Anyone who attended Soundcheck Magazine’s party in June at Emo’s must recall the Octopus Project’s rocket balloon experiment: Thousands of bright and shiny rubber objects shooting out in all directions like a batch of fireworks.
The instrumental visionaries, who release their third Peek-A-Boo full-length, Hello, Avalanche, on October 9, attempted to recreate the moment during their headlining performance at McCarren Park Pool in Brooklyn, only this time with a little help from Japan’s Peelander-Z, and a little too much help from the wind.
The stunt, along with Yvonne Lambert’s kung-fu Theremin chops, Erase Errata, and Dan Deacon, are highlighted here.
Expect Ghostland Observatory to make similar waves this Sunday as part of the Park’s ongoing free summer concert series.
This article appears in August 10 • 2007.