Coming to San Francisco – Avant Music News

Friday, May 16

Fri 5/16 7:00 PM 405 Shrader [405 Shrader San Francisco]
Terry Riley 90th celebration

Fri 5/16 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Other Dimensions in Sound presents Jordon Glenn/Warren Huegel drum duo

Fri 5/16 7:00 PM Wyldflowr Arts [Oakland]
Buchla Electronic Music Festival Day 2

Fri 5/16 7:30 PM Hillside Community Church [1422 Navellier St, El Cerrito]
Quartet Mixus Mundi makes its East Bay debut in “Skylark: jazz, world and contemporary improv for recorder and jazz trio.”

Fri 5/16 8:00 PM Mt Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church [55 Eckley Lane, Walnut Creek]
Brett Carson’s Substandard Quartet
Brett Carson – piano
Cory Wright – clarinet
Lisa Mezzacappa – bass
Jason Levis – drums

Fri 5/16 8:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
TJ Borden / Mari Kawamura: Morton Feldman’s “Patterns in a Chromatic Field”
Doors 8pm / Show 8:30pm

Saturday, May 17

Sat 5/17 12:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
25 years of mainly showcasing the explosive experimental world of California sounds, with gourmet pancakes!! Bring an appetite, your glassorium blankets, motorhem crashlights, plaid sock rays, & SPACE: 200 B.C.mycosynths. It’s a enlightening parade of haybaker yeti scalpiscopes learning to go full nature-thighclops!!

Sat 5/17 2:00 PM San Francisco Public Library, Golden Gate Valley Branch [1801 Green St. San Francisco, CA 94123]
Erika Oba & Scott Oshiro will present a flute duo program featuring flute, pedals, and electronics. Oba & Oshiro will share their original compositions and improvisations drawing on their shared interest in Japanese, Okinawan, and experimental music.

Sat 5/17 7:00 PM Wyldflowr Arts [Oakland]
RootStock @ Wyldflower: Buchla Electronic Music Festival Day 3

Sat 5/17 7:00 PM Jupiter [2181 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley]
Aaron Bennett – sax, Smith Dobson Jr. -drums, Dan Seamans – bass. Plays the music of Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Cole Porter, Aaron Bennett and More!

Sat 5/17 8:00 PM Adobe Books [3130 24th St SF]
flatways, Grex, Moe Staiano/Jason Levis Duo
Experimental, eldritch, and electrifying sounds with three homegrown Bay Area ensembles:
flatways – Jordan Glenn – drums/percussion, Matt Robidoux – electronics (corn synth), Sudhu Tewari – new instruments
Grex – Karl Evangelista – guitar/voice, Rei Scampavia – keys/voice, Robert Lopez – drums
Moe Staiano, Jason Levis – drums

Sunday, May 18

Sun 5/18 1:30 PM Prelinger Library [301 8th Street San Francisco]
Resonant Margin (greensatan, Thom Blum and Kattt Atchley)

Sun 5/18 3:00 PM Oyster Bay Regional Shoreline [1600 Neptune Dr San Leandro, CA 94577]
emergent sound practices

Sun 5/18 4:00 PM Chez Hanny [1300 Silver Avenue SF]
Raffi Garabedian Quartet

Sun 5/18 4:00 PM Tom’s Place [3111 Deakin Street Berkeley]
Bring your instruments and come play with us! We will be looking at fundamental free improvisational techniques. Listening note-to-note, techniques for improvising in a way that doesn’t restrict others.

Tuesday, May 20

Tue 5/20 6:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
“Lost Letters from Gaza” in association with Gallery Habibi
This experimental performance is an improvised blend of music and choreography, incorporating testimonies from children and residents of Gaza about their dreams.

Tue 5/20 8:00 PM Little Hill Lounge [10753 San Pablo Ave El Cerrito]
Elihu Knowles/Rent Romus

Wednesday, May 21

Wed 5/21 7:00 PM Meyer Sound Pearson Theatre [2837 Tenth St. Berkeley, CA]
Artifact Records showcase
This concert features live performances and pre-recorded pieces by composer/ performers who have released their music on ArtifactRecordings sometime during the last 35 years.

Thursday, May 22

Thu 5/22 7:30 PM Wyldflowr Arts [Oakland]
Matt Muntz group: Rootstock at Wyldflowr
Described by the Guardian as “filled with a wild, distorted energy,” and by the Wire as “rare and rewarding,” the music of bassist, composer and multi-instrumentalist Mat Muntz imbues the volatile and the bizarre with an expressive, human immediacy.
with Scott Amendola (drums/electronics) and Ben Goldberg (clarinet), plus Mat’s longtime NYC collaborator Xavier Del Castillo (tenor sax).

Friday, May 23

Fri 5/23 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Other Dimensions in Sound presents Johnston/Mezzacappa/Ochs/Kjell/Bruckman

Fri 5/23 7:30 PM Eternal Now [2419 San Pablo Ave Oakland]
Shinyband, Jerod S. Rivera, Leshydoux

Fri 5/23 8:00 PM Gray Area Art And Technology [2665 Mission St. SF]
Rooted in the mystical landscapes of West Ireland, Maria Somerville conjures a vast and vivid vocal presence within mood-driven atmospheres , seamlessly blending post-industrial pulse, hypnotic drones, and folk-etched melodies reminiscent of Cocteau Twins and Julie Cruise explorations. Her new 4AD album “Luster,”which distantly akin to the melancholic tribulations of My Bloody Valentine and Slowdive, is uniquely channeled through Maria’s very personal ghost goth dream pop sensibilities — the evening commences with a captivating opening set by Bay Area dark ambient artist Leila Abdul-Rauf, who weaves brass, voice, and drone into somber and penetrating passages. Presented by Recombinant Media Labs and Gray Area