Reconnaissance Fly on KUSF

Here's the first photo of the current Reconnaissance Fly lineup, after our KUSF performance.  We're grateful to our host Bryan Chandler for the photo and the opportunity to play.  We overcame the trial of the rebellious blue cord, and we look forward to playing even better tomorrow night at Studio 1510.  Click here to visit the archive of the show.  I recommend our final song, "An Empty Rectangle".

Besides a radio gig day...

...today is the birthday of someone who marked my life indelibly.
If he were here, he would be 51.
But he's not.

Reconnaissance Fly & Matt Davignon in Oakland, 2/5

Amar, Tim, and I have six movements from Flower Futures all ready to share with you. We are all spoetry, all the time.

First, we'll be on the radio, performing live on KUSF starting at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, February 4th.

Then we'll be performing live at Studio 1510 the night of Friday, February 5th at 9ish PM.  Studio 1510 can be found at 1510 8th Street, in Oakland, California.  It's conveniently near West Oakland BART.

Here's our set list:

- Small Chinese Gong
- One Should Never
- The Animal Trade in Canada
- Ode to Steengo
- Emir Scamp Budge
- Seemed to Be Divided in Twain
- An Empty Rectangle

Our friend Matt Davignon will join us at 8ish PM for an opening set of extended drum machine soundscapes in support of his new album, Living Things.

Cold Moon 2010 - this Thursday night in SF

Houston, we have a problem. Heavy sonic waves out of San Francisco are gravitating towards the pull of the full cold January moon. Icy lunar reflections beam with dark, stark, arcing sprites and luminescent waves, if only sound were to exist in a vacuum. Experience the lunar radiations and transmissions of Thomas Dimuzio and Scott Arford as seen only by the ear, and inspired by the full Cold Moon.

8 PM: Scott Arford
9 PM: Thomas Dimuzio
at the Luggage Store Gallery
1007 Market Street near 6th Street
San Francisco, CA

PERFORMER BIOS:

Thomas Dimuzio is one of unsung artistic figures whose influence and abilities have substantially outstripped his visibility. Composer, multi-instrumentalist, sound designer, experimental electronic musician, and mastering engineer, Dimuzio has been busy doing his thing(s) since the late 1980s with critically acclaimed releases issued by the legendary house of audio misanthropy, RRRecords and former Henry Cow drummer (and current Dimuzio collaborator) Chris Cutler’s well-regarded ReR Megacorp label. Equally fluent in a nearly every contemporary post-techno style, Dimuzio’s work clearly demonstrates an insider’s knowledge of older experimental musical forms such as musique concréte and electroacoustic, as well as contemporary ambient-industrial and noise. Thomas Dimuzio has performed and recorded as a solo artist and collaboratively with Chris Cutler, Fred Frith, David Lee Myers, Dan Burke, Due Process, 5uu's, Matmos, Wobbly, Dimmer, Negativland, ISIS, and many others.

Scott Arford has been an active figure in the San Francisco Bay Area underground noise and international media arts scenes since 1994. He has produced numerous works for sound and video including multichannel sound and video installations, live performances, CD and DVD projects. He was awarded an Honorable Mention in the 2005 Prix Ars Electronica. Arford's performances and videos have been featured in numerous venues including the Eyebeam Center For Art and Technology, New York; Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Dissonanze 7 in Rome, Italy; LUFF Festival in Lausanne, Switzerland; Observatori Festival in Valencia, Spain; the Sounding Festivals in Guangzhou, China and Taipei, Taiwan; the LEM festival in Barcelona, Spain; Liquid Architecture in Melbourne, Australia; the Festival de Video/Arte/Electronica in Lima, Peru; Sonic Light in Amsterdam; and the Center for Contemporary Arts in Kitakyushu, Japan. Arford received a Bachelor of Architecture from the College of Architecture and Design at Kansas State University in 1991. He has taught courses in sound and media art at the California College of Arts in Oakland, CA. He is currently a Designer at EHDD Architecture. In 1995 Arford founded 7hz, a warehouse/performance space. From 1995 to 2002, 7hz was San Francisco's leading venue for noise and experimental music.

Where to get your Matt Davignon CD

You know you want one!
His brand new album is out:  Living Things.
So far my favorite tracks are "Saguaro", beautifully evocative of the desert; and "Mold", which is just fun.

If you would rather download it, you can get it from Emusic, iTunes or Amazon.

Hero(in)es