Vuzz releases single, “Almost Lassen” with artwork

Our open-road Electro-Folk anthem, “Almost Lassen” is out on all streaming platforms. This song is about finding the humor in the things we never complete; a playful yet wistful reflection on a dream that never became a reality—a song for letting go of our 2024 resolutions and starting fresh! Hope you will give it a listen. Mixed and mastered by @shanstasticeric. Album art by Vuzz. https://ditto.fm/almost-lassen Continue reading Vuzz releases single, “Almost Lassen” with artwork

C.M. SotoDecember 28, 2024Leave a comment

Multimedia, Stageplay, Visual Art

BMTW Showcase—Ice Scream Theater at Schole Street Studio

Lights up on Ice Scream Theater—a dark multi-media musical written by and starring C.M. Soto. It’s opening night at the Brooklyn Alternative Musical Theater Collective Showcase in the iconic Schole Street Studio! Both shows SOLD OUT! #scholestreetstudio #icescreamtheater #cmsoto #brooklyntheater #brooklynalternativemusicaltheatercollective #musicaltheater Continue reading BMTW Showcase—Ice Scream Theater at Schole Street Studio

C.M. SotoOctober 20, 2023August 15, 2024Leave a comment

Music, Performance

Vuzz live at Freddie’s Bar, Park Slope, NY

VUZZ live, Friday, April 14 at 10 p.m. at Freddie’s Bar and Backroom. Experimental Indie Electronic duo, VUZZ creates spirited dance tracks and sultry soundscapes with art-house elements. They’ve been compared to bands like Phantogram, Berlin, The Chromatics, and Siouxie and the Banshees. Vuzz uses mini-music technology. Christy’s “wrist-synths,” and Mike’s guitar-mounted synthesizer animate a show that includes vintage samples, spoken word, and lush beats. … Continue reading Vuzz live at Freddie’s Bar, Park Slope, NY

C.M. SotoMarch 26, 2023October 16, 2023Leave a comment

Music, Performance

Vuzz Live at Howlin’ Wolf Den

March 9, 2019, Vuzz opened up for office flavored indie-pop, MOBILE STEAM UNIT who came all the way from NYC to appear one night only at The Howlin’ Wolf Den in New Orleans, LA. The evening ended with raucous kink-rock, THE DOMMES. Continue reading Vuzz Live at Howlin’ Wolf Den

C.M. SotoMarch 15, 2019August 24, 2019Leave a comment

Performance, Travel

Vuzz performs at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland

Rain didn’t stop New Orleans trip-pop duo, VUZZ! The duo closed out the day’s busking performances at the Mercat Stage during the 61st Edinburgh Festival Fringe early August 2018. Scotland’s Fringe Festival is the largest arts festival in the world hosting “53,232 performances of 3,398 shows in 300 venues” each year. #intotheunknown #thetravelingvuzz Continue reading Vuzz performs at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland

C.M. SotoAugust 10, 2018October 16, 2023Leave a comment

Performance

Vinylux freestyles “Voices” at Szimpla in Budapest

Vinylux performed at Szimpla, the oldest ruins pub in Budapest, Hungary on July 8. She improvised a spoken word version of These are the Rooms to my Mother’s House from her poetry book of the same name and followed it up with “Voices.” Video by Mike Goetz #vinyluxury Continue reading Vinylux freestyles “Voices” at Szimpla in Budapest

C.M. SotoAugust 8, 2018October 16, 2023Leave a comment

Performance

Vinylux performs at NOizefest in New Orleans

Vinylux performed a sundown set at NOizeFest 2018: (No) Respect for RTP hosted by Michael Patrick Welch on May 6 at the Esplanade Arthouse. Her set included the spoken word poem, “These are the Rooms to my Mother’s House,” and the dark ballad, “Ice Scream Theater” from her theatrical play of the same name. She performed the instrumental song, “Baja” which featured a Theremin-based D-Beam … Continue reading Vinylux performs at NOizefest in New Orleans

C.M. SotoMay 7, 2018October 16, 2023Leave a comment

Literature/Poetry, Performance, Photography, Stageplay

Ice Scream Theater production at Marigny Opera House, New Orleans

On June 30 and July 1, 2017, The Marigny Opera House presented Ice Scream Theater, a one-woman multi-media musical based on traumatic true events in the early life of the author/actor C.M. Soto (Vinylux). Built in 1853, The Marigny Opera House is a spiritual and artistic venue in the Bywater, New Orleans. THE STORY Brought up in a drug-house, 13-year-old Vinylux succumbs to the 80’s drug … Continue reading Ice Scream Theater production at Marigny Opera House, New Orleans

C.M. SotoJuly 2, 2017October 16, 2023Leave a comment

Performance

Vinylux Performs at NOizefest, New Orleans

Vinylux performed at NOizefest 2017–New Orleans’ only fringe noise music festival. Vinylux sang through a Kaoss Pad, manipulating lasers from an app on her iPhone and the d-beam of her SP808. At least 30 individual acts played during this yearly festival that celebrates noise music as a genre. #vinyluxury Continue reading Vinylux Performs at NOizefest, New Orleans

C.M. SotoMay 8, 2017March 13, 2019Leave a comment

Performance

Vinylux Performs as a live art installation at Botanical Gardens Fundraiser 2016

Vinylux performed musical selections from Ice Scream Theater and was a living art installation at the Fall Garden Festival in conjunction with the birdhouse exhibit and fundraiser, Home Tweet Home at the Botanical Gardens October, 2016. Photography by Mike Goetz #vinyluxury Continue reading Vinylux Performs as a live art installation at Botanical Gardens Fundraiser 2016

C.M. SotoOctober 9, 2016March 5, 2023Leave a comment