FUN – Three Year Anniversary Performance with McCord
FUN with McCord
@ Padlock Gallery / Z Radio – Philadelphia, PA
FUN & Head Molt “Halftone Mud” collaboration CS 20
| Label | 905 Tapes |
| Catalog # | 905.153 |
| Format | CS-20 |
| Country | USA |
| Released | June 3rd, 2011 |
| Credits | Jonny Wray |
| Mat Rademan | |
| Gary Stevens | |
| Recorded October 30, 2010 @ Cat Mansion – Richmond, VA | |
| Edition of | 48 |
| Packaging / Insert |
full color insert & b&w j card on colored paper |
| packaged in clear bottom nerelco hard box | |
“about to get way conceptual with you on this one. okay, so what we have here is a collaboration between three gentlemen: breathminstrel Mat Rademan, z radiologist Jonny Wray (the fun duo), and head molter Gary Stevens. on mischief night 2010 they laid down some material at Cat Mansion in Richmond, Virginia. then, each dude fashioned the session into four unique mixes. that’s three perspectives, four jams per perspective. so 12 tracks in total, but basically one track, ya know? each manipulation takes up one side of a tape and no tape is the same. so if your version has the mixes “perspective 3, mix 2″ and “perspective 1, mix 3″, then that combo aint showing up on any other copy of halftone mud. two tracks by the same perspective do not show up on any tapes and every possible combination was used. word?“ – Mike Haley, 905 tapes
“Hive / Cave” Exhibition Opening Reception
with performances by:
FUN
Jordan Graw
Cave Bears
Four-Gone Conclusion
@ Pageant Soloveev – Philadelphia, PA
Avant Fairfax 2011
Caves Caverns
Kohoutek
Black Twig Pickers
Michael Chapman
500mg
Mutwawa
Human Adult Band
FUN
Frankzig
Drums Like Machine Guns
Ca$h $lave Clique
Nathan Bowles & Scott Verrastro
@ Fairfax Old Town Hall
Fairfax, VA
“Two guys walked around the audience making wailing sounds like whining hedgehogs with the occasional exploding sound. Before they came to the front and uncloaked, I figured out that one of the sounds was balloons popping. Then, it became clear that all sounds were and would be balloon related. The two masked men proceeded to blow up balloons, pop them, release the air through pinched stems, use a helium tank, and then some. They stuffed balloons under their cloaks and did a few sumo moves to pop some more. I am not sure I can make this sound as good as it was. Ludicrous? Of course, but the humor was good and quite honestly, I thought the sounds created were better than many of the noise bands I am exposed to. Ultimately, this act lived up to its name.” – David Hintz, DC Rock Live
FUN – Live Performance #46
FUN
Abiku
Unicorn Hard-On
Malocchio
Creepy Shits
Ryan Norris
@ Betty’s – Nashville, TN
FUN – Theatre Intangible Artist Showcase
Philadelphia noise band FUN (Mat Rademan & Jonny Wray) team up with local circuit-guru Derek Schartung (Malocchio) for two very different improvs. On the first, FUN plays hydrophones submerged in water, contact mics, grunts, groans, and several timbres impossible to chart. Derek plays saxophone, balloon, and more. On the second improv, local artists Eamon Tewell and Ren join the three, each armed with an AM/FM radio.
- Tony Youngblood
FUN – Theatre Intangible Artist Showcase
Further reading:
- E056 FUN Artist Showcase 03/26/11
- Theatre Intangible FUN Artist Showcase
- Subscribe to Theatre Intangible via iTunes
Songs From A Door
Label: Unread
Format: Cassette, Compilation
Catalog #: #108
Country: US
Released: Feb 2011
Tracklist
A1 Metal Tech – Door Solo / Solo Door
A2 Sam Locke-Ward – Spinning Wicked Records
A3 Caleb Fraid – As One Door Closes, Another One Shuts
A4 Eloine –Hollowcore
A5 Whitman – Ever Since You Left
A6 FUN – Song From A Door
B1 Crank Sturgeon – A Door Ador
B2 Church Of Gravitron – …. ..
B3 Ed Gray – Porched In
B4 L. Eugene Methe – Close Another Door
B5 Dennis Callaci – An Awful Lie
B6 Manhorse 3 The Meatbag – C’mon In
Artwork By – C. Fischer, C. Sturgeon
a collection of exclusive songs from those brave enough to take on the concept of recording a song, utilizing only a door (or doors) as instrumentation. what we receive is an excellent group of songs & sounds reaching from the up-close to the outermost. in the running…true high arts.
