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NEWS 2012
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Jan 2012
the new year is upon us. Instagon turns 19 this year and will begin our 20 year of chaos in February!
there are great shows in the works, and new releass too. Instagon has a cut on the new 23 Seconds ov Time Volume 4, that will be released this month. There is also plans for a 7" RECORD to happen sometime this year on the LOVE EARTH MUSIC label. There is a CD planned for Auricular Records that was supposed to happen last year.. but we all (Us & Them) slacked hard on it.. so it will probably be the next new release down the pike. Currently our FACEBOOK PROFILE is the best source for the most updated info and show news. We are sorta looking for someone that would be intersted in helping the Deamon with its online activity.. updated pages..social networking.. that sorta thing.. if you are intrested, make contact with Lob. Beyond that stay tuned and pay attention.. show #600 is just around the corner, and our 20th year is here. Thanks for coming along on this ride.

11/06
Instagon will appear next week in San Francisco,CA for the IAMINDUST FESTIVAL. A 3 day experimental music happening. Also appearing at this event at CHROME, ILLUSION OF SAFETY, NUX VOMICA, NIGHT @ NOON, RUBBER O CEMENT, NOISEPSALM, THOMAS DEIMUZIO, and many others..details can be found at www.iamindust.com

NEW! split with Transhumans on Paper Cuts Records now available features a full live show recorded at The Hub in Sacramento,CA in 2010. Also a new compilation is due out soon from Paper Cuts that will features an exclusive live version of "The Litte Turtle".

the new 23 Seconds ov Time collection from AIN23 features a spoken word segment of an Instagon on air performance from 1994 on KUCI , Irvine,CA that includes Charles Ardinger, Opus23, ChirsTM, Lob, & Rev. Andy Warthog. Also Lob has a solo track on this collection . available here as download. Limited edition of 100 made CD copies also available with exclusive mixes. for that ...you should click here

also another compilation from AIN23 has been released called OPEN CIRCUIT TRANSMISSION 2011 and features an exclusive STUDIO recording done at KDVS, Davis,CA in Dec. 2010.

also.. lastly.. last month Instagon played its 15th appearance at NORCAL NOISEFEST.. that same weekend.. Instagon was honored by the Sacramento Area Music Awards (SAMMIES) and the News & Review newspaper by being inducted into the SAMMIES HALL OF FAME. They gave us a cute little robot award statue....we are grateful and humbled..

new things happen all the time.. join THEE INSTAGON FOUNDAION open group community at facebook.. or follow us on twitter.

8/10
a new full length new CD from INSTAGON titled "Pink Eye" has been released from Placenta Records in Michigan. This disc contains material from 2011, 2007, & 1998 collected to present a great album of Noise AND Band material. This CD is wicked. (more details can be found on earlier news posts)
this CD is now available here: http://placentarecordings.blogspot.com/2011/08/new-releases-from-venta-protesix.html

8/9
Instagon has opened up the archive and has begun to upload shows to a collections page for live music at archives.org. a few select shows have been posted already, and others have posted thier recordings as well. Instagon ALWAYS allows taping and sharing of live shows. Many more recordings will be coming, the floodgates have been opened. follow this link http://www.archive.org/details/Instagon
We asked our facebook fans for what they wanted to be posted first.. and the first responders were:
1. April 30, 2011 @ Poo Frog Ranch, Clipper Mills,CA - session 568 (requested by Matt Conklin)
2. March 25, 1995 @ Club Sin-A-Matic, Hollywood,CA - session 76 (requested by Sharon 444)
3. May 2, 2997 @ Impala Cafe, Los Angeles,CA - session 141 (requested by Dr.Oblivious)
these shows are now available for streaming & download.

A smokin' version of "Deamon's Tube" by Instagon appears on the new compilation ALTERED STATE OF MIND 2011. This recording is from session #521. This collection is now available for streaming and download.

7/29
there is a short article on Instagon in this weeks Sacramento News & Review publication regarding the appearance sheduled for next week at Lunas Cafe

INSTAGON has launched an official SOUNDCLOUD page.. and you can find recent live droppings there...there is a button posted above to reach it. . we are also in the process of opening a collection page for live shows thru ETREE & ARCHIVE.ORG and have plans to upload full shows for free download from the 18 year Instagon archives. .. any suggestions for particular shows are welcomed.

