field effects 14
friday, august 1, doors 8pm
964 natoma, sf, ca, usa
requested donation $6-10

The world makes music, remember to listen.

The thirteenth in an ongoing series of concerts showcasing the use of found sound, found materials, and field recordings in media art, Field Effects 14 offers a rare night of experimental art in presented in a comfortable environment.

Field Effects 14 features new work from sound artists:

sigtryggur berg sigmarsson

For Field Effects 14, Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson will play the Hafler Trio: 'I wanted to try out something special for the 964 Natoma show, I want to pay a tribute to the Hafler Trio, as Andrew McKenzie is quite the reason why I got into sound experimentations to begin with... before meeting him I was really into punk rock etc...'

Sigtryggyer Berg Sigmarsson was born in Akureyri, Iceland in 1977. He studied sound art at the Fachochschule in Hannover, Germany from 1998 to 2003 and has been a long-time member of the band Stilluppsteypa.

His work on CD has been variously described as collage, quiet drone manipulations, and calm and minimal, which offer 'a range of still, contemplative moments, contrasted with more discordant (though not necessarily noisy) ones.' He is in San Francisco at the invitiation of 23five Incorporated and the San Francisco Electronic Music Festival.

http://www.forcedexposure.com/artists/sigmarsson.sigtryggur.berg.html http://www.fire-inc.demon.nl/stilluppsteypa.html

RAJAR

RAJAR is Bob Boster, Xopher Davidson, Michael Gendreau, David Kwan, and Patty Liu. Writes the collective, 'we focus on real-time processing of live radio transmissions and reconfigure these sounds in hopes of enhancing their entertainment value. Each performance is a unique experience as a result of the differences in radio reception at each location and the program material available at the moment.'

In reverse alphabetical order: Patty Liu is a composer and performer of electronic and acoustic music in various ensembles and contexts. Most recently, she's played in the Armageddon String Ensemble and Cheryl Leonard's Instrument in Trees and composed for Kirsten Williams' Strong Current Dance Company. David Kwan: 'Last night a DJ saved my life because I was sittin' there bored to death. Hey, listen up to your local DJ. You better hear what he's got to say. And if the FCC gives you trouble, just you move out on the double. And you don't let it trouble your brain because away goes troubles down the drain. There's not a problem that I can't fix because I can do it in the mix.' Michael Gendreau is well represented in the recorded world (as half of Crawling with Tarts and as Experts of Legitimation, as well as on his recent 23five release under his own name), but never seems to hear himself on the radio. Xopher Davidson (sometimes known as Antimatter) has a strong affinity for his Tanberg receiver, believing that Danish technology is, in this case, superior.

lance grabmiller

Lance Grabmiller put formal musical studies on hold with the discovery of his first four-track tape recorder at the age of 14. Using various tapes, effects, objects, microphones, amplifiers, razor blades and any instruments that could be begged or borrowed, he created quite a din in the midwest, culminating in a performance-noise nightmare that nearly destroyed the Gizmo in Galesburg, IL.

After working on tape-wrecks and selling every insrument he owned, he ventured to move his music concrete into the computer realm, and it all went downhill from there, and soon his work was hovering between Pierre Henry, Morton Subotnik and the then-dying Glitch and Drum n Bass factions of electronic music.

Currently Lance produceds and curates events in the Bay Area. He seeks to straddle the gap between the avant-garde and the electronic. He has played in improvisational groups with Ernesto Diaz-Infante, Rent Romus, Philip Gelb, Joseph Zitt, LX Rudis, Dina Emerson and many more. He has also opened for such notable electronic acts as Kid606, Sagan, Wobbly, Uprock and Meg Lee Chin among others.

http://www.praemedia.com/anthropology.html

The Field Effects series showcases artists interested in framing the hidden beauty of the everyday world: beauty on the surface, awaiting our attention. Beauty that must be delicately extracted. And beauty in potential, awaiting juxtaposition, collage, repetition and mutilation.

Seating mostly on futons to encourage comfortable deep listening and viewing. As we've bid farewell to our wonderful loaner beanbags (thanks again, Blasthaus!), you may want to bring a pillow. We're now taking donations to get more beanbags, by the way.

Depending on weather, hot or cold drinks will be available on a donation-based honor system. With luck, someone will bake cookies.

This information is not for print distribution or advertising. This is a private event for friends, family, and our community.