Derek Monypeny
@derekmonypeny.bsky.social
Guitar/bulbul tarang
derekmonypeny.com
Music Director, Yucca Valley Material Lab
yvml.org
derekmonypeny.com
Music Director, Yucca Valley Material Lab
yvml.org
I'm opening for the brand-new band Casa Sueno (Mike Baggetta/John Herndon/Mike Watt) at Pappy's this coming Monday
September 16, 2026 at 5:22 PM
I'm opening for the brand-new band Casa Sueno (Mike Baggetta/John Herndon/Mike Watt) at Pappy's this coming Monday
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REST IN POWER JAMES BLOOD ULMER much obliged for all the music 💚
June 8, 2026 at 8:40 PM
REST IN POWER JAMES BLOOD ULMER much obliged for all the music 💚
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Happy to announce that @derekmonypeny.bsky.social will be opening for Ak'chamel at @iklectikartlab.bsky.social on September 4th
Tickets on sale now via Dice: link.dice.fm/y81417481322
Half the tickets already gone so don't miss out on these!
Tickets on sale now via Dice: link.dice.fm/y81417481322
Half the tickets already gone so don't miss out on these!
May 29, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Happy to announce that @derekmonypeny.bsky.social will be opening for Ak'chamel at @iklectikartlab.bsky.social on September 4th
Tickets on sale now via Dice: link.dice.fm/y81417481322
Half the tickets already gone so don't miss out on these!
Tickets on sale now via Dice: link.dice.fm/y81417481322
Half the tickets already gone so don't miss out on these!
GoFundMe link where you can help guitar icon Joe Baiza with medical bills. Joe is dealing with ever more debilitating eyesight issues. Please help if you can.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-jo...
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Donate to Support Joe Baiza, organized by Mark Wheaton
Joe Baiza
Fri. & Sat. May 1 & 2: Guitar original Joe Baiza (Saccharine Trust, Mecolodiacs, more) c… Mark Wheaton needs your support for Support Joe Baiza
www.gofundme.com
May 1, 2026 at 4:02 PM
GoFundMe link where you can help guitar icon Joe Baiza with medical bills. Joe is dealing with ever more debilitating eyesight issues. Please help if you can.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-jo...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-jo...
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Black Truffle release their Hans Reichel collection this Friday. If you've never heard Reichel, do yourself a favour and listen to the pre-released tracks here. One of the greatest guitarists ever to radically reimagine the instrument.
Dalbergia Retusa, by Hans Reichel
23 track album
blacktruffle.bandcamp.com
March 10, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Black Truffle release their Hans Reichel collection this Friday. If you've never heard Reichel, do yourself a favour and listen to the pre-released tracks here. One of the greatest guitarists ever to radically reimagine the instrument.
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The “Too Many Cooks” of music videos. Every new shot seemingly pans to a previously unseen musician onstage. youtu.be/0eOHu0rMqMI?...
Spirit I Got A Line On You 1984 Original Video
YouTube video by Dell Techman
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January 11, 2026 at 4:27 PM
The “Too Many Cooks” of music videos. Every new shot seemingly pans to a previously unseen musician onstage. youtu.be/0eOHu0rMqMI?...
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Beloved @derekmonypeny.bsky.social et Turner Williams Jr. croisent le Shahi Baaja (je découvre) et quelques effets bien sentis pour une réussite psychédélique 👌🏻
November 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Beloved @derekmonypeny.bsky.social et Turner Williams Jr. croisent le Shahi Baaja (je découvre) et quelques effets bien sentis pour une réussite psychédélique 👌🏻
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Today on WFMU: On Blurred and Obscured with Jonathan Herweg, a live on-studio set from Joshua Treed based guitar explorer Derek Monypeny. Tune in to hear Derek's patented blend of improv guitar excursions, psychedelic drones, and primitive experimental folk (10 p.m. ET).
Upcoming Special Programs on WFMU
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November 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Today on WFMU: On Blurred and Obscured with Jonathan Herweg, a live on-studio set from Joshua Treed based guitar explorer Derek Monypeny. Tune in to hear Derek's patented blend of improv guitar excursions, psychedelic drones, and primitive experimental folk (10 p.m. ET).
