Steve Roden and Climax Golden Twins
Jeffery Taylor of Seattle-based Climax Golden Twins performs at the Schindler House in West Hollywood as part of the unique “sound.” series for experimental and improvisational music. (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)
Multidisciplinary artist Steve Roden, known for creating evocative, real-time sound painting, performs at the Saturday night concert. Roden, who is based in L.A., sat at a table loaded with assorted gear and musical tools, including a lap steel guitar, a tiny keyboard and selected field recordings. (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)
Rob Millis, Jeffery Taylor’s partner in Climax Golden Twins, is shown playing the guitar, but the duo also is currently obsessed with antique recordings and machinery. The Twins opened their set with the humble, scratchy sound of a vintage 78 record played on the Mikiphone, an antique portable Victrola. (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)
Roden is flanked by Climax Golden Twins players Taylor, left, and Millis. Reviewing the performance for The Times, Josef Woodard wrote, “Deeper and more hypnotic levels of abstraction occurred in a brief collaborative piece in which the artists conjured up an empathetic and even ethereal improvised soundscape.” (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)
