uzicafemusic
the collected soundworks
CIRQUE YELB
of the present and future
FKA COLLECTION
various former stage names
& COLLECTION
groups / collabs / bands / one-offs / guest spots
this is the perpetually-semicomplete digital archive
of our music, music videos and everything musical, up to and including Cirque Yelb
in numbers terms, this is largely an archival page.
throughout my years as a writing, recording and performing musician, i often filled the additional role of archivist.
because of this, i possess more recordings than will likely ever be uploaded, let alone digitized in the first place.
current backlog of digitized content awaiting review/revision/upload: at least a dozen hours
current backlog of undigitized content (like 4-track tapes from hard-to-find machines we no longer own): dozens and dozens of hours
that all being said, given the span of years, bodies of work, and cast of characters already well represented here, new soundwork is priority one.
if you have in your possession some relevant content you would like included here–photos, show posters, audio, video–please jump to this form
Cirque Yelb
performed and recorded as Proteus Biche
proto-Cirque Yelb soundworks
formerly known as
Chouchou from the uzicafe (c. 2010—2019) — christopher b (c. 2008—2009) — CONFUSOR and Chri$ Tycoon (c. 2003—2007) — Funk Noka (c. 1999—2002)
Chouchou from the uzicafe
christopher B
Chri$ Tycoon
CONFUSOR
Funk Noka
groups, collabs, one-offs
(c. noka — chouchou)
KAFKA — UBI SABUBI — WON BIZLO — The LAUGHING BROOK — SPACE LORAX — SIX SHOES — HUGE INDIVIDUALS —TURKEY FISTER — Michigan with TESSA ROCHON — Head Of The Bull and A.L. Easterly — LEGENDS of LEGENDS LOUNGE — Octoped Inc. — BOOMBOX RONNIE — PLANT PEOPLE / SESSIONS SNOWLAND — THE ADULTERER / TTHIFI — The Po-Dunk All-Stars
The Adulterer
The Adulterer:
TTHIFI—electronic rhythms
Sir K’yelb—piano, synth
Sessions Snowland
Plant People—guitar, bass, synth
TTHIFI—guitar
Sir K’yelb—electronic rhythms, synth
Head Of The Bull
& A. L. Easterly
Chris Bird—bass, vocals
Adam Easterly—drums
Sir K’yelb—guitar, piano, vocals
Tessa Rochon
& Michigan
2007
Legends of Legends Lounge
@ the former Kraftbrau — Kalamazoo, MI 8 July 2005
currently examining VHS tapes purportedly containing other LOLL shows from 2004 and 2005
Sage—electronic rhythms, samplers
DJ Eric P—turntables
Sir K’yelb—percussion
Turkey Fister
credit to Ian MacKaye of Washington, D.C. for the rant i deliver somewhere in the middle of this video. i never witnessed an incident the exact way i saw him tell it once in a different video, although i have seen similar incidents. but i decided to reenact MacKaye’s delivery at this Turkey Fister show for whatever reason—as he said to me in an email once, “we all drink from the same cup”. so i doubt he would give a shit. nonetheless…credit due.
Turkey Fister called shows “parties” and threw one on or near Devil’s Night every year from 2004-2007. We played a handful of other shows in 2004 and 2005 as well.
Zak Hemsteger—drums
Aaron “Hairball” Lankford—bass
Bradford Samul—guitar
Sir K’yelb—piano, synth
bootlegs coming soon:
Devil’s Night 2004
New Moon Party 4.8.2005
Devil’s Night 2006
Turkey Sister:
Zak Hemsteger—drums
Sir K’yelb—bass, piano, vocals
Octoped Inc.
2006
Zak Hemsteger—electronic drum kit
Sir K’yelb—keys/synth
Eric Fischer—keys/synth
DJ Eric P—turntables
Huge Individuals
Huge Individuals played from 2002-2003.
Currently waiting to be restored and digitized is a slightly damaged VHS tape of our final show.
Magic Mike Madej—bass, vocals
TTHIFI—guitar, vocals
Sir K’yelb—drums, vocals
Six Shoes
Six Shoes played strictly underground from 2002-2004, with a couple reunions in the years since.
bleyworld is in possession of an enormous backlog of undigitized audio and video from this band.
Toph Theisen—bass, vocals
John Kapenga—guitar, vocals
Sir K’yelb—drums, vocals
Boombox Ronnie
2010
Space Lorax
2002
Josh Alday—drums
Simeon Seinen—guitar
TTHIFI—bass
Sir K’yelb—bass, vocals
The Laughing Brook
2001
Samantha Popkey—vocals
TTHIFI—bass
Sir K’yelb—guitar, percussion, vocals
Won Bizlo
2001
Jason Jones
Jonah Standish
Ryan McCarthy
TTHIFI
Sir K’yelb
Ubi Sabubi
1999
Chad Thorner—guitar, vocals
TTHIFI—bass, vocals
Sir K’yelb—drums, vocals
2000
Kafka
1999
John Kapenga—guitar, vocals
Jon Levi—bass
Sir K’yelb—drums
The Po-Dunk All-Stars
1999
TTHIFI—guitar, vocals
Jon Emmons—bass
Seth Kolon—guitar, vocals
Jacob Bolton—trumpet
Pat ???—trombone
Sir K’yelb—drums