Thursday, March 19: Diynosaur

Deadbeat Olympia

By Rev. Adam McKinney on March 11, 2015

Diynosaur adorn themselves with lofty, contradictory descriptors like "pre-rhythm," "post-music" and "neo-analog," and the impression one gets is not one of self-aggrandizement, but more a sign that Diynosaur would rather throw their hands up in defeat than explain just what they are. Made up of three people apparently named Funkasaurus Rex, Swagadactyl and Velocityraptor, Diynosaur aspire to electronic mavericks from multiple generations like Jean Michael Jarre, the Books, and Fatboy Slim. Making righteously experimental music that stubbornly refuses to be contained in any one genre, Diynosaur instead sound like a sampler and a synthesizer were thrown in a wood chipper, the shredded remains rendered a confounding cloud of sounds. Occasionally, a compelling beat comes drifting in out of the din of found sounds and grinding synths, in a moment of earned release and revelation.

DIYNOSAUR, w/ Infantry feat. Lil PDF, Kybele, Piff, 8 p.m., Deadbeat Olympia, 226 N. Division St, Olympia, $5, 360.943.0662