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SPOTLIGHT: SOUNDWAVE>SERIES((2))

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Live performances by Justino and David Graves (SOUNDSPACE), Damon Smith (I AM SOUND) with curator Alan So.

Audio archive:
20060705-Wed0000.mp3

Playlist is available at the No Other Radio blog

ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES:

JUSTINO (Performer)
justino, aka Jorge Bachmann, is a sculpture, photo-based and sound artist constantly obsessed with the sounds surrounding him. Since the early 80’s, he has collected field recordings, exploring the strange, unique and microcosmic sounds of everyday life. The artist creates sound atmospheres for his sculpture installations and uses his compositions exploring social and sensual constructs and experiences. He has performed and exhibited his work in the US, South America, the United Kingdom and Europe. www.ruidobello.org

DAVID A. GRAVES (Performer)
David A. Graves initially studied electronic music composition at the University of Nebraska and has composed music for multiple genres, including ambient, jazz, and rock. He has also scored music for film and theatre, including A Period Piece, a play by Rachael Kerr, performed in San Francisco and New York (1995-1998) and ICON: The Photography of Gordon Parks (2003), a movie by PCTV. In 2003, he was the resident composer at the Djerassi Resident Artist Program where he was awarded the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Fellowship. His large-scale ambient piece, tree/sigh, was installed in a redwood canyon during Djerassi's 2003 Open House. In the past three years, he has been scoring new classical works, especially in conjunction with the San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra and is currently studying composition with Alexis Alrich at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. www.finevermin.com

DAMON SMITH (Performer)
Double bass improviser Damon Jesse Smith started music in 1991on fender bass and lead several punk/art rock combos until 1994. Damon then sold the fender bass and concentrated solely on double bass and free music. His music is rooted in the tradition of "free jazz", working with the orchestras and small ensembles of alto saxophonist Marco Eneidi. Damon's live and recorded efforts focus on continuing and expanding the possibilities of the double bass and "instant composition." His instrumental study focuses on classical technique and etudes, while using jazz as reference for pizzicato tone. Damon performs as a soloist to large orchestra to everyhting in between. He has collaborated with dancers, actors and poets and has performed in festivals in Berlin, Italy and across the US. www.balancepointacoustics.com

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