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JANUARY 11-17, 2019 / VOL. 41 / NO. 8 / LAWEEKLY.COM
BEYOND “BROSTEP”
SLANDER TAKE MELODIC DUBSTEP TO THE MASSES • BY BRETT CALLWOOD
leah ferrazzini’s artisanal pasta • opening “Sara Berman’s Closet” • DTLA’s Latest Attraction
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JANUARY 11-17, 2019 / VOL. 41 / NO. 8 / LAWEEKLY.COM
BEYOND “BROSTEP”
SLANDER TAKE MELODIC DUBSTEP TO THE MASSES • BY BRETT CALLWOOD
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PASSAGES at the Sowden House:
See Saturday.
LA
W W W. L A W E E K L Y. C O M
fri 1/11
DANCE
Giving Motion to Sculptures
Greek choreographer Dimitris Papaioan-
nou takes on all the big mysteries of life PHOTO BY DELARAM POURÁBDI & REBECCA BRUNO
and death with his ambitious performance
piece The Great Tamer. The stage’s floor
buckles and rises in overlapping layers, out the house. This event at the Sowden confident women in general are portrayed com/events/cap-ucla-presents-nadia-
much like the crust of the Earth itself, as House, titled PASSAGES, includes live as self-possessed in the face of oppression sirota-live/. —FALLING JAMES
naked dancers lift one another up and seem choreography from Crystal Sepúlveda, and outmoded, moralizing aesthetics. Her
to walk vertically in space or erupt from
the ground like sun-starved new plants.
An enigmatic astronaut appears from no-
Cheng-Chieh Yu, Zaquia Mahler Salinas
and Kenzie McClure, sculptor Mak Kern,
plus contributions from culinary artist
topsy-turvy palette riots topple expecta-
tions and reveal an emboldened generation
of women ready to rule this jacked-up
sun 1/13
C U LT U R E
where, skeletons crumble like the embod- Emily Marchand, experimental vocalist kingdom. Luis De Jesus Gallery, 2685 S. La
iment of time itself, dancers’ shoes sprout Odeya Nini, performance artist Tyler Cienega Blvd., Mid-City; opening reception: Bringing the Museums to You
roots tethering them to the stage, and the Matthew Oyer, and live music from Low Sat., Jan. 12, 6-8 p.m.; on view Tue.-Sat., Because the big gorgeous library down-
performers re-enact famous paintings with Leaf with vōx (Saturday) and with Theresa 11 a.m.-6 p.m., thru Feb. 9; free. (310) 838- town doesn’t already have enough books
an inventive interplay of limbs and props Wayman of Warpaint (Sunday). Info on the 6000, luisdejesus.com. —SHANA NYS DAMBROT and art of its own, perhaps, the Library
to the strains of Strauss’ The Blue Danube. event and participating artists at homela. Foundation welcomes the Mobile
Royce Hall, 340 Royce Drive, Westwood; org. Private residence in Los Feliz, address MUSIC Museum Fair to temporarily add to the
Fri., Jan. 11, 8 p.m.; $29-$79. (310) 825- provided with reservation; Sat.-Sun., Jan. stockpile of beauty and knowledge. This
4401, roycehall.org. —FALLING JAMES 12-13, 4 p.m.; $35. passagesatsowden. Meeting of Madcaps event is part of the library’s current exhi-
brownpapertickets.com. —ANN HASKINS In case you were still thinking that classical bition “21 Collections: Every Object Has
sat 1/13
DANCE
ART
and avant-garde music are quaintly dated
and predictable forms of artistic expres-
sion, violist Nadia Sirota puts on a concert
a Story,” which takes an innovative look at
the poetic inventories of area institutional
holdings, with a focus on the artist-run
Seditiously Sexy tonight that’s “part late-night talk show” and/or topically eccentric. At this one-day-
Performing at Home In a world where every image is distorted, as she explores the work of two adventur- only related event, check out the special-
Known for invigorating dance perfor- manipulated, aspirational and dysmorphic, ous composers — Pulitzer Prize winner ties of some 20 such indie organizations,
mances that bring audiences into archi- what is to become of painting’s history of Caroline Shaw and bold iconoclast Andrew from the American Museum of Straw Art
tecturally significant private residences, generating interpretive, fantastical pictures? Norman — via storytelling, sound design to the California Sneaker Museum, both
homeLA kicks off 2019 in a restored Within the hierarchy of the beautiful, what and live performance. Sirota will interact of which apparently exist. Also partici-
Mayan-themed home built in 1926 by place is there for images viewed through the with local music ensemble Wild Up and its pating are more familiar movable culture
Lloyd Wright (Frank Lloyd Wright’s son). mediation of technology — especially when free-thinking conductor, Christopher Roun- feasts such as Self-Help Graphics, Libros
Demonstrating their commitment to host- it isn’t working right? And what does “right” tree, to flesh out the startling musical inven- Schmibros and the Feminist Library on
ing philanthropic arts event, the current even mean when we’re having a subjective tions of the two composers, while revealing Wheels. Los Angeles Central Library, 630
owners of the Sowden House opened the and subversive discussion on patriarchal, insights into their lives and madcap thought W. Fifth St., downtown; Sun., Jan. 13, 1-5
storied home to homeLA founder Rebecca racial and colonialist paradigms of beauty processes. The Theatre at Ace Hotel, 929 S. p.m. (members preview noon-1 p.m.); free.
