A throbbing 32-piece band of masked chaos invites you to dissolve the performer/audience divide and melt into the bedlam, that is the disorienting power of itchy-O. itchy-O is a Denver-based percussion-centered electronic performance band. itchy-O brings a sophisticatedly savage sound and the sheer ecstasy of instruments untethered and running free. With a driving drum corps battery, Taiko drummers, an arsenal of electronics including synthesizers, theremin, vocoders, and many other special devices, the IOMB completely engulfs and immerses an audience from every angle in a pounding electric bog of music, ephemera and spectacle. The masked and hive-minded IOMB is waging war on predictable mediocrity with their blind-siding-style performances which feature an artfully hazardous Chinese lion, a troupe of sensuous dancing provocateurs, fog, strobes, sequins, sweat and fury.
THE CALLING
RADICAL, TRANSCENDENTAL, MUSICAL 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.
THE PLAYERS
Bryan Aquino ~ Snare
Sara Miller ~ Timbales
Jesse Dickens ~ Quint Tenors
Joe Hatfield ~ Quad Tenors
Scott Banning ~ Roto-Toms
Nick Lloyd ~ Bass Drum
Stephen Daniel Karpik ~ Bass Drum
Carlo Campagna ~ Cymbals
Ethan Klein ~ Cymbals
Alicia Cardenas ~ Cymbals
Robert Drew Burleson ~ Cymbals
Kirsten Vermulen ~ Synthesizer/Vocoder
David Britton ~ Synthesizer/Vocoder
Roger Liu ~ Electric Guitar
John Gross ~ Vocoder
Skyler Heck ~ Samples
Aaron Spriggs ~ Theremin
Pamela Webb ~ Taiko
Sarah Anderson ~ Taiko
Andre Cover ~ Taiko
Thomas Knight ~ Taiko
Joanne M.W. Liu ~ Chinese Lion Dancer
Megs Burd ~ Chinese Lion Dancer
Jen GaNun ~ Chinese Lion Dancer
Steven Call ~ Polyphonic
Landon Ricker ~ Chaos Tech
Andrew Linares ~ Chaos Tech
Brian Dudley ~ Chaos Tech
Mark Moffett ~ Chaos Tech
Sara Valentine ~ Creep Unit
Jenny Smalling ~ Creep Unit
Rachel Qualliotine ~ Creep Unit
Sarah Harman ~ Creep Unit
Jiah Shin ~ Creep Unit
Evelyn Fugate ~ Creep Unit
Mariah Becerra ~ Special Effects
Justin Hicks ~ MSP (Most Special Player)
Joe Riché ~ Industrialists
Eric DeWine ~ Industrialists
Brad Smalling ~ Live Audio Engineer
Travis Volz ~ PR