This record, of which my label recently released a very special 3-sided double-LP edition, has officially been submitted to the Recording Academy for Grammy Award consideration!
yuccaaltarecords.bandcamp.com/album/voiceless-mass-vinyl-2lp-edition
yuccaaltarecords.bandcamp.com/album/voiceless-mass-vinyl-2lp-edition
Voiceless Mass - Vinyl 2LP Edition, by Raven Chacon + Present Music
3 track album
yuccaaltarecords.bandcamp.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This record, of which my label recently released a very special 3-sided double-LP edition, has officially been submitted to the Recording Academy for Grammy Award consideration!
yuccaaltarecords.bandcamp.com/album/voiceless-mass-vinyl-2lp-edition
yuccaaltarecords.bandcamp.com/album/voiceless-mass-vinyl-2lp-edition
OUT NOW: The 2nd release on my Yucca Alta label:
Raven Chacon/Present Music: "Voiceless Mass" double-LP
3-sided, with etched artwork in Side 4. Visually and aurally beautiful. Title track "Voiceless Mass" was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 2022.
yuccaaltarecords.bandcamp.com/album/voicel...
Raven Chacon/Present Music: "Voiceless Mass" double-LP
3-sided, with etched artwork in Side 4. Visually and aurally beautiful. Title track "Voiceless Mass" was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 2022.
yuccaaltarecords.bandcamp.com/album/voicel...
Voiceless Mass - Vinyl 2LP Edition, by Raven Chacon + Present Music
0 track album
yuccaaltarecords.bandcamp.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
OUT NOW: The 2nd release on my Yucca Alta label:
Raven Chacon/Present Music: "Voiceless Mass" double-LP
3-sided, with etched artwork in Side 4. Visually and aurally beautiful. Title track "Voiceless Mass" was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 2022.
yuccaaltarecords.bandcamp.com/album/voicel...
Raven Chacon/Present Music: "Voiceless Mass" double-LP
3-sided, with etched artwork in Side 4. Visually and aurally beautiful. Title track "Voiceless Mass" was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 2022.
yuccaaltarecords.bandcamp.com/album/voicel...
Great review of my recent shahi-baaja-duo LP with Turner Williams Jr., "Drueling."
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September 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Great review of my recent shahi-baaja-duo LP with Turner Williams Jr., "Drueling."
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PIONEER TOWN WEDS!! desert show ya'll first gig of the run, we're running on a 100% track record of killer first shows on our runs... FAAFO!!! w/ the desert's own sensational @derekmonypeny.bsky.social opening.
8pm Doors/ 8:30 Derek/ 9 OSM
TICKETS: www.eventim.us/event/orcutt...
8pm Doors/ 8:30 Derek/ 9 OSM
TICKETS: www.eventim.us/event/orcutt...
September 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
PIONEER TOWN WEDS!! desert show ya'll first gig of the run, we're running on a 100% track record of killer first shows on our runs... FAAFO!!! w/ the desert's own sensational @derekmonypeny.bsky.social opening.
8pm Doors/ 8:30 Derek/ 9 OSM
TICKETS: www.eventim.us/event/orcutt...
8pm Doors/ 8:30 Derek/ 9 OSM
TICKETS: www.eventim.us/event/orcutt...
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episode 274 of The Radio Hour That Feels Like Two Hours now playing (link below), this week with new stuff from Lukid, Fadensonnen, Anthony Milton, Turner Williams Jr. & Derek Monypeny and much more
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08/27/25 Show 274 : TO SAVE YOUR EARS, I'LL ZAP MYSELF INTO IRRELEVANCY
The other day, an East Village Radio colleague played a new recording by a band so derivative, so feckless, so utterly craven, so thoroughly lacking any musical or lyrical creativity that I knew I ha...
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August 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
episode 274 of The Radio Hour That Feels Like Two Hours now playing (link below), this week with new stuff from Lukid, Fadensonnen, Anthony Milton, Turner Williams Jr. & Derek Monypeny and much more
www.mixcloud.com/gerardcosloy...
www.mixcloud.com/gerardcosloy...
