Ok, so I have been back from tour for awhile, sorry for the long delay in update. Thanks so much to everyone who I played with, set up and promoted shows, and came out and had a good time! So great to see so many friends again, and to meet new ones!
I am currently working on a new solo LP and releasing alot of great LPs soon on Misanthropic Agenda.
Thanks to everyone who came out for the last couple of shows! It was a blast seeing everyone!
Up next:
Gerritt Wittmer & Paul Knolwes, Sir Richard Bishop
Friday August 12th @ Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive, 2625 Durant Avenue, Berkeley, California, 7:30 p.m., $7, Gallery B
All evenings
Doors 8:00, show 8:30 pm
Buy a festival pass for $36
Co-curated by Sarah Bernat, Eilish Cullen, Terrance Graven, and Honey McMoney
Design by Bert Bergen + Grant LaValley
Friday, July 15, 2011
$11
Bert Bergen
Gerritt Wittmer and Paul Knowles
Streetwalker
Terrance Graven and Heather Ciriza collab
Tessa Siddle
Total Accomplishment
DJ WhITCH
Saturday, July 16, 2011
$12
Damion Romero
Daniel Blomquist
Dimmer
Leticia Castaneda
Midlife Vacation
Terrance Graven
DJ Sarah Toon/Killing Spree
Friday, July 22, 2011
$11
Bronze
Cliff Hengst
Copy Lake
Eric Svedas
Honey McMoney
Jonah Susskind
Scott Hewicker
DJ Warm Leatherette
Saturday, July 23, 2011
$12
Nao Bustamante
Additional performances TBA
DJ Mc Nasty
Lots of good news, please see live section for upcoming shows that include a new solo performance as well as 2 GW & PK performances!
I will highlight details of all here on the news page as they approach.
First things first! Im quite happy to be a part of the Division of Labor Festival. DOL is a performance fest taking place at The Lab.
Gerritt Wittmer & Paul Knowles will be performing our US debut of "Illusion of Relevance".
Gerritt Wittmer & Paul Knowles performing "Illusion of Relevance"
Total Accomplishment
Streetwalker
DJ WhITCH
Friday, July 15th @ The Lab, 2948 16th Street, San Francisco, California
The October issue of The Wire comes with a new edition of The Wire Tapper compilation CD, featuring an exclusive edit of a track off the new Gerritt Wittmer "Vessel" LP.
I love the adventure of moving between the portions of Hell. Very exciting changes and dynamics make this a compelling experience and a thoughtful, challenging work. It has revealed itself to me as an ultradynamic ritual and a fascinating contemporary experimental music masterpiece for 2010.
Inhaled balloon squish, exhaled incantations guttural deep fire, voice of the hellstorm.
Steeped in contrasts, the simple, mostly minimal, presentation is so endearingly complex and inviting. Rich, mucousy groans transforming sharply digital... Blown reeds and deep machinery idling. Compositional silence and silent storytelling. Insects chirp and buzz, the chains of Hell juxtapose well. Subtle and overwhelming. Pinball and puke.
Shock and cleanse.
Pondering a narrative to the audio while listening was an inescapable exercise, yet the recordings are perfectly lucid themselves... A fire burns in Gerritt's throat as he plucks his contact mic'ed teeth with fishing lines and orchestrates a restrained pyromaniac modern composition for dentistry and voice. (That's track 1).
The experience is unto itself. Well planned, well executed. Gorgeously presented. Detailed, high tolerance precision production; concise and commanding. Strange and beautiful.
- Kendall James
Gerritt Wittmer "Portions of Hell" is now available for purchase from the iTunes Store.
I am happy to announce the new Gerritt "Dominant Forces" 3 inch CDr has just been released by Scrotum Records in Germany!
Please swing by their site and order a copy!