FUN – My Castle of Quiet session remixes
Inasmuch as they bring the spirit of lighthearted enjoyment to their renderings in the avant-garde, the members of FUN are not jokers, nor are they schlemiels or shlamazels. Exhibit B in this particular case, these remixes of source material from their original My Castle of Quiet session of 15th December, 2010. I thought immediately that this was a great idea, and I wish I’d thought of it myself, but no, ’twas the FUN boys and a few of their colleagues in the noise universe that rendered these re-imaginings, which, depending on one’s perspective and/or mood of the moment, can prove more entertaining even than the original sets themselves.
Think of FUN as an urban-American brothers Rupenus, where everything—especially one’s own work—becomes cut-up fodder to be dealt with accordingly. And, in the spirit of the remix (as we all originally became acquainted with that term and process), several of these tracks have a beat, and goddamn if you can’t dance to it.
For example, “Untitled (Unicorn Hard-on Remix)” is a glorious recall of NDW pop rhythms, while “We Gonna Fun You (Ironing remix)” is dancehall with a peg-leg. “Untitled (Tom Smith remix),” starting at about the 9-minute mark, is straight-up house music, metallurgist-style, the beat supplied by a harnessed and regimented fragment of tonal buzz. So, for those of you who “hate noise” (and are still reading this post), these FUN remixes may be just the thing to bridge your gap.
The other tracks cover perhaps more expected territory, but are no less engaging, and more than foot the bill of being revisitations of the original source session. Being able to ponder such a wealth of alternate camera angles upon one’s own creations gives away that FUN are indeed having fun, but not merely fun—there’s real artistry at work here.
- Wm. M. Berger
- FUN >>> My Castle of Quiet session remixes
- FUN My Castle of Quiet session remixes @ the Free Music Archive
The Rat Bastard Experience
Fire Museum and Clavius Productions present:
The Rat Bastard Experience
(Rat Bastard/Weasel Walter/Nondor Nevai/Marc Edwards)
Bubonik Stupefaktion
(Rat Bastard/Weasel Walter/Nondor Nevai)
Curanderos
(Bardo Pond/Kohoutek improv collab)
+ FUN DJs
spinning before, between, and afterwards!
@ Highwire Gallery
Philadelphia, PA
FUN on My Castle of Quiet
On December 15th 2010, FUN recorded an instudio performance @ WFMU, & broadcast on Wm. Berger presents My Castle of Quiet program.
There’s an old dirty joke that ends, “there’s two nuts downstairs, trying to push an organ in.” Who knew those “nuts” would turn out to be Mat and Jonny of FUN? Not I.
FUN (joined for their first set of two by their friend Kevin) make their home at Breathmint Records, based out of Philadelphia, PA. The duo approach “non-music” with an inventive enthusiasm, never seeming to do the same thing twice. It wouldn’t be unfair to say that the sonic result of their efforts comes down somewhere between The New Blockaders, Albrecht D., Marcel Duchamp and Alvaro. I have records in my collection that are comparable to FUN in terms of sonic invention, but where these guys just DO IT, those old records carry high-falootin’ imprints, and elaborate notations and theses as to the “why.”
Mat and Jonny, sometimes awash in a larger ensemble, most often wear their trademark, tight-fitting, contact-mic’d rubber gas masks, which provide an intimidating visual dissociation for the listener/audience, and likely supply the musicians with the release of anonymity (and discomfort) to get further lost in their sound and performances.
- Wm. M. Berger
Wm. presents two, unique sets by FUN prepared especially for this broadcast.
Listen to the full show: MP3 – 128K | 
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Further reading:
- Playlist for Wm. Berger presents My Castle of Quiet – December 24, 2010
- My Castle of Quiet Blog
- Tonkomposition von Philadelphia; FUN on My Castle of Quiet
FUN “Go! America!” performance series #2: Pennsylvania
FUN continues their long journey across the U.S.A. One state, one show, once a year on the day they ratified the constitution & joined the United States. This will be the second of the 50.
