9th Annual 2010 Outsound New Music Summita night of sculpted noise art with
Chen Santa Maria Kadet Khune Headboggle phog masheeen featuring Mark Soden Dr. Francene Kaplan & live video-mixes by William Almas
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inTicketingMasterminded by composer Mark Soden Jr., phog masheeen performances integrate live video-mixes performed by visual artist William Almas in connection with the composer's own acoustic and electronic presentation. Soden's new work will be presented by Dr. Francene Kaplan and Soden himself on percussion and aerophones.
Dr. Kaplan's percussion instruments are chosen from common objects that have unique resonant properties. Of the aerophones used by Mark Soden, some are recognizable (i.e. a trumpet) and some are handmade from re-purposed vehicle parts. Aerophones operate through exploiting the resonant nodes of open pipe resonance. Mark Soden and phog masheeen use not only these physical properties of open pipe resonance, but also the physical attributes of metal dealing with heat and cold, plus the mechanical sounds of each instrument and various objects applied to it.
Phogmasheeen (a.k.a. Mark Soden) graduated from San Francisco State University in 1977, earning a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Creative Arts, with an emphasis in electronic music and film. In his original music he uses processed trumpet, groovebox and laptop as source material, emphasizing the sounds of the springs, valves and pipe of his trumpet by means of contact and condenser microphones small enough to fit in the tubing of the horn. Sounds of rushing hot air, clanking metal and vibrating springs are all revealed to have an important say in the sound of the instrument.
Headboggle is a self described "culmination of diverging unsound musical and accidental pursuits…" He studied Classical and Ragtime piano under noted Ragtime Revivalist Dr. Brian Dykstra. Influences may/not include "Bartok, Scott Joplin, and Morton Subotnick, Eno's Oblique Strategies, Andy Kaufman, and John Cage. A typical performance might include live analog synthesizer improvisation over a prepared backing. Backing sounds are usually multritracked soundscapes featuring unique field recordings and other synthetic treatments.
Kadet Kuhne is a media artist whose work includes video, installation and music composition. As an award-winning filmmaker she has numerous shorts that have screened worldwide including Infinite Delay, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Her installations involve a combination of motion sensors, customized software, online virtual space and single or multiple channels, exploring themes of communication, control and confinement. Kadet's compositions twist signal processing, FM synthesis and neurological impulses into experimental electronic ambiences that make your cilia vibrate in curious patterns. Trained in jazz guitar in her youth, Kadet became attached to the instinctive nature of improvisation which led her to the California Institute of the Arts where she studied Composition and Integrated Media. Past exhibitions and performances include the Museum of Art Lucerne, LACMA, Musees de Strasbourg, Museum of Contemporary Art-LA, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, The Weisman Art Museum, CEAIT Festival and the New York Underground Film Festival.
Chen Santa Maria is a duo consisting of Steve Santa Maria, George Chen.
"Question: How would you describe your live set to someone who has never seen you perform before? GC: We find out when you do." - SFGate
The group utilizes a mix of samples, drum machines, guitars and effects to hone their varied outputs. The duo was formed in the winter of 2005 out of two solo acts (Megaweapon and Fun Santa Maria) which were thrust together on a West Coast tour. An ever fluctuating instrumentation and dedication to computer-free improvising has been the only consistent factor since CSM's inception. Buffalo native Steven Santa Maria has made copious CDR noise releases under the names Fun Santa Maria and collaborated with Randy Lee Sutherland in Jah No Dead. George Chen has played in the bands KIT, 7 Year Rabbit Cycle, Boxleitner, Vholtz, Grey Daturas (as touring bassist), Must Have No Magic, and Common Eider King Eider. Having shared stages with pinnacles of rock and noise (Yellow Swans, UsaIsAMonster, Hair Police, The Better To See You With, Evolution Control Committee, Sic Alps, YACHT), CSM have toured West and East Coasts of the United States and plan to continue said campaign for the foreseeable future.
Cost: $10/15