The Improv Psych Lab

Productions
of Clavius

Upcoming shows

March 9 (copresented with Cavum Soni)
Jandek at Ibrahim Theater/Lightbox
with a screening of Kooken

April 11
Kinloch Nelson (Tompkins Square), Kyle Press & Scott Verrastro Duo Brickbat Books, Philadelphia PA

April 19
Charnel Ground, Dirt Weed Revue
Jerry’s on Front, Philadelphia PA

May 25
Erik Ruin’s Ominous Cloud Ensemble, Darsombra, Ala Muerte
The Mothership, Philadelphia PA

Kohoutek

April 2
Slash Run,Washington DC
with Loolowningen & the Far East Idiots (Japan), Heavy Breathing (ex-Apes)

April 3
Chikn Fiesta, Richmond VA
with Loolowningen & the Far East Idiots, Rural Tourniquet

April 4
Ortlieb’s, Philadelphia PA
with Loolowningen & the Far East Idiots, False Tracks (ex-Ropers)

May 14 (as part of Damo Suzuki’s Network)
PhilaMOCA, Philadelphia PA

May 15 (as part of Damo Suzuki’s Network)
Ottobar, Baltimore MD
with Microkingdom, Rest

June 5
Blackmarket VIP, Hastings UK

June 9
Woolf 2 Festival, Seend UK
with Bevis Frond, Sharron Kraus, Alisdair Roberts, Ian A Anderson (from The Village Thing label!), Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus, Jesse Poe & Makoto Kawabata plus many more!

Curanderos

March 31
WKDU radio session, Philadelphia PA

Discography

Lossless Loss (2009)

Kohoutek
Vinyl only (out of print) on Prophase Music
Recorded and mixed by Abel Okugawa Wright at Monkeyclaus in Wintergreen VA
Scott Allison – electronics
Craig Garrett – bass
Damian Languell – vocals, sax, harmonica
Vic Salazar – electric guitar
Scott Verrastro – drums, percussion, flute

Expansive Headache (2007)

Kohoutek
CD – Available on Music Fellowship
Recorded by Vinnie van Go-Go in DC with the VHF mobile machine
Scott Allison – electronics
Craig Garrett – bass
Scott Verrastro – drums, percussion, flute
Luke Wyatt – electric guitar
Mixed by Luke Wyatt
Mastered by Derek Morton
Artwork by Carolina Mayorga

New Milk (2006)

Kohoutek & Soil Sing Through Me (mem. of Sunburned Hand of the man/Feathers) CD-R (out of print)
Collaboration from Wabana, limited to 200 CD-R series. Recorded live 4/19/06.

Hair on the sidewalk (2006)

Kohoutek
CD-R + DVD-R on Sockets (out of print)
Recorded live by Steve Sanford at Kensington Forum, Philadelphia PA, 6/25/05
Scott Allison – electronics
Jim Brophy – vocals
Craig Garrett – bass
Scott Verrastro – drums, percussion
Luke Wyatt – electric guitar
Mastered by Derek Morton
Artwork by Scott Allison

s/t (2005)

Kohoutek
CDr on Clavius Productions

The Burning Sea
Recorded live by Steve Sanford at Warehouse Next Door, WDC 7/25/04
Craig Garrett – bass
Scott Verrastro – drums, percussion
Luke Wyatt – electric guitar

Four More Years
Recorded live by Steve Sanford at Warehouse Next Door, WDC 11/3/04
Scott Allison – electronics
Craig Garrett – bass
Scott Verratro – drums, percussion

Mastered by Derek Morton
out-of-print

804noise Fest 2005 Artists Compilation CDR

Various
Making sure that everyone left the 2005 804noise Festival with something to remember it by, the 804noise collective assembled a CDR featuring music by every performing artist(s) on the bill. Some being exclusive and not so exclusive tracks, presented in the order in which everyone played. Limited to a finite number of 200 copies.
out-of-print


