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The Family Music Book Vol. 5 [2 CDs]

+Dog+: The Family Music Book Vol. 5 [2 CDs] (Love Earth Music)

A sprawling double-CD of feral live improvisations recorded across Northeastern U.S. venues in 2023-2024, this fifth volume from +DOG+ brings together noise and experimental artists Steve Davis, Bobby Almon, Chuck Foster, Edward Giles, LOB, and Mackenzie Kourie in shifting configurations that conjure raw energy, anarchic spontaneity, and ecstatic sonic disarray.
 

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Steve Davis-performer

Bobby Almon-performer

Chuck Foster-performer

Edward Giles-performer

Joao Lobo-performer

Mackenzie Kourie-performer


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Label: Love Earth Music
Catalog ID: LEM-368
Squidco Product Code: 35897

Format: 2 CDRs
Condition: New
Released: 2025
Country: USA
Packaging: Digipack
Recorded live at The Firehouse, in Worcester, MA, Pageant: Soloveev, in Philadelphia, PA, Mayday, in Providence, RI, The Ridge, in Providence, RI, Buddyfest, in Cairo, NY, Leisure Hive, in Lowell, MA, Black Lace, in Providence, RI, CCTV, in Cambridge, MA, Holyoke Media Center, in Holyoke, MA, in 2023-2024.

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The Family Music Book Vol. 5 is the latest installment in +DOG+'s ongoing series, released by Love Earth Music. This double CD captures a series of live performances recorded between 2023 and 2024 at various venues across the Northeastern United States, including The Firehouse in Worcester, MA, and CCTV in Cambridge, MA. The album features a rotating ensemble of experimental musicians — Steve Davis, Bobby Almon, Chuck Foster, Edward Giles, LOB, and Mackenzie Kourie — each bringing their unique approach to improvisation and noise music. The recordings encapsulate the raw energy and spontaneity of the live performances, offering listeners an immersive experience into the avant-garde soundscape crafted by these artists.


Artist Biographies

Steve Davis, aka S. Standfish Davis. +DOG+ has been a central project of Steve Davis' Love Earth Music label, the noise project formed 1990 in Osaka, later in Massachusetts (and, for a time, Southern California) since 1997.

Davis is a member of the groups +DOG+, Blue, Dogshit, Expando Brain, Intensive Studies, Le Chien Nu, Shit Brothers, and Reality Challenged.

5/12/2025

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Bobby Almon is an experimental sound artist known for his work in the noise and ambient music scenes. He has performed at events like the Santa Ana Noise Fest, showcasing his project "Transient," which delves into experimental and ambient noise music.

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LOB is the creative force behind the long-running improvisational project Instagon. He was a member of Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth's North American branch, a chaos magic fellowship founded by British experimental band Psychic TV. LOB is also a poet and visual artist, with his artwork exhibited in various galleries.

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Mackenzie Kourie is a percussionist and sound artist who skillfully harnesses the nostalgic allure of vintage media by intricately weaving sonic tapestries through the use of tape loops, field recordings, and improvisation. His work often explores the intersections of noise, ambient, and experimental music.

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Track Listing:



CD1



1. More Grief 07:35

2. Pine Needles 09:28

3. Out of Sight Out of Mind 05:47

4. Garden 10:16

5. The Long Road 08:57

CD2



1. A Swaying Tree 11:34

2. Empty Fields 13:34

3. Our Place 20:47

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