db pedersen and friends

Art in the cafe...

Laurel Statz


"The Spectator"


December 2025



Laurel Statz is a painter and Madison area native. Her work, while figurative, is influenced by abstraction and minimalism. The paintings often have a quick and instinctual nature, capturing just what’s needed. While she often times herself to eliminate extra details and over-precision, she has ventured into more detailed works as well. Laurel does not attach narrative to her pieces. Rather, she thinks of them like a journaling process for her scatter-brained psyche. The figures in the pieces are meant to be processing tools for the artist and the viewer. She hopes that seeing these figures helps the...
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Friday, February 3, 2006

db pedersen brings his take on extended voice/performance art to the stage for an evening of aural wonderment. self taught in the art of khoomei, db has the ability to create multiple silmultaneous tones that he sings across landscapes that he keeps safely tucked right behind his eyes.

using minimal effects (reverb), and looping, db creates layers of non-traditional voice patterns, nature mimicry, fluting, and bass playing that create a dimension of sound that must be heard live to be appreciated.

also, when coaxed, he will tell stories of his compulsion to see life inverted, and how he arrived at his voice, backwards, naked, and on fire.

Music