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Bob Bellerue
75 Irving Ave 2nd Floor
Brooklyn NY 11237

Bob Bellerue is a composer, experimental musician, and creative technician based in Brooklyn NY. Over the last 20 years BB has been involved in a wide range of live creative weirdness - homemade percussion ensembles, Balinese gamelan, dance/performance art sound scores, installation art. For the last 10 years he has been primarily focused on live electronic noise art, and has toured extensively in the western US, as well as Europe and Indonesia. BB is currently employed as the Technical Director for The Kitchen (NYC), as well as running the labels Anarchymoon Recordings and Cold Hands Video. He is in the midst of long-term collaborations with the choreographer Wanda Z Gala, and gigs regularly as a solo artist, in KILT (with Raven Chacon), and in collaboration with some of the heavyweights of the universal experimental music scene (Ecomorti, Telecult Powers, David Kendall, Smegma, Joseph Hammer, Phroq, Albert Ortega, Tecumseh, Jarrett Silberman). BB was formerly based in Los Angeles, where he ran the sub-garde experimental music/performance space the Il Corral, and curated the Beyond Music series and festival. As a videographer he has shot hundreds of concerts / theater performances, is developing a DVD series around live footage of noise and experimental music, completed the feature-length concert footage DVD "Live at The Smell," and is in the midst of shooting “The Lowest Form of Music: LAFMS, Smegma, and the Origins of Folk Noise.” As a theater technician, he has designed lights and sound for hundreds of theater and dance performances. Website: halfnormal.com.

Artist Statement: "my work is based in feedback circuits used for synthesis; recontextualized field recordings; texture/drone/nonmusical instruments (shanai, rebab, gambuh, chinese cymbals, hunting calls, junk metal, sheets of glass); and a performance presence best characterized as animist/animalistic. i attempt to harness the sounds within nature, without imposing a deterministic melodic/rhythmic structure."

Short Bio: "Bob Bellerue (aka half normal) is a noise artist, theater designer, audio engineer, writer, and founder of the sub-avant performance space the Il Corral. Bellerue's work utilizes custom electronics and programming, incorporating feedback, prepared field recordings, de-musicalized instruments, and found oscillators. His work has been presented at the Yogyakarta Gamelan Festival, Centre de Cultura Contemporanea de Barcelona, CEAIT Festival, Olympia Experimental Music Festival, PDX Noise Festival, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Stanford University, UCSD, and UCLA."

EDUCATION
2003 MFA Composition - Music / Integrated Media, California Institute of the Arts
1995 BA Writing & Poetics, Naropa University

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
• Summer 2003•
Electronic and New Music workshop, Yogyakarta Gamelan Festival, Java, Indonesia.
Lectured on electronic and new music in experimental gamelan festival. Demonstrated work, collaborated with local artists.

• Fall 2003•
Experimental Music workshop, Living Arts of Tulsa, OK
As part of the New Genre festival, I presented a 2-hour workshop in experimental music techniques at a live/work center for homeless youth.

• 2000-2003•
Electronic Music / Integrated Media TA, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
Assisted faculty and students in operation of electronic music labs. Demonstrated use of software and hardware, maintained equipment, managed schedule of space and equipment.

• Spring 2001•
Writing instructor, Community Arts Partnership / Eagles Academy (through CalArts)
Conducted writing / performance workshop for at-risk high school students. Edited publication of student journal, and produced final performance event.

• 1993-1998•
Balinese Gamelan Music, Naropa University, Boulder, CO
Assisted Balinese master musician I Made Lasmawan in Balinese music history and performance, and acted as sole teacher during Spring 1995 semester.

• Spring 1995•
Student assistant, New repertory project, Naropa University, Boulder, CO.
Assisted choreographer Carol McDowell in development and production of a group performance.

• Spring 1994•
Student teacher, Project Outreach, Naropa University / Pearl Academy, Boulder, CO.
Taught creative / personal writing class in an alternative arts high school.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS / DISCOGRAPHY
Bob Bellerue "Thanksgiving" C40 (Peyote Tapes)
Bob Bellerue & Jarrett Silberman Amplified Piano Duets 12” / CDr (Anarchymoon Recordings 2009)
Live At The Smell DVD (Cold Hands Video 2009)
KILT "Chrome Bellows" C46 (Peyote Tapes 2009)
Telecult Powers and Bob Bellerue Baked in the Kitchen c40 (Baked Tapes 2008)
People Who Do Noise DVD (Cold Hands Video 2009)
Redglaer WWM Bomb c20 (Together Tapes 2008)
People Who Do Noise documentary DVD (Cold Hands Video 2008)
KILT / Feed The Dragon / Improvisatyrs T.U.R.D. 3x3” CDr (Banned Productions, 2008)
Zelphabet Vol B CD (zelphabet 2008)
Redwound Dark Dog Daze 12" EP (Anarchymoon Recordings 2008)
KILT Snow White In Hell LP (Anarchymoon Recordings 2007)
Redglaer American Masonry 10" EP / CD (Anarchymoon Recordings 2006/7)
Power/field compilation 2xCDr (Anarchymoon Recordings 2007)
Bob Bellerue f*cking piano 3” CDr (p-tapes 2006)
40 Bands 80 Minutes DVD (Sounds Are Active 2006)
Roman Torment / Feed the Dragon split 12" EP (Anarchymoon Recordings 2006)
KILT sharp dark love 3” CDr (Experimental Musical Recordings 2006)
LA Noisescape CD (Bastardised 2006)
Redglaer cranky 7" (Static Aktion 2006)
Corral Comp 2005 compilation 2xCDr (Anarchymoon Recordings 2006)
Dead/bird-Redglare split 2x3” CDr (Anarchymoon Recordings 2005)
ABQ=/=LAX 5-way split 7" (Anarchymoon Recordings 2005)
Bob Bellerue / halfnormal maltcrook 3” CDr (Experimental Musical Recordings 2005)
Bob Bellerue / Halfnormal Threat Level Charlie CD (2002)
Score for a walk text score, Trepan (2001)

