PRESS INFO
sound. 2008
sound. at GLOW
Saturday, July 19
TONALISM
The first-ever free SASSAS concert event, Tonalism is a dusk-to-dawn collaboration with dublab featuring performances by Albert Ortega, Steve Roden, Unrecognizable Now and White Rainbow, video by Jessica Bronson, Cal Crawford, Carole Kim and Matt Sheridan and dublab soundsystem DJs Frosty, Carlos Nino, Hoseh, Jimmy Tamborello, Sam Cooper, Katie Byron, Ale and Part Time Punks DJ Michael Stock. Tonalism takes place in the historic Looff Hippodrome carousel building on the Santa Monica Pier as a part of the GLOW festival sponsored by the City of Santa Monica.
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Photos: Steve Roden; Unrecognizable Now; White Rainbow; Cal Crawford; Carole Kim; Matt Sheridan [option+click to download linked files]
Press: Unrecognizable Now 1 2, White Rainbow 1 2
MP3s:
Unrecognizable Now - Frames
White Rainbow - Mystic Prism
sound. at the Schindler House
Saturday, August 16
JOZEF VAN WISSEM
AERO MIC'D
Composer and lutist Jozef van Wissem first attracted attention by deconstructing Renaissance lute music. He has since applied retrograde, palindrome and Burroughs' cut up techniques to further abstract the canon as he builds "a time bridge which links the 17th and 21st centuries". Dubbed the “Anton Webern of the electronica underground” by The Wire, San Francisco sound collagist Aero Mic'd fuses turntable aesthetics and musique concrete with the studio tradition of ambient music. The result is petite yet dense "noisette miniatures" which captivate and intrigue.
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Photos: Jozef van Wissem; Aero Mic'd [option+click to download linked files]
Press: Wayne Smith
MP3 sample:
Josef van Wissem - Thelema
sound. at the Schindler House
Saturday, September 20
EXQUISITE CORPSE II
Joe Baiza, electric guitar; Dan Clucas, cornet; Alicia Mangan, tenor saxophone; Dwight Trible, voice; Kira Vollman, voice and multiple instruments; Rich West, percussion; others to be announced.
A reprise of the acclaimed SASSAS 2004 concert (read reviews) based on a musical interpretation of the surrealist technique of Exquisite Corpse and designed specifically for the Schindler House. Six Los Angeles area improvisers, separated in space, present a series of overlapping solo performances. As Greg Burk exclaimed in the LA Weekly, "Liberté, égalité, variété."
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Photos: Kira Vollman, Rich West [option+click to download linked files]
Press: Kira Vollman
sound. 2008 is co-curated by Cindy Bernard, Jeremy Drake, Danny Gromfin, Joe Potts and Tom Recchion; produced by SASSAS.
The Society for the Activation of Social Space through Art and Sound (SASSAS) is supported in part through grants from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, the West Hollywood Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission, a special donation from Amoeba Music and the generous contributions of our members. For further information on SASSAS: www.sassas.org or contact us at 323.960.5723.
Contribute to SASSAS at the $50 level and receive discounts for sound.
Special thanks to Djego Padilla, graphic design for the 2008 website (email).
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