News

Updated May 2013


May 10, 2013

Kirk and Eddie Nervo are bring Caveat Emptor to THE SMELL tonight. It's been quite awhile since these two have brought their sonic storm together for your listening pleasure. 247 S. Main St, Los Angeles, CA.Neg-Fi, Hex Horizontal and Cender Cone will also be performing.


October 21-28, 2012

Kirk will be in Japan backing up Jesse Jo Stark on her first official mini-tour of Japan. You're pretty much going to have to "know someone" to figure out the "when and where" to attend these gigs.


October.6, 7, 2012

Kirk will be in Paris, France taking part in Nuit Blanche 2012.

"On the stage of the Théâtre du Châtelet, the "Night Paintings" visual and sound collage of dance performances and drawings by MachaPoynder are projected on two giant screens arranged face to face.The "Night Paintings" explore a territory where the border between dance, sound and moving drawing is opened in a constant state of fluidity. The body is saturated with its light beam, revealing thecalligraphy of the body. On a third screen is projected "Light Movie", a film designed as the artist worked directly on a 35 mm film, like a drawing endless unlike the classic design in a prison. Amidst thisaquarium images, five sound pieces of Kirk Hellie connected to powerful speakers and connected to motion detectors are triggeredon the passage of visitors in a random orchestration."

"A Nuit Blanche is when everyone stays up until the small hours to appreciate a bit of culture. A multi-cultural event which takes place across the greater Paris region, the Nuit Blanche happens at museums, libraries, monuments, religious buildings, tourist sites, cinemas, parks and gardens, hospitals and universities… For the Nuit Blanche, the city as a whole stays up for a massive nocturnal art festival, with crowds strolling the streets and admiring artwork."


June. 06, 2012

Also during the residency in June Kirk has an art installation on display begging audience participation called "June Love Caged". Thursdays, June 7, 14, 21, and 28th. 'Three' / Dilettante Gallery. 120 N Santa Fe Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90012. Click for more info.


May. 07, 2012

Kirk's playing a residency in June 2012. Thursdays, June 7, 14, 21, and 28th. papercranes: 'Three' / Dilettante Gallery. 120 N Santa Fe Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90012. Click for more info


October. 21, 2011

Kirk's in New York this week supporting friends. go see cal.


October. 13, 2011

Kirk's playing with Papercranes at the Echo. see Cal.


July. 27, 2011

I'm not sure what happened to that Russia gig with Ringside this month(July) but I caught wind that it's gonna happen sometime soon. In the meantime Kirk's playing a gig with Papercranes on August 4, at Paper Ships, 618 S. Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA.

Thanks for coming out to the residency last month. There were a few new Papercranes songs debutted as well as a few well received covers. See you soon.


Jun. 7, 2011

Wow. Haven't posted anything in a while. I guess it's about time to let you in on a few things happening. Tonight Kirk starts playing a residency (Tuesdays in June 2011) at Havard & Stone, with Papercranes see location details in Cal.

Kirk's also going to Russia again with Ringside in July 2011.


Feb. 10, 2011

New gigs coming up. Check the calendar for details.


Jan. 10, 2011

Happy New Year everyone. It's that time of year again. Kirk's off to Russia again. And there's another record release party. This time it's the Papercranes release of long awaited "Let's Make Babies In The Woods". Check the calendar for details.


Oct. 13, 2010

Another Papercrane gig has been added(10/14 7PM). Last minute, I know but just got the info on the time and location. See calendar and there's a link to the location. It's a little tricky.


Sept. 26, 2010

Lots of gigs added to the calendar. Good nights ahead.


Sept. 13, 2010

Papercranes gig at Bardot on Wednesday September 15th is CANCELLED.


Sept. 11, 2010

Kirk's playing with Papercranes at Bardot on Wednesday September 15th. Check the cal for details.


Sept. 7, 2010

Kirk's playing with Papercranes at Bardot on Thursday. Check the cal for details.


Aug. 26, 2010

So Kirk's playing with Papercranes tonight at the Echo, and a few more dates were added for September. Another Papercranes and another with Miranda Lee Richards.


July 22, 2010

Two more Miranda Lee Richards dates added. July 23rd (yep tomorrow), at Spaceland. and Sunday, July 25 at the Casbah in San Diego. Check Calendar link for details.