Past Kohoutek shows

  • 9/23/10 @ M Room (Philly) for Prophase Records showcase at Philly FM Fest w/ The Notekillers, American Speedway, Dark Sea Dream
  • 9/3/10 @ M Room (Philly) w/ Rangda, Major Stars
  • 9/5/10 @ Garfield Artworks (Pittsburgh) w/ Rangda, Major Stars
  • 9/4/10 @ Velvet Lounge (DC) w/ Rangda, Major Stars
  • 7/18/10 @ Cake Shop, NYC w/ PG Six Band, Tom Carter
  • 7/17/10 @ BATV (46 Tappan St., Brookline MA) w/ Mmoss, Life Partners
  • 7/16/10 @ The Crooked Shoe (4500 Kingsessing Ave.), Philly w/ George Kinney, The Company Corvette, Shortstack
  • 7/15/10 @ Velvet Lounge, DC w/ George Kinney, D. Charles Speer & The Helix, Pablonius Bill
  • 7/14/10 @ Couch Heaven, Richmond (8 W. Broad St.) w/ George Kinney, Caves Caverns, Gun Outfit, Frankzig, Palindrone
  • 5/1/10 @ Cake Shop, Manhattan w/ The Styrenes, Pink Reason, Tyvek
  • 4/30/10 @ Death By Audio, Brooklyn w/ The Styrenes, Home Blitz
  • 4/28/10 @ M Room, Philly w/ The Styrenes, My Mind
  • 4/19/10 @ The Triple, Richmond w/ The Styrenes, Caves Caverns
  • 4/18/10 @ Velvet Lounge, DC w/ The Styrenes
  • 4/17/10 @ Orion Studios, Baltimore w/ The Styrenes
  • 3/24/10 Blacksburg VA @ The Log Cabin (address TBA) w/ Dark Sea Dream, Deral Fenderson, Nathan Bowles & Scott Verrastro
  • 3/22/10 New Orleans @ Dragon’s Den w/ Dark Sea Dream, Van Halen II: Rise of the Machines
  • 3/21/10 Austin (SXSW) @ Headhunter’s w/ (The Sounds of) Kaleidoscope, Gondola, Dark Sea Dream and many others
  • 3/15/10 Nashville @ Betty’s Grill w/ Dark Sea Dream
  • 3/14/10 Boone @ 641 RPM w/ Dark Sea Dream, Romannis Motte
  • 3/13/10 DC @ Velvet Lounge w/ (The Sounds of) Kaleidoscope, Gondola, Inzinzac
  • 3/12/10 Baltimore @ Dionysus (8 E. Preston St.) w/ (The Sounds of) Kaleidoscope, Gondola, Solar Temple Suicides
  • 3/11/10 Philly @ The Carriage House (1314 Alter St.) w/ (The Sounds of) Kaleidoscope, Gondola, Zun Zun Egui
  • 12/11/09 @ JR’s Bar, Philly w/ Magnet City Kids, Human Adult Band
  • 11/20/09 @ Velvet Lounge, DC w/ The Numbers Band
  • 11/10/09 @ Court Tavern, New Brunswick NJ (124 Church St) w/ The Secret Syde (awesome early ’80s NJ garage-psych band reuniting), Gondola, Pots and Powercells (mem. of Human Adult Band)
  • 11/7/09 @ M Room, Philly w/ Marble Sheep (classic Japanese psych), Plastic Crimewave Sound, Gondola $8, doors at 8:30pm, 21+
  • 10/8/09 @ Johnny Brenda’s (Philly): Wovenhand/White Hills
  • 10/11/09 @ Velvet Lounge (DC) w/ TV Ghost, Wizzard Sleeve
  • 9/28/09 @ Danger Danger Gallery (Philly) w/ Wasteland Jazz Unit, Aluk Todolo, Tiger Hatchery, Bee Mask, Lussuria
  • 8/18/09 as Kuschty Rye Ergot @ Velvet Lounge w/ Love (featuring Johnny Echols backed by Baby Lemonade), Jerry Miller (of Moby Grape), Pablonious Bill
  • 8/14/09 @ TTs (Boston) w/ Six Finger Satellite, Midnight Devil Music, The Big Disappointments
  • 7/6/08 @ Velvet Lounge (DC) w/ Locrian, Our Brother the Native, Religious Girls, Teething Veils
  • 6/3/09 @ M Room, Philly: w/ Martin Bisi , Empty Shapes