Bruno, who collaborated with Delaram in the first place? In the paintings of Caitlin Broadway, downtown; Sat., Jan. 12, 8 p.m.; (213) 228-7500, lfla.org/event/the-mobile-
Pourábdi for a dance film set through- Cherry, black female bodies and sexually $26-$56. (213) 623-3233, theatre.acehotel. museum-fair/. —SHANA NYS DAMBROT
COMEDY for-president book, The Truths We Hold, for this surreal dialogue,” Citkowitz writes 8 p.m.; $10. (323) 934-2944, ticketfly.com/
Funny Truths
as well a picture book for kids, Superheroes
Are Everywhere. Today, Harris hits L.A.
early on in the novel about her tormented
heroine. She discusses The Shades this eve-
event/1795549-public-image-is-rotten-
los-angeles/. —FALLING JAMES
5
Talk about the tears of a clown. Patton for a literary (campaign?) double-header, a ning in a conversation with fellow novelist
thu 1/17
L A W E E K LY
Oswalt is one of the wittiest comedians in moderated discussion of the former at the Mona Simpson. Hammer Museum, 10899
this country — mashing together wicked Wilshire Ebell Theatre and a reading of the Wilshire Blvd., Westwood; Tue., Jan. 15,
observations about the excesses of Ameri- latter at the Grove’s Barnes & Noble. While 7:30 p.m.; free. (310) 443-7000, hammer. PHOTOGRAPHY
can culture and mainstream attitudes with Harris may not be as progressive as she’s ucla.edu/programs-events/2019/01/some-
heavier subjects such as God, racism and often portrayed to be — as attorney general favorite-writers-evgenia-citkowitz/. Colorized
fatherhood — but even he can be struck she was noticeably quiet when it came time —FALLING JAMES It’s his 80th birthday the day before the
| Januar y 11 - 17, 2019 | W W W. L A W E E K L Y. C O M
down by the dark side of life. His wife, to support criminal justice reforms — there’s opening of his new exhibition but photog-
Michelle McNamara, died two years ago,
and Oswalt championed the posthumous
release of her book, I’ll Be Gone in the Dark,
no denying she’s got a long political career
ahead of her. So take this chance to flex your
civic muscles a little and get to know the pol-
wed 1/16
FILM/MUSIC
rapher Ralph Gibson is all about the future.
