Albert Ortega (Dirty Branchez) is a sound wizard who is connected to the most amazing angles of expansive music output in Los Angeles. He is always armed with a smile and inspiring ideas. Albert has installed/performed both solo and collectively at various Noise venues, festivals, residences, and indigenous outdoor areas such as the Los Angeles River, Barnsdall Park, Old LA Zoo Park, Al’s Bar, SoundWalk, TELIC, The Museum of Jurassic Technology, Villa Aurora, Henry Miller Library, Sonorities Festival 2005 (Belfast), Sonopticon 99 (ActionSpace, LA), Field Effects 4, SCI-Arc, Hollymatter, The Compound, Beyond Baroque, CEAIT Festival 2003, LineSpaceLine, the Smell, Knitting Factory, the Lyman Residence and Southwest Museum. Selected collaborations include: Ben Wolcott, Rick Potts, Marc Levinthal, Jeremy Drake, David Rothbaum, Mitch Brown, Ezra Buchla, Brian O’Riley, George Nussbaumer, Anla Courtis, Bob Bellerue, Joseph Hammer, Leticia Castaneda, Geoff Brandon, Consolidated Lint, Mummers, Paremecial Wedding, Clark the Goat, and Smegma. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Albert+Ortega">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.