Joe Potts
JOE POTTS was hailed by The Wire as "something new and revolutionary." Though he holds degrees in Fine Arts he studied electronic composition at the California Institute of the Arts dropping in on classes taught by Morton Subotnick and James Tenney. He has composed electro-acoustic music exclusively since 1973 creating Art/Sound installations in the U.S., Italy, Japan and Norway.
Porch Music
Porch Music is a double album uniting Mitchell Brown (Gasp), Paul McCarthy, Joe Potts (Airway), Alex Stevens, and John Wiese (Sissy Spacek) from the Los Angeles Free Music Society, documenting the group's studio session at McCarthy’s studio and their inaugural live set from The Box gallery. Crafted from melting cinematic sounds, this release captures the ensemble's exploratory spirit with artwork by Ace Farren Ford.
Violent Semi-Abstract
Debut duo recording of LAFMS-founder and Airway maestro Joe Potts and John Wiese. Recorded during the Joe & Joe/John Wiese mid-west tour of 2018. Melting/sweating tape music/chopped optigan.
The Elusive Flexure
Helicopter is proud to present the first trio album of Joseph Hammer (Solid Eye, Dinosaurs With Horns, LAFMS), Joe Potts (Airway, Extended Organ, LAFMS), and John Wiese (Sissy Spacek, Strain of Laws).
Gift From The Dead
New label run by Tom Recchion, one of key figures in the LAFMS group, whose "purpose is to support composers, sound artists, experimental musical activities of all kinds as well as having a hand in preserving various recordings of the past...it is the hope that Tiny Records will continue the legacy left by the L.A.F.M.S." Joe Potts started recording strange sound pieces in 1973 in a collaborative group that would later be called Le Forte Four, and is responsible for coining the term Los Angeles …