With the straight-to-the-point title “Dig-
ital Color,” Gibson declares that, rather
an unflinching account of the disturbing itician representing us Californians — and than vainly try to get digital to behave
serial killer/rapist she called the Golden hey, you never know, she just might pull off Rotten Revolutionary like analog film, we should embrace and
State Killer; the book was finished with that promotion next year. Barnes & Noble, Love him or hate him, John Lydon, aka become fluent in digital photography’s —
the help of Oswalt and other writers. Some 189 The Grove Drive, Fairfax; Sun., Jan. 13, Johnny Rotten, is always good for a pro- and especially digital color photography’s
jokesters stir up laughter only as a means noon-2 p.m.; free with purchase of book, first vocative point of view, and many of his — new and unique visual language. This
of easy escape, but Oswalt has wielded his come, first serve. stores.barnesandnoble. contrarian opinions are given free flight in is something coming from Gibson, whose
art as a kind of cultural divining rod to dig com/event/9780061991902-0. Wilshire the new documentary The Public Image Is celebrated career in art and books has
up the deeper truths that are often buried Ebell, 4401 W. 8th St., Mid-Wilshire; Sun., Rotten. Best known as the lead singer of The often employed elevated, mysterious and
in this society. Largo at the Coronet, 366 N. Jan. 13, 4-6 p.m., $41 (includes book). Sex Pistols, Lydon actually went on to a far sensual black-and-white film. But Gibson
La Cienega Blvd., Beverly Grove; Sun., Jan. writersblocpresents.com. —AVERY BISSETT more musically experimental and provoc- is nothing if not au courant, so if he says
13, 7:30 p.m.; $30. (310) 855-0350, largo-la. ative persona with his next band, Public digital color is worth taking seriously as a
com. —FALLING JAMES
C U LT U R E
mon 1/14
FOOD & DRINK
Image Ltd. Tonight, director Tabbert Fiiller
discusses the film, which sheds crucial light
on the messy machinations behind the
proper fine art idiom, it’s definitely worth
a fresh take. Leica Gallery, 8783 Beverly
Blvd., West Hollywood; opening reception:
curtain as PiL sabotaged classic rock with a Thu., Jan. 17, 6-9 p.m.; on view thru Feb.
Who Needs Pants? Eat Your Way Through L.A. more revolutionary outlook than even the 24, Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun., noon-
Even in L.A. it gets a little cold in January. There’s a level of certitude — on par with Pistols ever managed. The Regent Theater, 5 p.m.; free. (424) 777-0341, leicagalleryla.
But for the 11th annual No Pants Metro Darwin’s theory of evolution and Newton’s 448 S. Main St., downtown; Wed., Jan. 16, com. —SHANA NYS DAMBROT
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ride the subway with no pants on, for the ca- its inhabitants offer phenomenal food of
maraderie or just to amuse other passengers. unparalleled variety. But L.A. does indeed
The event, which started in New York in have that, and the winter edition of the
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are not required to be blurred (which is
6 Valentina during
season nine of
why Valentina’s was not when she was
getting ready and not yet in full drag).
RuPaul’s Drag Race This ties in with the Free the Nipple
| Januar y 11 - 17, 2019 | L A W E E K L Y
movement: Why are female breasts
viewed as sexual organs but male breasts
aren’t? Is it because some men decided
this was the case hundreds of years ago?
Or because women’s breasts make milk
AS A CULTURE,
ARE WE SO
UNCOMFORTABLE
WITH A WOMA’S
NIPPLE THAT WE
EVEN HAVE TO
CENSOR A MAN’S
W W W. L A W E E K L Y. C O M
NIPPLE WHEN
HE LOOKS LIKE A
WOMAN?
but men’s don’t, even though breast-
feeding is not sexual (but is also heavily
policed)? Both seem like ambiguous and
silly reasons to sexualize one while the
other is uncensored. Free the Nipple is all
COURTESY VH1
about women trying to fight society po-
NEWS clothes you wear or the makeup on licing and sexualizing their bodies, and
NIP SLIP
your face), it objectifies you and starts now that censorship is getting extended
to police your body. But what about to male bodies in female-presenting
those who identify as transgender? clothes? Just because he’s giving a female
There’s even a trans contestant on this illusion doesn’t mean his breasts sud-
season, Gia Gunn. If she’s pre-op but denly make milk or are any different than
identifies as a woman, would her bare when he’s presenting as a man. Valenti-
When is a nipple not a nipple? nipples be blurred if she was getting na’s nipples are not seen as sexual objects
ready topless but not wearing makeup when he’s topless but they are when he’s
BY MICHAEL COOPER or women’s clothing (since she identifies in a dress.
W
as a woman)? Or does it only go by your It’s also worthwhile to note that, if
physical body parts (which is what the customers choose to pay for the episode
ho would have For the purpose of this article, however, trans community is fighting against), or to download on platforms like Vudu
thought the Free the we’ll be focusing on the censorship of the even worse, by what society dictates as or iTunes, the nipple censorship is still
Nipple movement nipple. female? there, whereas profanity is not bleeped
would apply to not While Valentina’s nipple was blurred Both VH1, the network that airs the out as it is on VH1. How this can be the
just women but drag when she was in full drag, in the episode show, and World of Wonder, the pro- case when iTunes is selling the content
queens as well? On the Dec. 21 episode that aired the following week, she is seen duction company behind it, declined to as RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars, Season 4
of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars, Season 4 on camera topless getting ready. She has a comment. (Uncensored) is beyond me.
