![]() ![]() ![]() From December 26th - 30th, i would come home from PG every night, either from cleaning/organizing/and tying up loose ends, or from the final week of shows (all of which felt oddly like valuable opportunities to tell people how much they mean to me, while at the same time it had this vague mourning feeling with lots of kind exaggerated kind words to me. so, I didn't sleep for 4 or 5 days/nights and went as close to the edge as possible without stumbling over. So much sadness and anger, gratitude and love, hope and despair. So I decided to just think of what it might take to redirect every emotion that was overwhelming me and try to direct that back at the people who were listening/watching. a space that was my whole entire world for 6 years. I knew I couldn't just play a "usual" set (which is a funny thing to say, because i never ever play the same set twice,) nor could i just DJ other people's music and feel comfortable having that be my goodbye to the space that had meant so much to me (and to a whole entire community, as i've been told). The music on this album came about when I was so overwhelmed and preoccupied with PG closing and all that entailed, that the final event - during which I was booked to play a set - was less than a week away, and I had not begun. I mention this because it had always been extremely apparent to me that were we to be forced to close up shop, It would be one hell of a shock to my heart/mind/life. If you are already aware, you can probably skip all this, but if you are reading this and aren't a part of our local art/music community, I am referring to a place called PG ("Pupienus's Glove") that was open from 03/15/13 - 12/31/18, in Evansville, Indiana.įor years now it was clear to me that the amount of time necessary to keep the gallery, music venue and cafe moving without the ability to afford hiring the number of people that were needed meant that the luxury of planning or even imagining life beyond or outside of working at/on/in/for PG was an imposibility. ![]() The situation i'm referencing had the unique quality of being THE THING that i had spent nearly every waking second on for the past 6 years. This music was produced by Ellipse Elkshow, aka Todd Elkshow Huber (aka myself), as a vehicle for releasing and expressing the emotions surrounding a very specific time and place that was layered in complicated feelings, littered with the need to actively shelf and avoid reacting emotionally to certain aspects of the situation as to cary out responsibilites, and was wrought with connections to every single creative person i know and respect in the town that I grew up in. If you have never been to the city of Evansville, Indiana, then the references spread throughout this mixtape will not make a lick of sense. The music contained on this album could definitely benefit from having a little context. "PG: We Are Everywhere Now, The Mixtape (vol.1) : impressions on leaving."ĭEDICATED TO PG (the music and arts community,) Rudy Guthrie, Nano (happy birthday, brother,) and my AYoHH/Producer Chat homies. ![]()
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