The Creative Music Guild is very excited to announce a night of two multi-instrumentalists; Simon Lott (NOLA) and Portland’s very own Machado Mijiga. presenting as there alter egos / one-person solo cacophony projects :::
Live stream LINK TBA::

Diamond Kinkade
Drummer & beyond, Simon Lott was born on January 6, 1982 and has been making music professionally for 21 years. His career as a versatile drummer began in Louisiana at age 13 in Baton Rouge & New Orleans. He completed an B.A. in English Literature in 2004. At age 23, he moved to New York City after the destructive Hurricane Katrina & began touring internationally. 2 years later, he returned to the South and has been living in New Orleans since.

He fashioned his first album of original music at age 18, an instrumental jazz recording called “In The Parking Lott of Swing.” Then at age 23 completed his second album of original music entitled “Things.” Things stepped into other facets of music: hip-hop, electronica, funk, rock, R&B, and included bits of vocals and a heavy amount of post-production and “cutting-&-pasting” of live recorded tracks mixed with composition and improvisation, highlighting Lott’s skills as composer as well as producer. The music was recorded in 2002 and was slowly edited over 3 years.

At the age of 25, Simon began home recording and experimenting more with synthesizers and effects pedals. At age 28, he created a home studio called THE EARSE in New Orleans where he cultivated two alteregos– Context Killer and Diamond Kinkade: Context Killer’s main rig is a drum set w/contact microphones, synthesizer(s), looper(s), & effects pedal(s); later, electric bass & vocals were added– a malleable, morphing rig indeed… The initial concept of Context Killer’s music was to create a more visceral, organic kind of electronic music by making the music without pre-set loops or samples and with live drumming & keyboard playing. The Context Killer concept was also fabricated as a way to develop playing other instruments and singing. Context Killing is also about changing your current situation if it’s not working; it’s a way to come at things from a different angle so you don’t get stuck, or face the infinite spectrum–there’s always another layer to be uncovered & explored. For instance, using “negative” energy effectively to make music thus giving the listener diverse experience; or employing physical exercise to free your mind and become more in touch with the body that is needed for music-making. This looping period lasted for a good while with great affects & effects.
https://www.simonlottmusic.com/

Gohan Blanco

A Portand native, Machado Mijiga is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, audio engineer, and music educator.
Mijiga’s largest current projects consist of:
Leader/Drummer for Djungol Jim, Tour de Force, DoubleDash, and Dingus.
Lo-fi hip-hop production under the alias “Gohan Blanco”
Sax/Drums for Portland collective “Thankusomuch”
-Freelance multi-instrumentalist in Portland Metropolitan area.
https://machadomijiga.bandcamp.com/