June 26, 2010

Lots of Calendar updates. Here's a brief list. Kirk's playing with Miranda Lee Richards, Papercranes & Victoria on Tuesday 6/29. Yes in 3 days. Miranda on July 2nd & 13th and August 4th. With Ringside in Russia July 14-19. And with Papercranes & Victoria on June 30, and Papercranes on August 26. Check the Calendar link for details.

more links
Victoria: http://www.myspace.com/gloriousvictoria
Papercranes: http://www.papercranesmusic.com/ http://www.facebook.com/pages/papercranes/323363859950 http://www.myspace.com/papercranesmusic
Miranda Lee Richards: http://www.mirandaleerichards.com/ http://www.myspace.com/mirandaleerichards http://www.facebook.com/mirandaleerichards


May 24, 2010

Okay... I have the info for the Gift Horse Project and a flyer. Check the calendar for time, address, phone etc

GHP FLYER


May 16, 2010

Just in... Kirk and Nervo won't be causing tinnitus induced seizures. The Caveat Emptor gig has been cancelled. The country of France called and said Kirk was needed there. Uh, okay back to reality, (kind of) Kirk's doing a couple o'gigs in Cannes & Paris with Rain Phoenix. The Cannes Film Festival Wednesday, May 19 with Rain Phoenix and in Paris, May 25, 2010 with Gift Horse Project. You know that... yeah you know.

 


May 6, 2010

Kirk is going to Marfa, TX with Gift Horse Project. You know, that group of rotating musicians and visual artists. This time 'round they're supporting the Art of Elysium. May 8..Check cal for date.

There's also a gig on Monday May 10, with Papercranes at Club Bardot. (1737 N. Vine St., Hollywood, CA 90028)

Also, not to have been seen or heard from in a while... Caveat Emptor is doing a gig at Echo Curio. Bring some ear plugs and folks subject to tinnitus seizures... you might want to beware.


April 18, 2010

Kirk is performing again with the Gift Horse Project. You know, that group of rotating musicians and visual artists. Conceived of by artists, to help artists in crisis.

GHP's mission is to provide funds and exposure to artist driven charities while also serving to showcase emerging artists.
100 percent of the proceeds will be donated to SILVERLAKE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC. This show features Rain Phoenix (papercranes), Antony Langdon (spacehog, Victoria) Ane Diaz (Causey Way, Producto) and Royston Langdon (spacehog). With Norm Block, Kirk Hellie, Dave Palmer, Dermot Mulroney, A.J. Mason, Chris Tucci and very special guests.

If you saw last months, you know what a great time was had by all. If you missed it, here's another opportunity. The performance will take place on Friday, April 30 at Bootleg, 10PM. 2220 Beverly Blvd. (Across from Brooklyn Bagel - free parking behind Praise Christian Church). Tickets are $15adv/$20day of show. http://www.foldsilverlake.com/framesschedule.html

A little more heads up than usual... Kirk will be playing with Miranda Lee Richards, as part of Lilith Fair. July 2, 1PM at Sleep County Amphitheatre.


February 7, 2010

Happy New Year!

Kirk has a gig with the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra on February 20th at Sanders Theatre, Holyoke Center Arcade: 1350 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138

with Miranda Lee Richards at Spaceland on Tuesday, March 2,

and... for a Haiti Benefit as part of the Gift Horse Project on Thursday, March 4 at Bootleg. 2220 Beverly Blvd. (Across from Brooklyn Bagel - free parking behind Praise Christian Church).

Gift Horse Project is a group of rotating musicians and visual artists. Conceived of by artists, to help artists in crisis. This show, in cooperation with Creative Visions Foundation, is to benefit BRANDAID.
BRANDAID foundation is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to help artisans from developing countries. Effective immediately proceeds from all BRANDAID project sales will be used to support Haitian relief efforts.
Gift Horse Project's current line-up is:
Rain Phoenix (Paper Cranes), Luke Rathborne, Antony Langdon (Spacehog) Mark McAdam, Camila Grey (Uh Huh Her), Norm Block and Kirk Hellie.


December 2, 2009

After quite sometime (a decade) Kirk's recordings with 12 Rounds are being made available for download for free. So far 2 songs "Xocet" and "Shine On" are available in different download quality. The recordings sound great. Visit http://www.12rounds.net for these and releases in the future. Kirk's discography lists track names and contribution.