Announcing the 2nd release on my Yucca Alta label: a deluxe 3-sided double-LP (etched artwork on Side 4) edition of Raven Chacon & Present Music's "Voiceless Mass." Available for pre-order now: www.yuccavalleymaterial.org/shop/yvml-ap...
Raven Chacon & Present Music: Voiceless Mass Double LP — YUCCA VALLEY MATERIAL LAB
Yucca Alta Records is thrilled to present a limited, beautifully packaged three-sided double LP edition of Raven Chacon & Present Music's "Voiceless Mass," originally released on CD by New World R...
www.yuccavalleymaterial.org
August 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Announcing the 2nd release on my Yucca Alta label: a deluxe 3-sided double-LP (etched artwork on Side 4) edition of Raven Chacon & Present Music's "Voiceless Mass." Available for pre-order now: www.yuccavalleymaterial.org/shop/yvml-ap...
OUT NOW on 2182 Recording Co.: Turner Williams Jr. and Derek Monypeny: "Dreuling."
This is possibly the first duo-shahi-baaja record ever made? It sounds like nothing else out there.
2182recordingcompany.bandcamp.com/album/drueling
This is possibly the first duo-shahi-baaja record ever made? It sounds like nothing else out there.
2182recordingcompany.bandcamp.com/album/drueling
Drueling, by Turner Williams Jr. and Derek Monypeny
6 track album
2182recordingcompany.bandcamp.com
August 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
OUT NOW on 2182 Recording Co.: Turner Williams Jr. and Derek Monypeny: "Dreuling."
This is possibly the first duo-shahi-baaja record ever made? It sounds like nothing else out there.
2182recordingcompany.bandcamp.com/album/drueling
This is possibly the first duo-shahi-baaja record ever made? It sounds like nothing else out there.
2182recordingcompany.bandcamp.com/album/drueling
Abacomancy, by Derek Monypeny and Kevin Corcoran
6 track album
2182recordingcompany.bandcamp.com
August 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Essential New Music: Derek Monypeny / Kevin Corcoran’s “Abacomancy” (2182 Recording Company, @derekmonypeny.bsky.social). “It takes you someplace that doesn’t exist … Sight and sound are just portals into a realm that transcends concrete perception.” Our review: magnetmagazine.com/2025/07/07/e...
July 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Essential New Music: Derek Monypeny / Kevin Corcoran’s “Abacomancy” (2182 Recording Company, @derekmonypeny.bsky.social). “It takes you someplace that doesn’t exist … Sight and sound are just portals into a realm that transcends concrete perception.” Our review: magnetmagazine.com/2025/07/07/e...
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this is excellent! 2182recordingcompany.bandcamp.com/album/abacom...
Abacomancy, by Derek Monypeny and Kevin Corcoran
6 track album
2182recordingcompany.bandcamp.com
June 10, 2025 at 11:07 PM
this is excellent! 2182recordingcompany.bandcamp.com/album/abacom...
Abacomancy, by Derek Monypeny and Kevin Corcoran, out now:
2182recordingcompany.bandcamp.com
2182recordingcompany.bandcamp.com
June 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Abacomancy, by Derek Monypeny and Kevin Corcoran, out now:
2182recordingcompany.bandcamp.com
2182recordingcompany.bandcamp.com
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Happy 80th Birthday, Richard Meltzer! The Aesthetics of Rock (and more!) author & music/other-stuff journalist/Blue Öyster Cult lyricist/VOM vocalist at his home in Portland, Oregon. As he is quick to remind one: Meltzer rhymes with seltzer...
📷 @gregoryego.bsky.social
📷 @gregoryego.bsky.social
May 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Happy 80th Birthday, Richard Meltzer! The Aesthetics of Rock (and more!) author & music/other-stuff journalist/Blue Öyster Cult lyricist/VOM vocalist at his home in Portland, Oregon. As he is quick to remind one: Meltzer rhymes with seltzer...
📷 @gregoryego.bsky.social
📷 @gregoryego.bsky.social
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