Bhob Rainey

@mphonic.bsky.social

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Music about which one could justifiably say, "That's not music." Saxophone (tortured). Cornputer (despised). I read a lot and walk around cities. https://bhobrainey.com https://bhobrainey.bandcamp.com

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Lava Club. March 7th. 8pm: nmperign. $20. RSVP only
Red Hook pinball museum. Jon Irabagon - Solo bass saxophone. Bhob Rainey - Solo soprano saxophone. Pinball 5pm. Music 7:30. $20
Post from Suno Studio FB group complaining about spending 48 hours on one song and not getting the desired results.
No Idea Festival flyer. Saturday, October 25th.
Segment of a screenshot of the new xynthii
Screenshot of the Dumber from Another Mother
July 14th, Doors 7, Music 8 @ Beautiful World Syndicate. Bhob Rainey, Joey Sullivan, John Moran trio. Paula Sanchez. Philadelphia.
Headline "10 Air India Survivor Spotted Walking Back Towards Flaming Wreckage to Save His Brother" below an image of Alan Ritchson (Reacher) and Joe Biden
The Question Concerning Technology in China - An Essay in Cosmotechnics. Yuk Hui. Urbanomic.
Bowerbird presents! May 16 2025. Nmperign. Lauren Pakradooni/Bill Nace Duo. At The Rotunda. 8pm
The Nmperign
Green trees against blue sky
Screenshot of White House executive order titled Maintaining Acceptable Water Pressure in Showerheads, dated today, April 9th.
Flyer for Striped Light. Monday, March 3rd, Long Island City. David Watson / Ian Douglas-Moore, Bhob Rainey, RAFGAK
Blu-ray player front
ULN-2 front
Essence HDACC front
Bookshelf speakers with grills on
Community board palimpsest
The cat. As the beast hath beene familiarly nourished of many, so have they payed deare for their love, being required with the losse of their health, and sometime of their life for their friendship. And worthily, because they which love any beasts in a high measure, have so much lesse charity unto man.
Flyer announcing show at The Perch - Fishtown, 2321 Emerald St, Jan 11th, 7pm. Readings by Ryan Eckes, Alexis Almeida, Warren C. Longmire. Music by Bhob Rainey, Houston West, Oarsman. Hosted by Mike Bagwell.
A bottle of Vagisil sitting on a park bench
A carved wooden head among trees and dead leaves
A taxidermied bear with sunglasses on its forehead, posed outside of a leather and related goods store in Asakusabashi, Tokyo. A stuffed teddy bear sits on the large bear's back.
An evergreen tree on the corner of a large wall.
A matcha colored payphone in an enclosure
Tiles of Japanese text above white papers tied around lines.
A view down a street terminates in a building labeled "ART".
An urban building with a deep red sign labeled "ART"
Three sculptures with different colored flowers behind round windows
An extremely busy room with posters all over the wall, a red vending machine in the center flanked by a small red fridge and another, skinnier vending machine. Other green room fixtures.
Structures in a volcanic crater that resemble a ribcage.
A statue of buddha amidst a small shrine situated outside among mountains with volcanic steam rising in the background
A wide, low hotel among landscaped trees and shrubs.
Five vending machines below a grid of illuminated advertisements. The lights are out in the second vending machine from the left.
A bright, cream wall with five oval windows displaying pastel rocks.
A large, off-white concrete sculpture dominates the frame, flanked on either side by greenery. A dark stream flows through the bottom center.
A boat with a flat, pink roof docked in a river.
Three bicycles with baskets parked against a grey-blue wall with various street markings / signs.
A taxidermied bear wearing sunglasses with a teddy bear mounted on its back in front of a store called And Leather
Pooling their resources, the pair have created something special—a loose series of narrative dramas that resonate with rich harmonic depth. They’re both credited with electronics and recordings, but Rainey occasionally adds slowly decaying piano chords that provide grounding and almost function like a Greek chorus. Two of the pieces deftly add an abstracted string quartet and clarinets, further enhancing the dramaturgy while helping to underline the potency of the recorded material, which is sometimes spiked with unexpected elements, like the strident blast of Indonesian pop music that suddenly pierces “Sparks an empty pool.” The album has puzzled and delighted me in equal measure, leaving questions that keep pulling me back in for another listen.
Flyer for show at Brickbat Books
Cover of Fantastic Picnic LP by Commode Minstrels in Bullface featuring abstract hand drawn alien figures.
Cover of upcoming Karel/Rainey album 47 Gates, depicting the inside of an upright piano leaning against a wall outside