<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:18pt"><div style="text-align: right; font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><img width="412" height="300" src="http://joelasqo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Waitomo-Caves-North-Island-New-Zealand-1.02-300h.png" class="attachment-900x9999" alt="Waitomo Caves, North Island, Aotearoa/New Zealand" title="Waitomo Caves, North Island, New Zealand 1.02 300h"><br></div><div style="text-align: right; font-size: 10px; font-family: Arial;"><b><i>Waitomo Caves Improv’erture w New Zealand electronic musicians Simon O'Rorke & Paul Winstanley + Tom Nunn, and Joe Lasqo, @ The Nunnery, SF, 25 May 2014</i></b></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(51, 50, 51);">Dear µsounders -</span><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;
min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;">This is to let you know about a rare show featuring two of New Zealand's finest electronic musicians <span style="color: #ff3816"><b>this Sun afternoon, 25 May</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">, which you may find interesting if in the SF Bay Area,</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> </span>plus a new video concert release.</div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">=================================</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #333233"><b>[1] MSP/Synth/+: <i>Waitomo Caves Improv’erture</i> </b></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">— </span>with the double Kiwi-electronic power of Simon
<b>O'Rorke</b> / Paul <b>Winstanley</b>, and the alien élan of Tom <b>Nunn's</b> invented instruments, <span style="color: #ff3816"><b>this Sun 25 May</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"> @ </span><b>The Nunnery</b>, SF<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"> (2 sets, afternoon show)</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 50, 51); min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">=================================</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 50, 51);"><span style="font-family: 'Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">◉</span><span style="color:
#000000"> </span>A rare opportunity to hear two of New Zealand's most original electronic musicians, blended with the extraterrestrial sound stylings of invented instrument master Tom Nunn and my own software wu, in sonic communion with the glowworms of Waitomo</div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 50, 51); min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 50, 51);">— Only Bay Area appearance on Simon O'Rorke's US tour</div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: 'Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN';">☞</span> Write-up, venue map, show details, and images: <a
href="http://joelasqo.com/blog/2014/05/19/mspsynth-waitomo-cave-improverture-%E2%80%94-w-the-double-kiwilectric-power-of-simon-ororke-paul-winstanley-the-alien-elan-of-tom-nunns-invented-instruments-and-the-software-wu-of-joe-la/"><span style="color: #2c2cfb"><b>here</b></span></a><b> </b><span style="font-family: 'Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN';">☜</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 50, 51);"><span style="color: #000000">+ </span>(Examiner.com preview with more about <b><i>Cave Overtures</i></b>: <a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/free-improvisation-will-get-even-with-felix-mendelssohn-at-the-nunnery"><span style="color: rgb(28, 102, 204);">here</span></a>.)</div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div
style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">=================================</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #333233"><b>[2]</b></span> ► <b>VIDEO RELEASE</b> ◄ </div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 50, 51); min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">=================================</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Thanks again to the generosity of videographer Charles Smith, here's some more great live concert video, from the <b>19 Apr</b> show at Oakland's sonic nexus, VAMP, and the <b>20
Apr</b> show at SF's Center for New Music, with German/Swedish avant jazz saxophonist and flautist Biggi <b>Vinkeloe</b>, </span><span style="color: #333233">feat. Donald <b>Robinson</b> (drums), Lisle <b>Ellis</b> (contrabass, acoustic bass guitar), Aaron <b>Bennett</b> (bari sax), and myself (piano, laptop, synth, small percussion)</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;">— <b><i>CNM № 2</i></b> (about 30 min): <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT8n6L-Jedg"><span style="color: rgb(44, 44, 251);">link</span></a></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(101, 157, 61); min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;">— <b><i>VAMP № 3</i></b> (about 3½ min): <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS9cyybB5Dw"><span style="color: rgb(44, 44, 251);">link</span></a></div><div
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0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">And thanks to the generosity of software developer and avant music lover John Lee, a brand new upgrade of <a href="http://www.bayimproviser.com/"><b><i>BayImproviser.com</i></b></a> has been unleashed on an unsuspecting world.</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">If you don't know this online resource, or haven't visited lately, check out the new features like one-click-integration of shows into your personal calendar, new multimedia capabilities, and a host of improvements to let you find what's <b><i>happening & ON</i></b> in Bay Area electronic and acoustic new music — not only improv and creative jazz, but also modern classical concerts reaching out to
improv listeners — as efficiently as possible in one quick check.</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Check out the </span><span style="font-family: Menlo;">⚡</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><i>new</i></span><span style="font-family: Menlo;">⚡</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"> <a href="http://www.bayimproviser.com/"><b><i>BayImproviser.com</i></b></a><i>…</i></span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 50, 51); min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">=================================</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px;
font-family: Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Hope to see you at this rare show with New Zealand's finest!</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Joe Lasqo</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="text-decoration: underline"><a href="http://joe@joelasqo.com/">joe@joelasqo.com</a></span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="text-decoration: underline"><a href="http://www.joelasqo.com/">http://www.joelasqo.com/</a></span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;">Show calendar & news: <a href="http://www.joelasqo.com/blog/">http://www.joelasqo.com/blog/</a></div><div
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