with special guests:
New Singularity
Wether
@ Padlock Gallery / Z Radio – Philadelphia, PA
MT6 Fest 2010
MT6 Fest 2010
Human Host
IED-IUD
Jason Willett Experience
Dinner Music and The Ruined Frame
Cosmic Warlords
NARC
Bad Liquor Pond
Kreace Peeps
CAVEMEN
Krestarians
Creepy Murdle
Expanding Man
Mongoloidian Glow
FUN
Pat Grant
Needlegun
Chief Pokawa
Rosemary Krust
Dim Dusk Moving Dawn
Forest Dwellers
Caleb Johnston
Spermwhales
@ Hexagon – Baltimore, MD
Cheap Fest II
Rat Ward presents:
Cheap Fest II
Head Molt
Drums Like Machine Guns
FUN
tinnitustimulus
Twilight Memories of the Three Suns
Floodbeast
Positivland
Diamond Black Hearted Boy
Glassslipper
David Marie-Garland
Raw Moans
Caustic Castle
Trass
King Clops
Giant Sub-Aquatic Life Form
Happy Scrappy: Hero Pup
Retarded Genius
@ Strange Matter
Richmond, Virginia
Listen or Download VBR MP3s taped/mixed on 4 track & uploaded by Custer Flux
Head Molt
Drums Like Machine Guns
FUN
tinnitustimulus
Twilight Memories of the Three Suns
Floodbeast
Positivland
Diamond Black Hearted Boy
Glassslipper
David Marie-Garland
Raw Moans
Caustic Castle
Trass
King Clops
Giant Sub-Aquatic Life Form
Happy Scrappy: Hero Pup
Retarded Genius
also available for free download at the Internet Archive as Ogg Vorbis, Flac, & other types of audio files.
Micro-Show #10: Miami
Roofless records presents:
Micro-show #10: Miami
Rat Bastard
FUN
Cherry Impact
Teepee
Lesson Lesson Lessen Relearn
Passion
Chrome Dick
Self & Other
Dim Past
This Heart Electric
Xela Zaid
Theda G. Redd
Nag’s Head
Treesa
15 bands in 15 minutes
the end/spring break @ Little River Yacht Club
Miami, FL
more info:
- A Comprehensive 14-Video Recap of Roofless Records and the End’s Miami Micro-Show – Miami New Times
- Bleeding Palm Photo set
Micro-Show #6: Delaware
Vales
Cave
Sacajaweeda
Totem Mold Growth
FUN
@ 905 Tunnel
Wilmington, DE
Noon – 12:08pm
BLOODFEST 2009
Haves & Thirds
Form A Log
God Willing
Skeleton Warrior
Russian Tsarlag
Jeff Zagers
FUN
Union Camp
Oubliette
Dee Yay
Parts And Pieces Of Past Ticiples
CrAow
Then And Than
Preaux Breaux Geauxld
S2K
Ant Parade
What The Fuck?
S.H.V.
Lesson Lesson Lessen Relearn
The Uh…
Slavescene
Body Rot
Boulders
Pro Bro Gold
Mr.Transylvania
Fuji
Bright Orange
Pserpent
Small Pox
Outmode
Robot Ceremony
No Compassion
Double Dragon
@ secret locations all around Tampa, FL
Random Gear Festival 2009 (w/ pig & pizza roast)
each band/performer will randomly select a pre-assembled list of instruments (both musical & not) and then perform applying improvisational skills with those items.
potentially mind blowing / sad / genre defying performances from:
Mildew
Dinner Music
Twilight Memories Of The Three Suns
Rat Bastard + God Willing
Embarker
Valerie Martino + Brian Morseberger
Social Junk
Justin Waters & friends
Work/Death
Burak + Oubliette
FUN
Dick Neff
Savage Relatives
Outmode
Haves & Thirds
Paid in Puke & (LN)
Drug Czar
Live at Hazzard Street - Philadelphia, PA
Pig is custom butchered and de-boned. It is then stuffed with boneless pork roasts and slowly smoked to perfection by Smoke’n Dudes BBQ
Pizza by Junk Pizza
video
The Future Is A Video Zine #1
| Label | TFIAMEDKFH |
| Catalog # | 1 |
| Format | DVDr |
| Country | USA |
| Released | February 10th, 2009 |
| Credits | Hell Distort FUN Halfs & Thirds Interviews Puppet Show and Much more! |
| Edition of | ? |
| Packaging / Insert | b&w artwork |
| packaged in paper folded & stapled to make sleeve | |
Program Running Time: (13:00)
DESTROY ALL TAMPA
FUN
Haves & Thirds
God Willing
Unicorn Hard-On
Dick Neff
Ant Parade
Taffeta Catheter
Then And Than
S2K
@ The Branch Ranch Pervert Pit – Tampa, FL
FUN – Live Performance #2
Sendhelp & ZRadio showacse part of Marvelous! music 5 year anniversary festival with:
suicide magnets
band of hate
misty roy
FUN
@ The Marvelous! – Philadelphia, PA
