An aural/visual cornucopia of layered sound, Solid Eye's music is spatial and
enigmatic. Rick Potts employs an assortment of instruments, objects and toys
including musical saw, electric toothbrush, old turntables, analog synthesizer
and electric guitar, Joseph Hammer blurs the boundries between digital and
analog; his live "phonomontage" uses CD source abstracted by hand with vintage
magnetic audio gear andSteve Thomsen uses organ and sampler towards the making
of music reflecting the trio's interest in  "caves, strange, natural phenomenon
and old, Sci-fi movies....wondrous things." Their latest CD, "When the Snowman
Starts to Talk" is on Senseworks.


Provisional Riviera is an acoustic-electronic group of two: William Leavitt on
cello and Lisa Thackaberry on electronics. They mix analog and digital sound
with acoustic modulations: a noise safari with investigation of timbres, some
pure tones included at times with percussive detail. Lots of static.


Series organizer Cindy Bernard, an artist, last produced "angels gate. 8.16.98
dusk." which featured art installations and improvisational trios formed by
pulling names from a hat.  About  "sound." she comments, "This music is about
listening. I was tired of driving up and down the Harbor Freeway to sit on
concrete floors in clubs with poor sound. I decided to bring the music to Sacred
Grounds in Pedro which I hope will provide a setting more conducive to sustained
listening. And at least I can sit on a couch."