(tagged “Super Girl Groups, Henny”), the wig on but is not yet in full makeup or in However, we spoke to a program While drag queens may not be the best
show decided to do something a bit odd: female clothing. This time the nipple was standards manager at one of the major poster children for Free the Nipple — it
Censor the male nipple multiple times not blurred and was shown uncensored. broadcast networks. Broadcast networks is a women’s rights movement, after all —
on one of the drag queen contestants, So where is the line drawn? As a have even stricter standards to adhere to the issue unearthed by Drag Race’s cen-
Valentina. culture, are we so uncomfortable with a because they are overseen by the Federal sorship is no less an important commen-
It happened twice in the episode: the woman’s nipple that we even have to cen- Communications Commission, whereas tary on gender and sexuality. If the only
first time in her Selena-inspired red outfit sor a man’s nipple when he looks like a VH1 as a cable network is not. Accord- indication of whether or not to censor
for her group number when her nipple woman? If that’s the case, in this modern ing to the source, the network standards a nipple is society-made gender identi-
popped out a bit and the second time age of gender-nonbinary, gender-non- team, along with legal, created a manual fiers such as dresses and makeup, then
in her lip-sync when she was wearing a conforming and even transgender that is sent out to all productions. The maybe we’re not as far along as a society
loose mini slip dress. Neither time was identifications, then what classifies as a manual does not have anything specific as we should be. Especially if this is even
she wearing any undergarments like a woman? If it’s just presenting as a woman, in writing about regulations concerning a adhered to on one of the most LGBTQ-
bra or any female breast prosthetics. She wearing full makeup and “women’s cloth- man dressed as a woman. The only clear friendly shows on television. If anything,
was literally a man in a dress whose male ing,” as was the case with Valentina, then standard is that female breasts are con- RuPaul’s Drag Race should be helping to
nipples were blurred. It’s also noteworthy that doesn’t seem right. sidered sexual organs and are required to break down these arbitrary heteronorma-
that during her lip-sync performance, It seems as if the minute society starts be censored whereas male breasts are not tive boxes we’re being put in, rather than
her nether regions were blurred as well. seeing you as a woman (based on the considered sexual organs and therefore blindly conforming to them.
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os Angeles clubbers and lovers SLANDER take melodic dubstep to the masses and Andersen began hanging out with
of EDM in general can’t fail Land’s fraternity.
to have become familiar with BY BRETT CALLWOOD “This is right when the rave scene
the name SLANDER over the started getting big in Los Angeles, and
eight and a half years since they now been closely associated with (in fact, own music has naturally been affected. there’s a really big one called Together
launched in 2010. The local project’s name their own blend of trance and trap) to The two undeniably handsome yet egoless As One,” Land says. “Derek and I hadn’t
(stylized, we’re firmly told, in ALL-CAPS) dubstep. Collaborations with the likes of men take it all in their stride; humble really met at this point but we both went
has become ever-present on L.A. bills. Riot, Spag Heddy and Dylan Matthew and unspectacular in their demeanor, to this event with separate groups of
Meanwhile, the duo of Derek Andersen on their recent EP The Headbangers Ball SLANDER radiate a vibe of normality, people. Our groups had both situated
and Scott Land have been seeing their have been embraced by loyal fans happy that they’re simply regular guys, friends. ourselves in the same area to watch the
online followers grow at a dramatic rate. to see their boys evolve. It’s in the studio, and onstage, that the show. Derek recognized our group as
These are exciting times for SLANDER. For Andersen and Land, it’s all been magic happens. being a part of UC Irvine and came over
A recent spike in their fortunes has very organic. As is the case with many Of course, it hasn’t always been that to hang out with us. I remember talking to
coincided with a slight shift in style, from electronic music artists, they’ve been way. Land and Andersen initially met him there — that was our first interaction.
