Talkdemonic

Sponsored by: Little Village

Downtown Iowa City's grandest performing arts venue has also just become one of its smallest, most intimate rooms. Intimate at the Englert Series (approx. 75-100 audience members) features both the audience and the performers onstage together: the connection between artist and audience will be direct and electrifying. The cozy atmosphere of this series allows for performances by the exciting new talent being developed in Iowa City everyday: musicians, writers, actors, and more. Want to see what an Intimate concert looks like? Check out these photos on our Facebook page.

Supporting Act: Skye Carrasco

About Talkdemonic
In Portland, Oregon, Kevin O'Connor began his pursuit in 2004 for new frontiers in percussion and analog sounds. What was he looking for? Something entirely new in something old. And so he began collecting. Dusty Italian Crumar synths and pristine Moogs, rickety Baldwins and warbly Wurlitzers, pure-sounding Rhodes and cranky old Korgs. Sounds upon floating, gritty and gorgeous sounds, with a muscular backbone of beats alongside a brainy live drumkit. Talkdemonic was born. While Kevin was beating out a new path in the already innovative music community of Portland, his friend and violist Lisa Molinaro joined him shortly thereafter to lend her string skills to further texturize Talkdemonic's alluring sounds. The duo became unstoppable.

Fast forward seven years. Talkdemonic's 2004 Mutiny Sunshine is now considering a downtempo classic amongst fans, while their sophomore Beat Romantic thrust them into indie spotlight. In 2008, Kevin and Lisa released Eyes At Half Mast, a union of haunting strings passages, toungue and groove beats and drums, and lush nostalgic synth layers that call to mind your personal soundtrack to some inner, secret and special moment of your life. Ruins is the fourth Talkdemonic studio album, and it effectively takes everything about the first three Talkdemonic records and blasts it into the stratosphere.