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src="http://joelasqo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/clockwise-Bruce-Ackley-Joe-Lasqo-Lisle-Ellis-Donald-Robinson-2.02-300v.png" alt="(clockwise) Bruce Ackley, Joe Lasqo, Lisle Ellis, Donald Robinson" title="(clockwise) Bruce Ackley, Joe Lasqo, Lisle Ellis, Donald Robinson 2.02 300v" height="299" width="269"></span></div><div class="" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:10.6667px;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;background-color:transparent;"><div class="" style="font-style:normal;text-align:right;font-size:10px;font-family:Arial;"><span class="" style="letter-spacing:0.0px;">(clockwise) Bruce
Ackley, Joe Lasqo, Don Robinson</span><span class="" style="background-color:transparent;">, Lisle Ellis</span></div>
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<div class="" style="">This is to let you know about some great shows starting from <span class="" style="color:#ff3816;"><b class="" style="">next Sun, 24 Aug</b></span>.</div>
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<div class="" style=""><div class="" style="">Of special interest to lovers of computer and electronic music will be the incomparable duo of <b class="" style="">Wobby</b> + Thomas <b class="" style="">Dimuzio</b>, and a rare appearance by music/software phenomenon, Tom <b class="" style="">Duff</b>, taking Alvin Lucier's electro-mechanico-sonico Long Thin Wire to the next level with his <b class="" style="">Wire Machine</b>.</div><div style="min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px" class=""></span><br class="" style=""></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;">
</div><div class="" style=""><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px" class="">If you'll be in the San Francisco Bay Area, you may find these shows of interest.</span></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(51, 50, 51); font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px" class=""><br></span></div></div>
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<div class="" style=""><b class="" style="">[1] MSP/Piano/+: Space BBQ w visiting stray comet Lisle Ellis — cooking up a large-scale improv structure by master chef Bruce Ackley</b><span style="color: #000000" class=""> (2 dates, Set 2 on both)</span></div>
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<div class="" style=""><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px" class="">— Line-up: Bruce <b class="" style="">Ackley</b>: saxes — Lisle <b class="" style="">Ellis</b>: bass — Joe <b class="" style="">Lasqo</b>: MSP/piano/objects — Donald <b class="" style="">Robinson</b>: drums</span></div>
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<div class="" style=""><span style="font-family: 'Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN';" class="">◉</span> <span style="color: #ff3816" class=""><b class="" style="">next Sun 24 Aug</b></span>: <i class="" style="">Berkeley Arts Festival</i></div>
<div class="" style="">— + <b class="" style="">Set 1</b>: Thomas <b class="" style="">Dimuzio</b> and <b class="" style="">Wobbly — </b>Starship Gench takes electronic shore leave on Planet Plunderphonia</div>
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<div class="" style=""><span style="font-family: 'Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN';" class="">◉</span> <span style="color: #ff3816" class=""><b class="" style="">Mon 25 Aug</b></span>: <i class="" style="">ArtInternationale!</i>, North Beach, San Francisco</div>
<div class="" style="">— + <b class="" style="">Set 1</b>: <b class="" style="">Opera Wolf</b> (Joshua <b class="" style="">Marshall</b>, Crystal <b class="" style="">Pascucci</b>, Robert <b class="" style="">López</b>) — the trio Examiner.com's Steven Smoliar called “a journey of auditory discovery, the best possible follow-up to the ways in which Stravinsky shocked the world 100 years ago”</div>
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<div class="" style=""><span style="font-family: 'Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN';" class="">☞</span> Write-up, venue time/place details, video, and images: <a href="http://joelasqo.com/blog/2014/08/13/msppiano-in-the-quartet-of-bruce-ackley%EF%BC%8Flisle-ellis%EF%BC%8Fjoe-lasqo%EF%BC%8Fdonald-robinson-performing-a-large-structure-by-ackley-%E2%80%A2-sun-24-aug-berkeley-arts-festival-w-thoma/" class="" style=""><span style="color: #2c2cfb" class=""><b class="" style="">here</b></span></a><b class="" style=""> </b><span style="font-family: 'Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN';" class="">☜</span></div>
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<div class="" style=""><b class="" style="">[2] </b><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px" class=""><b class="" style="">Lasqosonics series: </b>Bob <b class="" style="">Marsh</b> & Evangel <b class="" style="">King </b></span><span style="font-family: Menlo;" class="">|</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px" class=""><b class="" style=""> </b>Henry <b class="" style="">Kuntz</b> & <b class="" style="">Envision Ensemble</b> (w B. <b class="" style="">Godchaux</b>, J. <b class="" style="">Kuntz</b>, E. <b class="" style="">Lindgren</b>, D. <b class="" style="">Plonsey</b>) | Tom <b class="" style="">Duff</b> & his <b class="" style="">Wire Machine, </b></span><span style="color: #ff1301" class=""><b class="" style=""><i class="" style="">Wed 27 Aug</i></b></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px" class=""><b class="" style="">, </b></span><i class="" style="">Berkeley Arts Festival</i></div>
