When random encounters happen, you've got to mention it. The setup is that I caught Eleven Green on the Tuesday night prior to Thanksgiving. The band was playing a WFNM night at Hotel Ziggy. Fast forward to Black Friday. I was at Best Buy picking up an external hard drive to store all the photos and videos I take of the Los Angeles music scene. After being handed the external hard drive, I did a beeline towards the exit. Walking right past me was the lead singer, Nare Nikoyan. I didn't know her name at the time of this random encounter so I yell out, "Eleven Green." She turns and I told her that I saw her Wednesday night. She looked slightly confused, perhaps because I got the days messed up. I saw the band on Tuesday night. My excuse is that I went to Hotel Ziggy on both Tuesday and Wednesday night. I added, "Hotel Ziggy. I was one of the photographers."
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| Eleven Green at Hotel Ziggy |
Eleven Green consists of a two piece made up of vocalist / songwriter Nare Nikoyan and guitarist / composer Khoren Mikayelyan.
What did I immediately notice when the band hit the stage? Nikoyan had the tips of her bangs and long hair dyed green. Some people that cross paths with her might think that she has a real love for the movie Wicked, but some of us know better.
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| Eleven Green at Hotel Ziggy |
The two came up on stage, but there were some delays in getting the sound set up correctly. When it was worked out, Nikoyan was set to blast off, "Ready? I'm ready." The band started off the night with "Changed," which has guitarist Mikayelvan driving the music forward with twisted guitar beats. Nikoyan's vocals were haunting and she used her arm motions to mimic the guitar beats. It is a fusion of gothic and industrial jams.
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| Eleven Green at Hotel Ziggy |
As a photographer, it was fun photographing Nikoyan who has the dance moves of a mystical creature enjoying an enchanted forest.
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| Eleven Green at Hotel Ziggy |
Their most recent release is "Fixed Tool." It is in an interesting departure from "Changed." There's a staccato cadence to Nikoyan's vocals. Mikayelvan switches to the bass, giving the song a deep and slow beat. The tracks make extensive use of various percussion musical instruments. There's an atonal quality to the music that matches the relationship where there are diametrically opposing views about it. Outsiders see the relationship as unhealthy while the person they are concerned about is still mesmerized.
People tell that we’rе a messYet I am stuck on you
I have to confеss you’re my guilty pleasure
Though you're poison and your heart is frozen
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