[Microsound-announce] [So Cal] Soundscapes at OCMA

[Glenn Bach]

SOUNDSCAPES at OCMA

Spastic Colon
smgsap
Mem1

Thursday, March 23, 2006
doors at 6pm, show at 7:30pm
Orange County Museum of Art
850 San Clemente Drive
Newport Beach, CA 92660
949.759.1122
http://www.ocma.net

Free admission

curated by Glenn Bach

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Spastic Colon
Jorge Martin has played with such noise/rock groups as Sleestak and 
Unicorn. Co-proprietor of the Impala Cafe, a space for experimental 
music performances (back in the mid to late 90s). Currently he does 
sound-engineering duties at Beyond Baroque and events for SASSAS  (as 
well being an advisor to SASSAS).  Jorge currently works at the 
University of California, Irvine - Department of Biological Chemistry. 
He is studying various aspects of Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy 
(FSH or FSHD).         In addition to being a wireless network 
technician at Downey Unified School District, Erik Hoffman is the 
founder and sole proprietor of the very prolific experimental record 
label Ground Fault Recordings. He has managed to release thirty titles 
under the Ground Fault name, in a five-year period. He has also 
collaboratively released seven other CDs with San Francisco based, 
Auscultare Research and five book/CDs projects with Errant Bodies Press. 
Ground Fault has managed to release some of the best experimental and 
noise recordings at an amazingly low price. The Ground Fault Recordings 
mail order catalog is a constantly changing selection currently 
containing about 800 titles.

http://www.spasticcolon.org

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smgsap
With a hand and ear in a variety of artistic genres, shea M gauer and 
scott A peterson are busy men. They each spend their minimal free time 
searching, capturing, processing, manipulating, producing, engineering, 
and designing sounds for all applications. Their main musical output is 
the ongoing experimental project smgsap, which presents an even blend of 
electronic and analog textures, using a variety of sources from field 
recordings, drones, musical & nonmusical sounds as well as manipulated 
live audio and instruments. They have performed in and created sound 
installations for numerous settings over the course of their six years 
of working together. In addition to performing and recording as smgsap 
they also host an experimental music series called "The Sounds Around" 
under the name Parabolic Productions. The series takes place in a 5000 
sq. ft. ballroom and kitchen space and utilizes the 20 ft. diameter dome 
in the ceiling with speaker/audience placement for optimal reflection 
and enhancement. They are also both active members of FLOOD, the Long 
Beach based artist group that produces the annual SoundWalk event. 
SoundWalk is a one night only event that sonically takes over the entire 
neighborhood of the Arts District in Downtown Long Beach with indoor and 
outdoor site-specific sound installations. Participants range from local 
to international sound artists and each year a catalog & CD compilation 
are produced for the event.

http://smgsap.org/paraprod//smgsaptemp.html

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mem1
is a collaborative venture between cellist Laura Thomas-Merino & laptop 
artist m. cera. In their improvisation-based performances, the cello is 
manipulated using custom software built by cera in max/msp. Extended 
cello technique is magnified by live signal processing, which is in turn 
influenced by the sounds produced by the cello. The result is a subtle 
electroacoustic hybrid that culminates not in a duet between two 
individuals, but in a single performance by a fused and cohesive 
instrument. Utilizing a limitless palate of sonic possibilities, mem1’s 
sound is a constant evolution of textures ranging from sparse to dense, 
ambient to beat-driven tranquil to volatile…the listener is submerged in 
layers of distinctive, complex patterns which provide a focus not on 
melody or lyricism but an opportunity to listen beyond such structural 
confines. There is a sense of narrative, but one that unravels 
organically, almost in slow motion.  mem1 has performed with the 
renowned Penderecki String Quartet and have recently been invited to 
play at CEAIT 2006 at by media artist Kadet Kuhne. They have also 
performed as part of the Definiens Project, the LA ArtFest 2005, and 
SoundWalk 2005 (Long Beach). In March 2006 they will take part in An 
Evening of Improvised Music at the Orange County Museum of Art. mem1 
also curates the quarterly experimental music series CTRL+ALT+REAPEAT 
which takes place in various venues throughout the Los Angeles area. 
They have presented concerts by the Penderecki String Quartet, 
Frances-Marie Uitti, David Wessel, and Mark Trayle, among others.

http://www.mem1.com