  • 4/25/09 @ AvantFairfax Festival (NoVA) w/ Cheer-Accident, Kuschty Rye Ergot, Mike Tamburo, Insect Factory, Anduin, Stag Hare, Outpost, Layne Garrett
  • 3/29/09 @ BAR (New Haven) w/ Yahowha 13!, Gringo Star
  • 3/28/09 @ Knitting Factory Yahowha 13!, Mopar Mountain Daredevils (NYC)
  • 3/27/9 @ Velvet Lounge (DC) w/ Yahowha 13!, Afterhours, Dark Sea Dream
  • 3/26/09 @ Talking Head (Bmore) w/ Yahowha 13!, Mopar Mountain Daredevils
  • 3/25/09 @ Johnny Brenda’s (Philly) w/ Yahowha 13!, Niagara Falls (CD release)
  • 2/22/09 @ North Star Bar (philly) w/ The Red Masque, Advent
  • 2/21/09 @ marvelous records (DC) w/ Cosmologic (cuneiform), Lord Jeff (ecstatic peace)
  • 1/17/09 @ Velvet Lounge (DC) w/ Han Bennink
  • 12/20/09 @ Velvet Lounge, DC. Psychedelic Warlords: A Tribute to Hawkwind w/ Kohoutek, Ultrabunny (ex-Bunny Brains)
  • 11/12/08 @ Knitting Factory, NYC w/ Plastic Crimewave Sound w/ Djin (from Yahowa 13!), La Otracina (Holy Mountain), Mondo Drag (Alive Records, garage-psych from Iowa)
  • 11/11/08 @ Marvelous Records, Philly w/ Plastic Crimewave Sound w/ Djin (from Yahowa 13!), Mondo Drag (Alive Records, garage-psych from Iowa) 8pm, donation requested, all ages!
  • 11/9/08 @ Velvet Lounge, DC w/ Plastic Crimewave Sound w/ Djin (from Yahowa 13!), Mondo Drag (Alive Records, garage-psych from Iowa), Blue Sausage Infant (DC noise)
  • 9/13/08@ THE END OF 611 FLORIDA FREE FOLK PHANTASMAGORY V with Max Ochs, The Julie Mittens, Human Adult Band, Hat City Intuitive, Sondra Sun-Odeon, Ilya Monosov, Insect Factory, Teething Veils, Layne Garrett
  • 8/24/08 (DC) @ the lighthouse w/ mike tamburo, tusk lord, chris niels, the cutest puppy in the world
  • 8/2/08 (Frederick MD) @ Krug’s Place w/ The Wayward, Admiral Browning, Pat Paul Band
  • 6/27/08 (Baltimore) @ Talking Head w/ Long Live Death, Sharron Kraus, United Bible Studies
  • 6/25/08 (Charlottesville) @ Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar w/ Sharron Kraus, United Bible Studies
  • 6/24/08 (Chapel Hill) @ Nightlight w/ Sharron Kraus, United Bible Studies, Jenks Miller (of Horseback)
  • 6/23/08 (Blacksburg) @ house show w/ Sharron Kraus, United Bible Studies
  • 6/21/08 (Louisville) @ Terrastock 7 (resurrected with Randy Hammon)
  • 6/18/08 (Bloomington) @ Bear’s Place w/ Sharron Kraus, United Bible Studies, Ignatz & Poison Oak (mem. of Impossible Shapes)
  • 6/17/08 (Detroit) @ National Bohemian Home w/ Warmth, Uneven Universe
  • 6/16/08 (Pittsburgh) @ Jeffrey’s birthday bash w/ MV/EE, Black Forest/Black Sea, Ignatz & Mary Ellen McGee
  • Sunday 6/15 (DC) @ Velvet Lounge w/ Major Stars (Drag City), Thalia Zedek (Thrill Jockey, of Come/Live Skull), Giraffes? Giraffes!
  • 4/28/07 @ Velvet Lounge with Cloudland Canyon (Kranky/Holy Mountain), Flying Eyes
  • 3/7/08 @ The Lighthouse (DC) w/ Sunburned Hand of the Man (Ecstatic Peace/Eclipse)/Bill Nace (solo electric guitar from MA) / Chris Grier/ Lexie Mountain
