Joey Maramba is a bass player, songwriter from Los Angeles most known for his work with John Cale of the Velvet Underground and Rickie Lee Jones and has appeared on Letterman, Jay Leno, Conan O’Brien, and Fallon. He has opened for Mike Watt and Nels Cline with an instrumental avant garde group called Ninja Academy. Continue reading Joey Maramba
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Unpopable
Addi Somekh makes and plays a bass made 100% out of latex balloons and air. The balloon bass is 3 and a half octaves and ranges from booming low frequencies all the way to twangy sitar-like sounds.
In his trio, Unpopable, Somekh is joined by two amazing musicians: Joey Maramba on electric bass and Arlynn Page on vocals.
Their sound ranges from nasty funk to cosmic lullabies, and everything in between. PS – Balloons will be twisted.
“As an ethnomusicologist, I can tell you that the ballon bass defies the usual categories of instrument classification, falling somewhere between those called chordophones (string instruments) and membranophones (basically, drums). But such technical analysis is rather beside the point. It’s what you can do musically with an instrument that matters.
Addi Somekh’s “balloon bass” is one of those perfect marriages of the silly and sublime. Combining the humblest of materials with pure human ingenuity, the balloon bass’s surprisingly adaptable “voice” and musical potential reminds us all of the reasons we play and listen to music in the first place: for the sheer joy of making sounds and playing together.”
— Jonathan Ritter, assistant professor of ethnomusicology, UC Riverside
Unpopable on Radio Venice
Radio Venice Season 11 Finale – July 28, 2019
Radio Venice S11.E10 – July 7, 2019
Radio Venice S11.E10
Featuring Unpopable, Joey Maramba, Desi Ramone, Barry Conley, Michael Jost and more Continue reading Radio Venice S11.E10
Radio Venice S08.E07 – 100th Episode
RADIO VENICE 100TH EPISODE S08.E07 MUSICAL GUESTS
- Petey Pete
- Suzy Williams with Michael Jost
- Greg Cruz
- Vinnie Caggiano with Matt DeMerritt
- Witucky Derby
- Mark Steggell
- Desi Ramone
- Sky Willie
- Milo Gonzalez
- Bambi Feel Good
- Peter Demian
- Sunny War
- Runson Willis with George Karpasitis and Tim Hui
- Diego Garcia
- Los Pochos
- DLEE
- Joey Maramba
- VPO
- Jewpanese Brothers
- Golden Buddha
Radio Venice S06.E01 – Season 6 Premiere
Featuring Atomic Walrus, Marc Christian, Joey Maramba and Michael Jost
Radio Venice S03.E07
Radio Venice #14
Radio Venice #14 featuring Joey Maramba, Vorpium – Hailey Demian and Milo Gonzalez, Spiel – Michael Jost, Barry Conley, Guido Bryant, Billy Stobo and Reinhold Schwarzwald Continue reading Radio Venice #14
Radio Venice #7
Radio Venice #7 featuring Feisty Heart with Fiona Apple, Joey Maramba and High Noon Whiskey Continue reading Radio Venice #7