8pm Daryl Shawn (Oaxaca, Mexico)
9pm Jonathan Segel - violin & computer
Since moving from the Bay Area to Oaxaca, Mexico in 2004, Daryl Shawn has been exploring the improvisational potential of analog cassette loops. Using a common Tascam four-track and a microcassette dictaphone, he twists his able nylon-string guitar into shapes both unrecognizable and familiar, from pastoral soundscapes to glitchy wails. With training in flamenco, classical and jazz as well as experience in the loud rock and experimental music worlds, Shawn's impromptu creations are nothing if not varied, and intelligible in spite of their chaotic nature.
Jonathan Segel is a composer, performer and multi-instrumentalist. He plays guitar, violin, computer, electric bass and sings. He has played with Camper Van Beethoven, Sparklehorse, Eugene Chadbourne, Sideways and Dieselhed, among others. Today he performs improvising acoustic/digital solo (and previously in the duo Chaos Butterfly with Dina Emerson), in a revivified Camper Van Beethoven and as a rock & roll band leader in his eponymous band.
Cost: $6-10