Collected Animals

DUBLAB Presents:
TONALISM at 356 Mission

Saturday, December 12, 2015
6 PM - 6 AM
Free (donations are welcomed)
356 S. Mission Rd. LA, CA 90033

Join dublab and 356 Mission for Tonalism, dublab’s annual all-night ambient happening. Inspired by La Monte Young's "Dream House" as well as the work of musicians and composers such as Terry Riley, Yoko Ono and John Cage. Tonalism combines sound and visual elements to create an experience that audiences can enjoy over an extended period of time. Live musicians, DJs and video artists play and perform throughout the night; starting at sunset and ending at sunrise. Complimentary tea and water are provided to all who attend.

Audience members are encouraged to bring pillows, cushions, bean bags and sleeping bags to lay down and enjoy twelve hours of live performances and DJ sets, along with video projections, in a six-speaker surround sound setting. Attendees can also bring their own refreshments, light food and beverages.

Line Up & Schedule
6pm: Klang Association feat. Anna Homler (Breadwoman), Jorge Martin, Jeff Schwartz
7pm: sodapop
8pm: Hoseh
9pm: Miles Cooper Seaton & Heather McIntosh (Akron Family)
10pm: Drip City (Bjorn and Aaron from Black Dice)
11pm: Avey Tare (Animal Collective)
12am: Geologist (Animal Collective)
1am: Deakin (Animal Collective)
2am: Brian Degraw (Gang Gang Dance)
3am: $3.33
4am: Angela Seo (Xiu Xiu)
5am: George Jensen

Projections & Video Art:
6pm: Carole Kim
12am: Alex Pelly

Thank you Bedrock LA for sponsoring this event!!!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1517733718552653/

this is all stuff i studied hardcore in school so i'm very interested... this could also be bad tho ppl tend to try too hard with this stuff. hopefully it's just chill.

La Monte's my dooood, man. This sounds awesome.

What if it's a trio of ambient sets from the boys?

^literally would give all my money to hear

^ this guy

Tonalism has always been my favorite dub lab event

see ya there sam/said

fuck yes. do we have to do anything besides RSVP to the fb event?

Our highlight will be chillin with u Alex <3

Yeah, if you're actually coming let's grab a beer beforehand or drink at our place! Will PM you

ugh so jealous
wish i could teleport to this

Seems to be more or less confirmed by the band / the Deak that they'll be performing solo sets and not DJing, psyched!

tfw in peru

Seems to be more or less confirmed by the band / the Deak that they'll be performing solo sets and not DJing, psyched!

whoa where did you see this???

From AC / FB:


From THE DEAK:

HOLY SHIT, HOLY SHIT, HOLY SHIT. I am totally driving down from Seattle for this, I have always dreamed about listening to a live set while laying on the ground with blanket and pillows- this lineup is unreal. I'm super bummed The Echo show on Sunday is sold out, would be a shame to miss that after driving all that way.

can somebody please record this ?

PLEASE DEAR GOD IS SOMEONE GOING TO RECORD THIS!?!?!?!?

I will do a phone recording, hope my battery lasts 3 hours. Currently here and it is super chill except they ran out of hot water and I can't take advantage of the free tea they have out.

Ugh, was so excited to go to this but it ended up being a rough day. Let us know how it is!

that was the best
dave & brian on modularssssssss
so fkn dreamy
sad to say though:
where's deaks?

dublab friends said he got sick
:..(

got to talk to brian degraw, super nice & humble guy

our friends over at reddit said conrad deacon killed it....i need a boot a$ap

Poor deak

Sweet show... Really dug Avey and Black Dice's sets. Geo was VERY ambient droney. But around this time ppl partying near me were loud as hell. Most brought their own booze and set up camp for the night. Avey (and Drip City before) was a kind of dark(ish), very trippy ambient set.
Sweet visuals on the rafters all night.
Deak was a no show.(surprise!)Brian Degraw covered for him and killed it though, ..with an ambient DJ set. He flipped FSOL "Cascade" in a really awesome way. I think a lot of ppl thought this was Deakin dropping some original music ... lol

hmm ... poor Deakin ...

really hope someone recorded this

Yeah, weird. The reddit post has a lot of people saying that Deakin knocked it out of the park. Some kind of inside joke? Or was the stage dark/not visible for a lot of people?

It was super dim at times and lots of people in a large space. Maybe people mistook Brian Degraw for Josh? I had to bounce early but recorded 5 min of Avey's set. I was right by a speaker so it might have been too much for my phone to pick up but if it turns out to be listenable I'll see if I can post it tomorrow sometime.

Just heard from Josh that he didn't make it out to LA this trip, sadly won't be at the DJ set tonight either.

this was one of the coolest events I've been to in LA except everyone was being so fucking loud and rude. I go to events and booze - I get it, but why would you talk so loudly during a fucking experimental ambient set. especially when people around you are clearly trying to have a meditative listening experience. I ate a little mushrooms as well so my senses were hyper aware. fortunately I was there for all of the Black Dice, Avey, and 75% of Geo's set and all three were pretty astounding.

yeah i agree w/ mbillz
literally up until drip city people were being hyper respectful and quiet
i actually got kind of overwhelmed w/ emotion during akron family's set (which was a complete shock to me as i've never been really into them)
frumpkin is right too
heard a fuckton of people talk about BDG like he was Josh
so many people thought this actually, it was really annoying to have to listen to and also see a mob of people standing watching him DJ instead of sitting or lying down because they wanted front row for Deaks
but yeah, by the time geo was on it was pretty fucking loud in terms of voice chatter in the space
which sucked because geo was pretty quiet dropping all that rumble & squelch

I was telling Float On Sputnik last week that I was kinda bummed AC is blowing up the spot for Tonalism. It's supposed to be a metaphysical and meditative experience, not a party.

Bummed I couldn't make it, but also bummed that people got loud and rowdy :^/

@curved
really sucks because people just had preconcieved notions about what to expect from AC dudes and were not prepared for the sets they had prepared... AC dudes came correct for the night, just a lot of people did not

yeah, my assumption for LA was that the word of mouth would simply be
"ANIMAL COLLECTIVE IS PLAYING A WAREHOUSE SHOW."

deakin is by far the biggest cock tease in the history of music.

whoa nobody around me was loud? i was also by one of the speakers so it was kinda rough to talk out loud

i fell asleep tho it was v comfy

YES

that's what I want to hear

Falling asleep while at a live Animal Collective set is something I never thought I'd wish to do

don't get me wrong y'all
wasn't like the event was ruined or anything
people were just loud during avey, geo, & some of brian
before them, it was quiet as a church in there
after them, not as quiet as a church but definitely quiet enough that i napped during the girl from xiu xiu's set

Being from Seattle, I've always had an intrinsic bias against LA but after an event like Tonalism I really can't hate on the place. Miles Cooper-Seaton and Heather McIntosh put on a very moving and special performance, by far the most unique of the night. Brian DeGraw is a fucking wizard, a master of transitions. geologist rode the same wave the entire duration of his set which was pretty impressive. The first 20 minutes of Avey's set truly felt like a dream/nightmare- he used some kind of effect on these recorded sample of voices that was eerily similar to the way voices sound in dreams. There were visual artists creating live illustrations which were being projected on the floor and lots of trippy animations on the four walls. We were on the periphery near the artists and speakers which helped reduce the chatter, we made a nest of blankets and pillows and enjoyed the sights and sounds from the comfort of our cuddle puddle. Such a wonderful experience.