LAURA ORTMAN (WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE)--VIOLIN, APACHE VIOLIN, ELECTRIC GUITAR, PIANO, MAGNUS CHORD ORGAN, VOCALS, CASIO AND SAMPLERS
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THE DUST DIVE FLASH performed SUNDAY, MARCH 29th, 2009! The closing night of the National Museum of the American Indian's NATIVE AMERICAN FILM + VIDEO FESTIVAL in NEW YORK...A LIVE RECORDING OF THIS CONCERT WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON on CASSETTE TAPE...details forthcoming!!! tres tres exciting!!!
The Dust Dive Flash featured:
LAURA ORTMAN (of Stars Like Fleas, Silver Summit, The Coast Orchestra, The Dust Dive) guitar, violin, duet vocals
and guest artists:
ALEX DREWCHIN (of Silver Summit, Alex Drewchin) duet vocals
DREW ST. IVANY (of Psychic Paramount) guitar
RYAN SMITH (of Stars Like Fleas, A Million Billion, Power Player) keyboards, vocals
RYAN SAWYER (of Stars Like Fleas, Glass Rock, Tall Firs, Lone Wolf) drums, vocals
Thanks to Maria Colon of NAICA for the video she took
Sounds Like
OTHER MUSIC (nyc) UPDATE 1/11/2007:
I acquired a self-released version of this album late last year and was pretty bowled over by it. In fact it's probably one of the most evocative things I heard in all of 2006. Unfortunately my copy was like, number 198 out of 200 or something, and I was pretty bummed that we weren't going to be able to turn a bunch more people on to it, but thankfully the good folks over at Brooklyn's Free 103.9 have had the superb sense to finance a limited second pressing, which we have just received. Dust Dive Flash is a spin-off of the great local group the Dust Dive, and is the solo project of member Laura Ortman, a Brooklyn-based artist, classically trained violinist, and member of the White Mountain Apache Nation. Tens of Thousands is her first solo release, and it is uniformly excellent. Her songs are elegiac, with skeletal guitar glacially played, and vocals shrouded in haze. But it's her violin playing that really gives the album its mood and character. She's able to coax an unusual tone from her violin, with ample amounts of glissandi and slurred notes moving her compositions back and forth between the celestial and the terrestrial. Her playing inhabits a really nice space; nestled somewhere between the drone and the fully melodic. It is a distinctly American sound that is seemingly informed with a sense of history both natural and manmade. A map of reference could be the work of people as diverse as Bjorn Olsson, Goldmund, Mazzy Star, or even Jandek. Despite these comparisons Tens of Thousands is a uniquely singular and beautiful experience, and will surely rank as one of the best discoveries of your year as well. [MK]
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many thanks to michael lucio sternbach for taking and making videos from the show on Atlantic Avenue...
Laura Ortman (White Mountain Apache) and Ryan Sawyer performing "SOMEDAY WE'LL BE TOGETHER" and "MISS BROOKLYN" at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco for the 34th Annual American Indian Film Festival Awards Show....Video taken by Lakota Harden!! thanks koty!! xoxoxox
LAURA ORTMAN HAS PERFORMED WITH STARS LIKE FLEAS, THE DUST DIVE, SILVER SUMMIT AND COMPOSES MUSIC FOR FILM AND ART INSTALLATIONS IN THE FORM OF THE DUST DIVE FLASH. IN 2008 SHE FOUNDED THE FIRST ALL-NATIVE AMERICAN ORCHESTRA CALLED THE COAST ORCHESTRA. MEMBERS COME FROM ALASKA, ARIZONA, D.C. AND NEW YORK AND PREMIERED TO SOLD-OUT AUDIENCES AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART IN D.C. AND OPENING NIGHT OF THE MARGARET MEAD FILM FESTIVAL IN NYC. SHE HAS TOURED THE US AND CANADA EXTENSIVELY WITH SILVER SUMMIT AND STARS LIKE FLEAS AND HAS TOURED WESTERN EUROPE WITH THE DUST DIVE, NATIONAL BRAID AND STARS LIKE FLEAS. CLASSICALLY TRAINED ON VIOLIN, SELF-TAUGHT ON GUITAR IN 2006 SHE RECORDED HER FIRST SOLO ALBUM NAMED "TENS OF THOUSANDS" WITH THE LEGENDARY ANALOG SOUND ENGINEER MARTIN BISI.