More news... Kirk will be playing bass with Miranda Lee Richards at Spaceland on January 7, 2010. See calendar.

 


November 12, 2009

Kirk will be perfoming on Moog Guitar as part of Mike Einziger's ensemble. Kirk has enlisted other Branca alumni to play as well. This takes place at Walt Disney Concert Hall on November 21, at 9:30PM. 111 South Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90012.

Eureka! West Coast, Left Coast Festival Opening Event. There are four acts on this bill: Kronos Quartet, Terry Riley, Matmos & Mike Einziger.

Mike's piece will be for 12 strings (mixed vln, and vc) and 12 Moog guitars. It will be conducted by (cello vituoso) Suzie Katayama (who also played on Pink Noise Test's "Plasticized").

Get tickets here: http://laphil.com/tickets/pack-wclc.cfm


September 17, 2009

The show tonight is at Spaceland. NOT the Echo.

 


August 11, 2009

Kirk will be playing bass for Miranda Lee Richards Monday August 17 at The Silverlake Lounge, Silverlake, CA USA 10pm. Directions

 


March 13, 2009

For those of you that missed the live stream of the KCRW video. Here it is.

 

Here's the KTLA performance


February 13, 2009

This just in... Kirk's gonna be on T.V. Set your DVRs, Tivos, VCRs really? whatever. Yer not all gonna be up a 8:30AM. Kirk's playing with Miranda Lee Richards appearing live on KTLA Morning News THIS MONDAY February 16th. Recap, KTLA Channel 5, 8:30AM.

Kirk will also be on the Radio with Miranda Lee Richards on Morning Becomes Eclectic. They're doing a set of songs between 11:00AM-12:00PM Thursday March 12th. If you're on the Internet you can stream the performance live by going to: http://www.kcrw.com/music/in_studio


January 8, 2009

Happy New Year! Another show with Victoria at Bordello in downtown Los Angeles has just been added to the calendar (Jan. 17th). First show of '09. And don't forget the Miranda Lee Richards residency at Spaceland in February - Tuedays.


December 6, 2008

This just in... Another show date has been added to the Calendar. Kirk's playing bass with Victoria at Bordello in downtown Los Angeles. So there's plenty of opportunity to catch up with him this coming week.


November 7, 2008

So Kirk's Calendar is exploding beginning next week through Feb. Branca, Miranda Lee Richards, Victoria, Ringside. Plenty of opportunity to catch Kirk playing several different types of music/instruments. His calendar is full, and now so is yours and mine.


October 2008

Two more dates added to the Calendar.

Kirk will be playing bass with Miranda Lee Richards at Boardner's, Thursday Oct 9.

Fans of Caveat Emptor can rejoice. After a long hiatus, Kirk will be joining his partner in Aural abuse E.J. Nervo at Echo Curio in Echo Park, Saturday, October 25th.


August 19, 2008

Kirk will again be playing bass with Miranda Lee Richards at Spaceland, Thursday August 21.

The next performance of Branca's 100 guitar piece "SYMPHONY NO. 13 (Hallucination City)" will be at The Pageant in St. Louis on Nov. 13, 2008 on a program with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, who will be performing works by Varese, Zappa, and the world premiere of Branca's 1st movement from "Symphony No. 14 (The Harmonic Series)" conducted by David Robertson.


August 3, 2008

The show with Miranda Lee Richards has been changed to Wednesday August 13th.


July 29, 2008

Kirk will be playing bass with Miranda Lee Richards Wednesday August 6th at Three of Clubs. It's a free show and will be showcasing songs off Miranda's new album "Light of X" to be released in October 2008. See calendar for more info.


Apr. 8, 2008

It's been a little while since the last news update but not all news gets posted for one reason or another but there's good reason to post some info for shows coming up end of this month, and in May. Looks like Kirk will be in Japan the week of April 21-28 doing some Solo guitar performances.

In May you'll find Kirk in Olympic Structure Park for Seattle Art Museum's 75 Anniversary. See the calendar page for more links/details.


Dec. 1, 2007

Looks like Kirk's going to be racking up some more frequent flyer miles in '08.

A few new shows posted on calendar. One for this coming Friday--locally and the rest for early '08.

Those actual Russia dates will be posted as they're available.


