Update May 2024:
High Mayhem is currently working on a couple projects:
We are working on a series of Out of Context LP’s to highlight the legacy of JA Dino Deane. The first LP will be from the fantastic live performance of Out of Context at the High Mayhem Festival 2006.
Carlos Santistevan has started a Conduction Project featuring longtime High Mayhem associates that will debut for the OOC LP release – likley in Spring 2025 at The Outpost Performance Space.
We are also looking to relaunch our On(e) Day “On One Day” webcast series of broadcasting the recording of an album in 1 day. Stay tuned for update.
IN DEFENSE OF MEMORY– Laura Ortman, Marshall Trammell, Carlos Santistevan is working with SITE Santa Fe for a large scale “tuning” of the San Miguel Chapel to help address generational trauma and relics still present in are times. Performances on August 16 2024 for Indian Market in Santa Fe NM. More info can be found here.
iNK oN pAPER is playing thier first show in over 5 years on June 23rd in Albuquerque at The Hall – ABQ. Also performing with be the Artha Meadors Trio.
ALBUMS AVAILABLE AT highmayhem.bandcamp.org
High Mayhem Emerging Arts is proud to release Flashes Before Our Mind by Thollem
This album is part of the On(e) Day webcast and album series curated by High Mayhem Emerging Arts, based in Santa Fe, NM. Creative artists are brought into our live room recording studio and have 1 day to record an album. The session is webcast and the resulting album is then released. Authentic performances. Insights into Creativity.
For this On(e) Day session Thollem played 1 long set of solo improvisations and explorations and edited the music for the gems- Video of the session can be found here:
The cover art is a photograph by ACVilla somewhere between Española and Albuquerque.
Love and solidarity, Tholl
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<p>The result is a duo that is drags rhythm through the mud in unimaginably glorious ways.</p>