8pm
David Michalak (lap steel guitar) and
Matt Davignon (drum machine)
9pm
Richard Bonnet (France)
French guitarist Richard Bonnet focuses his work on sound texture and mixing roots with avant-garde music in order to propose a spontaneous music with raw energy. A process of permanently boiling where codes and written conventions lead the way to the freedom and the freshness of a speech without any concession. Richard is an active musician of the Parisian scene. He has performed in Europe and the United States, as a solo artist and in small and large ensembles Eric Jacot, Ichiro Onoe, Thomas de Pourquery, Andre Charlier, Guillaume Roy, Federico Hughi and Tom Abbs.
David Michalak plays a Fender lap steel guitar and an assortment of odd percussion instruments. While he is more commonly known as a filmmaker (50 films with original soundtracks since 1971), the visual art side of him seeps inherently into his solo performances and group compositions which are characterized by shimmering passages, abstract snapshots and haunting representations of natural elements. Besides Ghost In The House, David plays in his instrumental ensemble Reel Change as well as the duo, Dr. Bob. Some musicians that he is currently performing with are: Tom Nunn, Andrew Voigt, Bob Marsh, Carla Kihlstedt, Karen Stackpole and Kyle Bruckmann.
http://www.eye-fullfilms.com/Matt Davignon is an experimental/ambient drum-machinist living in Oakland, California. Originally born in Western Massachusetts, he spent his musically formative years in Northern California, tinkering with tools such as lo-fi samplers, cassette tapes, contact microphones, household objects, 4-track compositions, extensive chains of guitar effects, prepared instruments, and field recordings. These explorations fuel and inform his current work, which most frequently involves processing the sounds of a drum machine in real-time with various electronic devices. Characteristics of his music include a focus on textures, arrhythmic patterns and musical imperfections, with a focus on evoking biological systems. Matt also co-produces the Luggage Store Gallery Experimental Music series in San Francisco, and has produced odd concerts such as the San Francisco Found Objects Festival and Droneshift.
www.ribosomemusic.comCost: $6-10