  • 2/9/08: @ Velvet Lounge with Vapour Theories (mem. of Bardo Pond) / Dark Sea Dream (VA heavy psych) / plus DJ sets by Mark C (Live Skull)
  • 1/25/08: Iota Club, Arlington, VA with Six Organs of Admittance
  • 11/28/07 @ Velvet Lounge w/ Kinski, Clockcleaner, Clipd Beaks
  • 11/18/07: NYC @ The Silent Barn w/ Religious Knives, Gowanus Bay Funeral Marching Band
  • 11/16/07: Philly @ The Vacuum w/ Bardo Pond, Paul Metzger, Tim Kaiser
  • 11/14/07: Pittsburgh @ Mr Roboto Project w/ Mike Tamburo, Horseback
  • 11/13/07: Cleveland @ Now That’s Class w/ Terminal Lovers, Black Wolf
  • 11/12/07: Columbus @ Skylab w/ Kathy O’Dell & Shane Mackenzie (of Lambsbread)
  • 11/11/07: Detroit @ Scrummage University w/ Grass Canyon, Mammal
  • 11/10/07: Chicago @ AV-aerie w/ Ruthann Friedman, Aleks & the Drummer, Angel Olsen, Terminal Lovers, Scarcity of Tanks (Four Million Tongues Festival)
  • 11/9/07: Louisville w/ Softcheque (mem. of Sapat/Deep Pockets), Project Redbook, Drunken Astronauts
  • 11/8/07: Cincinnati @ Art Damage Lodge w/ Schwallie/Horrigan/Ison/Cheek, Wasteland Jazz Unit (w/ C. Spencer yeh), Young Freebooters
  • 11/7/07: Knoxville w/ Neptune, The New Brutalism
  • 10/27/07 @ @ 1421 buchanan st nw w/ barkitecture, them roaring twenties
  • 10/22/07 @ Velvet Lounge Free Folk Phantasmagory IV w/ DAMO SUZUKI (of CAN) with Kohoutek/(The Sounds of) Kaleidoscope/Carlos Giffoni-John Wiese-Spencer Yeh Trio
  • 9/29/07 @ Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar in Charlottesville w/ Bardo Pond, Suishou No Fune
  • 9/28/07 @ Velvet Lounge (pseudo-CD release on Music Fellowship!)with Alasehir (mem. of Bardo Pond, Important Records)/Suishou No Fune (Japanese psych, Holy Mountain)/Slasher Risk
  • 7/21/07: Diamond Days Festival in NYC w/ Sunburned Hand of the Man, Plastic Crimewave Sound, These Are Powers, La Otracina, Spires That in the Sunset Rise, Woodwose, Weird Owl, Empty Spaces, Necking, and more
  • 7/20/07: The Vacuum in Philly w/ Bardo Pond, Titan, Teeth of the Hydra
    7/11/07: Velvet Lounge w/ Avarus, Manbeard, The Cutest Puppy in the World
  • 6/17/07: Warehouse Next, DC Door with Warmer Milks/Barkitecture/Ospreys/Jason Simon (of Dead Meadow)
  • 5/28/07: 611 Florida Ave NW Washington, DC w/ Little Howlin’ Wolf, sc.all, The Appalachian Americans, Shinryu-Ken, Damian Languell
  • 5/26/07: Taiwan Deth House, Nashville, TN w/ Little Howlin’ Wolf, Taiwan Deth, Dave Cloud
  • 5/25/07: The Nightlight, Chapel Hill, NC w/ Little Howlin’ Wolf, Boyzone
  • 5/24/07: Warehouse Next Door w/ Z’EV, Sikhara, Violet, Little Howlin’ Wolf
  • 4/29/07: PA’s Lounge, Boston w/ Alasehir, The Lothars
  • 4/28/07: Machines w/ Magnets Providence, RI w/ lightning bolt, silver daggers, alasehir, human host, black forest/black sea
  • 4/27/07: Unitarian Meethouse, Amherst, MA w/ WWVV, GHQ, Alasehir, Gown (backed by Sunburned) more info: gladtree.com or autonomousbattleshipcollective.org
  • 4/26/07: Knitting Factory, NYC w/ Acid Mothers Temple, Mammatu
