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The Family Music Book Vol. 4 [2 CDs]

+DOG+: The Family Music Book Vol. 4 [2 CDs] (Love Earth Music)

Two CDs presenting a series of recordings captured live in venues throughout northeast America between 2021 and 2023, led by +DOG+ sound artist Steve Davis with Bobby Almon, Chuck Foster, Edward Giles, Jack Szymczak, LOB, Mackenzie Kourie, Ron Karlin, at venues and festivals including Sonorium at SATV, Buddyfest, Milwaukee's Jazz Gallery Center, &c. &c.
 

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Personnel:



Bobby Almon-performer

Chuck Foster-performer

Edward Giles-performer

Jack Szymczak-performer

Joao Lobo-performer

Mackenzie Kourie-performer

Ron Karlin-performer

Steve Davis-performer

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Label: Love Earth Music
Catalog ID: LEM-304
Squidco Product Code: 34125

Format: 2 CDRs
Condition: New
Released: 2023
Country: USA
Packaging: Digipack - 4 panel
All tracks recorded live 2021 to 2023.
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Artist Biographies

Bobby Almon is an experimental sound artist known for his work in the noise and ambient music scenes. He has performed at events like the Santa Ana Noise Fest, showcasing his project "Transient," which delves into experimental and ambient noise music.

-Squidco 7/15/2026

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"Chuck Foster is mainly a music reviewer and writer from Brooklyn, NY working with Big Takeover Magazine. But also an experimental noise sound artist and sometimes member of +DOG+"

-Discogs (https://www.discogs.com/artist/8792488-Chuck-Foster-7?anv=Chuck&filter_anv=1&srsltid=AfmBOoo4ztzubRZqlW3XK9pv4H_ECVxAejqZQaLEGm08FtqIMzMWlQpK)
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Jack Szymczak is an experimental performer associated with +DOG+ and related Love Earth Music releases, appearing in the project's rotating ensemble of sound artists and noise collaborators. His work with +DOG+ places him within Steve Davis' long-running collective practice, where live improvisation, electronics, collage and harsh texture are shaped through changing group configurations.

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LOB is the creative force behind the long-running improvisational project Instagon. He was a member of Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth's North American branch, a chaos magic fellowship founded by British experimental band Psychic TV. LOB is also a poet and visual artist, with his artwork exhibited in various galleries.

-Squidco 7/15/2026

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Mackenzie Kourie is a percussionist and sound artist who skillfully harnesses the nostalgic allure of vintage media by intricately weaving sonic tapestries through the use of tape loops, field recordings, and improvisation. His work often explores the intersections of noise, ambient, and experimental music.

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Steve Davis, aka S. Standfish Davis. +DOG+ has been a central project of Steve Davis' Love Earth Music label, the noise project formed 1990 in Osaka, later in Massachusetts (and, for a time, Southern California) since 1997.

Davis is a member of the groups +DOG+, Blue, Dogshit, Expando Brain, Intensive Studies, Le Chien Nu, Shit Brothers, and Reality Challenged.

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