8pm: League of Art Game Composers (LAG)
9pm: Guitarist/tape manipulator Daryl Shawn and sax/clarinet player Alan Anzalone
LAG, the league of art game composers, is a union of experimental composers that was formed in spring 2008. LAG is a collective of like-minded composers who are interested in the utilization, creation, and fusion of games and art. Members compose their own works and also collaborate for the creation or performance of each other’s works. LAG explores the different ways in which games and art can be synthesized. The games can be pre-existing and appropriated for musical endeavors, as in "Red King Snoring vs. the Octopus Knight", an electronic chess piece by Chad McKinney and Curtis McKinney. As well, wholly new games can be created, as in "Stargazing"(a real-time graphic score/game hybrid), by Cole Ingraham. Aesthetic influences are sometimes appropriated, such as the characteristic sound of the Commodore 64 sound chip. Often the game mechanics themselves are deep structural elements that inform the shape and interactive nature of the music. These games are often performed live or interacted with as installations, but are also utilized in the creation of fixed media. Active members of LAG include Cole Ingraham, Chad McKinney, Curtis McKinney, Peter Musselman, and Luke Selden.
Bay Area local Anzalone leans towards the low and large editions of his instruments. He plays his horns in ¡SoloBasura! and The Sophisticuffs, and is a longtime member of Survival Research Laboratories.
Daryl Shawn, on tour many miles away from his adopted home of Oaxaca, Mexico, combines his able flamenco-influenced nylon-string guitar work with live tape manipulations. He uses a four-track tape machine and Dictaphone microcassette player to record, replay and twist his acoustic tones into unrecognizable but often pleasing shapes. He appears in the Bay Area as part of a short tour of California which also includes appearances at the 7th International Live Looping festival in Santa Cruz, and the 12th annual Norcal Noisefest in Sacramento.
Cost: $6-10 sliding scale