  • 4/18/07 : Velvet Lounge w/ Noxagt (Load), Zoraoster
  • 3/25/07: Hampshire College Red Barn, Amherst, MA (Gladtree festival) with Fat Worm of Error, Noise Nomads, Taiwan Deth, Sara Jaffe, The Vashti Bashers
  • 3/23/07: with Costes (legendary French performance artists!)/Mr. Natural at Velvet Lounge
  • 3/1/07: with Relay, Lymbyc Systym, (The Sounds of) Kaleidoscope, Kohoutek \\Full write-up//
  • 2/4/07: Dust Warehouse – Charlottesville, VA with Grand Banks, Matt Valentine & Ericka Elder
  • 12/16/06: 101 Harvard St. Alexandria with PG Six, Rifle Recoil
  • 11/21/06: 611 Florida w/ Charalambides/Volcano the Bear/The Cutest Puppy in the World
  • 11/11/06: Tonic, NYC with Alasehir/Crude
  • 11/10/06: “The 4am House”, NYC, South 3rd and Kent, Brooklyn, with Sejayno (Skinkoyo)/ Sadjeljko (Skinkoyo)/ Ill Eagle/ Bad Faces (MV Carbon + Luke from Child Abuse) Brown Wing Overdrive (Chuck Bettis & Derek Morton)/ Our Lady of the Golden Dawn Pyramid
  • 11/9/06: Thursday: Club 1254, Boston 1254 Boylston St. with Tristan de Cunha/ The Big Disappointments (le bande de Talljon!)/ Donna Parker (Twisted Village)
  • 10/31/06: Rock and Roll Hotel w/ Kayo Dot/Grails/Piasa
  • 10/6/06: Warehouse Next Door w/ Harvey Bainbridge/Spaceseed/Yellow Swans/Mouthus and more
  • 9/23/06: Wall of Sound Fest II in Fredericksburg w/ A Place to Bury Strangers, Ceremony, Stellarscope, Destroyalldreamers, and many more
  • 9/16/06: 611 Florida at Free Folk Phantasmagory III w/Little Howlin’ Wolf (Heresee)/ Ilya Monosov & Preston Swirnoff (Eclipse)/ P.G. Six (Amish, ex-Tower Recordings)/ Christina Carter (Eclipse, of Charalambides)/ Max Ochs (Takoma/Tompkins Square)/ Shawn David McMillen (Tompkins Square, of Ash Castles on the Ghost Coast)/ Fern Knight (VHF)/ Dan Higgs (of Lungfish on guitar? Jew’s Harp? poetry?)/ The Big Huge (Secret Eye)/ Lida Husik (Shimmy Disc)/ Neg-Fi (NYC noise duo)/ anti:clockwise (of Tono-Bungay)/ Aswara (devotional raga from members of Death Chants, Time Lag)/ Kohoutek (DC improv psych)
  • 9/15/06: Dust Warehouse in Charlottesville w/ Little Howlin’ Wolf/Ilya Monosov & Preston Swirnoff/EMT
  • 8/24/06: Rock and Roll Hotel w/ Wooly Mammoth/Owls & Crows/Kiss & Ride
  • 7/22/06: @ baltimore (wham city festival) w/ WZT Hearts, Dan Deacon, Ecstatic Sunshine, Sand Cats, Mr. Moccasin
  • 7/20/06: @ 611 Florida w/ Skeletons & The Girl-Faced Boys/Eagle-Ager
  • 6/10/06: montreal w/ Bardo Pond @ La Sala Rosso, Montreal (Suoni Il Per Popolo Festival)
  • 5/23/06: DC9 w/ green milk from the planet orange and blackfire revelation
  • 5/5/06: Warehouse Next Door w/ Experimental Dental School, Human Host, Saladbar
  • 4/24/06: providence @ AS220 w/ Lair Of The Minotaur (Southern Lord, mem. of Pelican), Unearthly Trance (Relapse) http://www.as220.org
  • 4/20/06: new haven @ cafe nine w/ Landing (Strange Attractors/K/Music Fellowship), St Joan (UK folk/psych)
  • 4/18/06: boston @ w/ Ecstatic Sunshine/Donna Parker & Greg Kelley http://www.obriensallston.com
