Co-creator, Thad Povey has posted a full length version of The Overdub Club’s 2010 digital music & film piece, Nightsoil. Nightsoil from T Povey on Vimeo.
Summer in NYC is warm and wonderful. I hope it is where you are as well. I am here for the month in South Williamsburg with some gigs and lots of bike riding! News: Music For Driving and Film, vol. II CDs are here. They are gorgeous and there are two types to choose from. [...]
This is one of the most powerful pieces of music I have ever recorded. The video from the finale of the film, Nightsoil by the Overdub Club. This version features the music only (without sound effects) and was released on my latest release Music for Driving and Film, Vol II. This music was composed for [...]
The Overdub Club is proud to announce the completion of the HD video version of Nightsoil. We have worked long and hard to bring this former performance piece to a place where it can be screened. The premier is slated for Sept 30 at the The Exploratorium in San Francisco. Nightsoil is a single channel [...]
Two projects are finished just before the bell of the coming summer is rung and I couldn’t be more pleased. They are both beautifully dark pieces of work, a perfect juxtaposition to the gorgeous sunshine, which is in perfect juxtaposition to the economic realities that are in juxtaposition with the recent Wall Street running of [...]
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Posted 02 June 2009
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Thad’s Povey’s Escape Velocity 2005 John Harden’s La Vie Dun Chien 2003 Overdub Club NightSoil 2003 Reverend Screaming Fingers The Death of Two Guitars 2002
I have not been playing or listening to much music for the past four or five months, partly to minimize exposure to sound due to aggravated levels of tinnitus. This experiment has had some benefit in the realization that I can still perform, create and record with a more sensible, stripped down approach. And since [...]
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Posted 27 March 2008
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The Overdub Club lays new sounds over old film footage – hence the usage of the term overdub. We screen films that tickle your brain and are pleasurably insane. And since it is live, no two shows are ever the same. The soundtracks are for the most part live, but sometimes we use pre-recorded material. [...]
Reverend Screaming Fingers (Lucio Menegon) & Phantom Drummer (Pat Spurgeon) Composed and improvised instrumental music to juxtaposed found slide images and 16mm film prepared by San Francisco filmmaker Thad Povey. The music – based around the electric guitar and drums and incorporating keyboards, loops and other devices – consisted of composed and structured improvisational pieces [...]
