- Airway (band)
Airway was a musical ensemble based within the
Los Angeles Free Music Society .Airway was initially a solo project of
Le Forte Four memberJoe Potts . The first release was the "Airway" 7", which featuredsubliminal message s to coincide with an art exhibition inTokyo .Fact|date=June 2008 In August 1978 Airway made their live debut at the Lace Gallery. This lineup featured Potts and Chip Chapman on electronics, Vetza on vocals, Rick Potts on mandolin, Dennis Duck on saxophone, Juan Gomez on bass, andTom Recchion on drums. They attempted to createsubliminal message s beneath awall of noise by usingtape delay . Recordings from the performance were released as "Live At LACE" by theLos Angeles Free Music Society . "Live at LACE" was reissued by Harbinger Sound in 2006.Throughout 1978 the group performed more concerts with differing lineups, but always with Joe Potts' subliminal message experiments. The project disbanded in 1979. Airway reformed in 1998 for a performance at the
Santa Monica Museum of Art , which featured 18 musicians. Recordings from the performance were released as "Beyond the Pink Live" by theCortical Foundation .Their sound influenced the Japanese noise band
Hijokaidan .Discography
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Live at LACE (1978, reissued 2006)
*Live at Beyond The Pink (2001)ee also
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Los Angeles Free Music Society
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