Instagon will appear at this years NORCAL NOISEFEST in Sacramento, CA on Saturday, Oct 2nd. No announcement as to the "type" of Instagon set this will be has been announed as of yet.. stay tuned for this

a 23 Second piece clipped from a spoken word performance by Instagon recorded on KUCI, Irvine,CA in 1994 (session #36) will be included in the new 3rd volume of the on going series by AIN23 called 23 Seconds ov Time .. the collage will be released for download in late August. Lob will also have a spoken word piece of his own on this project.

yet another new full length CD from Instagon will be released this summer from PLACENTA RECORDINGS out of Michigan.. the release will be called "PINK EYE", it has cover art by Lob and will be comprised of a collection of live recordings from 2011, 2007, & 1998!. This release features memebers of ACTUARY, PUNK AS A DOORNAIL, GARAGE JAZZ ARCHITECTS, OVERDOSE THE KATATONIC, SUNKEN LANDSCAPES, PHOG MASHEEEN, (WANING), UEM, MORGANS ORANGE, & PROFESSOR SONIC. This collection is leaning harder on the NOISE side of the spectrum for Instagon.

A new split CD release from PAPER CUTS RECORDINGS is forth coming from Instagon & the Transhumans from Ventura,CA. This release will feature a full show recording of session #545 from August 2010 in Sacramento. This release features members of BLACK HOLES,WHAT?, & NIGHT MARCHERS, its a power trio.. it rocks pretty hard.. the cover for the Instagon side is a photo taken by Lob in midtown Sacramento.

Lob has added more poetry readings of "Scary City" to the SHOWS listings.

6/16
2 summer shows have been added for Old Sacramento at Vega's Nightclub. SEE SHOWS

6/13
a summer show has been added for the NEBRASKA MONDAYS series at Luna's Cafe in Sacramento for Aug. 1. This show will be a live band appearance.
2 poetry readings have been confirmed by Lob in support of "Scary City" ..both are in Sacramento,CA
SEE SHOWS

6/1
"SCARY CITY" is now available.

8 new tracks of noise and sound art from INSTAGON recorded live at various venues between 2008 & 2010.
includes a new chapbook of original poetry by Lob. His first new chapbook of poems since 1999, each are hand
numbed. Copies ordered directly from TIF are also signed.
This is a limited release, only 100 copies are avaialble.
Cover art is by Southern California artist Sean Campeau

Players include members of +DOG+, SWIMS, VERNIAN PROCESS, WANING, AUDIOEMETIC, DUNTCH, GARAGE JAZZ ARCHITECTS, MEDICINE CABINET, VANKMEN, 14FT.CL., INK ON SUIT, & AIN23

5/7
At last nights show Lob announced that next week's session at the In The Flow Festival in Sacramento, CA might be the last "jam band" session for awhile as Instagon...there are a few NOISE/mixer sessions planned and scheduled in upcoming months,.but Instagon is going to be slowing down its pace dramatically..

The June noise session mentioned below has been relocated to Luna's Cafe in Sacramento.. see SHOWS for details

"Thee Speed ov Infection" the 3rd CD in the 520 Session's trilogy is now available at live shows and by direct contact only.. a wider and more available release is planned for sometime this year.. but no actual date is on the calendar. This CD is a FULL LENGTH STUDIO RECORDING featuring some old and some newer songs that had not yet been recording in a proper studio session ..including Joyride, Thruster, & The Sickness..plus many others. These recordings were done during the same session that produced the SLEEPWALKING CD and the ECHOPHOBIC CDep

4/27
SHOWS CANCELED. The HUB in Sacramento,CA was recently shut down, and the show in May that was previously announced as happening there has been cancelled .. and the show that was planned there for June is looking for a new home... and may be cancelled.. more news as is happens.

Instagon will headline the Saturday night line up at the POO FROG RANCH MAYDAY FUNDRAISER this weekend.
Garage Jazz Architects will play both days as well.

The 23 SECONDS OF TIME VOL. 2 - CD release is now available from AIN23 - this release is limited to 123 copies only
click here for details

"THEE SLOTH"(Tribal Visitation) is a new track from Instagon that was recorded at Naked Lounge last month, session 560.
this track appears exclusively on the ACEDIA collection released this week as part of the 7 Deadly Sins project by Shattenspeil Recordings
this is a FREE DOWNLOAD and features 27 other artists from around the world.

BOOGIE FOR LIZ - is also from the same session above (560) and was released to honor the passing of Elizabeth Taylor.
this track is available for free download too.. from the Instagon Bandcamp Page

4/1
INSTAGON CALIFORNIA/SACTO TOUR DATES FOR SPRING 2011
April
7 - Old Ironsides, Sacramento
15 - Blue Cafe, Long Beach
16 - Wonder Valley Exp. Music Festival, 29 Palms
23 - Callisons, Sacramento
28 - Disco Volante, Oakland
30 - Poo Frog Ranch Music Fling, Clipper Mills
May
6 - Naked Lounge, Sacramento
15 - In The Flow Festival, Sacramento
16 - The Hub, Sacramento

see SHOWS

3/23
Instagon & Garage Jazz Architects will both appear April 30th in Clipper Mills, CA at a music happening being thrown on a privately owned 90 acre ranch
called POO FROG RANCH.. there will be vending, camping, and music.. they are asking for donations.. if you want to go.. look up the Poo Frog Ranch on
facehook.. or make contact with Lob and ask about it.. Instagon will close the night out with a superjam featuring members from other bands that are playing.