the “heaven trap” that they have up to soaking up everything they hear, and their when both were studying at UC Irvine, He told me about other fraternities ( 8 »
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PHOTO BY @NATEVOGELPHOTO, COURTESY SLANDER
»7) he was checking out, and I told him to mediate plans to form a project together got a real gig,” Andersen says. “I still needed to figure out how this shit worked
come out for the winter quarter. He and — they became friends first, Andersen remember that night. It was really fun so we could make a living off of this DJing
I really connected, with electronic music joining the same fraternity as Land. From playing for our close friends — there were thing. I knew if we were going to do it,
kind of the key component that brought there, things moved fast. only 100 people there. I wanted to keep we’d have to learn how to make songs.”
us together.” “At the point I met Scott, I had been doing it, so we started weaseling our way Andersen spent months watching
This was the New Year that went from listening to electronic music for like a into other Orange County clubs, playing songwriters and producers work, hang-
2009 to 2010. The two became firm year already,” Andersen says. “I was deep the side rooms for like five hours straight. ing on their shoulders for hours each
friends and, by May of 2010, were DJing into it. Once I had a good collection, I We had to bring our own speakers, set ev- day. And then he found Icon Collective, a
together. wanted to DJ. The other reason I wanted erything up ourselves, and they let us do music production school in Burbank.
“I was pretty introverted and I remem- to DJ was because at all the frat parties our thing while everything else was going “I remember walking in the door of
ber Scotty was easy to talk to, extroverted, I was going to, they would only play on. We did that at Sutra, which is an old the school, and there were a couple of
and at that time when we met at the hip-hop and I was super into trance. That club in Orange County that’s closed now. couches in the lobby and five to 10 kids
concert I didn’t have too many friends was literally the opposite vibe I was going The first time we played there, they let on their laptops with their headphones
at the school,” Andersen says. “I was still for. I realized I wasn’t having a good time us play in the side room. We just played on,” he says. “I knew this was where I
a freshman and had only been there for because I wasn’t into the music. I just trance shit. It was really fun, and those needed to go. It was a school specifically
three months. I had the friends that I noticed that about myself. Everybody else are our first club experiences.” for electronic music. This is the USC for
came with separately, and it felt good that was having a good time, and I noticed The fledgling SLANDER performed DJs. I had to figure out how to be in this
this guy was giving me the time of day that if I wasn’t super into the music, I small sets in San Diego, Orange County collective of people. It took me a year to
and having a meaningful conversation wasn’t super into the party.” and Los Angeles as they experimented save my money, and tell my dad that I
with me. Not many people had done that When the fraternity was looking for a with their sound and built up a following. wanted to do music instead of his busi-
at the school at the time because I was house to host a party, Andersen offered Two years later, they reached the point ness. I was so scared to tell my dad about
too scared to talk to people. So that was up his, with the condition that he could where people were coming out specifi- this other career path, and I remember
my first impression. He was friendly and DJ. That event went well, and the next cally to see them. when I told him my idea, he was super
overly nice.” frat party saw Andersen and Land DJing “I graduated college in 2012, and I thrilled. He told me that he worked his
Music, of course, is the great connector. together, something they continued to do started working for my dad at a normal whole life so that I could do what I want.
Whatever the genre, people have bonded for the next year before landing their first office IT job,” Andersen says. “All I could That always resonated with me. He was
over shared tastes since the beginning of club gig. think about was music. That voice in super down to help me pay for some of
time. Land and Andersen didn’t have im- “Me and Scott were so stoked that we my head would not go away. I knew we the school and help me go there, let meget off work a little early so I could go to 2015, drum & bass was even smaller in realm now, and there are lots of cool pos- times, and making the music we want to
the school. So I went to the Icon Collec-
tive, and it changed me as an artist and a
the States than it is now. But we wanted
to wait to mix it into our sets. When we’re
sibilities for new stuff.”
The world of dubstep has seen plenty of
make. It’s a really cool time for dubstep in
America for sure.”
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person.” at EDC and hanging out at a festival, and changes over the years, as its mainstream NGHTMRE agrees. “In the United
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It was there that Andersen met local there’s another artist either known for popularity has increased. The audience States, I’ve personally witnessed the
DJ NGHTMRE, and that relationship drum & bass or plays a lot of drum & bass, has widened, as the genre has veered away bass community explode over the last
remains a fruitful one to this day. Back we always go and check ’em out for sure.” from the “boys club” vibe that it once five years,” he says. “As it has become
then, the pair swapped ideas and knowl- That, plus their own trademark heaven firmly held. more and more crowded, only the best
edge, playing an important role in their trap, has resulted in a new melodic “I think it’s really growing still,” An- engineers and producers have continued
respective musical educations. dubstep sound that is proving massively dersen says. “I feel like a shift happened to grow. What is really exciting to me is
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“Our first big song was a remix that we popular. where there was the Skrillex kind of to see such rapid growth internationally.
did with NGHTMRE,” Andersen says, “I noticed this past year that [the trap] dubstep in 2011, and during that it was Asian and European markets are begin-
referring to Showtek’s “We Like to Party.” kind of sound was really diminishing in super big, but I remember only guys ning to really enjoy bass music as well.
