This final musical event in the NPR series, features those working on the experimental edge of electronic music.
Wobbly samples the sonic detritus of our modern consumer society with a sharp ear and sense of humor.
Tim Perkis has been working with electronic and computer sound for many years, using technology for its ability to produce outcomes that are complex and surprising. Lance Grabmiller is a computer musician, regularly found improvising with others, and former curator of the esteemed Under the Radar series. RAJAR, named after the British radio ratings system, is an ensemble that plays broadcast transmissions like instruments, accentuating the musical potential of fading signals and static interruptions.
Matt Davignon creates most of his music through improvisation, often imitating everyday sounds or focusing on subtle aural characteristics. Big City Orchestra are veterans of experimental noise and electronic music, with a rotating ensemble cast, virtuosic in the art of Dada-esque sound collage, also incorporating multimedia elements and unexpected performance elements, such as reading aloud cut-up children’s books to orange traffic cones. CMAU is a quartet that uses contact microphones to amplify homemade instruments and found objects, as well as engaging in sampling and live computer synthesis and processing. Jon Brumit’s background in visual, conceptual and performance art has served him well in his musical endeavors. His sound work is adventurous, brainy, and fun. Recursive Heretics features
Scott R. Looney on electronics and
Aaron Bennett on clarinet.
Schedule:
4pm
Tim Perkis &
Wobbly4:50pm Lance Grabmiller
5:30pm Michael Starve Talk Show (not electronic music, this is a talk show)
6:15pm Recursive Heretics
7pm Jon Brumit
7:45pm CMAU
8:30pm Intermission
9pm RAJAR
10pm
Matt Davignon10:45pm Big City Orchestra
Cost: $7-20 sliding scale
Videos featuring musicians playing at this event
Scott R. Looney, Lisa Mezzacapa, and Donald Robinson at Berkeley Arts Fest space - May 31, 2014