Luggage Store New Music Series
1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF
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3 sets of improv groups arranged by Paul Stapleton and Matt Davignon

8:15 pm:
Paul Stapleton (Belfast): Bonsai Sound Sculpture
Ted Byrnes (LA): Percussion
Laura Steenberge: Bass

8:45 pm:
Paul Stapleton (Belfast): Bonsai Sound Sculpture
Edward Schocker: instruments
Matt Ingalls: Clarinet

9:30 pm:
Paul Stapleton (Belfast): Bonsai Sound Sculpture
Ted Byrnes (LA): Percussion
John Ingle: Sax
Matt Davignon: Turntable
Laura Steenberge: Bass

Paul Stapleton is a sound artist, improviser and writer originally from Southern California, currently based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Paul designs and performs with a variety of modular metallic sound sculptures, custom made electronics, found objects and electric guitars in locations ranging from experimental music clubs in Berlin to remote beaches on Vancouver Island. He is currently involved in a diverse range of artistic collaborations including: performance duo ABODE with vocalist Caroline Pugh, interdisciplinary performance group theybreakinpieces with Nick Williams and Mona McCarthy, improvisation duo with saxophonist Simon Rose, networked installation design with Tom Davis, Eric Lyon's Noise Quartet, and the DIY improvisation quartet E=MCH. Since 2007, Paul has been lecturing at the Sonic Arts Research Centre (Queen’s University Belfast), where he teaches and supervises MA & PhD research in performance technologies, interaction design and site-specific art. http://soundcloud.com/paul-stapleton

Cost: $6-10 sliding scale

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