The Drift!
Local innovators The Drift! pushes the notion of genre music with a range of influences from Dub, Afro-Beat, No Wave, Out Jazz and Experimental leanings in the ambient realm. The Drift! is a project by Bay Area artists whose other bands range from Jazz, Country Swing, Experimental, Post Hardcore, Ambient, Progressive and Americana: upright-bass (Safa Shokrai: Downtown Uproar, Hokum4), guitar/keys (Danny Grody: Tarentel, Furniture), trumpet with effects/loops (Jeff Jacobs: Hokusai) and drums (Richard Dougherty: Jargon, Boxcar Saints, Odessa Chen). Their performances and have been compared to everything from Miles Davis 'electric period' to the disparate Tom Verlaine of Television. Their new EP is due out in late Spring under the Temporary Residence label. San Francisco, CA

 

GroundChuck
GroundChuck is a pulverized cow, fur bearing mammal, soundscapes and interludes that aim at reframing consciousness and creating thought patterns that transform and inspire. GroundChuck is Charles Freeman, an electronic music artist whose musical journeys led him to work with the piano, saxophone, guitar, turntablism and finally the digital audio workstation. His debut CD is set to be released later this year by Belgian label Quatermass. San Francisco, CA.

 

Neal Morgan
Neal makes songs for fields (lawns, meadows, etc.) and provides the music, either in recorded form or in performance, for the viewing of the photographs or videos of fields he has visited. He is interested in meditation on a field as a compositional element and how the resulting emotions and thoughts influence a listener’s experience of sounds. Berkeley, CA. www.warmfields.com

 

Tim Gallaher
Tim is a mixed-media performance artist whose primary mediums are music and film. He creates musical cinematic narratives with his songs, vocals and projected imagery which include spoken word and absurd puppetry antics. His work is a form of inquiry and an attempt at sharing personal truths - turning fascinations and philosophies into an adventure, gift and ultimately a love affair. San Francisco CA.

 

thom poe Concert for Escalators
Using recordings of escalators around Vienna, thom poe’s composition blurs the boundaries between an escalator and a musical concert. An experiment in found sound, music, noise and the everyday auditory environment, Concert attempts to reawaken the senses of everyday life, recreating sensitivity to the familiar while giving the listener a different perspective of seeing and hearing. Vienna, Austria. www.auditem.com

Project>Soundwave inquires the possibilities for the sonic medium: exploring the creation of sound; attempting to understand and shape the aural landscapes in everyday life; or finding innovative ways to engage the listener using sound as language, music, environment, or vehicle for human connection and interaction.

Project>Soundwave is synthesized in an audio CD and events celebrationg the possibilities of sound, language and music.

CD RELEASE Project>Soundwave: An Exploration into the Nature of Sound is an eclectic collection of works that investigates the creation of sound and the possibilities for the sonic medium. 18 tracks by 15 diverse artists from 5 countries (including 3 from the Bay Area) were selected to inspire possibilities of what sound can be and find innovative ways for us to think, communicate, understand and shape the aural landscapes that surround us. BUY NOW

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