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Carmina Escobar, Kozue Matsumoto, and Jesus Castillo live at Betalevel

Los Angeles — 8 September 2018

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Small Drone Orchestra live at Betalevel (2018)

Finished this video last week. Pretty happy with how this one turned out (though I wish I had done a better job recording the sound).

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Wood & Metal live at Betalevel, 7 January 2018

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Curved Light, Electric Sound Bath, Dang Olsen Dream Tape, and Cool Maritime live at Betalevel

Los Angeles — 28 February 2017

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The illusion of physical reality is created by numerological patterns. The eleven pattern continues to haunt/taunt people as if a catalyst. Eleven is a Master Number. The vibrational frequency of the prime number, one, doubles in power. Ten being the perfect number, eleven represents excess. When people see the eleven, it triggers part of their DNA linked to remember we exist in a Holographic Universe. Eleven is the number of the Light within all. The sun spot cycle repeats about every eleven years. The spots have intense magnetic fields which are associated with magnetic storms on earth. Radio reception on earth is also affected by the sun spot cycle. People with this number could be both idealistic and visionary, and they are attracted to the unknown. They can be unusual, interesting, and magnetic personalities. Aquarius is the 11th sign in the Zodiac. We are, since August 11, 1999, in the Age of Aquarius. There are many things from ancient times that have not been explained. There was a lot of mathematics involved in the pyramids. It is interesting that 1111 x 1111 = 1234321 (numerical sequence ascending and descending in the form of a pyramid). Seeing eleven, I too know these numbers are very real. I cannot do anything without looking at the clock and its always double numbers. I have been seeing elevens for about 8 years (several times a day, every day). This is NOT “Coincidence;” it is VERY REAL..... And very hard to explain! Seeing eleven is comforting and puzzling at the same time. I feel special... yet Alone! ~ No one I know understands. The majority of the time when I see an eleven, I say to myself, “You’re with me all the time aren’t you?” Eleven can show up in its various forms when someone is overcome by emotions, feels lost, or becomes indecisive. Here eleven is used by the brain as a conditioned grounding mechanism to balance the circuits to focus and function. People who experience in Zone Eleven have the most interesting stories to tell. The average adult male heart weighs eleven ounces. The largest cat is the Siberian tiger at eleven feet long. A rocket must travel at over 11km per second to escape the Earth’s gravity.

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Swap Meet

New Year’s Eve Karaoke Thursday, December 31, from 10pm until late Betalevel

Another year almost over. Forget dropping balls and Auld Lang Syne, head down to our subterranean redoubt and do The Final Countdown with us!

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Two more films in our summer Bollywood Night series at Betalevel:

8/16 - Love Story 2050 8/30 - Madhumati

This psychedelic/sublime video is part of our pre-show playlist.

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Slide from Frank Montesonti's "The Rhetoric of Perpetual Motion Machines" at Errata Salon, 30 October 2014

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Oh hey, look, it’s around the corner from us.

Air Dry

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Sinziana Velicescu and Spencer Harding speaking at our first event last week. Thanks so much to both of them and thanks to everyone that came (especially those that had to stand or sit on the floor — a full house is a mixed blessing!).

Currently planning future events. Please get in touch if you have suggestions/ideas/complaints or want to get involved/help out!

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The first event of the Los Angeles Photography Congress, on Thursday, January 8th, at Betalevel in Chinatown, features local photographers Spencer Harding and Sinziana Velicescu talking about recent series of work.

Part lecture series, part social club, the Los Angeles Photography Congress explores a wide range of practices, from commercial to fine art, from the amateur to the academic to the historical and beyond — as well as the blurry boundaries in between. It provides an opportunity for both established and emerging photographers to discuss their work, their process, and their experiences, to forge new relationships, and to experiment with new ideas. Its primary focus is upon photographers and photographs that regard the city of Los Angeles as a subject, a backdrop, or a base of operations.

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Swap Meet, 15 November 2014

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Liew Niyomkarn, Carmina Escobar, and Aniela Perry at Graceful Din, October 11, 2014

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"The next evening featured four L.A. composers and improvisers in a small underground venue in Chinatown, Beta Level, entered from a garbage-strewn alleyway." - LA Times

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Lisa Locascio at Errata Salon, March 27th

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I just don't like all the weirdos.

There's too many weirdos there.

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What we watched:

Refreshment Stand Hot Dog Fuji Trusts & Estates Bee & Puppycat 200 Koko’s Earth Control Twin_kle Barbecube! The Jump Russian Winnie the Pooh Akira Fabulous Secret Powers I Am Alone and My Head Is on Fire Here Be Dragons Cartoon Planet Bugs...