Gerritt Wittmer & Paul Knowles in Cleveland Ohio 3/21/10
Photos by Mike Shiflet
SISSY SPACEK & Gerritt Wittmer/Paul Knowles US TOUR MARCH 2010
02/26 - LOS ANGELES, CA @ The Smell
02/27 - LOS ANGELES, CA @ F House
02/28 - FLAGSTAFF, AZ @ Vesica Pisces
03/01 - GRAND JUNCTION, CO @ Le Giragge
03/02 - COLUMBIA, MO @ Cafe Berlin
03/03 - ST. LOUIS, MO @ Antarctica
03/06 - CINCINATTI, OH @ Art Damage Lodge
03/07 - LEXINGTON, KY @ TBA
03/09 - ATLANTA, GA @ Eye Drum
03/10 - BALTIMORE, MD @ The Bank
03/11 - PHILADELPHIA, PA @ TBA
03/12 - NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ @ TBA
03/13 - BROOKLYN, NY @ Issue Project Room
03/14 - NEW YORK, NY @ Cake Shop
03/15 - PROVIDENCE, RI @ AS220
03/16 - ALLSTON, MA @ O'Brien's
03/17 - BURLINGTON, VT @ The Bakery
03/18 - HADLEY, MA @ Grey Matter Books
03/20 - ROCHESTER, NY @ Bug Jar
03/21 - CLEVELAND, OH @ Now That's Class
03/22 - OBERLIN, OH @ TBA
03/23 - TOLEDO, OH @ Robinwood Concert House
03/24 - YPSILANTI, MI @ Dreamland Theater
03/26 - CHICAGO, IL @ Viaduct Theater
03/27 - MILWAUKEE, WI @ Borg Ward
03/28 - MINNEAPOLIS, MN @ TBA
03/29 - OMAHA, NE @ The Cave
03/30 - DENVER, CO @ Rhinoceropolis
03/31 - SALT LAKE CITY, UT @ The Urban Lounge
04/02 - SAN FRANCISCO, CA @ Here
04/03 - OAKLAND, CA @ Terminal
Gerritt Wittmer "Portions of Hell" CDr
Join Gerritt as he takes you on an electro-acoustic journey blending electronics, field recordings, acoustic and psychic sounds.
Within some of the most serene settings lies some of the darkest portions of hell.
Limited edition of 100 packaged in full color digipak.
Gerritt & John Wiese "Panoramic Glass and Mirror" LP
From beautiful northern and southern California comes the duo of Gerritt and John Wiese. Since the release of their first EP, The Disappearing Act ("unbearably intense" -The Wire), they have continued their live collaboration up and down the West Coast. Panoramic Glass And Mirror immerses the listener into a blend of sound layers, confronted with a melodic and haunting atmospheric approach while still retaining immense power. Side A was crafted from live recordings by John Wiese, while side B was produced from studio sessions by Daniel Voss (Leviathan, Lurker Of Chalice, Deathroes, Yellow Swans).
Limited edition of 400 clear vinyl, 100 black.
Our Love Will Destroy The World (Campbell Kneale, Birchville Cat Motel, New Zealand)
Gerritt Wittmer & Paul Knowles
Barn Owl
Jesse Jackson (Sissy Spacek)
Friday Jan. 8th @ Bay Area 51, 1667 Jerrold, San Francisco
9pm, $5
23five presents:
Lasse Marhaug
John Wiese
Gerritt Wittmer
February 6th 2010 @ The Lab, 2948 16th St. San Francisco, CA 9pm
Our Love Will Destroy The World (Campbell Kneale, Birchville Cat Motel, New Zealand)
Gerritt Wittmer & Paul Knowles
Barn Owl
Jesse Jackson (Sissy Spacek)
Friday Jan. 8th @ Bay Area 51, 1667 Jerrold, San Francisco
9pm, $5
23five presents:
Lasse Marhaug
John Wiese
Gerritt Wittmer
February 6th 2010 @ The Lab, 2948 16th St. San Francisco, CA 9pm
Just got back from Chicago were I had a great visit. The show was really good. I got to play with and meet some very talented people!
A big thanks to Bloodlust! and Land of Decay for helping put that together!
And speaking of Land of Decay, the tape they released for the show looks and sounds incredible! My copies went really fast, but If you would like to get one, they have a few left. Please contact them at: Land of Decay.
1. Drenched Hands (Locrian remixed by Gerritt Wittmer)
2. Untitled
Edition of 50 in oversized jewelry box with block print by T. Hannum, obi band, 8.5"x14" b&w poster.
Released 09/25/09 at G. Wittmer's show in Chicago, IL at Metal Shaker.
I will be going to Chicago for a few days in September. While I am there I will be playing a show!
Land of Decay and Bloodlust! present:
Gerritt Wittmer, Koufar, Nick Hoffman
plus Slow Electronics "DJ" sets by Jon Cates & Jake Elliott
Friday September 25th, 2009 at Metal Shaker, 3394 North Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago, IL 60641
9pm, $5, 21+
The first 20 paid attendees will receive a limited edition Gerritt Wittmer "Drenched Hands" cassette on Land of Decay!
