Wild Kingdom Series
Cloud Tree Studios & Gallery

Once a month Bob Hoffnar’s Liminal Sound Series will present exotic musics from the wilderness of partially formed ideas.

///////// WEDNESDAY, JULY 17th, 8-10p
Featured artists: Derek Monypeny & Jeffrey Olson

ABOUT DEREK MONYPENY:
Derek Monypeny is a Joshua Tree, CA-based guitarist and oud player who has played in the bands Oaxacan, ALTO!, and Sir Richard Bishop’s Freak Of Araby Ensemble. He has performed and toured with artists such as Bill Orcutt, Jozef van Wissem, Eva Aguila/Kevin Shields, Arrington de Dionyso, and many others.

“Derek, using tastefully deployed effects and small and patient gestures, digs deep into those thin places where all kinds of inner space visions can flourish. You could talk about the complex social organization and communication among undiscovered species of highly intelligent insects deep under the sands of Mars . . . or any pulsing pattern of pure electricity hurtling somewhere through deep space . . . or shortwave radio broadcasts of the latest tunes by mutant Touareg troubadours roaming the dark side of the moon . . . etcetera” -Larry Dolman, Blastitude magazine

“Monypeny…makes a stake for a conception of the parameters of variously translated formal/cultural/biological folk modes as the keys to the goddamn kingdom that is every bit as persuasive as Sun City Girls at their most alien.” -David Keenan, Volcanic Tongue. For more information visit https://derekmonypeny.bandcamp.com/

ABOUT JEFFREY OLSON:
Jeffrey Olson is a musician living in Austin, Texas. He is the drummer for Austin-based bands Kinky Machine and Food Group. He also provides vibraphone and percussion for experimental performance group Lattice.

Jeffrey has played, recorded and/or toured with a number of artists, including White Denim, Emily Wolfe, The New Maps, Dan Dyer, Buenos Diaz, Capyac, Bop English, Suzanna Choffel, Tapestry Dance Company, Interrobang, Aaron Lack, Elijah Ford, Craig Marshall and Balmorhea. Television, radio and festival work includes the Jimmy Kimmel show with White Denim, music for Fargo season 2 episode 7, KCRW, WXPN World Cafe, KDHX, KUTX Live at the Four Seasons SXSW, Austin City Limits Festival, BBC Music Festival Glastonbury, Treefort Music Festival, Okeechobee Festival, Forecastle Festival, UTOPiAfest. For more information visit http://jeffolsonmusic.com/

ABOUT BOB HOFFNAR:
Pedal steel guitarist Bob Hoffnar relocated to Austin from NYC in 2009 and has since become a major contributor to Austin’s
cultural landscape. Originally from Silver Springs, Maryland, Hoffnar graduated from Purchase Conservatory of Music in 1998 with a BFA in Composition that included private studies with Richard Cameron Wolf. Further private studies included time with such musical luminaries as Lamonte Young, Pandit Pran Nath, and Ernest Tubb’s steel player Buddy Charelton. He currently runs the “LiminalSound Series” which is a live concert performance series dedicated to the commissioning of new works and collaborations between visionary composers and Austin, TX based musicians and performers.

This project is supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department. Visit Austin at NowPlayingAustin.com.​