Serving the San Francisco Bay Area New Music Community

Sat, May 21 2016 8:00 PM

Berkeley Arts
2133 University Avenue Berkeley
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Seth Kinzie and Matt Davignon/Eric Glick Rieman duo

8 pm set: Seth Kinzie - Impressionist, Jazzish Piano
Rooted in a classical background, this Eastern Oregon composer's most recent album features 12 instrumental compositions featuring saxophone, trumpet, banjo, violin, and drums, called "euphoric nature music." Echoing the 19th century versings of Claude Debussy and contemporary arrangements of Ludavico Einaudi, Seth writes music both for modern ballet and a walk through the woods.

www.sethkinzie.com

Of his recent album, "Brother's Retreat", Orpheus Piano Company wrote," A heartfelt and deeply hopeful paean to the emotional mystery of human existence...an essential vein of undiluted intuitive spontaneity runs all through his work. His songs feel like folk music, with a plethora of jazz and neoimpressionist allusions..."

9 pm set: Matt Davignon/Eric Glick Rieman duo
Matt on his array of drum machine samples and electronics, and Eric on prepared Rhodes electric piano, loops, and modular synthesizer. Exploring drone, texture and ambience. Mysterious sound.

Matt Davignon is an experimental musician living in Oakland, California, best known for combining drum machine with a variety of electronic processing devices to create an expressive, organic-sounding synthesizer. His distinctive sound palette is informed not only by past experience with field recordings, household objects, prepared instruments and live sound collage, but also his love of psychedelic and space music. Ribosome Music
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