“It came out super organically. I made popularity,” Land says. “In my tastes, too, liked dubstep at that point. Aggressive, Every time I return I can see a noticeable,
this stupid remix and put it on Facebook, it was diminishing. I wasn’t liking it as ‘brostep’ and all this kind of stuff. It was positive change in how the bigger crowds
and he sent me a message saying that he’d much as I did. When it first started, there very aggressive and manly. But now, over receive our style of music.”
remixed the same song. It was the perfect were tons of people making super innova- the past year and a half, a shift happened “I love bass music,” says English DJ
moment. It’s meant to be. We went in tive sort of stuff and it was super exciting. where girls started liking dubstep. Even Gammer. “I love how there’s so many
together and finished the song in the But then it got to this point where there two years ago, 18-year-old girls were different styles and it’s like, woo, you can
studio at the school, put it out, and then weren’t a lot of new artists making it. super into rhythm and dubstep, and that do what you want as long as there’s a fat
got 300,000 plays in the first few old booty bass.”
days. A million plays after a month. PHOTO BY @KOURYANGELO, COURTESY SLANDER
Before that, the most plays we’d had SLANDER will certainly look to
on a song was 50,000, and that was woo their audience when they play
in a year. So getting a song that had two consecutive nights at the Holly-
300,000 plays in a week was unheard wood Palladium on Jan. 11 and 12.
of for us.” Naturally, they’ll be bringing their
“The SLANDER boys and I met finely tuned Headbangers Ball show.
through music school,” NGHTMRE “We’ve been taking it all over
says. “Derek and I were in the same America and Canada the past four
classes together, and we immediately months,” Andersen says. “A lot of
noticed our similar tastes and began dubstep, a lot of our original songs,
working together. Derek and Scott and some new songs that we haven’t
have always had the musical ear and played before. We’re gonna have this
the vision of what they wanted, and crazy new stage production that we
over the last few years especially, haven’t used before. Scott and I, it
they’ve developed their engineering was our goal to play the Palladium
skills to be as strong as anyone else when we first started to DJ. We did
in the bass music world. The boys al- two sold-out Palladium shows in
ways know exactly what vibe works 2016 but that was a collab with NG-
best during their live performance, HTMRE. The shows are on track to
and I think that’s an advantage they sell out, so we’re excited about that.
have over many other artists.” “We live in L.A., so playing in
L.A. is so much more meaningful to
So that’s how they did it. Hard work, us. Coming home and feeling that
smart collabs and a healthy splash of support — this is where we came up
good fortune. They put out the Nu- as DJs playing all these shitty little
clear Bonds EP with NGHTMRE in fucking gigs at local clubs in L.A. To
2015. That was followed by their own SLANDER are Derek be on that journey and finally get to
Duality EP the following year, and Andersen, left, and these places we’ve been dreaming of
Dilapidation Celebration with Kayzo Scott Land. is awesome.”
in 2017, before The Headbangers Ball It’ll be a great way to kick off 2019,
last year. Progress has been sure and but it won’t be the last we hear from
steady, and absolutely undeniable. SLANDER this year. Land says we
But it was this last EP that saw them can expect some crazy music projects,
shift to a dubstep sound, with shades of That was happening with dubstep. A lot was something I’d never seen before. It though he’s keeping a lid on it.
