biographical info
Odditory Presence spit thru the mic from the
meetingplace of the personal & political, serving spoken word &
sweet vocal harmonies atop fat beatbox'd flavours.
With moods ranging from irreverence to sincerity, the Odditory crew
embrace the mundane alongside the bizarre, touching on topics such as
love, loss, interspecies genocide, toilet-paper & self-empowerment.
Embodying the gleeful expression of a toddler in the midst of a
pots & pans solo, Odditory Presence revels in crashing stuffy
poetry readings "like a beat-boxing bull in a China shop."
Members PeSt & strong.cottonwoods
draw powerful influences from SLAM Poetry, conscious hiphop, the punk
movement & the D.I.Y. ethic, and can be found throughout Victoria, BC,
haunting alleyways, open mics, dumpsters & bookshelves in search of
new ingredients to add to recipes proven to inform & inspire.
lineup
strong.cottonwoods beatbox & vocals/spoken
PeSt guitar & vocals/spoken
influences
Slam Poetry
Conscious hiphop
Tom Waits
Punk & DIY culture
Carnivals & the Circus
Leonard Cohen
Emma Goldman