David Molina: guitars, bass, cello, flutes, electronics, drums, vocals, found objects, destroyed mother board, harmonica, accordian, broken auto harp, various instruments built by Richard Waters, field recordings.
Influences
The Swans, SlowDive, Arab Strap, Calla, Expolsions in the Sky, Brian Eno, Black Heart Procession, Labradford, Coil, Nurse with Wound, His Name Is Alive, The Dirty Three, Angelo Badlamenti, Ry Cooder, Boards of Canada. Duster, Sigur Ros, Mono, Yo La Tengo, Tom Waits, Charles Mingus, Lisa Germano, Tarentel, Half Film, Couger, Jim O'rourke, Gustavo Santaolalla, Ennio Moroconni, Einsterzende Neubauten,
Los Veneremos (also known as Ghosts and Strings) is composer/musician/sound designer/recording engineer David Molina.
it's an alias for all the sound track and solo works he has done over the past 12 years composing scores, and designing sound for theatre, dance,
film, installation, and multimedia productions.
Since the age of seven years old, Molina has been perfoming various styles of music on many instruments, in many bands and ensemble formations. He also performed and studied classical guitar for 12 years, until he discovered the art of recording and scoring music for theatre and dance.
since about 1996 molina collaborated and performed with the amazing guitarist and composer Chris Webb on numerous theatrical productions and in bands.
Some companies and artists he has worked with include: A Traveling Jewish Theatre, Magic Theatre, Amercan Conservatory Theatre, Brava! Theatre, Yerba Buena Center For the Performing Arts, The Lab, La Pocha Nostra, Sonoma State University, 94.1 KPFA, 90.3 KUSF, University of San Francisco, Oakland Museum, Soap Stone Theatre company, Encore, Lorraine Hansberry, and Teatro Jornalero. Marin Theatre company, Teatro Esperanza, Campo Santo, Intersection for the Arts; Director, performance artist choreographer Emiko Lewis, Visual Artist Victor Cartagena, Film maker Ana Geyer, and Director Roberto Varea.
since 2001 he has been sound engineer, & resident artist
for the Drum Machine Museum, and has performed many concerts with museum owner Mickey Tachibana in the electronic groups Special Patches and Collision Course.
Film credits include Barry Gifford's "Ball
Lightning", the "Narc" and "Prospect"by Octavio Solis, and the
documentary "The Translation Project" by Niloufar Talebi.
Molina performs with the experimental,
electro-acoustic band Transient which features Garret La Fever and John Ingle. together they have performed at
2005 International Loop Festival, and at the Chapel of
Chimes 2005 winter soltice concert, and at various noise shows. He also performed and recorded with free-jazz musicians Marco Eneidi and George Cremachi.
in 2006 Molina toured Peru with performance artist Violeta Luna. in 2007 he toured Argentina with Secos y Mojados. There they were invited Artists at the Hemispheric Intitute's "Encuentros". While in south america he recorded and performed with La Mente (Descabellado Records), El Paso (Dorog Records), Via 149, and Dj Nelson, dj Fede Flores, Sur Oculto and CTX.
He is in the process of releasing his first solo album titled "Al Fin Estoy Aqui" Under the name Los Veneremos
and a ten year compilation of sound tracks titled "Passing Thoughts Scraping Red Skys"
I added you as I thought you might be interested in what I am doing.
Six_events is a worldwide performance project, looking for the art in the everyday. So far, there will be hundreds of group/individual performances in Spain, America (14 states), Egypt, China, India, Greece, Japan, Italy, England, Scotland, Ireland, Finland, Portugal, Germany, Serbia, Canada, New Zealand, Latvia, Azerbaijan, Australia and Malaysia across the last week in January (21st-27th)
Document your performances with pictures/films/poetry/drawings and they will be exhibited in London in February.
If you are interested in taking part and would like me to send you a reminder nearer the time about this then just send an email to six_events@yahoo.co.uk (tell me where you are as well!)
We need you! If you happen to be hoboing through the Twin Cities toward the end of October, we are recording an album, dig? Trying to get Chris Webb to get his ass out of that damn city for a weekend too. :)
