Bonnie Barnett is a vocalist involved with free
improvisation and extended techniques. She also produces
group vocal meditations called "HUMs" and co-hosts a new
music radio program, "Trilogy", on KXLU. Her work is out on
Nine Winds Records. (FMZ Music Co/BMI)
Geoffrey Brandin, is also know as Geof, ...he likes to
change air pressure in small rooms. Born in 1970, he has
changed many rooms, on the molecular level, and enjoys
cruel and unusual sarcasm.
Don Bolles has spent the last 25+ years exploring a wide
array of surreal sound worlds. His radio shows are cerebral
time travel devices and his brain-child mind-meld Kitten
Sparkles will scramble your eggs.
Carla Bozulich
is a socially retarded person of ambiguous credibility and
a sense of humor that makes no sense at all. (Milk Pal
Music/BMI/EMI)
Mitchell Brown (aka Professor Cantaloupe) is responsible
for the psychedelic, live sound collage radio program
Glossolalia, Wednesdays on KXLU in L.A. He explores
multi-dimensional aural worlds with many different
collaborators on a regular basis.
Percussionist-composer Alex Cline has contributed and
continues to contribute to the music of countless artists
in the jazz and new music world and leads the Alex Cline
Ensemble as a vehicle for his own music.
Nels Cline: Born in
Los Angeles 1956. Guitar work in the grey areas between
jazz, rock, and exploratory improvisation for over 20 years
with lots of people.
Julie
Fowells is currently recording and performing as 1/2 of
the violin/computer duo f100.
Philip Gelb is a
shakuhachi player based in the San Francisco bay area. He
is a member of various ensembles including the Space
Between, The Wind Trio of Alphaville and Trio Natto.
Vinny Golia is a composer and multi-instrumentalist. He
leads the Vinny Golia Large Ensemble and Vinny Golia
Quintet besides performing with many projects of varying
instrumentation and size, he currently teaches at
California Institute for the Arts. (Nine Winds/BMI)
Steve Gregoropoulos writes orchestral and chamber music,
and performs experimental chamber pop with W.A.C.O. He is
currently writing his second opera. (Temple
Bells/BMI)
Joseph Hammer re-mixes pre-existing recorded material,
using vintage magnetic tape gear to create aural collages
(phonomontage). An influential contributor to the Los
Angeles underground music scene, he has actively created
experimental sound works since 1980.
Michael Intriere was one of the founding members of the
now-defunct underground chamber group Fat & Fucked-Up.
An L.A. stalwart for over two decades, his exploration of
the non-traditional capabilities of the acoustic cello has
led him to collaborate with many of LA's foremost
improvisers.
Lynn Johnston (clarinets, saxes) studied with Bobby
Bradford at Pomona College. As Cruel Frederick he released
two CDs for SST and in 2000 released "First We Feel" for
WIN Records.
Mike Kelley has been exhibiting internationally since the
1970s. As a musician, Kelley has performed with Destroy All
Monsters,Gobbler, Extended Organ, and The Poetics. He has
collaborated with Paul McCarthy and Violent Onsen Geisha,
as well as Scanner and Sonic Youth.
Heather
Lockie is a violist and songwriter, teaches sound art.
Part of True Classical CDs collective. Plays in Listing
Ship, W.A.C.O., Amadans, etc. (Hairless Music/ASCAP)
.
Miya Masaoka is a composer, kotoist, sound artist based in
San Francisco and New York. She often works with video and
computers, and performs with brain wave feedback, insect
sounds and movement, physiological response of plants,
Japanese American internees and many musicians and
artists.
Paul McCarthy is an artist working in sculpture,
installation, performance and video art. His work has been
shown nationally and internationally. He has been involved
with sound bands since 1967 including Still Life, Gobbler,
Extended Organ and Violent Onsen Geisha.
Vince Meghrouni is a wind player, drummer and blues harp
player who has composed several light operas in his mind on
the subject of sauerkraut. (BMI)
Fredrik Nilsen is a noted photographer who has been
engaged in sound experimentation for a three decades. He is
a Doo-Dooette and a co-founder of the LAFMS. He currently
plays Rheem Organ and a Goya guitar.
Pauline
Oliveros is a composer performer and founder of Deep
Listening (sm). She is president of Pauline Oliveros
Foundation and Distinguished Research Professor of Music at
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy NY.
Rod Poole is an acoustic guitarist specializing in just
intonation. (Waring Manner Music)
Rick Potts has been collaborating with other unique
musicians since his LAFMS days back in the hip 70''s. He
performs in Solid Eye and Consolidated Lint with his custom
hinge-neck guitars, musical saw, electronics and TV tray of
toys, draws, paints and makes strange little
monsters.
Joe Potts is a founder of The Los Angeles Free Music
Society, and has been working in the field of Art/Sound for
nearly thirty years.
Scot Ray (utilizing trombone, tuba, and other oddities) is
an active LA-based musician. Watch for Ray's upcoming
release on Cryptogramophone Records.
Tom Recchion: co-founded LAFMS, invented instruments, any
sound, free improvisational experiments, tape-loops,
records, radio, played drums, Doo-dooettes, Airway, designs
stuff, draws, eats, listens, 30 years of action,
yikes!
Marina Rosenfeld
is a composer, improviser and artist. She is the creator of
the Sheer Frost Orchestra, has a couple records on the
Charhizma label and currently lives in Brooklyn, New
York.
Devin Sarno
(bass) records under the name CRIB and has released over 10
solo recordings of low end frequency sound
experiments.
Sara
Schoenbeck (bassoon) is a lover of extended technique.
She expresses this love in various musical projects in the
LA area. Her new duo CD on the Spool label..
Harry Scorzo, violinist and composer, has been a
professional musician for thirty years, working in just
about every major venue, stage, studio, and nightclub in
the Los Angeles area. Widely recorded, he is featured on
the soundtrack to George Clooney's upcoming film, "Welcome
to Collinwood"..
G.E. Stinson
> extended technique guitar, frequency manipulation,
real time intuitive composition. .
David Scott Stone (guitarist-composer) has toured, and
recorded with The Melvins, Unwound, Fantomas, and his own
groups Slug and The Get Hustle. Most recently, he took part
in a live score for Cameron Jamie's film "BB." A CD of new
recordings will be released in fall of 2002..
Gabie Strong is
an artist living in Southern California and Stockholm,
Sweden. She likes to rock. www.gabiator.com.
Mark Trayle
works in a variety of media including live electronic
music, installations, improvisation, and compositions for
radio-controlled chamber ensembles.
Vetza studied Jazz improv with Bobby Bradford. Has
recorded 3 cds with Bradford, countless encounters with Joe
Potts for LAFMS since the 70's on voice and cello.
Tom Watson is a guitarist from southbay Los Angeles. Bands
he's played in Include: slovenly, overpass, the Red
Krayola, Mike Watt, and most recently with The Best of
All.
Mike Watt: bass/idiot
(tHUNDERsPIELS/BMI)
Rich West is a drummer living in L.A. who plays improvised
and structured music.
Doug Williford is an English teacher. He loves bluegrass
music.