MiLkBabY: BioDuB Society w/ db pedersen

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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Ruth Comfort


"The Metaphysical Affect"


January 2026



A diverse collection of mixed mediums, extensively encapsulating my heart and soul concerning the dreams of the human condition. ARTISAN RUTH COMFORT My given name is Ruth Comfort. Named after the amazing artist Louis Comfort Tiffany. I hail from a very long line of artisans and musicians. Even dating back to the great German philosopher...
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Saturday, April 15, 2006

MiLkBabY: BioDuB Society is Barry Bennett (elctro and acoustic drums, keys, voice); Darren Shepherd (bass, guitar, voice); Sophie Senard (accordian,voice, keys.)

After a 7 month hiatus from the stage so that MiLkBabY's papa, Barry Bennett, could get adjusted to being a papa in the literal sense to his new daughter; the MiLkBabY entity returns in yet another altered form. Adding Sophie Senard (keys accordian, voice) who also plays with BabY Darren Shepherd (bass, guitar) in his group of insurgent folkies, FIGMENT.

MiLkBabY also returns with a fresh concept playing this show as MiLkBabY: BioDuB Society. They decided that duo should become a trio and gig to explore the dub influence after an informal dub filled jam on superbowl sunday. The trio found something calming and focusing about filtering the MiLkBabY sound through a dub lens and the joy of playing with sophie in the mix.

Bandleader Bennett says, "BioDuB society is definitly not an attempt to cop or simply become a genre of music, but more of an idea to filter our own MiLkBabY sound through the spirit of a genre. it's really exciting and fun to play in this mode. Having Sophie around really effects Darren and I in a positive way." When asked about the adding of the BioDub Society tag to the name, Bennett explained, "it gives the MiLkBabY entity freedom to experiment with different modes of concept and line-ups. While this tro is the core line-up, i am mindful that Darren and Sophie are also in another pretty darn good band that they need to be able to nurture. I personally want to open up into being to play in all sorts of situations, either solo or with other collaborators. We'll see where this all leads. I don't exactly where that is, but I bet it'll be challenging and cool."

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.

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