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Amy X Neuburg sent this one to me, I think people here might be interested. From the performers listed you can expect a lot of interesting looping and otherwise good music at these shows. >*************************************** >Footloose and the San Francisco Electronic Music Festival invite you to: > >ELECTRIC WORDS >A 6-day Festival of Voice, Text, & Electronic Music >Thursdays to Saturdays June 20-22 and June 27-29 >All shows 8 PM >Post-show reception on opening night > >Hosted by Amy X Neuburg & Pamela Z, and featuring performances by: >Charles Amirkhanian, Joel Davel (with Don Buchla), Kyle Gann, Allison >Hennessy, Hmmm... (Herb Heinz & Mark Briggs), Eric Lyon, Silvia Matheus, >Amy X Neuburg, Amanda Piasecki, Dean Santomieri, Laetitia Sonami, Wobbly, >and Pamela Z. >See full performance schedule below. > >Venue 9 >252 Ninth Street (between Folsom & Howard), San Francisco >(Near Civic Center BART) > >Info/Reservations: 415-289-2000 >Tickets $10-15 sliding scale (per show) >$25 for any 3 shows >$40 for an all-show pass >Advance tickets available through ><http://www.ticketweb.com/user/?region=sfbay&query=schedule&venue=venue9>Ticketweb, > >TIX on Union Square, or at Venue 9 one hour before curtain > >Additional info at <http://www.sfemf.org/electricwords.html>www.sfemf.org. > >******************************************* >Footloose and The San Francisco Electronic Music Festival are proud to >co-produce this special event -- the first of its kind in the Bay Area. >ELECTRIC WORDS features 13 composers whose work centers on text and the >human voice -- sung, spoken, sampled and manipulated -- combined with >real-time and recorded electronics and an assortment of unusual >instruments. > >Hosts/curators Amy X Neuburg and Pamela Z have chosen a diverse group of >well-known and emerging composer/performers, with works ranging from >sound >art to art-rock to improv. The festival will present 3-4 artists per >night >in different combinations, with different material at every performance >and a number of collaborations. There will also be informal on-stage >conversations, giving each artist a chance to discuss his or her work. > >Following is the schedule of performances (artists do not necessarily >appear in the order shown). For more info and a brief description of each >artist, please see <http://www.sfemf.org/electricwords.html>www.sfemf.org. > >******************************************* >++THURSDAY JUNE 20 (hosted by Amy X): >(Opening night reception following the show!) > >KYLE GANN > Excerpts from his one-man voice/electronic operas "Custer" and > "Sitting Bull" >HMMM... (a.k.a. Herb Heinz & Mark Briggs, with guest performer Amy X) > Improvisations for voices, textures, beats, and the "Fudgie," with > improvised video text projection by Dale MacDonald >SILVIA MATHEUS > "Cloy" and "Splutter" for tape and interactive performance, >exploring > the emotional breadth of human utterance > > >++FRIDAY JUNE 21 (hosted by Amy X): > >JOEL DAVEL (with guest performer DON BUCHLA) > "Langston Looks (at rhythm)" for Marimba Lumina and Lightning > gestural controller, featuring the voice of Langston Hughes >AMY X NEUBURG > Avant-cabaret songs for voice, processing and electronic drums, plus > a collaboration with Joel >AMANDA PIASECKI > "Silverworn" performed with an electronic skirt made from 100 pieces > of silverware > > >++SATURDAY JUNE 22 (hosted by Amy X): > >KYLE GANN > "So Many Little Dyings" for voice and electronics, plus a new > microtonal work >LAETITIA SONAMI > "SILENCE!" -- exploring the spaces *between* the words >PAMELA Z > Works for voice, processing, video, and the BodySynth(TM), plus an > improv with Amy X > > >++THURSDAY JUNE 27 (hosted by Pamela Z): > >CHARLES AMIRKHANIAN > Works for voice(s) and electronics >JOEL DAVEL > "2 Movements" for Marimba Lumina and Lightning, exploring words >about > movement >ALLISON HENNESSY > Songs with beats, loops, guitar and found sound > > >++FRIDAY JUNE 28 (hosted by Pamela Z): > >HMMM... (a.k.a. Herb Heinz & Mark Briggs) > Improvisations for voices, loopers, beats, and the "Fudgie," with > improvised video text projection by Amy X >WOBBLY > Improvised sample-based cultural recycling >PAMELA Z > Works for voice, processing, video, and the BodySynth(TM) > > >++SATURDAY JUNE 29 (hosted by Pamela Z): > >CHARLES AMIRKHANIAN > Works for voice(s) and electronics, plus the U.S. premiere of the > video "Im Frühling: Part 1" by Carol Law and C.A. >ERIC LYON > "Second Skin" for spectrally altered vocal samples >AMY X NEUBURG > Avant-cabaret songs for voice, processing and electronic drums, plus > an improv with Pamela Z >DEAN SANTOMIERI > "A book bound in red buckram..." -- spoken word with electronic > soundscape and video > >******************************************* >ELECTRIC WORDS: A Festival of Voice, Text & Electronic Music >Thursdays to Saturdays June 20-22 and June 27-29 >All shows 8 PM > >Info/Reservations: 415-289-2000 >Tickets $10-15 sliding scale (per show) >$25 for any 3 shows >$40 for an all-show pass >Advance tickets available through Ticketweb, TIX on Union Square, or at >Venue 9 one hour before curtain > >Venue 9 >252 Ninth St. (between Folsom & Howard) ><http://www.venue9.com>www.venue9.com > >******************************** >Please let me know if you'd like to be removed from this list. No hard >feelings; no questions asked. No shirt; no shoes. Love and xx - a >-- >++++++++++++++++++++++++ >+++ Amy X Neuburg >+++ http://www.isproductions.com/amy >++++++++++++++++++++++++ ______________________________________________________________________ Kim Flint | Looper's Delight kflint@loopers-delight.com | http://www.loopers-delight.com