Open Field Initiative and 119 Gallery present XFest 2016, a festival of improvised music, visuals and movement.
Tag: noise
Bowerbird presents: Keroaän = Ian M Fraser + Reed Evan Rosenberg
KEROAÄN is a collaborative research project between Ian M Fraser and Reed Evan Rosenberg exploring composition of electronic music by artificial intelligence. Pieces are diffused in real time with no human intervention whatsoever as the machine agent manipulates the qualities of chosen non-standard synthesis and microsound techniques. In live diffusions, the machine agent additionally controls… Continue reading Bowerbird presents: Keroaän = Ian M Fraser + Reed Evan Rosenberg
Membrane Channel presents: Jesse Kudler + Ethan Tripp at Vox Populi
The Philadelphia duo performed a set of their improvised electronic music at Vox Populi. Jesse Kudler is a musician, composer and sound artist working in improvisation, collaboration, and site-specificity. Guitar, electronics, radios, tapes, recordings and text. Ethan Tripp loves music and listens to loads of it, especially audio phenomena that are not as easily categorized.… Continue reading Membrane Channel presents: Jesse Kudler + Ethan Tripp at Vox Populi
Membrane Channel presents: aaron zarzutzki + richard kamerman + bhob rainey
Aaron Zarzutzki (Chicago) Aaron Zarzutzki is an improviser of various sorts. He works primarily with misuse and perversion of objects and systems. Virtuosity, volatility, futility, and capability are thought of. Zarzutzki currently lives, works, and plays in Chicago. Richard Kamerman (New York) Richard Kamerman has been breaking electronics and crashing computers while trying to coax… Continue reading Membrane Channel presents: aaron zarzutzki + richard kamerman + bhob rainey
Ah ee oo eh oh: Id M Theft Able
Id M Thfft Able(AKA I’d M Theft Able) is an improvising vocalist/frictist/texturalist (amongst other things) from Portland, ME. He has played at various festivals, bars, living rooms, bathrooms, beaches, galleries, book stores, mansions, basements, birthday parties, across the United States, Canada, and Europe.
Garguad + Gomez + Wright
A trio of: Guillaume Garaud. Guitar + Objects Jack Wright, Saxophone and Jean-Philippe Gomez, Synthesizer Analog + Voice Performed at Pageant: Soloveev Gallery in Philadelphia, PA.
Fire Museum Presents Audrey Chen + Flandrew Fleisenberg + Margaret Rorison
Fire Museum Presents the Audrey Chen, Flandrew Fleisenberg and Margaret Rorison trio. Audrey Chen has been trying to defy conventions all along first by choosing music as a career in a family of material scientists and then by moving away from classical and conservatory music to start her negotiations with sound & discover a more… Continue reading Fire Museum Presents Audrey Chen + Flandrew Fleisenberg + Margaret Rorison
Lead Pipe
Lead Pipe is a sound artist who moved to Philly from Austin in 2013. Her soundscapes incorporate field recordings, drones, infinite loops, synthesizers, effects pedals, drum machines and distorted vocals.
Drums Like Machine Guns
Drums Like Machine Guns is an experimental noise group comprised of the Morsberger brothers. They’ve been at it in Philly for years and the spontaneity and shock of their live show is always an entertaining twist on expectations…
Asimina Chremos + Jack Wright
Asimina Chremos is a dance and crochet artist currently based in Philadelphia, PA Jack Wright, described twenty years ago as an “undergrounder by design”, has been a saxophone improviser traveling through the US and Europe since the early 80s in search of interesting partners and playing situations.