3/3
An exclusive 1 second track titled "segment558:sample" will appear on the new Floppy Disc Compilation project being done by Toxic Indusctries from Russia.
details can be found here

3/1
The previously announced HUNTINGTON BEACH SHOW scheduled for 4/15 has been MOVED to LONG BEACH.
Still at the BLUE CAFE, but now at the LONG BEACH location.. the HB spot is moving and will be closed in April.. oh well.

INSTAGON has been confirmed to appear once again at this years IN THE FLOW Festival in Sacramento. .. The dates for this festival are May 12-16
scheduled spot and time for Instagon's set has yet to be determined.

new shows are added all the time.. always check the SHOWS listings

INSTAGON has an exclusive track called "Hidden" that appears on the volume 2 edition of 23 Seconds ov Time .. released by AIN23.
Free download of the new mp3 cut-up collage is now available. Pre-Orders for the limited edtion 2CD set are now being accepted.
INSTAGON also appears on Volume 1 of this project.. there are very few copies of the limited CD remaing according to Thee Network.

"SCARY CITY" by INSTAGON will be released within the near future on LOVE EARTH MUSIC.
This release will be a limited edition CD of 100 copies, in a dvd case with a hand-printed numbered book of original poetry by Lob to correspond with the tracks on the CD. This release is being done as a TIF/LEM JOINT RELEASE and we are both very happy about the collaborations.. more plans for neat packages and fun releases from Instagon are in the works for this year.

INSTAGON has spounted offspring... if you are not aware.. Lob now also is part of a trio called GARAGE JAZZ ARCHITECTS who have a new demo out called BLUEPRINT
also the ensemble that appeared in January as Instagon session #555.. have been asked to appear AGAIN.. this 2nd appearance is being called " The Triple Nickel " and will happen on April 7, at Old Ironsides in Sacramento, CA

2/3
more shows have been added see UPCOMING SHOWS

2/2
in honor of Instagon's 18th Birthday TODAY, all releases at Bandcamp are now FREE! enjoy!!

1-28
INSTAGON will play 2 shows in Southern California in April 2011.
4-15 - Blue Cafe, Huntington Beach
4-16 - Wonder Valley Experimental Music Festival 3, 29 Palms, CA
see UPCOMING SHOWS for more details

Wonder Valley will be an all day NOISE/MUSIC Festival in the high desert of California.. the same weekend as Cochella, on the other side of the National Park.
other artits appearing include Greg Ginn, +DOG+, Liver Cancer, XOME, Overdose the Katatonic, AMK, Phog Masheeen, and many others. details can be found
by contacting Steve at LOVE EARTH MUSIC www.loveearthmusic.com

Some videos of Instagon's recent appearance at KDVS in December and at Nebraska Monday's earlier this month have been posted to YouTube.
you can view these videos easiest at the Instagon BLOG page, The Deamon's Tube

Instagon will play 2 local Sacramento shows in March. There are no shows currently booked for February.
the Chico shows previously mentioned have not yet come thru.. we are still working on it..

Besides the new releases planned for Love Earth Music, TIF, & Auricular Recordings.
We have now confirmed a 2011 full length also to relesed by Placenta Recordings

an exclusive track called "Hidden" will appear in the 2nd volume of 23 SECONDS OV TIME released by AIN23

Instagon celebrates its 18th birthday on Feb. 2nd!!! Can you beleive it? 18 YEARS!!

1-1
"FRESH CUTS 2010" is now available for download from bandcamp.com
this is a collection of digital "singles" that were released via bandcamp during 2010.. 12 tracks, plus one bonus track if you buy the entire download.
The bonus cut is a version of "Thruster" that was recorded in Sept.2010 in Davis, CA

December 2010
SHOW CHANGES have occured for dates that have previously been posted. Check the Upcoming Shows listings for more details but, the Dec. show at the Press Club has had a date change.
There are only 2 more confirmed Instagon happenings for 2010

We are obviously still working on the new website design.. it will probably be in transition for the next few months.. eventually you will hardly notice it ever changed at all..

The Instagon track "Echophobic" will be featured on the debut episode of a new radio show called "The Mad Owl" with Kevin Ian (of the Common Men),
this show will debut at 8pm PST, on Wednesday, Dec. 15th 2010 on Sac Rocks Radio available at http://www.sacrockradio.com/

a few shows have been confirmed for the Sacramento Area for January 2011. We are still currently in talks for possibly a Chico area show in late January.
Currently there is a jazz set planned for Jan 10 at Luna's Cafe for the Nebraska Monday weekly series. On Jan 29, Instagon will return to Old Sac and play Vega's Nightclub...details soon.

