Bio
Les Rhoda is a sonic journeyman who currently comes in several flavors: 1) DJ Les - known to rock house parties, clubs and festivals around Maine with genre-bending sets that meld dubstep, glitch-hop, electro-funk, mashups, fidget/bassline/electro-house and psytrance into a spontaneous blend that is more often determined by the vibe of the room than a playlist. He has also provided opening, setbreak, and after-party beats for many acts including the New Deal, EOTO, Orchard Lounge and Labseven. 2) Sax Guy - Les has spent the last 12 + years playing sax in dozens of bands throughout Maine...jazz, funk, and reggae to jamrock and livetronica. He is self-taught, often augmenting his simplistic sound with an array of delay pedals or, more recently, with a foot controller and laptop. He is currently working with Orono bands Mudseason and Bootiddy, has shared the stage with national acts including the Disco Biscuits and Sugar Hill Gang, and sat in on sax with the likes of Galactic, Lovewhip, and DJ Logic's Full-Funk Orchestra. 3) Alien Journalism - A combination of the above, using homespun and sampled loops, bleeps, and wobbles (some made in the lab an some on the spot) mixed with a schizoid saxophone and a bucketful of audio and video clips that may or may not have a message. Inspired primarily by the culture-jamming collage masters and remix godfathers like Negativland, John Oswald, the ECC, Cassetteboy, and Girl Talk.
Orono United States
Member since: 11 Feb 2011