  • 4/17/06: nyc @ Goodbye Blue Monday w/ Amolvacy (mem. of No Neck Blues Band/Volcano the Bear), Glen Olden, Otto Hauser
  • 4/16/06: philly @ the manhattan room w/ Michael Gibbons (of Bardo Pond), Aquila Rose (mem. of Relay), Jeff Zeigler
  • 4/15/06: baltimore @ true vine records w/ Little Howlin’ Wolf, Pigeons, The Suntanama
  • 4/14/06: 8pm @ 611 Florida with La Otracina (mem. of Lust Ionics/Owl Sounds)/ Tall Firs (Ecstatic Peace)/ Pepi Ginsberg (Philly solo folk)/The Suntanama/ Pigeons/ Life Partners/ Little Howlin’ Wolf
  • 4/3/06: wdc @ dc9 w/ steve mackay & the radon ensemble (sax player from the stooges), accelera deck (scarcelight), lance romance
  • 3/17/06: 3pmish in brooklyn @ good bye blue monday as part of freedom fest w/all violet, scarcity of tanks, paisa
  • 2/24/06 @ Paper Street Info Shop , Richmond,VA (w/Sword Heaven, Harm Stryker)
  • 1/21/06 @ Warehouse Next Door, WDC (w/jack wright/ben hall/hans buetow, Hat City Intuitive, Insect Factory)
  • 12/17/05 @ Warehouse Next Door: Alkem Benefit II (w/ Sarah Azzara, DCIC, Lida Husik,The Antiques, Pup Tent, and Shame Girl)
  • 11/2/05 @ DC9 (w/ [The Sounds Of] Kaleidoscope, Miminokoto, and The Appletown Gun Shop)
  • 11/1/05 @ Talking Head, Baltimore (w/ Miminokoto, Dan Higgs, and Tent)
  • 10/21/05 @ Palace Tavern, Brooklyn NY (w/ Mouthus, Tono-Bungay, and Psychward Love)
  • 10/16/05 (collaboration with Trust Riots) @ Artworks, Richmond: 804Noisefest (w/ Nautical Almanac, Lust Ionics, Caution Curves, Harm*Stryker, Pataphonic, Red Canasta, and many others)
  • 9/24/05 @ 611 Florida: Free Folk Phantasmagory II (w/ Jack Rose, Fursaxa, Tono-Bungay, Samara Lubelski, Matt Mottel & Acapulco Rodriguez, Paul Metzger, Forgotten Works, Timothy Revelator, Death Chants, Sunwards, Facemat, and Donny Hue & The Colors)
  • 8/26/05 @ Warehouse Next Door (w/ Kinski and Ostinato)
  • 8/12/05 @ Nutstock, Vienna VA (w/ Mike Tamburo, Keenan Lawler, RDK, Jakuta & Carl, Tone Ghosting, Spacelab, and others)
  • 7/4/05 @ The Wave Farm, upstate NY (w/ Talibam,Telepathe, Valerie Allen, Bunnybrains, Uncle Woody Sullender & Jaime Fennelly, and others)
  • 6/24/05 @ South Kensington Forum, Philly (w/ Prairie Dog Flesh)
  • 5/25/05 @ Warehouse Next Door (w/ [The Sounds Of] Kaleidoscope, The Grey Daturas, and Relay)
  • 5/15/05 @ Big Noose’s (w/ Durga Temple, VOG, and Tenth Key)
  • 5/7/05 @ 611 Florida (w/ Sir Richard Bishop, Double Leopards, and Mouthus)
  • 3/13/05 @ True Vine, Baltimore (w/ George Kinney [of The Golden Dawn] and Shelley Blake)
  • 12/19/04 @ 611 Florida (w/ ORTHO and Facemat)
  • 11/20/04 @ Warehouse Next Door: Alkem Benefit (w/ Shortstack, Revival, Sarah Azzara, DCIC, and EB&SK)
  • 11/3/04 @ Warehouse Next Door (w/ Landing and anti:clockwise)
  • 10/30/04 @ Ed Donohue’s pad (w/ The Small Shouts)
  • 7/25/04 @ Warehouse Next Door (w/ Fursaxa and Spires That In The Sunset Rise)
  • 5/8/03 @ 611 Florida (w/ Harm*Stryker)