Jorge Bachmann Featured at LISTEN05

Resident Sound Artist and Project>Soundwave's Technical Director, Jorge Bachmann aka justino, will feature a new sound composition at LISTEN05. LISTEN is an audio series that explores the art of intense listening. Christopher Willits has commissioned *unreleased* sound works from an international pool of acclaimed contemporary sound makers. These unique recordings will be amplified within the beautiful Studio Rasa in Berkeley CA. Come prepared to tune in and zone out.

LISTEN05
Jorge Bachmann and Aaron Ximm (Quiet American)

When
Sunday, November 19, 2006
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Where
Studio Rasa, 933 Parker St
Berkeley, CA, California 94710

Admission: $10 in advance, $12 night of event.
call Studio Rasa @ 510-843-2787 for advanced tickets or email info@studiorasa.org

Jorge Bachmann Official Site
Aaron Ximm Official Site
LISTEN 05 Details
BUY Soundwave>Series Live featuring justino aka Jorge Bachmann
MP3 of Interview on UK's ResonanceFM
MP3 of Interview on KALX

Soundwave>Series and Matt Davignon on SPARK* (PBS) November 22

SPARK*, the Bay Area's arts program, will rebroadcast the feature on Soundwave>Series guest curator Matt Davignon and the Soundwave>Series event LIVE PLAY in June of this year. The show's episode called "Performance Ideas" will be broadcast across Northern California on its PBS-affiliate KQED Channel 9. The show's premiere broadcast was on July 12th 2006.

What: Matt Davignon/Live Play Feature on SPARK*
Show: SPARK* Episode#414 Performance Ideas
Where: KQED Channel 9 (PBS Northern California)
When: Wednesday November 22, 2006
Time: 7:30PM PST

WATCH NOW online
Episode Details
Soundwave>Series Gallery featuring LIVE PLAY
SPARK* on KQED-TV (PBS)

Dorian Katz Draws the Soundwave>Series

Soundwave>Series audience member Dorian Katz sent these drawings she did of July's I AM SOUND show at the Luggage Store Gallery.

"Dear Alan, My girlfriend and I really enjoyed the Sound Surround shows we attended. I've been meaning to send you these rough sketches made during the event at the Luggage Store for a while. I hope you like them. Best wishes and thank you for your curatorial work! -Dorian Katz"

Thank you Dorian, you make doing the series all worthwhile.

Dorian is also quite amazing artist. Click below to check out more of her inspiring work!

Dorian Katz Site
Photo Gallery of Soundwave>Series' I AM SOUND event

Luz Alibi Solo at ATA and 21Grand

Soundwave>Series artist Luz Alibi aka the amazing Liz Allbee performs at ATA and 21 Grand in November.

Performance Dates:
Sunday, November 19, 2006.
LUZ ALIBI w/DYEMARK and TARPITA FLEISCH
Cheerful noise from some of the Bay Area's most loveable cacophonists.
Artists Television Access
992 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA
8PM $5

Wednesday, November 29
Womantis Ensemble - New and Improved - video by Elise Baldwin, Heike Liss, Theresa Wong, Ayaka Katoa + music by Liz Allbee, Mary Clare Brzytwa, Ava Mendoza and Alee Karim (token male)
21 Grand
416 25th St. (at Broadway)
Oakland, CA
8PM, $6-10

BUY Liz Allbee's Quarry Tones
Liz Allbee Official Site
Soundwave>Series Gallery featuring Luz Alibi
WATCH Spark* episode featuring Luz Alibi

Matt Davignon Releases SoftWetFish

Soundwave>Series' Matt Davignon releases new CD "SoftWetFish" on venerable Bay Area's experimental label Edgetone Records. SoftWetFish is Matt's second CD to use drum machine as the only sound source (after 2005's "Bwoo"). Not at all like the rhythms and beats one would expect, the sounds are very abstract, characterized by organic tapestries, drones, frantic passages and lovely flaws.

