PELLYVISION is a monthly cohesion of sound and vision. Alex Pelly creates live video to accompany sounds from an artist of her choosing.

This month we celebrated the 20th anniversary of Darkmatter Soundsystem with crew members Diskore, Nemeton, and Shrill.

0:00:00 Shrill
0:31:51 Nemeton
0:59:23 Diskore

Twenty years ago on Saturday, July 14, 2001 Darkmatter Soundsystem held its first party at The Smell with Baseck, Minion, Monotek, Plan, Oni, Sko, Iflamex, and Diskore.

Darkmatter Soundsystem was founded by a collective of like-minded individuals who sought to showcase extreme electronics and splintered beats in independent autonomous zones throughout Los Angeles. Since 2001 Darkmatter crew has thrown more than 40 underground parties.

Darkmatter Soundsystem is also a record label that has released music on vinyl and digital formats from Minion, ADC, Poxxe, Fiend, Resurrector, Baseck, WMX, Wet Mango, Pink Abduction Ray, Bad Timing, Dimentia, Abnormalities, and more. The most recent digital release features remixes by Xanopticon, Somatic Responses, Fluxion A/D, Pink Abduction Ray, Fiend, and Baseck of Dimentia’s EXQSTE album. Darkmatter Soundsystem is planning more parties and music releases in 2021 and 2022.

Alex Pelly is a Canadian filmmaker and video artist. She is currently immersed in video art that blends modular synthesis, analog feedback, and digital animation. Pelly came up through dublab, beginning to develop her analog process during the years of Top Tape, dublab’s monthly night at the Hyperion Tavern, where she mixed VHS tapes to accompany music mixed on cassette tapes. She is resident visualist for music series Perpetual Dawn, and provides live visuals and installation work for various shows, music nights and art happenings around Los Angeles.