Oct. 15, 2007

New Caveat Emtpor show posted.

Dates for Russia/Siberia/Ukraine/Eastern European Posponed/Cancelled.


Sept. 28, 2007

Dates for Russia/Siberia/Ukraine/Eastern European Festival Tour listed.


Sept. 18, 2007

More dates added for October-November Tours. Check Calendar.


Sept. 14, 2007

Kirk will be playing bass for MIRANDA LEE RICHARDS on Saturday September 29. See calendar...


August 30, 2007

Kirk is currently holed up in the studio playing bass, guitar, keyboards etc. on the next Ringside album. Special guest musicians thus far have included Ben Harper and Chris Stills. There is also yet another tour in Russia in the planning stages for Mid September through October. This one will be outdoor festivals. The last one in the Ukraine was for 60,000.

Kirk will also be performing in the Alto section of an upcoming performance Glenn Branca's Hallunication City Symphony #13 on October 12 in London, England.

Recent studio work has included sessions for Dr. Dre, Nas, Eminem and Gwen Stefani.

It looks like the next Meow Meow album will see the light of day sometime in 2008. It looks as though it'll be a double album (2 CD). Mixes are being finalized and the song selection/sequences are being worked on. Stay tuned for further details...

Kirk's solo album is still in the works although it's taken a back seat to the current workload.


July 31, 2007

Kirk will be playing bass for MIRANDA LEE RICHARDS on Tuesday August 7. If you missed Kirk with Miranda last time here's your chance to make it up. See Calendar for Venue(Largo).


June 18, 2007

Bummer, Branca gig in Italy has been CANCELLED.


June 16, 2007

Kirk will be performing in Glenn Branca's Orchestra again. This time in Rome, Italy. The Piece "Symphony No. 13 Hallucination City.

The show in Rome is sponsored by Fondazione Musica Per Roma. The performance will be on June 30 at Auditorium Parco Della Musica at 21:00.
http://www.auditorium.com/eventi/4885483

There are more dates with other projects. Check the Calender.


February 24, 2007

Kirk co produced and played banjo, harmonium, optigan, guitar, noise and loops on the Frankel song "Necessary". It was part of a compilation album z"At The Crossroads: A Benefit for Homeless Youth" on Three Ring Records.
http://www.threeringrecords.com/windjammers/atc.html

Kirk played guitar/noise on 3 tracks on the new Purr Machine album "Starry". http://www.pandaimonium.de/traxpan-61.html
Sad I'm Gone, Nefarious and Choose Your Fire.The release date is set for March 2 on Pandamonium. The album can be ordered directly or through iTunes and CD Baby shortly after release.


Febuary 7, 2007

After a Thursday, 2/8 show at the Roxy in Hollywood, CA--Kirk is off to Russia/Eastern Europe for a short tour with Ringside (see cal.)


December 13, 2006

Kirk is playing guitar, bass,keyboards & electronics with Ringside (Geffen Records). In addition to several live dates Kirk is also in the studio with them recording their sophomore cd. Check the calender link for dates this month.


October 18, 2006

So Kirk went, came and went again. Branca shows went extremely well, look for Kirk in Rome/2007. Kirk's currently in Japan and has some gig's coming up. Check the calender link. Here's a little more info...

Kirk's performing (as Diskonekt the Hi-Fi)as part of Neo Noise Blood Vol 6 in Osaka, Japan on Friday, 20 October and again at the ICCFA Center for Audio Arts (Osaka) on Saturday, 21 October. On Sunday 22 October, Kirk will be in Tokyo, Japan at the Chrome Hearts store (6-3-14 Minamiaoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 107-0062) performing solo guitar in collaboration w/Kyoka contributing more ambiance to the store.


September 12, 2006

So after some fun gigs in West Virginia, with MEOW MEOW. Kirk is off again.

Kirk has been asked to perform as part of Glenn Branca's Orchestra again. There will be three shows in Belgium. See cal. More info.

There will also be a couple of solo gigs in Europe and Japan. Watch cal for dates.


August 6, 2006

Thank you all for coming out to the "westside" shows. It was great see you all.

MEOW MEOW is doing two shows in September. Taking a trip to play for some friends from Ohio and make some new ones in West Virginia. Check the cal. for dates and info.