23 Seconds ov Time vol. 1 ltd CD is now availalbe limited to only 123 hand numbered copies. Instagon has an exclusive track on this release called "Soundbits"
This is NOT a live Instagon track.. it is a rare audio collage track created by Lob at home with the computer using sound fragments from prior Instagon recordings.
The CD features 99 exclusive tracks and over 70 minutes of sound, plus exclusive art inserts. This CD is available from AIN23.
A vidio for "Soundbits" has been created by Frequency 383 of AIN23. Links will be posted here very soon.

SLEEPWALKING is available and is just now starting to get some reviews.. we will be posting some of those here soon.

the final "FRESH CUT" release for 2010 has been posted to the Instagon profile at bandcamp.com. The track is called "Umbridge Study Hall" and was recorded THIS MONTH at the recent appearance at KDVS Radio in Davis, CA. This track is now avaialble for FREE DOWNLOAD thru the end of Dec.2010. The entire collection of 2010 FRESH CUTS will be released at via the bandcamp page on the 23rd of this month and will feature a bonus track or 2 for those get the entire collection. A hard copy version will be available hopefully by Spring 2011. Perhaps with even more bonus material

Instagon will appear on an upcoming Sacramento Local Band compliation that has yet to be titled. A shortened "radio edit" version of "Buzzkill" will appear on this comp.
This will happen in early 2011, more news then.

A version of Harry Mancini's "the Pink Panther" as performed by Instagon will appear on the Placenta Family Tree Volume 5 release that is being prepared now.
This recording comes from Instagon session 552 from earlier THIS month in Old Sacramento. Details available from Placenta Recordings

Orange County film maker Evan Jacobs is working on a film about the 1990's OC Harccore Scene that will somehow include Lob and his role as manager of Vinyl Solution Records at that time. This segment of the film will feature Instagon music from the 1994 era.. exactly what will be used has not been confirmed yet.

Instagon & TIForg wishes everyone a very happy solistice and a wonderful holiday season.

November 2010
Well, the first obvious thing worth mentioning is that this website is once again under re-construction.
We hope to have it completed and totally functional within a months time.. currently some links are broken,
and some lead to old pages.. simply bear with us as we give our space a new face.

TIF RECORDINGS releases INSTAGON - SLEEPWALKING. Now available.
this marks the 5th studio release from Instagon and the 1st since 2007. It was recorded at KDVS Studios
in Davis,CA during the fall of 2009. Session #520. This release is currently available thru TIForg and AIN23.
this disc is a a collection ov 9 studio recordings unlike anything Instagon has previously released.
this is the 2nd release in the series of 3 from this recording session. ..the 3rd will be released in coming months
This recording is a milestone for this project thus far...and now we have thee honor ov sharing it with you

Autonomous Individuals Network annnouces "23 Second ov Time Vol.1"
this is a new collage from AIN23 (formerly TOPY) and track #23
is an exclusive track from Instagon called "Soundbits" that is a rare 'non live' release. It is an
audio collage cut up made from bits of other Instagon recordings. this track is only 23 seconds.
a limited edition CD of 123 copies is due out by the end of the month - A download of the entire collage is now available free here.

Paper Cuts Recordings has released Paper Cuts Magazine issue #5. This magazine is a beautiful production and features an
interview with Instagon regarding the "Echophobic ep" CD that was released in the Spring of this year. The magazine also
comes with a v/a 3" CDR that features the track "Echophobic" from Instagon. This magazine is now available from Paper Cuts Records.
Lob also wrote numerous articles that appear in this issue of PC, including interviews with +DOG+, & Audible Disease Effects.

Lob appears as part of a project recording by G.X.JUPITER-LARSEN called "The Internationale" (b.p.157)
released on cassette from Banned Productions. This cassette is now available.

Lob also appears as a guest vocalist on the new release from NOISEPSALM on Auricular Records. The release is titled DEATH MASK,
and Lob wrote words and recietes the poem used for the title track. Release date 10-31-2010.

Love Earth Music has confirmed the upcoming release "SCARY CITY:a noise opera" by Instagon projected for January 2011
this relase will feature a CD and a book of poetry and art. Cover art for this release is being created by Southern California artist Sean Campeau

Aurricular Recordings has confirmed the the upcoming release "Thee Perplexity ov thee Shrinking Steering Wheel" sometime soon
from Instagon. details regarding the packaging and audio content are being discussed now.
An interview with Lob regarding Instagon also appears in the Auricular online blog-zine called (dis)perse.

Instagon will appear live on-air at KDVS Radio in early December. see the SHOWS link
Instagon has been confirmed to appear for the Nebraska Mondays Jazz series in Sacramento in January 2011

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