"Drenched Hands" is Gerritt remixing Locrian's "Drenched Lands" LP!
We have taken quite along break since our Euro tour last year, but now were back, and playing in Los Angeles:
Deathroes, Braden Diotte, Author & Punisher, Clew of Theseus, Martin De Pedro
Thursday, August 13th 2009 @ Compact Space Gallery, 105 E 6th Street, Los Angeles
Also on this road trip Paul and I will be doing some Great Work! for the wonderful people of Los Angeles:
Gerritt Wittmer & Paul Knowles performing "The Great Work!", Braden Diotte, Author & Punisher, R. Jencks, Clew of Theseus
Friday, August 14th 2009 @ Women, Los Angeles
If you live in LA or close, please dont miss these shows!
OK, for sure for sure this time! We WILL be playing the show below at the Lab on the 18th! We will be performing the newest revamped tour version of The Great Work!
Please come out and see it, this will probably be the last time in the bay area!
Paul Knowles and I will be performing a new piece!
This show is a part of the Mission Creek Festival as well as a part of a concert series celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Lab!
Zachary Watkins
Gerritt Wittmer and Paul Knowles
Jim Haynes
The Toilet (Sweden)
DJ Christian Pallin (Sweden)
Collision at the Lab, 2948 16th St., San Francisco
Last week I saw Shellac again at The Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. It was the second night of a 2 nighter and they performed an incredible set list! Nothing like a double header to bring out lots of obscurities and B-Sides. They blow me away everytime! Further proof that they are one of my all time favorite bands! Keep up the good work fellas!
Current Listening:
Pajo "Scream With Me" LP
John Wiese "Circle Snare" CD
Deflag Haemorrhage / Haien Kontra "Luxury" and "Humiliated" CDs
Alright folks! Made it back from Hawaii, transitioning moderatley well. While I was away i managed to record a good amount of sound that Kaua'i had to offer. I am currently working on a new record with said sounds.
Also, in further news, many will be happy to know that Paul Knolwes and I will be continuing our "Great Work!" We have been working on a new piece that acts as a prequel to the original. We will be debuting this sometime in the next month or so in San Francisco. Also, we will be doing a full west coast tour of this show sometime later this summer! We are quite excited about this! Dates will be posted when available.
I am leaving in a few days for Hawaii! I will be celebrating my 30th birthday and recording a new record. I will be spending 2 weeks on the north shore of Kaua'i. I wont be back until early June. I hope to post some pictures upon my return. Wish me luck!
I had a great time at the Bay Area 51 show! Thanks so much to everyone who performed and who helped put it together!
Here are some pictures of Paul and I performing "The Great Work!". Taken by Soretooth Jon.
Thanks to everyone who came out to the Hemlock show. I had a fun time, hope you liked it!
Paul and I are going to do this set again, or maybe a variant of it at an upcoming show:
CARLOS GIFFONI, DAVID SCOTT STONE, GERRITT WITTMER & PAUL KNOWLES, MURDER MURDER, POD BLOTZ, ORHIMA, DJ MIC NASTY
Sat. March 28th @ BAY AREA 51, 1667 Jerrold Ave San Francisco CA 94124, $6, 8PM door / 9PM show
I have an upcoming performance. I am really excited that I will be joined on stage by a friend and peer, Paul Knowles. If all goes well, we will be performing a rough version of a piece we have put together called "The Great Work!".
If you can, please come and see us:
Pink Canoes, Gerritt Wittmer and Paul Knowles, NVH, Cenk Ergun
Wed. March 18th @ The Hemlock Tavern, San Francisco, CA 9pm
Dear enlightened individuals,
I am sorry I have not update this site in so long. I promise to you, from this day forward I will post here as much as I can.
I played a fun show here at Misanthropic Agenda recently. Howard Stelzer, Jim Haynes and myself. I havent done a solo set in years without a computer! Speaking of wich; my old power books logic board was fried in Gothenburg. So I opted to get a new macbook. When it comes to lappys I like them small, so a 13 inch replacement for my old 12 isnt so bad. I hope to be up and running again soon with more solo sets, and more DJ Gerritt sets!
Here are a few pictures of this past show. Many thanks to everyone involved and to Randy Yau for the images!
Just made it back home from the Deathroes tour. It feels SO good to be back! The tour was great and we meet so many great people. Thanks to everyone who came out to support us!