PROUDLY NEW YORK'S FREE103POINT9 RADIO TRANSMISSION ARTS OF ACRA, NEW YORK HAS INCLUDED THIS ALBUM AS PART OF THEIR ARTIST'S TRANSMISSION DISPATCHES ADO29. IT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE AT THEIR WEBSITE: www.free103point9.org/works/345
LAURA ORTMAN is ALSO A LICENSED HAIRSTYLIST AT NYC's FRINGE SALON (fringeny.com) IN ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE...COME BY FOR A CUT!
LAURA ORTMAN HAS COLLABORATED WITH:
THE COAST ORCHESTRA****
STARS LIKE FLEAS****SILVER SUMMIT****
RYAN SAWYER, DREW ST. IVANY, ALEX DREWCHIN, RYAN SMITH****
ALAN MICHELESON (MOHAWK)****
LORENZO CLAYTON (NAVAJO)****
RAVEN CHACON (NAVAJO)****
KILT****
BLACKHORSE LOWE (NAVAJO)****
TERROL DEW JOHNSON (TOHONO O'ODHAM)****
AMERICAN INDIAN COMMUNITY HOUSE GALLERY****
BEE + FLOWER****
PATRICK MC CARTHY (aka ENOCHKANE)****
TOBY DAMMIT****
IRENE BEDARD (INUPIAT/METIS) AND DENI WILSON****
MARTHA COLBURN AND RYAN SAWYER, GREY GERSTEN, G. LUCAS CRANE,
MICHAEL EVANS, HALEH ABGHARI, JOHN DETERICH, JAD FAIR****
UZI AND ARI****
AMY TALLCHIEF (OSAGE)****
GUEST VIOLIN WITH WOVEN HAND****
RAQUEL CHAPA (LIPAN APACHE/YAQUI/CHEROKEE)****
NATIONAL BRAID****
ALEX DREWCHIN****
ANNABEL WONG (SALT RIVER PIMA)****
A MILLION BILLION****
LATITUDE/LONGITUDE****
JOHN ZORN, IKUE MORI, SYLVIE COURVOSSIER, LANCE GRABMILLER, JON NATCHEZ, SHAYNA DULBURGER, SHANNON FIELDS****
MATT LAVELLE, CATHERINE SIKORA, DAN LEVIN, JASON KWANG, SHELLEY BURGON****
TIANNA KENNEDY + HANNAH MARCUS****
SHAWN BOSLER + JUDE WEBRE****
MALIA JENSEN****
THIS FRONTIER NEEDS HEROES****
LUXTON LAKE****
MATOU****
OUT LIKE LAMBS****
JENNIFER CHIN****
TIM HAYS (HO CHUNK)****
THE DUST DIVE FLASH HAS PERFORMED AT:
THE BLACK AND WHITE GALLERY, BROOKLYN / FREE103POINT9'S CAMPFIRE SOUNDS, ACRA, NEW YORK / IMAGINENATIVE FILM AND MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL, TORONTO, CANADA / NATIVE CINEMA SHOWCASE, SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO / GARY FARMERS' VFW NIGHTS AT INDIAN MARKET, SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO / THE STONE, NYC/ THE UNITED NATIONS PLAZA. THE DUST DIVE FLASH PERFORMED THE CLOSING NIGHT OF THE SMITHSONIAN'S NATIVE AMERICAN FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL MARCH 29TH IN NEW YORK AND THE 34TH AMERICAN INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL AT THE PALACE OF FINE ARTS IN SAN FRANCISCO IN NOVEMBER 2009.
STARS LIKE FLEAS was: Montgomery Knott, Shannon Fields, Ryan Sawyer, Shelley Burgon, Laura Ortman, Ryan Smith, Matt Lavelle and Jon Natchez...A silent video of STARS LIKE FLEAS at MoMA, June 8, 2009:
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and a SILVER SUMMIT video from Union Pool, September 2009
SILVER SUMMIT is: Sondra Sun-Odeon, David Shawn Bosler, Alex Drewchin, Laura Ortman, Jude Webre and Chris Carlone
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Alex
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Hahaha! Whitehorse and home are synonymous I think so either one counts. Sounds like it was a pretty cool event. I need to get my butt in gear and start doing some performances so I can get invited to do cool shows.
I can't believe youre still up , its almost mornining there ennet? I heard its storming your way, her its great sunsets, and flip flop weather. all is well give your selves a big hug. San Carlos was a blast!
