CONTENT AND FORM
IMPACT~ ARTISTIC, INTELLECTUAL, COMMUNAL, CIVIC, SOCIAL:
Societies today largely choose what to see, hear, and believe. Our lives are carefully curated and programmed by ourselves and outside influences. Itchy-O challenges that hierarchy of choice and control by inserting its one-of-a-kind creative chaos. We invite our audiences to embrace mystery by passing between knowing and unknowing, self and other. Performances create a temporary community of co-creators who surrender control as observers to become a part of manifesting a shared artistic experience.
The Calling
RADICAL, TRANSCENDENTAL, MUSICAL-PERFORMANCE, INCLUSION
Itchy-O aspires to create transcendent spiritual experiences with performances that confound the senses and disorient perceptions of place, time, order, reason and categorical identity. We invite our audiences to embrace mystery and join us in passing between knowing, unknowing, self and other.
• compel-fratorum • hyper-intentus • desumo-acoustic • artifex voluptus • celebratio professio •
• compel-fratorum • hyper-intentus • desumo-acoustic • artifex voluptus • celebratio professio •
THE PLAYERS
Tyler Aldridge Keys | Sampling | Noise Division
Ethan Alexander Bass
Bryan Aquino Snare
Scott Allen Banning Producer | Director | Roto-Toms
Nicole Banowetz Inflatable Arts
Ernie Baske Cymbalist | Lion Dancer
Benjamin Beardsley Resident Bard
Claire Bellamy Wardrobe | Chaos Krüwe
Evan Bowels Polyphonics | Noise Division
David Britton Synthesizer | Noise Division
Geoff Brent Vocoder | Kaos Krüwe
Megs Burd Lion Dancer
Robert Drew Burleson Cymbalist
Jesse Dawson Sampling | Electronics | Noise Division
Jackson Ellis SpFX | Pyro Technician
Grayson Fiske Bass Drum
Maristella Frisch Wardrobe
Evelyn Fugate Kriēchén
Fez Garcia Taiko, Cymbalist
Mike Grimsley Kaos Krüwe
Lyndsey "Bright" Hays Kriēchén
Chuck Holt | Polyphonic Kaos Krüwe
David Kessner SpFX | High Voltage Technician | Engineering
Micah Kessner Fog Engineer | Kaos Krüwe
John Knudsen Kriēchén
Thomas Knight Taiko
Andrew Linares Lion Dancer | Kaos Krüwe
Susan Lucia Timbales
Jackson Lynn Taiko
Henri Francois "Moose" Mamet Kaos Krüwe
Mark Moffett SpFX | Pyro Technician
James Nelson Guitar
Jake O'Neal Quint Tenors
Eean Ovens Lion Dancer
Hanne Schrickx Cymbalist
Epona Shephard Kriēchén
Brad Smalling Live & Studio Engineer
Erin Smith Lighting Designer
Aaron Spriggs Theremin
Dejavia Todd Kaos Krüwe
Sara Valentine Kriēchén
Kirsten Vermulen Co-Producer | Art-Director | Synthesizer
Bernard Wooten Chaos Krüwe | Cymbalist
Cetan Zyphier Lion Dancer | Chaos Krüwe

Mystery is certainly key to itchy-O, Denver’s own astoundingly large 50-member-plus percussive and electronic musical collective, whose wild, immersive shows completely tear down the walls between performer and audience, stage and dance floor. For example, there are few interviews where the band answers as a collective in the interest of keeping their individual identities secret. But in an era of ego-driven individualism, where even the most intimate personal details of our lives are ripe for peacocking on social media, there’s something refreshingly genuine and artistically rebellious about a commitment to collectivism, community, and anonymity.
Sarah Baranauskas • Marquee Magazine