San Francisco,
CA (May 17, 2005) — BRINK: Other-Minded Music, a new monthly concert
series by Other Minds, presents performances by Bay Area artists Christopher
Willits and Blevin Blectum on Wednesday, May 25, at Hemlock Tavern (1131
Polk St., San Francisco; 21 and over only; $7 cover). Willits will perform
a continuous live improvisation with guitar, computer, and homemade software,
and Blectum will present a new piece of video and audio incorporating
field recordings, with the working title “ARGIOPE ORBWEB.”
Christopher Willits
Deemed by the San Francisco Bay Guardian as “the center cell of
of a rather complex indie-rock-avant-garde-electronic-art Venn diagram
here in the Bay Area," Christopher Willits' musical focus is characterized
by guitar harmonies processed through custom-designed computer software,
which generates a unique mixture of improvised melody and rhythm. Notes
and phrases hook and weave, creating complex patterns of interlocking
rhythms, melodies, and textures. Willits has released music on the labels
12k (USA), Ghostly International (USA), Fallt (Ireland), Sub Rosa (Belgium),
Nibble (USA), Ache Records (Canada), and Plop (Japan), and has toured
extensively in the U.S. and Japan.
<http://www.christopherwillits.com>
Blevin Blectum
(formerly half of the duo Blectum From Blechdom) now works in solo or
in the company of audio/video band SAGAN (with Wobbly and J Lesser), and
occasionally moonlights as one of the voices of Drew Daniel's Soft Pink
Truth. Living and working in Oakland, CA, she continues to create electronics
with a more oblique slant on the basic BFB sensation of things-not-quite-right-here:
clanking, creaking grooves and anti-grooves like “a coal-powered
spacecraft from some steam-punk parallel universe, puffing and straining
as it struggles to reach escape velocity, chopped, timed and stretched
to the breaking/boiling point, generally fucked-with samples of everything
from hand-slapped rain-drenched leaves and antique broken Beatnik banks
to ProTooledFree classic disembodied-blissful-transvestite-stand-up-comic
vocals.” Blevin recently released her third solo CD “Magic
Maple” on Praemedia.
Launched on April 27, 2005, BRINK: Other-Minded Music is a monthly concert
series providing an intimate setting for performances by local, national,
and international musicians and composers, with a focus on music experimentation.
Held at Hemlock Tavern’s recently renovated, 100-person capacity
performance space near downtown San Francisco, the series reflects Other
Minds’ commitment to the world community of composers and sound
artists, and presents a new opportunity for developing “other-minded”
artists, as well as artists seeking a more intimate forum to congregate
and perform their works. Curated by Other Minds Program Director Bernard
Francis Kyle and board member David Katznelson, along with guest curators,
the series runs the last Wednesday of every month at 9:30 p.m.
ADMISSION
21 and over only. Cover charge $7.
ABOUT HEMLOCK TAVERN
Hemlock Tavern is located at 1131 Polk Street, between Post and Sutter, one block east of Van Ness Avenue. Hemlock features a newly expanded live music performance room, physically separate from the main bar, which was originally designed by studio recording engineers and underwent a renovation and expansion in January 2005. While retaining much of its beloved intimacy and charm, the room is now a somewhat bigger, and all-around improved, version of itself with a new 16' x 10' stage. The Hemlock Tavern received the 2004 SF Weekly award for "Best Intimate Venue."
ABOUT OTHER MINDS
Other Minds is a leading organization for new and experimental music in
all its forms, devoted to championing the most original, eccentric, and
underrepresented creative voices in contemporary music through the annual
Other Minds Music Festival, the online new music archives at RadiOM.org,
and the Other Minds Records label. For more information, visit www.otherminds.org.
CONTACT INFORMATION FOR PUBLICATION
(415) 934-8134
otherminds@otherminds.org
www.otherminds.org
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