THE TRAVELING TAPES // Portland

In Oktober 2014 we followed the call of Portlands reputation as a city with extraordinary musical output to film a Video-Mixtape packed with amazing artists living in the city. For two weeks we found a home in the basement of Singer/Songwriter Alela Diane`s apartment in Northeast Portland. Guided by local hero Toren Volkman we explored the depths of Sound from Portland.
“The Traveling Tapes - Portland” turned out to be a 40-minute video-mixtape featuring some of the best talent Portland has to offer at this time. Alela Diane performs a stunningly intimate, gripping version of “Lost Land” on the porch of her house. Radiation City brighten a shadowy appletree-garden with their jazzy, supersmooth blend of harmony-heavy folk. Barna Howard charms a sunny afternoon in Rose Garden with the longing beauty of the calm fingerpicking-tune “Lend Me A Moment”. Extraordinary drummer and lyricist Neal Morgan chips in with his unique spoken word poetry, performed in famous Tonalli’s Donut-Shop on Alberta-Street. Lost Lander give proof of the band’s very special chemistry and sense of catchiness while Ben Darwish of Morning Ritual croons a heartbreaking R’n’B-lamento in his studio at Falcon Art Community. Vikesh Kapoor contributes his gentrification-ballad “Ode To My Hometown” right off Mississippi-Street, PWRHAUS jump on a streetcar for an unusual live-performance of “Broken Man” and Houndstooth deliver “Emilia” of their current Album “No News From Home” with tequila-fueled intensity.
ALELA DIANE: / aleladianemusic
RADIATION CITY: / radiationcity
BARNA HOWARD: / barnahoward
HOUNDSTOOTH: / houndstoothsome
LOST LANDER: / lostlanderband
VIKESH KAPOOR: / vikeshkapoor
PWRHAUS: / 284102401638568
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[@evarodriguezeptx7046]

I am a huge fan of Alela Diane, though I have not had the chance to see her live. She is an old soul in a young body! I was impressed the first moment I heard her. I have never seen or heard of the other artists, but I really enjoyed the music. Thanks for sharing these talented artists. Love from Texas!

[@mycupofindie]

I believe this is paradise on Earth. Thanks Hauskonzerte, wonderful work (again) !!

[@MyAnto68]

Saw Houndstooth in London - best gig ever

[@francescoiii8974]

I love the voice and the way Vikesh Kapoor play. Great, Dylan is back !

[@mirandasingler7006]

Love this :) Saw Alela Diane with the Fleet Foxes in 2011...Her music is rich, rustic, and timeless

[@GerzaynLazoLastra]

Great concept! would love to see more like this.

[@Flatworldfilms]

That was great

[@florianreichelt]

really cool!:)

[@lisaavena9457]

Does anyone know who the artist is that performs the last song on this video?? Thanks!

[@Hauskonzerte]

Lisa Avena PWRHAUS

[@tonymartindelcampo3151]

my parents own Tonalli’s XD

[@Hauskonzerte]

+Ricardo Martin del campo NICE! :)

[@pfflam]

This is all nice and some great performers . . .. but what is up Portland!?!? what is it with all this dire earnestness?! When did this town get overrun by such somber self-importance?! Such cutesy folksiness? . . . . what happened to the city of the Wipers? the Kingsmen? Why do these transplants all feel the same, dress alike, all joke in hushed nice tones and woodsmoke and golden light . .. where is the edge? the irony, the humor, the savy this town used to have? it all feels so constrained by a middle-class politeness that wears the wood paneling like a flag of 'authenticity'. The 70s moved into the 80s aesthetically for a reason; everybody got exhausted by the earnest feelings and macrame - angularity, irony, irreverence and DISCOMFORT were a breath of fresh air . . . bring some of that back to PDX please . . . .

[@Hauskonzerte]

pfflam you should keep in mind that this maybe shows 5% of the scene that is happening in Portland right now...

[@pfflam]

I'm just being a curmudgeon - I live here and know what you're saying - though a larger percentage than 5 wears its 'earnest meaningfulness' on its flannel sleeves . . . I like that Houndstooth seems, at least, to take from Rockabilly and early Rock-and-Roll - Rockabilly, which is big here, has the benefit of being mannered, and self-consciously so, -aware that its a front, a fabricated image and therefor loath to be too serious about its 'feelings' -at least not all the time -whereas a large portion of the 'scene' here in PDX drips with precious seriousness (oxymoronically - like a coffee mug emblazoned with a Nietzsche quote) -oops, sorry, curmudgeonly voice again . . . .

[@markisschettig4677]

+Hauskonzerte I'm from Portland its honestly an amazing place you can meet amazing people and have great journeys

[@allofthemmilkingwithgreenf7493]

+pfflam I'm tending to agree.

[@edg.2676]

kinda seems like people impersonating their folk heroes