Incase you have been wondering why no updates? During sound check in Gothenburg my laptop died so i did the rest of the tour without it! I will be updating the site with the rest of the tours log entries when possible.
I had a killer salad for lunch at a cafe in Copenhagen. We sold some records to a local store and said goodbye to our friend Christian. On our drive to Gothenburg we took a ferry from Denmark to Sweden. It was really cold and windy and raining, the water just looked huge and faded into a gray horizon. We have arrived at Gothenburg just in time for the remaining jet lag to kick in. Time to sleep.
Day 2 in Copenhagen was fun. I got a chance to spend some time with our host Christian, he is a really great guy. He hooked us up with some records he has released including a Jazkamer LP I never heard of! I finally got some time to catch up on website updates. We went for a nice walk in a cool hippie style squat village called Christiania. It was pretty huge with bulidings that were once part of a military base and lots of houses people had built. We ate a good vegetarian meal in a restuarant in the village. Afterward we did a radio show with Christian for an hour were we played our records and talked about our tour. We are now going to head to Gothenberg to break up the drive to Oslo for our show tomorrow night. (Will be returning to Gothenberg for a show the next day.)
Here are the latest dates for our current Deathroes tour:
Deathroes, Yacopse, Death Token, Dead Instrument, Sewer Election
Saturday, September 20th 2008 @ Lades, Kattesundet 6, Copenhagen, Denmark
Deathroes, Faux Pas (Marhaug/Toft), Fetveit/Willerud
Tuesday, September 23rd 2008 @ Bla, Brenneriveien 9-c, N-0182 Oslo, Norway
Deathroes, Attestupa
Wednesday, September 24th 2008 @ Utmarken, Gothenburg, Sweden
Deathroes + more TBA
Thursday, September 25th 2008 @ Bordet at Skanes Konstforening, Bragegatan 15 / Ystadvagen 22, Malmo, Sweden
Deathroes, Astro, Putrefier, The Digitariat, Tout A Une Fin, Krube, DJ Joke Lanz
Friday September 26th 2008 @ Ausland, Lychener Str 60, Berlin, Germany
Deathroes, Zeek Sheck, Moha, Skullflower, Joe Colley
Wednesday, October 15th 2008 @ Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland
Sum of R, Ilios, Haswell & Hecker, Corrupted w/ Tsurisaki Kiyotaka, Dave Phillips' Insects
Thursday, October 16th 2008 @ Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland
Deathroes, + more
Friday, October 17th 2008 @ TBA, Paris France
Deathroes + more
Saturday, October 18th 2008 @ TBA, Paris, France
Deathroes + more
Sunday, October 19th 2008 @ Helbaard, Den Haag, Netherlands
Deathroes + more
Monday, October 20th 2008 @ OCCII - (Onafhankelijk Cultureel Centrum InnIt), Amstelveenseweg 134, 1075XL Amsterdam, The Netherlands
We played Copenhagen last night. It was a fun show in a rock club/bar venue. A mix of grindcore and noise acts filled out the bill. Three groups either had dead or death in their name, what are we trying to say guys? Everyone was really good. We had some weird power issues with our gear, so we didnt use the smoke, and the lights were really weird and dim, Hopefully it was just the power at the venue to blame and not some weird issue with our power converters etc... Time will tell.
Eveyone here is very friendly, looks like we will stay here another day before heading to Oslo for our next show.
We made it to Berlin!
After 20 hours total of travel, we are here and exhausted. The best flight experiance i have ever had is on Lufthansa Airlines. Seriously, the Germans know how to take care of you. The best flight attendants, working a 12 hour shift, constantly attentive, meals, and yes free drinks constantly!
Unfortunatly our luggage got beat pretty badly, but the gear seems all right.
We went to pick up our Volkswagon Golf to find we actually have a brand new Mercedes waiting for us, looks like were driving in style!
It is nice and overcast here, pretty chilly, time for some hot food and sleep. Tomorrow we drive to Copenhagen for our first show.
I am going to attempt some sort of tour diary here. Deathroes is heading out on our big European tour. We have info up about a good number of shows, but still quite a few are to be announced at: www.deathroes.com
Deathroes, Zeek Sheck, Moha, Skullflower, Joe Colley
Wednesday, October 15th 2008 @ Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland
Sum of R, Ilios, Haswell & Hecker, Corrupted w/ Tsurisaki Kiyotaka, Dave Phillips' Insects
Thursday, October 16th 2008 @ Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland
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