nautical alamanac was formed in 1994 by NAte Young and James Twig
>Harper in Michigan.
>It started as a rouge 'crash and smash' terror band, playing anywhere
>possible (mostly public)
>using confrontational social musical tactics. It quickly reformed into a
>3
>piece adding
>percussion member Sol Meltzer, under this new line up the band fell
>under
>the guide lines of
>rock. Being more accessible in form the ideas had to be pushed further
>so
>the focus of the band
>was on creating garbaged homemade instuments: Springs, clings, gutted
>electronics, metal, etc.
>In 1997 Twig Harper was forced to leave Michigan and go underground
>avoiding
>the police and FBI
>for an anti-police action (all charges were dropped) HArper ended up in
>Chicago with CArly Ptak,
>instead of tossing in the N/A gloves Ptak+Harper decided to hijack the
>Almanac and ride it
>to its deserved glory. Refocusing in even further on the electronics tip
>
>they worked endless
>hours rewiring and building gear, playing the sporadic show here and
>there in Chicago. In 1997 they opened up the Mystery Spot, an infamous
>junk store to finance their life.
>Everything went fine until they became disgusted with the gentrification
>of
>the neighbourhood and
>had the urges to dedicate more of their life to immaterial objects.
>PAcking
>up they left Chicago
>in 2001 and ended up in Baltimore to buy a cheap abandoned styled
>building.
>Thru the renovations
>Ptak + HArper have started hosting live shows in their attic dubbed
>Tarantula Hill, and started
>a record label HERESEE and are in the process of building out Diamond
>Eyes
>recording studio
>plus Nautical Almanac now has the time to tour and play as many shows
>as
>possible.
>NAutical Almanac as has released 3 LP's on Hanson records, toured the US
>8
>times (europe once),
>The new LP 'CISUM' is released on their HERESEE label.They have received
>
>nation press attention and have
>influenced your favorite current fucked-up band.
For physical events that happen at a specific time. For example a concert, or dance performance. If there are multiple shows, you can still duplicate your event to cover them all.
In-Person Event
Fri. July 11th 2003 + Add to Calendar
The Cambie Nanaimo
11:30pm - 12:00pm
$3
