Spirit Plate is the spiritual noise trio of Mateo Galindo (Atomic Culture co-curator, crieslol, Death Convention Singers) and Nathan Young (Tulsa Noise organizer, formerly of Postcommodity, Ajilvsga, etc.) and Warren Realrider ( TickSuck, Waves of Dust, WRxMG)
Heavily influenced by and grounded in the traditions of spiritual free jazz, noise rock and the most intense moments of indigenous trance music, Spirit Plate utilizes reciprocal feedback loops, custom electronics, prepared guitar and drumming to create ecstatic improvisations that invoke sacred trance and drone traditions, smuggled in the form of rock band aesthetics. As transdisciplinary artists we are concerned with developing strategies toward a decolonial relationship with sound, performance and listening.
Mateo Galindo is a Chicano artist and curator exploring sonic agency, cultural resonance, and memory through sound, sculpture, and performance. As co-creator of Atomic Culture (est. 2015), he curates site-specific public performances and installations that amplify Indigenous, Latinx, and underrepresented voices, sparking community dialogue through experimental art. Galindo operates Tierra y Que, a gallery in Marfa, Texas, which hosts three shows annually featuring local and international artists.
featuring local and international artists. @3dcoyote
Nathan Young (born 1975, Tahlequah, OK) is an artist-scholar-composer working in an expanded practice that incorporates sound, video, documentary, animation, installation, socially engaged art, and experimental music. Nathan’s work often engages the spiritual and the political, re-imagining indigenous sacred imagery to complicate and subvert notions of the sublime. Nathan is a founding and former member of the Indigenous artist collective Postcommodity and holds an MFA in Music / Sound from Bard College’s Milton-Avery School of the Arts. @nathanyoungstudios
Warren Realrider is a Pawnee/Crow multidisciplinary artist based in Tulsa, Oklahoma and is currently creating as part of the Tulsa Artist Fellowship. While studying painting at the University of Oklahoma he began an exploration of sound, materials, and site as elements of his art practice. Warren created the Tick-Suck noise performance project in 2016 as sound became central to his practice. Realrider works to play the tensions and time locations between objects, functions, and movements to create works constructed on the frameworks of noise art, improvisation, and experimental composition.
@warrealrider.sound
Look forward to a performance by Spirit Plate on Saturday – September 27, 2025