SELECTED PERFORMANCES/PRESENTATIONS

2009:
Eternal Telethon, X-Initiative, New York NY
Shinkoyo Circus, Roulette, New York NY
Pageant Soloveev, Philadelphia PA
NY Eye & Ear Festival, Knitting Factory, New York NY
West Nile, Brooklyn NY
ABC/No Rio, New York NY
Goodbye Blue Monday, Brooklyn NY
Cake Shop, New York NY
Death By Audio, Brooklyn NY

2008:
"Anatta" with Michael Sakamoto, Waewdao Sirisook and Amy Knowles, World Festival of Sacred Music, Highways (Santa Monica CA)
soundtrack for "W Ruchu Na Sko" by Wanda Gala, Highways Performance Space (Santa Monica CA)
Quickie US Tour: 9 gigs in 2 weeks (NY – OR)
"Blue Storm" with Wanda Gala, Cryptic Providence, North Burial Grounds (Providence RI)
Noise/Art "visual art by noise artists" reception at Kerry Schuss Art (NYC)
Vancouver Noise Festival (BC)
Tecumseh/Thrones/Pussygutt PNW Tour: 5 gigs in 4 days (WA – OR)
KBOO Portland (OR)

2007:
"Beasts & Friends" 2 Week Residency, Dangerous Curve, Los Angeles CA
International Noise Conference, Miami FL
Brainbomb Fest, Che Cafe, San Diego CA
soundtrack for "Collision Course" by the Greatfruit Collective, The Unknown Theater, Hollywood CA
soundscore for "Les Biches" by Wanda Gala, Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica CA
Noisy Night, SASSAS, The Steve Allen Theater, Hollywood CA
Norcal Noise Fest, Sacramento CA
Tecumseh West Coast Tour (Seattle – Los Angeles)
Redglaer / Acre US Tour (Portland OR - Portland ME - Miami - San Diego over 2 months)

2006:
Turn the Screws Festival of Love and Noise (curator and performer)
Machine Project (Los Angeles)
KILT West Coast Tour (Los Angeles - Seattle)
Europa Travels (Paris, Antwerpen, Zurich, Warsaw, Wroclaw, Berlin, Ljubljana, Lausanne)
Eugene Noise Fest 06 (Eugene OR)
Track16 gallery, soundtrack for "The Crook" by Empire of Teeth (Santa Monica)
New Genre Festival at Living Arts of Tulsa, soundtrack for "Last Waltz" by Empire of Teeth (Tulsa OK)
the Miles Playhouse, soundtrack for "Last Waltz" by Empire of Teeth (Santa Monica)
the Il Corral soooo many times (producer / curator)

2005:
Turn the Screws Festival of Love and Noise (curator and performer)
Redglare / Raven Chacon WNWSW tour (CA, OR, WA, ID, UT, CO, NM, NV)
18th St Arts Center, Halloween Bash (Santa Monica)
line space line (Los Angeles)
LA Sound Shift (Los Angeles)
Los Angeles Theater Center, soundtrack for "The Crook" by Empire of Teeth (Los Angeles)
Highways Performance Space, soundtrack for "The Crook" by Empire of Teeth (Santa Monica)
California Institute of the Arts, soundtrack for "El Norte" by Tanz Infernos (Valencia CA)
SoCal Sonic Festival (Long Beach)
Feed the Dragon / Adam Overton West Coast tour (CA, OR, WA)
The Smell (Los Angeles)
the Il Corral many times (producer / curator)

2004:
Beyond Baroque, curator and performer (Venice CA)
18th St Arts Center, Halloween Bash (Santa Monica)
Bellerue / Chacon / Overton Southwest tour 2004 (AZ, NM, CO)
Brewery Arts Center (Los Angeles)
Free Ears Festival, Highways Performance Space (Santa Monica)
Big Sur Experimental Music Festival (Big Sur CA)
Highways Performance Space, soundtrack to "Collision Course" by the Greatfruit Collective (Santa Monica)
Stanford University, solo full-evening showcase (Palo Alto CA)

2003:
Bellerue Midwest Tour 2003 (CO, OK, NM over 3 weeks)
Beyond Music Sound Festival 2003, Beyond Baroque, curator and performer (Venice)
8th Yogyakarta Gamelan Festival, (Java, Indonesia)
Improvisatyrs West Coast Tour (CA, OR, WA)
California Institute of the Arts, soundtrack for "Out of Me and Into You" by Lauren Hartman (Valencia CA)
CEAIT Festival 2003, California Institute of the Arts (Valencia CA)

2002:
Beyond Baroque, Beyond Music Series, curator and artist (Venice CA)
Bellerue Northwest Tour 2002 (CA, OR, WA)
Wedge Installation Gallery (Los Angeles)
Platinum Oasis, Outfest 2002, Coral Sands Motel (Hollywood)
Flophouse Festival, Crazy Space (Santa Monica)
PERIÒDIC Sound Art Competition, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)
Spain
Cage Festival, California Institute of the Arts (Valencia CA)
CEAIT Festival, performer and curator, California Institute of the Arts (Valencia CA)

2001:
Beyond Music Festival 2001 (Venice CA)
Rainforest IV, California Institute of the Arts/Getty Research Center (Valencia CA)
Highways Performance Space, soundtrack for "Translations" by Carol McDowell (Santa Monica CA)