[NewMusicEvents] LSG New Music Series 6/19/08

[Rent Romus]

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Outsound Presents
LSG New Music Series @
LUGGAGE STORE GALLERY
1007 Market St. @ 6th St
San Francisco, California USA
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Thursday, Jun 19 2008 8:00 PM
 
8pm MD Duo - David
Michalak - lap steel guitar & Matt Davignon - drum machine/pedals
9pm Noah Phillips
- guitar; Andy Strain - trombone; Jason Hoopes - bass
 
 
Trombonist Andy Strain moved to the Bay Area two years ago
to work on an MFA at Mills College in Oakland. There, he focused on
combining his studies with Fred Frith and Roscoe Mitchell in free improvisation
and post-modern dance with Trisha Brown-descendent Shelley Senter to create a
unique brand of performance. His latest project, "Resonant Migration,"
focuses on exploring the pedestrian movement of the trombonist and transforming
it into a dance of it's own right.
Until his move to the west coast, Andy lived in Stuttgart, Germany, for four years
playing in various orchestras and chamber ensembles throughout the region. He
also served as principal trombonist of the Monterrey, Mexico symphony orchestra
for one year. There, he was able to develop and perform didactic concerts for
school children which involved the seeds of movement he currently employs in
his work.
 
Jason Hoopes is an improviser (bass) and composer. He
recently earned a MA from Mills College where he studied with Fred Frith, Zeena Parkins, Roscoe Mitchell, India Cooke, and Joelle Leandre. He performs/has performed with many Bay Area artists
including Jordan Glenn, Andy Strain, Mike Dale, Amanda Schoofs, India Cooke,
Charity Chan, Rhiannon Kirby, Lavinia Vago, and the late Toyoji Tomita. He
plays bass in Oakland's The Atomic
Bomb Audition and is working toward a MFA at Mills where he studies with Roscoe
Mitchell.
 
Noah Phillips enjoys playing guitar in any capacity for live
audiences. He hopes to continue doing so as often as possible.
 
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.
 
Matt Davignon is an experimental/ambient musician living in Oakland, California. Originally born in Agawam, Massachusetts, Matt has been developing his
own unique form of improvisation (for better or worse) since 1994. He spent his
formative music years locked in a garage in Sonoma County, California, tinkering with tools such as
lo-fi samplers, cassette tapes, contact microphones, household objects,
extensive chains of guitar effects, prepared instruments, and field recordings.
These explorations continued as he moved to San Francisco in 1997, then Oakland in 2001. In
2003, he discovered he could make more sounds than he could ever imagine by
processing the sounds of a drum machine in real-time with various devices. This
has been the focus of his work since then. Characteristics of his music include
a focus on textures, arrhythmic patterns and musical imperfections, and a knack
for evoking biological systems. www.ribosomemusic.com
 
Cost : $6-10
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June26 8:00pm Phog Masheeen (Costa Mesa) & CD release - CJ Borosque + INSTAGON
July    3 8:00pm Daryl Shawn (Oaxaca, Mexico) 9pm Jonathan Segel - violin & 
computer
July  17 8:00pm Kris Tiner/Donald Robinson Duo

July  24 8:00pm no Show Edgetone New Music Summit @ SFCMC 
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Outsound Presents is a emerging non-profit volunteer
collective of
explorative sound artists who, among other things, are
involved in running
performance venues, recording labels, and other D.I.Y.
endeavors.
The Luggage Store Gallery is a non-profit art organization
that
graciously provides venue support.
For Gallery info tel: 415.255.5971;
For booking email Rent Romus: rentromus at yahoo.com
To get to the LSG New Music Series take BART to the Powell
street
station and walk a little over a block to 6th & Market.
Parking is best on
Mission between
6th & 7th Sts.
for more info visit:
http://www.outsound.org/
http://www.luggagestoregallery.org/
http://www.bayimproviser.com/venuedetail.asp?venue_id=7