Ball of Wax: Volume 11. It’s all about Harry Candy…

Levi Fuller, creator of Ball of Wax Audio Quarterly, is putting out Volume 11! It’s very special and somewhat complicated, so I believe it requires some explanation.

For Ball of Wax Volume 11 (Winter 2008), the Seattle Beep Repaired Collective, Levi, and some other friends* did a pretty cool thing - based on a musical game called Harry Candy invented by some of the Beeps - where 30-odd folks met up in the morning of November 17th, split into random groups (the only rule being that no one who was actually in a band together could collaborate), and each group wrote and recorded a song all in one day. In addition, an affiliated group from New York put together their own piece on November 25th. The resulting collection is incredibly diverse, with the songs ranging from spastic noise experiments to country-rock to glitchy electro pop to lo-fi bedroom rock and more . . . sometimes all within one song. This collection will be Ball of Wax Volume 11, which will be a fund raiser for Hollow Earth Radio.

Here are some of the songs to listen to:

1. Motorcycles in the Rain - Motorcycles
2. Free Reed Aerophone - Punjabi
3. The Silent En-yay - The Medicine/Red Line of Flight

There’s always have a big release show for each volume, and for this one our plan is to do two shows: one with all of the made-up bands playing their made-up songs (and maybe making up some more songs for everyone’s enjoyment); and one with sets from some of the bands whose members were involved. Both will be Hollow Earth benefits:

Thursday, February 28th: Ball of Wax 11 at the Sunset Tavern, 5433 Ballard Ave. NW
w/Webelos; Beast, Please Be Still; Corespondents; The Luna Moth; Snowman Plan; Seth Howard; Sweet Potatoes; Mike Dumovich; and Virgin of the Birds
$6 / 21+ / 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, March 2nd: Ball of Wax 11 Harry Candy reunion at Healthy Times Fun Club (contact for address)
w/Dental Dude Donkey, Daughters of Darkness, Purple Ether Molasses, The Silent En-yay, The Heatlamps, Beach Carnival, The Sunday Toppings, Motorcycles in the Rain, Knowledge Masters, The Gweducs, Free Reed Aerophone
$6 suggested donation / all ages / 7:00 p.m.

All proceeds from these shows will go to Hollow Earth Radio, and anyone that comes gets a copy of the mind-boggling Ball of Wax Volume 11. Come to one or both!

P.S. You can purchase this album for a sweet deal of only $4 at www.ballofwax.org

*Johanna Kunin, Mike Dumovich, Bill Patton, Seth Howard, and members of Webelos, Lake of Falcons, Beast, Please Be Still, Corespondents, Joy Wants Eternity, Library Science, Cock & Swan, The Luna Moth, The Curious Mystery, Moraine, Twizzle, Snowman Plan, Sweet Potatoes, Virgin of the Birds, Unlearn, Hecka Ar, The Graze, Rosyvelt