hi kids!

i’m performing three shows in the next eight days. each shall be a special and unique snowflake of multisensory musical magic. i hope to see some of your fine faces at some of these delightful events. here’s the nitty gritty:

Saturday, March 22, 2008 - 51 Third Street, Troy, NY - 10pm - 5 bucks :::: The HUDSON VALLEY SMASH grinds up lo-fi hiss, keyboard cacophony, and guitar hooks into a perfect pop concoction, served on a shimmering sonic platter for your entertainment pleasure. The HVS brings you some of the best indie-pop the Hudson Valley has to offer, with a little additional help from the strange utopian/bizzaro world called Cherry Valley. featuring: SCIENTIFIC MAPS, KING VIDOR, and THE COCONUT SHOW. Special guest DJ Jesse Stiles
(I play keyboards in THE COCONUT SHOW, in case you were wondering).

Wednesday, March 26th, 288 - Rendezvous - 78 3rd St, Turners Falls, MA - 9pm - Five Bucks! :::: The TROJAN PONY TOUR invades the Montague Phantom Brain Exchange! Featuring performances by Jesse Stiles, Ross Goldstein, and BenGeorge 7, films by Penny Lane, and a brief lecture by Jamie Berger about peepshows. This is gonna be awesome fun!

Friday, March 28, 2008 - Revolution Hall - Troy, NY - 9pm to 3am - Two Bucks! :::: SUPER BALKAN BLOWOUT! Featuring joro-boro, pandemic pete, face removal services [represented by senior operators jesse stiles + curtis bahn], DOSTOEVSKY’S PISTOLS, jenkins, and back from japan. hot!

automatic closet is a generative sound and light installation made by jesse stiles in the year 2008. automatic closet will be activated and open to the public in the arts center of the capitol region january 25 through march 29, 2008. please enjoy.

compatriots! i will be performing four shows in the state of new york this month. i hope to see some of you fine humans at some of these fine events!

wednesday, january 16 - 8pm - issue project room - brooklyn, ny - $10. jesse stiles will be performing extra-special-multichannel-ultra-pretty versions of songs from “the target museum” forthcoming on specific recordings. also on the bill: the debut screening(!) of “sittin’ on a million” a new documentary film by penny lane and annmarie lanesey. directions.

thursday, january 17 - 7:30pm - time & space limited - hudson, ny - $8 general/$6 students & members. jesse stiles performing songs from “the target museum” plus a screening of “sittin’ on a million” the new documentary film by penny lane and annmarie lanesey. directions.

saturday, january 19 - 7pm until laaaate - valentines - albany, ny - $8 or $6 with canned goods. this is a massive benefit show for local food pantries. downstairs: the jesse stiles 3000 will be throwing down riggety raw dance musics along with troy’s finest dj’s - back from japan and jenkins. upstairs: Ashley Pond Band/Scientific Maps/Sean Rowe/knotworking/Sgt. Dunbar and the Hobo Banned/Sarah Pedinotti Band. the goodship folks have done an excellent write up of this event with lots of videos/mp3s here and here. directions.

friday, january 25 - 9pm to 3am - revolution hall - troy, ny - free! the official unofficial troy night out afterparty continues kicking asses with face removal services, seth cluett, we are architects, back from japan, and jenkins. face removal services wrecked shit last time they played at rev hall, here’s some video. directions.

FACE REMOVAL SERVICES, a crossmodal multimedia organization founded by jesse stiles is now represented at the online internet website faceremoval.com. please enjoy!

Monday, November 19, 2007
Revolution Hall
425 River Street, Troy, New York
Doors at 8 pm, Show at 9 pm
$5 Students/$8 Everyone else

My multisensory organization FACE REMOVAL SERVICES will be kicking off an extremely hot night at Revolution Hall next Monday, November 19. FACE REMOVAL SERVICES (represented on Monday by myself and Curtis Bahn) will be taking the stage at 9PM, followed by back from japan, dr. jenkins a.k.a. spit n’ polish, and DC’s finest DJ - Tittsworth. I’ve been told by sources I trust that this will be greatest night ever. Yes.

