NEW MUSIC SERIES, EVERY THURSDAY

AT THE LUGGAGE STORE

8PM-10PM (2 SETS)

$6-10 SLIDING SCALE DONATION, NO ONE TURNED AWAY FOR LACK OF FUNDS

MARCH 2007

Thursday, Mar 1 2007 8:00 PM

8pm: Darwinsbitch with guests (Marielle Jakobsens - violin, electronics; Kristine Barrett - voice; Gregg Kowalsky - electronics)
9pm: Thomas Dimuzio & bran (...) pos - electronics/voice duo



bran(...)pos
from San Franciso, CA bran(...)pos: an ongoing solo excursion and investigation of various forms of performance and music synthesis, with a focus on realtime sonic plasticization and voice manipulation / achieved using both hardware synthesizers and a custom set of software-based sound grapplers that interface with the real world via tactile control / performances rounded out with facial interpretations and physical gesture (butoh and max fleischer-inspired) / aurally combined for an experience that is heavy and heady like cannibal corpse doing xenakis covers / ridiculous and magical like popeye sitting in for jean- jacques perrey (popeye and kingsley) / full length cds self-released on Chitah! Chitah! Soundcrack including the latest 2006 release Detangler / bran has been performed from Boise to Belgium alongside many of today's most enigmatic and prolific sound and performance experimenters.

http://soundcrack.net/branpos


Thomas Dimuzio
San Francisco-based Dimuzio is one of those unsung artistic
figures whose influence and abilities have substantially outstripped his visibility. Composer, multi-instrumentalist, sound designer, experimental electronic musician, collaborator and recording studio owner - Dimuzio has been busy doing his thing(s) since the late 1980's, but is still only known to a small circle of electronic music enthusiasts. A true sonic alchemist who can seemingly create music events out of almost anything, Dimuzio's listed sound sources on his various CDs include everything from "modified 10 speed bicycle" and "resonating water pipe" to short-wave radios, loops, samplers and even normal instruments such as clarinet and trumpet. And while his wide range of musical interests make it impossible to pin a label on him, Dimuzio clearly has an insider's knowledge of older experimental musical forms such as musique concrete and electroacoustic, as well as more current ambient, industrial, noise and post-techno styles. Among his collaborations include Chris Cutler, Fred Frith, Dan Burke (Illusion Of Safety), David Lee Myers, Nick Didkovsky, Paul Haslinger, Due Process, 5uu's, Matmos, Wobbly, DJ Qbert, and many others.

http://www.thomasdimuzio.com
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Thursday, Mar 8 2007 8:00 PM

Tom Nunn solo CD Release performance of
"Identity" Edgetone Records
also sets by
RTD3
Axallto

Tom Nunn has designed, built and performed with original musical instruments since 1976, having received a B.Mus. and M.A. in music composition from the University of Texas at Austin and S.U.N.Y. Stony Brook, and post-graduate work at U.C. San Diego. His instruments typically utilize commonly available materials, are sculptural in appearance, utilize contact microphones for amplification, and are designed specifically for improvisation with elements of ambiguity, unpredictability and nonlinearity.
In addition to the nearly 100 instruments he has made, Tom has performed extensively throughout the San Francisco Bay Area for over 25 years, as well as in other parts of the U.S., Canada and Europe, both as soloist and with other musicians. Tom has performed with the groups Rotodoti, Off Ramp, Stritch, Twine, Toax, Reel Change and Ghost In The House, and currently works with Axallto and RTD3.
He has appeared on a number of recordings, including his most recent solo CD, "Identity." In 1998, he completed writing and self-published Wisdom of The Impulse: on the nature of musical free improvisation, a book that examines various aspects of this illusive art and presents a theoretical foundation for creative listening, analysis and discussion. Tom has also written a number of articles about the use of experimental instruments and improvisation in publications such as Experimental Musical Instruments, Musicworks and Leonardo.

Thursday, Mar 15 2007 8:00 PM

8pm:
Charity Chan - Accordion
Suzanne Thorpe - Electronics/Flute
Paul Scriver - Saxophone/Bass Clarinet
9pm: Jordan Glenn and Anantha Krishna (tabla)

Charity Chan's live performances focus on the evocation of alternative timbres from the piano/accordion and the combination of these sounds with more traditional performance techniques. Her improvisations are also informed by the immediacy of physical gesture in live performance. While Charity's creative work concentrates itself in the area of contemporary improvisation (extended piano and amplified accordion), she has also worked and studied extensively in the classical and contemporary classical idioms.

Thursday, Mar 22 2007 8:00 PM

8pm Jonathan Segel - Violin, Guitar & Electronics
9pm (tentative) Emergency String Quartet

Thursday, Mar 29 2007 8:00 PM