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height="300" width="223"></span></div><div class="" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:10.6667px;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><div class="" style="text-align:center;font-size:10px;font-family:Arial;"><span class="" style="letter-spacing:0.0px;">Henry Kuntz in leopard transformation mask</span></div></div><div class="" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:10.6667px;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><div class="" style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51, 50, 51);"><br clear="none" class="" style=""></div><div class="" style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51, 50, 51);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><div class="" style=""><div class="" style=""><div
class="" style=""><div class="" style=""><div class="" style=""><div class="" style=""><div class="" style=""><div class="" style=""><div class="" style=""><div class="" style="">I'm honored to curate several shows in Aug at the East Bay’s indispensable focal point for new music, <span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; color: #000000" class=""><b class="" style="">Berkeley Arts Festival</b></span>; this is #3, on<span style="color: #ff1301" class=""><b class="" style=""><i class="" style=""> Wed 27 Aug</i></b></span><b class="" style=""><i class="" style="">.</i></b></div>
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<div class="" style=""><b class="" style="">— Set Ø: </b>Bob <b class="" style="">Marsh</b> & Evangel <b class="" style="">King</b> perform <b class="" style=""><i class="" style="">window/door/river</i></b> (a unique site-specific sound+motion piece for cello & dancer, based on Bob's graphic score)</div>
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<div style="font-family: Helvetica;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial;" class=""><b class="" style="">— Set 1:</b> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0px;" class="">Henry <b class="" style="">Kuntz</b> & <b class="" style="">Envision Ensemble.</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial;" class=""> A rare appearance by a daring pioneer of joyously unbounded, infinitely free new world jazz & his new <b class="" style="">Envision Ensemble</b>, featuring the mathematically impossible Dan <b class="" style="">Plonsey</b> </span>+ past OPEYE members Brian <b class="" style="">Godchauax</b>, John <b class="" style="">Kuntz</b>, and Esten <b class="" style="">Lindgren</b>, who together "move toward an <i class="" style="">advanced improvisational archetype</i>, one in which multiple independent events may occur while the musicians simultaneously create an experiential musical whole.”</div>
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<div class="" style=""><b class="" style="">— Set 2: </b><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px" class="">Tom <b class="" style="">Duff</b> & his <b class="" style="">Wire Machine</b> take Alvin Lucier’s seminal electro-mechanical composition/installation <b class="" style=""><i class="" style="">Music on a Long Thin Wire</i></b> and run with it, performing Tom's piece, <b class="" style=""><i class="" style="">Lucier, Golomb, Gray</i></b>. Your chakras will be thoroughly cleansed (losslessly, and without spurious outputs).</span></div>
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<div class="" style=""><span style="font-family: 'Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN';" class="">☞</span> Write-up, venue time/place details, videos, and images: <a href="http://joelasqo.com/blog/2014/08/12/prelude-bob-marsh-evangel-king-windowdoorriver-8pm-%E2%80%A2-set-1-henry-kuntz-envision-ensemble-w-special-guest-dan-plonsey-820pm-%E2%80%A2-set-2-tom-duff-his-wire-machine-lucier/" class="" style=""><span style="color: #2c2cfb" class=""><b class="" style="">here</b></span></a><b class="" style=""> </b><span style="font-family: 'Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN';" class="">☜</span></div>
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<div class="" style=""><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px" class="">Hope to see you at these great shows!</span></div>
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<div class="" style=""><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px" class="">Joe Lasqo</span></div>
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<div class="" style="">Show calendar & news: <a href="http://www.joelasqo.com/blog/" class="" style="">http://www.joelasqo.com/blog/</a></div>
<div class="" style="">Weekly: Viracocha, 21st & Valencia, SF, 3-6pm, Wednesdays</div>
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