November 17, 8PM.
Eyebeam - NYC
10 American Dollars

I’ll be part of an extremely cool night at Eyebeam this Saturday. It’s the launch of MIXER, Eyebeam’s new quarterly series showcasing live audio and video performance. Featured will be a performance of Benton-C Bainbridge’s Brothers Islands (Places to lose people), featuring myself, Ross Goldstein, Ryder Cooley, and many other talented hooligans. Following the performance is a party featuring live electronic music by The Jesse Stiles 3000 and live video by Bill Etra and vade. That’s a hot ticket!

info/tickets

Friday, September 21st - 8pm
ISSUE Project Room
232 3rd Street, 3rd Floor, Brooklyn, NY
$10

humans! i will be performing songs, musics, and sounds at ISSUE Project Room in Brooklyn, NY. also performing will be composer/artist zach layton. be there! (directions)

Friday, August 31, 2007
Troy, New York

Attention humans! I will be performing live electronic dance music this Friday in the continuously hot TNO afterparty. Details here.

Friday, July 27, 2007. Revolution Hall. Troy, NY

The Jesse Stiles 3000 will be performing with Troy Pohl (of the Kamikaze Hearts) and Suzanne Thorpe (formerly of Mercury Rev, currently of thenumber46 amongst other things) at this month’s Official Unofficial Troy Night Out Afterparty.* Also playing: The Amity Front, The Kamikaze Hearts, joro-boro, and dj back from japan. Admission is 5 American dollars. Party goes from 8:30pm to 3:00am. Word up.

*Officially the best afterparty in the capital district, at least according to the Metroland.

Saturday, June 9. 8 PM
Saratoga Arts Center, 320 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY
8 American Dollars for General Publics, 5 American Dollars for Students

Jesse Stiles & Ross Goldstein present The Coconut Museum, an evening of metaphysical pop songs, sonic installations, and improvised electro-accoustic hullabaloo.

The Coconut Museum features songs from Ross Goldstein’s surrealist Americana record “Trail Songs” as well as songs from Jesse Stiles’ EP of experimental pop songs “The Target Museum.” The performing ensemble combines traditional acoustic and custom-built electronic instruments. The Coconut Museum takes place beneath inflatable light-emitting sonic installations which themselves form part of the meta-orchestra.

Jesse Stiles is a composer, multimedia artist, and sound designer. Stiles received a Watson Fellowship in 2000 to compose electronic music while traveling in India, Australia, and the UK for one year. His MFA thesis performance in Troy, New York opened the historic Gasholder Building to the public for the first time in 25 years, immersing hundreds of attendees in a performance of improvised electro-acoustic music and computer-controlled LED sculptures. He has performed and exhibited multimedia artwork internationally. Jesse’s upcoming “Target Museum” EP weaves real and imagined instruments, physical and synthesized voices, and actual facts with outright lies, creating a dream-like fabric of experimental folk-pop music. Stiles currently lives and works in Troy, NY.

Ross Goldstein is an American Musician, Artist/Photographer, and Linguistic Deconstructionist. His “United States of Belt” recording project is a subliminal exploration of the American landscape/mindscape, combining field recordings, experimental music, and studio magic. He has created performative sound art using sound projection technology. Goldstein’s latest record “Trail Songs” is a psycho-linguistic roadtrip through the topography of American bubble gum music. Ross’ poetically anti-jingoistic lyrics serve as giant, colorful billboards on a highway of beautiful, infectious melodies. Goldstein resides in Troy, NY where his collection of hand-painted signs play a vital role in keeping the public bewildered about what the hell is going on.

The Coconut Museum will be performed on Saturday, June 9 at the Arts Center in Saratoga Springs. Showtime is 8PM, admission is $8 for the general public and $5 for students.