Taking cues from historic hotbeds of creative production and a touch of folklore magic, Little Dumbo will contribute to new ways of experiencing and supporting experimental music culture, while incorporating a deep reflection of it's history. Guided by a collective of artists/musicians/writers/historians spanning from Chicago to Berlin, our primary mission is to facilitate opportunities for artists touring the East Coast.
Bobby Donne
(b. 1967) is a musician and film composer from Richmond, Virginia. He has recorded works with a variety of groups and individuals including Labradford (Kranky), Aix Em Klemm (Kranky), Spokane (Jagjaguwar), Gregor Samsa, Cristal (Flingco Sound System, Entr'acte), Pan.American (Kranky), Stephen Vitiello, and most recently Anjou (Kranky). His work as a composer includes Rick Alverson's Entertainment, which premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, and New Jerusalem (2011 Film Festival Rotterdam), as well as Daniel Carbone's Hide Your Smiling Faces (2013 Berlinale).
Colin Lang
received his Ph.D. in the history of art at Yale University. His dissertation entitled Room 19, 1966–1969, examines the early work of Imi Knoebel, Blinky Palermo, Imi Giese, and Jörg Immendorff, all students under Joseph Beuys at the Düsseldorf State Art Academy. His writing has appeared in Artforum and Texte zur Kunst.
David Moré
Elizabeth Nall
a classically trained violinist, began to experiment with electronic sound and composition while involved in a collective founded by German composer, Herbert Brun, School for Designing a Society. In studio practice today she uses technology to test the expectations of musical ideas, exploring method in search of inspiration in the previously unheard.
Benjamin Thorp
has been shown as an artist nationally and internationally including group shows at Diapson Gallery, New York (2010) and the Imaginarium Gallery, Lodz Poland (2011). As an Independent Curator he has developed exhibitions and projects with artists Arnold Kemp, Leslie Rogers, GWAR, and Clifford Owens among others. As a programmer he's engaged a long and diverse roster including Matmos, Olivia Neutron-John, Flamingo, Mary Lattimore, Daniel Bachman and Bonnie Jones. Thorp's work as a sound engineer and producer can be heard on albums with artists Stephen Vitiello (12k Records), Ian Svenonius (Dischord) and upcoming releases with Bobby Donne (Kranky) and Tashi Dorji (TBA). Multiple grants for Music Research from The Danish Ministry of Culture has funded his search for the avante sound and he's developed multiple projects funded by the N.E.A. and N.E.H.
Matmos
Maria Faust
Tashi Dorji
Bonnie Jones
James Toth
Adam Pultz Melbe
Blues Control
Nelly Kate
M. Lamar
Jackie Lynn
Stephen Vitiello
Elka Bong
Gardener
Audrey Chen
Zomes
Flamingo
