Larry Marotta’s second collection of Avant-Garde and Experimental Cinema Silent Film Soundtracks for Pimalia has been released.  Volume Two features more of Larry’s thoughtful, unpretentious, expressive - and sometimes even controversial - guitar excursions, this time based around the following films commissioned for the Kino DVD series.

The Cage
(Sidney Peterson, U.S., 1947, 28 Min.)
KINO DVD TITLE: Avant-Garde 2: Experimental Cinema from 1928-1954

The Hearts of Age
(Orson Welles, William Vance, U.S., 1934, 8 min.)
KINO DVD TITLE: Avant-Garde: Experimental Cinema of the 1920s and 30s

La Coquille et le Clergyman (The Seashell and the Clergyman)
(Germaine Dulac, France, 1926, 31.5 min.)
KINO DVD TITLE: Avant-Garde: Experimental Cinema of the 1920s and 30s

Both volumes are available now at Amazon, iTunes. and wherever fine downloads are sold.

This just in from Larry Marotta:

“The OSU Urban Arts Space has asked me to curate a monthly concert series which is kicking off next Thursday, October 16. They’re giving me a six-month trial run, so I’m trying to get out as many people as possible for these shows. The series is called The Marotta Hour (note: I did not name it, in case you’re wondering if my head has gotten too large). It’s an after-work series that will run from 6:30-8 p.m. the third Thursday of each month, so don’t worry about having to stay out late. The emphasis will be on contemporary music — new and experimental sounds from cutting-edge local and national cutting-edge musicians.

The series is starting off with one of my favorite musicians, fluxmonkey (aka Bob Drake) from Cleveland, OH. He performs on homemade electronics – large, fascinating instruments covered with knobs, levers, wires, and lights. You can find out more about fluxmonkey at the website here or at the fluxmonkey myspace page here

So, the line-up for Thursday, October 16, 6:30-8 p.m.:

fluxmonkey (electronics) with J-Guy Laughlin (drums)

Larry Marotta (me, on acoustic guitar) and Ryan Jewell (percussion) duo

This is not an “arrive fashionably late” sort of show. The music will be over at 8 p.m. when the gallery closes.

The OSU Urban Arts Space is located in downtown Columbus in the former Lazarus Building at 50 W. Town Street. Their phone is (614) 292-8861. Admission is a suggested $5-$10 donation.

The gallery has a deal with Tip Top Kitchen and Cocktails on Gay Street, who will be offering a special drink for people attending the performance. Don’t know the full deal on that one, so you’ll have to ask.

Larry”

The remastered edition of Forms of Things Unknown’s Cross Purposes EP with extra track, the reissue of Moolah Temple $tringband’s LP Bullet on the Woodstove and Larry Marotta’s Silent Film Soundtracks Volume One are now available for download through most online retailers.  Here’s some links, please support these artists:

Pimalia albums on Amazon available here.

For iTunes:

Larry Marotta’s album available here.

Forms of Things Unknown album available here.

Please note, iTunes is currently incorrectly displaying the artist as “Cross Purposes” and album as “Forms of Things Unknown” instead of the other way around.  We’ll get this fixed as soon as we can.

More iTunes links coming soon.