drum & bass influences. of people were making super innovative triggered something in my mind. Fifty “We have lots of cool stuff planned with
“That’s one of our loves right now,” Land shit and making it cool, and making percent of the population is about to like NGHTMRE for [2019] — we just started
says. “We went to Coachella, and the first people move. As DJs, every time we play, this genre.” a record label with him called Good Vi-
time I saw Sub Focus was life-changing. we were watching the crowd to see which Andersen says his own move from trap brations two months ago, so we’re excited
That opened the doors to that genre for songs work and which songs don’t. Trap to dubstep was a no-brainer. It’s the next to release music on that label and build up
me. We play a lot of it in our sets, and it’s a songs were getting less of a reaction versus energy level up, the next crazy genre. some more artists,” Land says. “We have
genre that I feel is super underappreciated dubstep songs. Our tastes started leaning “I feel lucky that our project has some cool SLANDER stuff planned for
in America. That’s one of the genres that I in that sort of direction. blossomed through that change,” he says. the end of 2019. [This] year will be about
love listening to, hanging with my friends “Our fans weren’t really mad that we “We kept things alive by evolving. That’s quality over quantity.”
or whatever.” shifted into a different genre,” Land adds. what I noticed about the great electronic
“There was one song we did [with “We’ve gained a lot of new fans from it, acts. They don’t stagnate. I made that a SLANDER perform at 9 p.m. on Friday,
NGHTMRE] called ‘Power,’ ” adds Ander- too, so it’s been cool to watch our sound goal with our project. Make sure we’re Jan. 11, and Saturday, Jan. 12, at the Holly-
sen. “Back when that EP was made in grow over the years. We’re in this dubstep staying on top of stuff, evolving with the wood Palladium.10
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and foremost,” she says. shop.
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“I had no idea how challenging it would Before opening Semolina in Pasadena
be when I started,” says Ferrazzani, who in November 2017, Ferrazzani came
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had no guiding resources at her disposal. to the proverbial moment of truth as a
The small-batch pasta-making commu- small-business owner. Her increasing
nity didn’t exactly communicate very well, rent at L.A. Prep was eating away at her
she adds. working capital.
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Producing optimal conditions for dry- “I had grown and doubled the size of the
ing pasta inside her laundry room led Fer- business, but the bar for where I needed
Leah Ferrazzani achieves work-life balance with razzani to channel her inner MacGyver. to be to break even had completely moved
Box fans circulated the humidity-laden because of the cost of growing the busi-
her successful Semolina Artisanal Pasta shop air, which required the ceiling, floor and ness,” Ferrazzani says.
walls to be tiled. She employed an assort- “I had seen all of my capital nearly
BY BRANDON LOMENZO BLACK ment of consumer electronics ranging depleted,” she adds. “I was faced with the
from a Vicks vaporizer to a space heater challenge of either taking on an invest-
ment and slashing costs or go out of
business.”
Conghile Leah
This “trough of sorrow” stage (as it is
Ferrazzani
caressing the commonly referred to in entrepreneurial
conghile circles) was equally complicated for a
more personal reason.
Ferrazzani was concerned that her
work-life balance would be compromised
and heavily influenced by an outside
investor seeking greater scale and output
from her artisanal dried pasta business.
“I spent a lot of time crying and a lot of
time struggling,” she says.
“I also spent a lot of time watching
Gabrielle Hamilton (a James Beard Award
winner) on The Mind of a Chef, which was
critical for me because she runs Prune [a
highly regarded restaurant in New York
City’s East Village] and is instrumentally
involved in the restaurant’s day-to-day
business operations and pours her heart
and soul into everything.”
She found Hamilton’s business acumen
inspiring and a vehicle to rein in and bal-
T
ance her ambition and work-life balance.
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“Being reminded that there’s a version
he sign hanging from Ferrazzani runs Semolina on her own and an egg incubator hydrostat to trans- out there of a business that is big enough
the front door inside the terms and exemplifies how to maintain a form her laundry room into a full-fledged and not a national brand,” Ferrazzani says,
800-square-foot artisanal healthy work-life balance as a small-busi- pasta dry room. “allowed me to figure out how I would be
pasta shop on Lincoln Av- ness owner. Ferrazzani also was equipped with able to pay all the bills of the business and
enue in Pasadena was clear Semolina derives its name from the invaluable cultural experience she had have something to take home at the end
about the reason why it was uncharacter- business’s core ingredient, organic U.S.- gained from traveling to Gragnano, Italy, of the day.”
istically closed for the day — especially on grown durum semolina wheat — high in earlier in 2014. Gragnano, a small town Since Semolina opened its Pasadena
a weekday during the holiday shopping protein with weak gluten development nestled on a hill between the Gulf of shop in May 2018, Ferrazzani has been
season. and a dense but not elastic structure. Naples and the Amalfi coast, is known as able to expand the footprint of her
“CLOSED MONDAY 12/10 FOR MY Semolina Artisanal Pasta produces the epicenter for the traditional practice business inside and outside of the Golden
KIDS’ HOLIDAY PERFORMANCES. more than 750 pounds of dried organic of making dry pasta. State.
