Program of Events for 2008

Currently seeking: applicants, demonstrators, and vendors for this year's event - send letter of interest to NMSynergy@gmail.com

Here are a few of the demonstrators that will be at the event this year:

  • Las Vegas City Recycling/Keep Las Vegas Beautiful program
  • Las Vegas Water Department- Water conservation
  • EMNR/ECMD-Solar tax credits
  • Tierra y Montes/Land and Water Agency 
  • New Mexico Wilderness Alliance
  • Sun Chaser Trailer
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • PNM- Alternative energy projects, incentives
  • Los Amigos Educ. Resources Center-low income weatherization
  • LUNA-Wind, Biofuels, Renewable energy program
  • Cedar Mountain Solar
  • Energy Concepts-PV array
  • Solar Car Exhibit
  • Rain Savers-Water management
  • Wiviot Company- Green builder

This years music:

Friday- Prelude to Synergy, "The dark before the light." A night of dark metal and psychedelic freak-rock/parliament-inspired funk reflective of the many frustrations aroused by the chaos around us.

Atazoth-
Biography coming soon

Demogorgon
Demogorgon was formed in early 2004 when Dave Miller (guitars) teamed up with Sus Herrera (drums) Felipe Padilla (guitars) and Kris Long (vocals) and their band Fleshhounds a.k.a. Deominus. This collaboration led to a new direction for the band. All members were inspired by the Black Metal scene and wanted to combine these influences with the hyperblast deathgrind sound that we already played. Felipe left the band abruptly in late 2004, and the 3 remaining members decided to continue. The name of the band was changed to DEMOGORGON - the almighty demon of chaos. The band gigged as a 3 piece for a year, although our friends Sloppy and Chris played a few gigs with us during that time. Soon after, the lineup was completed with the addition of Jo Garcia (guitars), and John Ortega (bass). Members of this band have been involved in the local underground metal scene for years in brutal bands which include Fatality, Sychosis, Nazgul, and Ephemeral Existance. We continue to look forward, evolving our sound, writing new material, and spreading the sonic mayhem that is DEMOGORGON.

Fractalized- See "Saturday"

Saturday-
Y. Que
Like everything and nothing you've heard before, these guys rock! High energy jams in the spirit of the legendary Santana.

Fractalized
Fractalized is a new rock band that draws from four decades of musical landscapes woven together with a unique and quirky twist. The sound is fresh with flashback moments of Zappa, Incubus, Primus, Tool, Satriani, Jean-Luc Ponty and others haunting the memory modes of your brain's opiate receptors into believing that you've heard this music before… but where? Nowhere! That's because Fractalized's melodic songwriting and hypnotic rhythms are distinctly their own and sounds like no other music being heard today.

Round Mountain
Round Mountain's Char and Robby Rothschild have been playing music together for most of their lives. Based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, their background ranges from Balkan and West African styles to traditional Appalachian music, from classical to funk. While they have played extensively together and separately in many ensembles and projects, including Prince Diabate, Panjea, the Selkies, and Lizard House, this configuration marks the crystallization of their own music using the traditions that have inspired them. Expect many extremes - beautiful acoustic numbers, wild bagpipes, trumpet and accordion played by one person at the same time, Bulgarian zydeco, klezmer, and Malian rhythms, to name a few. But while their music is varied, it is far from random. There is a solvent behind all these different dry ingredients that allows them to blend seamlessly – original songwriting with respect and love for the music. And, of course, the peculiar breed of madness the Rothschild brothers possess.
Round Mountain is a lively mixture of ceremony and irreverence, of exuberance and reflection. Beneath all of these unlikely marriages, a certain warmth remains to unify their sound and their message. In a time when most music has become so brightly polished that no one can see inside, Round Mountain presents a rare rough gem of humanity that glows from within.

Unstung Heroes
Acoustic music that is upbeat yet mellow best describes the sound of the UNSTRUNG HEROS. The mix of Folk, Bluegrass, Blues and some modern hits will entertain people of all ages. Vocal harmonies soar over classic string-band instrumentation. UNSTRUNG HEROES have been recording and performing throughout New Mexico and Colorado. The top Bluegrass Band at the 2005 Santa Fe Bluegrass Festival is now looking forward to increasing its live performance schedule. We are currently working on a recording project that will surely excite music fans.

Wagogo
Wagogo, born, raised and loved in Albuquerque, NM, is an ecclectic group of musicians that make a rhythmic cocktail out of their Chicano influences, Northern Mexico folk songs, warm calypso island grooves, and the captivating spirit music of Zimbabwe. Their lyrics possess an equally enriching quality, being composed mostly by lead singer Armando Ortega, in a blend of Spanish, English, and the Shona language of Zimbabwe. With such a diverse repertoire, Wagogo inspires a multigenerational crowd to dance and sing, and even gets the old folks weeping with its dedication to preserving the traditional roots of music, in addition to exploring new sounds. Broadcast on radio stations from New Mexico to New York, California, and Zimbabwe, they have been reinvited to the Zimbabwe Music Festival for three years, and will be appearing in many other world music festivals to come. With all the intrigue of the Land of Enchantment, they are definitely a band not to be missed.