June 26, 2006

As promised way back in April, There's finally some pictures of the Branca show. You'll also find a few pics from the MEOW MEOW show at the Roxy.

On another note, MEOW MEOW is doing two shows in July. Check the Calendar page for details.


April 24, 2006

So... if you missed the last MEOW MEOW show, here's another opportunity-- Thursday, May 11 at the Roxy. See the Calendar page for time etc.


April 6, 2006

So first of all, thank you all for coming to the Glenn Branca show. It was very successful and a fun time was had by all. Some pics and a short video clip will be added shortly. Stay tuned.

Kirk will be performing on April 15, with his band MEOW MEOW at Spaceland. Hope to see you there.


March 8, 2006

Kirk will be performing in a guitar ensemble by Glenn Branca, March 29th. A long time fan of Glenn's, Kirk is looking forward to working with him. Look for Kirk in the Alto section. Info and links on the Calendar page.


February 26, 2006

In light of the recent/several date changes for the Meow Meow gig - March 2nd, to state what might seem obvious... It would behoove those who might want to be notified about such changes etc. to submit their e-mail address to this website (submission field in bottom frame). For instance: Here's an update that might affect a few people. Instead of being $7 to get into the Echo. The cover is FREE for those over 21 and $5 for those under 21. The club is 18 and over.


February 10, 2006

Kirk/Meow Meow is playing a gig at the Echo check the calendar. This show should feature songs recorded for their follow up album as well as an older song that will be new to us all.
Please note: the date has been changed AGAIN to Thur. March 2nd
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Ah yes, he's writing more songs (when isn't he?).
hmm... is that really news?

Hope to see you all at the Echo.

Leave a message for Kirk (on the contact page).


November 13, 2005

Kirk's got a gig coming up check out the calendar.

 


October 30, 2005

Welcome to the new and hopefully improved Kirk Hellie website. It was long past due and quite a little undertaking. Digging up discography/details, video, going through archives of audio, video, pictures etc. The look is quite a bit different. It'll be interesting to see how long this "what is it? blue?" color lasts before it gets changed to more muted and earthly dark tones. So you can suffer/enjoy this background color with us.

There's a lot more to see here these days. And hopefully there'll be more frequent updates/ rotating audio/video and more pictures.

So, for those of you who were just here yesterday, you will remember this being the page to go to for info on where Kirk was playing and where. Well, that is not case anymore. There's a new section for that called "calendar". It is there you will find either nothing or hopefully a listing of where you can find kirk doing what he loves... hmm... hard to figure out where performing ranks on his favorites list. Well, it's in the top five anyhow. For the purpose of history/naustalgia, we're leaving up the six months of "news" including the dates of his last performances. Anything older than six months will be located in the Archived News section at the bottom of this page.

Any photographs of past events that might have been found here have been moved to the gallery.

So on with the news already...

Meow Meow has an album available via CD Baby. If you don't know about them. He's a little info. They are a company that helps make available music of the independant musician. They take a fair cut and handle the shipping. The rest of sale goes to the artist. It's a great of discovering music that would otherwise not be available for listen or purchase. So Kirk's/Meow Meow's "Snow Gas Bones" is available to listen to in it's entirety as well as purchase it if you'd like. We're also working together to make other albums and perhaps unreleased music that you'd only have heard live or if you were a guest during the recording of it. The "merch" link on the navigational bar will take you directly to Meow Meow's "Snow Gas Bones". The label Meow Meow was on is no more. So once these CDs are gone, there won't be any more. I'd like to think otherwise but that'll be the case for a long time. So get'm while the gettin' is good.

More news...

Meow Meow has been busy recording since late December 2004. There are 25 odd tracks to choose from for the next album for which the band is shopping to various labels. The recordings were done at Regeneration (Kirk's home Studio in Hollywood at the Committee to Keep Music Evil Headquarters w/Rob Campenella (in Hollywood) and most recently with producer/engineer Eddie Ashworth (who Kirk has had a long recording history with since Pink Noise Test) in Athens, Ohio. Thanks to everyone who went out and purchased the debut "Snow Gas Bones. Meow Meow hope to find a home for the new album and have it come out next year. Look to the Cal section for when upcomming dates are posted.

Kirk also has plans for doing some acoustic based solo shows as well as resuming live shows with Edward J. Nervo as Caveat Emptor in the comming months.

 

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