"..it’s twisted sound manipulation, distorting a number of doctored instruments to create a sound that’s sometimes spare and crackling, alternately taking turns into what ’70s kraut rock may have sounded like to dolphins — fragile and gorgeous and stubbornly weird." - Michael Harkin, San Francisco Bay Guardian

BUY SoftWetFish
BUY Soundwave>Series Live featuring Matt Davignon
WATCH Spark* (PBS) episode featuring Matt Davignon and the Soundwave>Series
Matt Davignon Offical Site
Edgetone Records

www.davidkhang.com

The.ME.Project contributor and one of the most provocative Vancouver performance and installation artists has launched a new website!

Find out more about his works and ideas at www.davidkhang.com
Check out David's Globalopoly at The.ME.Project

The Drift California Tour

Soundwave>Series artists The Drift are fresh off their Japan tour and plays 3 shows in November. The Drift are an instrumental four-piece from San Francisco who are comprised of trumpet, electronics, guitar, keyboards, upright bass and drums. The music combines elements of rare groove, dub, out jazz, and more esoteric leanings that conjure a unique musical space free of traditional confines, simultaneously frenetic and sublime. Check out this amazing band!

TOUR DATES
11/8 at Hemlock Tavern
in San Francisco, CA
with Small Sails and Okay

11/13 at Glass House
in Pamona, CA
with Explosions In The Sky

11/14 at El Rey Theatre
in Los Angeles, CA
with Explosions In The Sky

BUY Noumena CD / 2xLP
BUY Streets / Nozomi 12"
BUY Soundwave>Series Live CD featuring The Drift
The Drift Official Site
Temporary Residence Label
PHOTOS from Soundwave>Series' "TRIPPED WIRE" at 111 Minna Gallery

EAP Performs at Jazz Projections Series NOV 6

Existential Angst Party (EAP) (featuring Project>Soundwave's Stefan Smulovitz and Viviane Houle, with Ben Wilson, Brent Belke, and Clyde Reed) will be playing at the Jazz Cellar on November 6th. Jazz Projections is a great Vancouver series featuring improvised music and is presented by the New Orchestra Workshop Society.

Existential Angst Party
with Kiku
The Jazz Cellar
3611 West Broadway
Vancouver, Canada
8:30pm
$5 Cover
EAP plays the second set (starting around 9:30pm).

MORE INFO about the Jazz Projections Series
Official Stefan Smulovitz & Viviane Houle Site
PHOTOS of Stefan & Viviane at Soundwave>Series' "I AM SOUND" on July 20th.
MP3 of KUSF live radio performance on July 20th

TALAT Releases Debut Disc on John Zorn's TZADIK Records

New York-based ensemble featuring Project>Soundwave's Alon Nechushtan releases new CD "The Growl" on the venerable John Zorn label, TZADIK.

Dynamic new ensemble based in New York that plays original music crossing the borders of Jazz, Middle Eastern Groove and Klezmer. Featuring a quintet of some of the most talented players out of the new generation, this is a brilliant debut CD that will delight fans of Masada, Rashanim, Satlah and the Hasidic New Wave. Loping melodies, catchy hooks and improvisational fireworks from a new generation bringing Jewish music to exciting new places...



“"Sophisticated sensuality-Delicious Jazz by TALAT"
”LISA JO SAGOLLA, BACKSTAGE

“"Wrapped in the ominous noises and echoing voices of Alon Nechushtan's music, they're sometimes tender, sometimes fiercely manipulative with each other." “ - VILLAGE VOICE May 30th, 2006

BUY NOW "The Growl"
TALAT Official Site
TZADIK Records
BUY NOW "Project>Soundwave" featuring Alon Nechushtan's "Dark Forces"

The Octonauts to the Rescue!

Vancouver-based Design team MEOMI (The.ME.Project artist Vicki Wong and partner Michael Murphy) have written and illustrated a children's book that have critics raving!

THE OCTONAUTS are a crew of adorable animals who roam the ocean in search of adventure and fun! From their undersea "Octopod" base, the eight talented critters (including a valiant polar bear, daredevil kitten, and big-hearted penguin) are always ready to embark on new exciting missions.

BUY NOW or check out other places HERE

MEOMI recently graced the Bay Area with a mini-book tour hosted by SF-based indie publisher IMMEDIUM. Check some photos from the events. Maybe you can pick me out too!



Octonauts Official Site
MEOMI Blog
MEOMI Official Site
Check out Vicki's "Fearless Little Love Poems" at The.ME.Project