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Thusday, July 20th 8PM $8 ----/ Event Description /----------------------------------------------- Overlap and Odd Shaped Case present: Sawako (Tokyo), RF (San Francisco), and Ben Bracken (Oakland) Sawako is a Tokyo/NYC based sound sculptor who understands the value of dynamics and the power of silence. After beginning in video art, Sawako shifted her focus from the video camera to sound. Once through the processor named Sawako, sounds in everyday life field recordings, instruments, voice and electronic sounds float in space vividly with a digital yet organic texture. Almost paradoxical in nature, Sawako's music encompasses both deep contemplation and a arbitrary randomness of having totally no intentions. Such coexistence of control and randomness comes from her experiences in fields of art management, documentary video, and, workshops with non professional people. Her unique sonic world has been called "post romantic sound" by Boston's Weekly Dig. Sawako's 2nd album, "Hum" (12k), is an elegant and detailed work in which she consciously brushes against the fringes of pop music by extracting and processing the sounds of everyday life and working them into melodies and arrangements. "Hum" is very much an album about life that takes influences from Sawako's home in Japan and her recent years as a student of sound and media technology in New York City. Sawako has done live performances in Japan, USA, Paris and London, and has collaborated with a wide range of musicians such as Andrew Deutsch, Asuna, Yuichiro Fujimoto, Hayato Aoki, HYPO, Taku Sugimoto, Toshimaru Nakamura and Taylor Deupree. This is her first appearance in the Bay Area. RF is the musical moniker of Ryan Francesconi, a multi- instrumentalist, media artist, and programmer in California. In his music, Francesconi blends organic instrumentation (voice, guitars, strings, horns, field recordings) with subtle glitchwork, pop sensibilities and his own software. The result is an intricate lattice where each sound, be it from a plucked string or a click of the mouse, is carefully and thoughtfully placed. RF's 3rd release, "Views of Distant Towns", is now available on the Tokyo based Plop label. Upcoming 2006 releases include a new project with singer Lili De La Mora (Sidecar, The Year Zero), a new Toids release, and producing a RF remix compilation for the Odd Shaped Case label. Live RF is: Ryan Francesconi (vocals, guitar, electronics), Tim Frick (vocals, bass), Ben Tuttle (drums, vibes). Ben Bracken plays music that is sometimes electronic and sometimes acoustic, sometimes improvised and sometimes scripted, sometimes loud and sometimes quiet and uses prepared guitar, laptop, junk, field recordings, contact mics, feedback and silence. He has recently graduated from Mills College with an MFA in Electronic Music where he worked on both performance and installation oriented works. Some of the people that Ben has worked and recorded with are: Kevin Drumm, Brent Guetzeit, TV Pow, Le-Quan Ninh, Gino Robair's "I, Norton" project, Gregg Kowalsky as well as pop bands Flashpapr, Saturday Looks Good To Me, His Name Is Alive, most recently Lulacruza among others. He has also played and/or improvised with Peter Kowald, Chris Cutler, Phil Minton, Fred Van Hove, Stillupsteypa, Greg Davis, Keith Fullerton Whitman, e*rock, Aaron Dilloway, Rhodri Davies, Werner Dafeldecker, Gene Coleman, and more. LISTEN TO SAMPLES: Sawako: http://www.myspace.com/sawako RF: http://www.myspace.com/aref FOR MORE INFORMATION: Sawako: http://www.troncolon.com RF: http://are-f.com/ Overlap: http://overlap.org Odd Shaped Case: http://oddshapedcase.com ----/ Venue Info /------------------------------------------------------ 21 Grand 416 25th St. Oakland (510) 444-7263 http://21grand.org ----/ Additional Info /------------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] (510) 444-7263 http://are-f.com ----/ The Squid List Admin /--------------------------------------------- The Squid List, a tentacle of Laughing Squid http://laughingsquid.org/squidlist/ subscribe, unsubscribe, change your email address or change your subscription options: http://lists.laughingsquid.org/mailman/listinfo/squidlist/ Frequently Asked Questions & Submission Guidelines Squid List FAQ: http://laughingsquid.org/squidlist/faq.html The Squid List Online Calendar: http://laughingsquid.org/squidlist/calendar/ The Squid List RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/squidlist ----/ Laughing Squid /-------------------------------------------------- Laughing Squid http://laughingsquid.com art, culture and technology from San Francisco and beyond Laughing Squid Web Hosting http://laughingsquid.net friendly, dependable and secure web hosting services for artists, individuals, bloggers, non-profits and small organizations The Squid List is licensed under a Creative Commons License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/
