SYPHERLOT | HALLOWMASS; DOUBLE LIVE 2020

Behold this profound moment in time: an HD-capture of itchy-O’s two ambitious 2020 drive-in concert series, SYPHERLOT and HALLOWMASS. These explosions of sound and light took place in Denver, Colorado during one of the most challenging periods of modern history. A worldwide pandemic spread tragedy, illness, death, distrust, worry, doubt and economic disaster while domestic social unrest erupted in the streets as Americans reckoned with the deep racial inequalities that have long infected our country. As citizens grappled with an immense loss of life and livelihood, a brazen attempt by populist criminals to cling to power and pour gasoline on an already roaring fire raged in our nation’s capital. It was against this backdrop of isolation and suspended reality that we heeded the call for a radical evolution in shared catharsis and new sonic experiments: Short-band radio broadcast turned each car interior into a private listening experience for a post-apocalyptic simulation, while roving bands of mysterious beings opened a temporary escape portal with contactless chaos, engulfing each and every vehicle in rite and ritual for the ages.

PRESS AND MEDIA PREVIEW
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SYPHERLOT : AUGUST 2020 

Set in an expansive parking lot at Denver’s Mission Ballroom, SYPHERLOT exploded to life during a time when any/all live music had been sequestered to digital platforms. Itchy-O blew collective minds and blanketed attendees in a cloak of fire, noise, and rhythm, eviscerating old (and new) ideas of entertainment, rewriting the book on what could be achieved at a socially distanced drive-in performance.

SIDE ONE

BLOOD MOON

GALLOW’S DISCO

IDRA & SCEPTRE

JAYWALKER

 

SIDE TWO

FROM THE OVERFLOWING

AN EAGLE BROUGHT ME HONEY

SAPTALOKA

INFERNO NO CORRIDOR

 

HALLOWMASS : OCTOBER 2020 

This series of spectacle and offertory shook the now-demolished New Tech Machinery building to its foundation during this most hallowed time of year. As the group’s tradition entered its seventh year, artifacts, momentos, and representations were collected on trays from attendee vehicles and later burned in an after-ceremony to honor impermanence and the loss felt so heavily in 2020.

SIDE THREE

MYSTRABIA; UNDER THE LAKE

WITCH’S FOOT

THE MERKABAH

 

SIDE FOUR

MONKEY’S FOOT

BURN THE NAVIGATOR

DANCE OF THE ANUNNAKI

 

On November 7, the final night of the second series, car horns blasted into the ether as we learned the baton would be passed to a new chapter of American leadership. It was less a panacea than a monolith marking the beginning of the end of this dark chapter.

This album is a documented record of those moments, a snapshot of the resulting sacraments ushering in a rapturous sonic bath of transcendental unifying magic, etched now and forever in this very polyvinyl chloride.

 

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Credits:

Musicians

Ethan Alexander - Bass

Bryan Aquino - Snare

Scott Banning - Roto Toms 

David Britton - Microkorg

Rob Burleson - Cymbals

Carlo Campagna - Cymbals

Collin Elliot - Samples/Synth/Keys

Nick Gonzales - Samples/Effects

Joe Hatfield - Timbales

Thomas Knight - Taiko

Jackson Lynn - Taiko

Allison Marcellus - Cymbals

James Nelson - Guitar

Tim Pettit - Cymbals/Bass Drum

Toni Rib - Taiko

Hanne Schrickx - Cymbals

Brad Schumacher - Vocoder

Aaron Spriggs - Effects/Theremin

Matt Steitle - Taiko/Quint-Tenors

Kirsten Vermulen - Microkorg

 

Production 

Nicole Banowetz - Inflatables 

Geoff Brent - Khaos Kruew

Megs Burd - Lion/Beast

Jackson Ellis - Special Effects

Maristella Frisch - Wardrobe

Mike Grimsley - Khaos Kruew

Lyndsey Hays - Kriechen Kruew

Lucinda Herrera - Kriechen Kruew

David Kessner - Special Effects/Khaos Kruew

Micah Kessner - Special Effects

Jamil Khera - Lighting/Production

Ethan Klein - Lighting/Production

John Knudsen - Kriechen Kruew

Archie Jenks - Khaos Kruew

Andrew Linares - Khaos Kruew/Cryo

Nafeesa Lynn - Kriechen Kruew

Moose Mamet - Khaos Kruew

Allison Marcellus - Lion/Beast

Mark Moffett - Special Effects

Chloe Morgan - Live Engineer

Chelsea Nunez - Lion/Beast

Cory Phare - Publicist/Merch

Liz Pickard - Khaos Kruew

David Poore - Lion/Beast

Atlas Ryan - Khaos Kruew

Wayne Scott - Lion/Beast

Thomas Silaghy - Cryo/Khaos Kruew

Brad Smalling - Lead Live Engineer

Erin Smith - Lighting Designer

Will Tuttle - Cryo/Khaos Kruew

Sara Valentine - Kriechen Kruew

Niza Volair - Kriechen Kruew/Lion/Beast

Davis Weimer - Live Engineer 

Bernard Wooten - Khaos Kruew

Cetan Zephier - Lion/Beast 

Wakinyan Zephier - Khaos Kruew

Recorded, Mixed, and Mastered at Evergroove Studio, Evergreen Colorado

Produced by Scott Banning and itchy-O

Recording, Mixing, Mastering Engineer - Brad Smalling

Assistant Mixing and Recording Engineer - Davis Weimer

Assistant Recording Engineer - Chloe Davis

Album Art by Hatfield Design

Photography - Michael Rehdish, Martin Soderham, and Memorandum Media

Special Thanks

Denver Film Society, Evergroove Studio, Scott Happel, HQ Entertainment, Exdo Events, Michael Patterson, Jello Biafra, Mighty Fine Productions, City,O’City, Denver Fire Department, All-Around Metal Fabrication, Ratio Beerworks, Alamo Drafthouse, North Wynkoop, Ritualcravt, and big love to Sol Tribe Tattoo and Body Piercing