Airway (band)
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Airway was a musical ensemble based within the Los Angeles Free Music Society
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Airway was initially a solo project of Le Forte Four member Joe Potts
. The first release was the Airway 7", which featured subliminal messages to coincide with an art exhibition in Tokyo
. In August 1978 Airway made their live debut at the Lace Gallery. This lineup featured Potts and Chip Chapman on electronics, Vetza on vocals, Rick Potts on mandolin, Dennis Duck on saxophone, Juan Gomez on bass, and Tom Recchion on drums. They attempted to create subliminal messages beneath a wall of noise by using tape delay
. Recordings from the performance were released as Live At LACE by the Los Angeles Free Music Society
. "Live at LACE" was reissued by Harbinger Sound in 2006.
Throughout 1978 the group performed more concerts with differing lineups, but always with Joe Potts' subliminal message experiments. The project disbanded in 1979. Airway reformed in 1998 for a performance at the Santa Monica Museum of Art
, which featured 18 musicians. Recordings from the performance were released as Beyond the Pink Live by the Cortical Foundation.
Their sound influenced the Japanese noise band Hijokaidan
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Los Angeles Free Music Society
The Los Angeles Free Music Society has been, since the early 1970s, the banner heading of a loose collective of experimental musicians in Los Angeles, California who were joined by an aesthetic based around radicalism and playfulness...
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Airway was initially a solo project of Le Forte Four member Joe Potts
Joe Potts
Joe Potts was a Scottish racing driver, turned racing car manufacturer, of the 1950s. He designed and constructed his 'JP' racing cars for the Formula 3 and Formule Libre racing classes...
. The first release was the Airway 7", which featured subliminal messages to coincide with an art exhibition in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
. In August 1978 Airway made their live debut at the Lace Gallery. This lineup featured Potts and Chip Chapman on electronics, Vetza on vocals, Rick Potts on mandolin, Dennis Duck on saxophone, Juan Gomez on bass, and Tom Recchion on drums. They attempted to create subliminal messages beneath a wall of noise by using tape delay
Broadcast delay
In radio and television, broadcast delay refers to the practice of intentionally delaying broadcast of live material. A short delay is often used to prevent profanity, bloopers, violence, or other undesirable material from making it to air, including more mundane problems such as technical...
. Recordings from the performance were released as Live At LACE by the Los Angeles Free Music Society
Los Angeles Free Music Society
The Los Angeles Free Music Society has been, since the early 1970s, the banner heading of a loose collective of experimental musicians in Los Angeles, California who were joined by an aesthetic based around radicalism and playfulness...
. "Live at LACE" was reissued by Harbinger Sound in 2006.
Throughout 1978 the group performed more concerts with differing lineups, but always with Joe Potts' subliminal message experiments. The project disbanded in 1979. Airway reformed in 1998 for a performance at the Santa Monica Museum of Art
Santa Monica Museum of Art
The Santa Monica Museum of Art is an independent non-collecting art museum located in Santa Monica, California. It exhibits the work of local, national, and international contemporary artists....
, which featured 18 musicians. Recordings from the performance were released as Beyond the Pink Live by the Cortical Foundation.
Their sound influenced the Japanese noise band Hijokaidan
Hijokaidan
Hijokaidan is a Japanese noise and free improvisation group with a revolving lineup that has ranged from two members to as many as fourteen in its early days. The group is the project of guitarist Yoshiyuki "Jojo" Hiroshige its one constant member, who is head & owner of the Osaka-based Alchemy...
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Discography
- Live at LACE (1978, reissued on CD in 2006 and on LP in 2009)
- Live at Beyond The Pink (2001)