—LEAH” pasta a week, using bronze metal dies Her business began to boom in 2015, Eataly L.A., Milkfarm in Eagle Rock
Leah Ferrazzani, owner and sole propri- as opposed to Teflon dies. As the pasta and Semolina needed more space for pro- and about 20 Whole Foods locations
etor of Semolina Artisanal Pasta, which is extruded through bronze metal dies, duction to keep up with demand. Ferraz- in Southern California — in addition
crafts varieties of certified organic dried it experiences drag and friction, which zani moved into L.A. Prep, a warehouse in to notable local restaurants including
pasta, decided to forgo a day of produc- according to Ferrazzani “creates a rough Lincoln Heights with co-working spaces Church and State, Love + Salt and Lincoln
tion and sales in order to see her two texture on the surface of the pasta and designed for culinary entrepreneurs and — carry and serve a range of Semolina
young children perform in their school makes the pasta more porous, which small-batch producers. dried pasta.
holiday plays. allows the sauce to stick to it.” Semo- Once the budding pastaio — Italian “I love feeding people,” Ferrazzani says.
“It was really stressful to do that [close lina’s pasta takes 16 to 20 hours to dry, as for pasta maker — had her own space, “There’s nothing that makes me happier
Semolina for the day] but the converse opposed to heat-blasted, mass-processed with L.A. Prep’s guidance she was able to than knowing that somebody is taking a
side is that I would’ve regretted it if I dried pasta such as that found in grocery obtain her full commercial license from bag of my pasta home and making a meal
didn’t see them in their performances stores. the Los Angeles County Department of for their family that’s going to be incred-
because I don’t get that back,” Ferrazzani Ferrazzani started the artisanal pasta Public Health. ibly satisfying, that’s made with simple
says. company in 2014 out of her Mount Wash- “Had I not been at L.A. Prep,” Fer- ingredients, and that’s really good.”UCLA Meth Clinical Trial
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the downtown Arts District dreamscape-y digital artist Android Jones, couple years, though not as a main event
a couple weeks ago, featuring five fully guests head into the large dome. On a re- like they are at Wisdome. These mesmer- revelation as the band were all top-notch
immersive, 360-degree domes, each cent Saturday night, a stirring presentation izing cosmic bubbles are best utilized as musicians who re-created Floyd’s best-
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experiences meshing digital art, surround Pink Floyd’s sax player Scott Page and an is a natural extra-sensory enhancement, key to keeping Wisdome fresh will be the
sound and virtual reality. all-star lineup that included Fishbone bass- especially textural soundscapes. creators’ ability to present more shows with
You don’t need to be high to appreciate ist Norwood Fisher and Jane’s Addiction As Beyond the Wall proved, the sounds similarly stellar sonic elements.
the vibrant colors, textures and dimensions drummer Stephen Perkins. are as important as the sights. Android Indeed, Wisdome’s incorporation of
displayed within this high-tech wonder- Before the show began, representatives Jones’ film Samkara was an awesome visual quality live music as presented its opening
land, but it surely helps. Kinda like Lasar- from Wisdome talked about their vision feast filled with fractals, mystical creatures week will take the immersive entertain-
ium in the ’70s and ’80s, the eye-popping for the locale: bringing people together and lush fantasy environments, but the new ment concept beyond neo-psychedelic
presentation provides a place to relax, zone for a transformational journey. They also age–y EDM soundtrack was less than excit- novelty and into truly transcendent
out and let your mind journey to other made reference to a less than positive L.A. ing. Warmer, more organic-feeling grooves territory. We look forward to seeing what
realms. Here, you also have to be cool with Times review of the venue, saying that the would strike a better balance, though Jones’ they do next.
lying on the ground, and getting up close publication “didn’t get it.” presentation was entertaining regardless.
and personal with strangers trying to do There’s not a lot to get, really. The venue The Pink Floyd band and presentation Wisdome Art Park, 1147 Palmetto St.,
the same. The largest domes at Wisdome fits right in with newer forms of enter- by Think: EXP, however, was a rockin’ downtown. Tickets and info at wisdome.la.You can also read
