
Evelyn Fugate - Kriēchén
Fez Garcia - Cymbals | Percussion
Mike Grimsley - Chaos Krüwe
Joe Hatfield - Timbales | Guitar
Epona Shephard - Kriēchén
Colin Elliot - Keys | Sampling | Noise Division
Cheyenne LaMarca - Wardrobe | Chaos Krüwe
Elliott Grossman - Keys | Sampling | Noise Division
Nick Gonzales - Sampling | Noise Division
Lyndsey Hays - Kriēchén
Chuck Holt - Polyphonic | Chaos Krüwe
Stephen Karpik - Bass Drum
Ethan Klein - Lighting Designer
David Kessner - SFX | High Voltage Technician | Engineering
Micah Kessner - Fog Engineer | Chaos Krüwe
John Knudsen - Kriēchén
Thomas Knight - Taiko
Andrew Linares - Vocoder | Chaos Krüwe
Susan Lucia - Timbales
Jackson Lynn - Taiko
Henri Francois Mamet - Chaos Krüwe
Allison Marcellus - Cymbalist | Beast
Mark Moffett - SFX | Pyro Technician
James Nelson - Guitar
Sean O’Malley - Quint Tenors
Cory Phare - Publicist
Hanne Schrickx - Cymbalist
Brad Schumacher - Noise Division
Thomas Silaghy - High Voltage | SFX | Chaos Krüwe
Brad Smalling - Live & Studio Engineer
Erin Smith - Lighting Designer
Casper Smith - Beast | Chaos Krüwe
John Smith - Chaos Krüwe
Abrean Sophia Marie - Kriēchén
Aaron Spriggs - Theremin
Sara Valentine - Kriēchén
Kirsten Vermulen - Co-Producer | Synthesizer
Bernard Wooten - Chaos Krüwe
Adam Zimmer - Chaos Krüwe
Wakinyan Zephier - Chaos Krüwe
Cetan Zephier - Beast | Chaos Krüwe
References
- ↑ Wiese, Ben. "Itchy-O Talks New Album, Spaghetti Dinners and Starting a Record Label". Westword. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
- ↑ "PHOTOS: Itchy-o's insane new drive-in "sound bath," which you can catch all month long". The Know. 2020-08-17. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
- ↑ "Review - No One Spooks Quite Like Itchy-O". 303 Magazine. 2020-11-03. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
- ↑ Breznikar, Klemen (November 17, 2021). "Itchy-O | Interview | New Album, 'Sypherlot/Hallowmass 2020: Double Live'". It's Psychedelic Baby! Magazine. Archived from the original on November 17, 2021. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
- ↑ "Dark Mofo Program" (PDF). S3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com. Retrieved 2022-03-22.