Con-Dom, Dimuzio and nf Orchestra

Fri, Aug 12
9:00pm-11:00pm
$5- $10 sliding scale

CON-DOM (UK)

Mike Dando the individual behind Con-Dom (Control Domination) has =20
been performing worlwide and recording for over 20 years. Constantly =20
engaging topics and issues dealing with social control and =20
manipulation. The live shows incorporate film, video and slides. The =20
sound could be described as pummeling walls of audio cacophony with =20
extreme aggressive confrontational at times vocals. Creating a =20
uniquely distinct environment of sensory overload.

Thomas Dimuzio (SF)

A composer, musician, mastering engineer and label proprietor based =20
in San Francisco. Long regarded as a musical pioneer for his =20
innovative use of live sampling and studio techniques to create =20
consistently compelling works, Dimuzio has earned a deserved
reputation worldwide as an avant-garde sound artist in touch with the =20=

aesthetic pulse of time and technology. Effortlessly moving from =20
electro-acoustic and noise to glitch, dark ambient, improv and drone, =20=

Dimuzio's eclecticism bespeaks a career equally informed by profound =20
dedication to his craft and collaborations with friends, artists and =20
technologists alike.

Equally versed in sound design and production, Dimuzio has produced =20
radically distinct sound libraries for Big Fish Audio, Rarefactionand =20=

OSC which have then been utilized by television programs such as the =20
X-Files, and done mastering work for the likes of Negativland, Wobbly/=20=

People Like Us/Matmos, and GG Allin as well as worked on many
remix projects, including the Art Bears. Among his collaborations =20
include work with Chris Cutler, Fred Frith, Matmos, Wobbly, DJ Qbert, =20=

Dan Burke, Paul Haslinger, Due Process, 5uu's and many others. =20
Current projects include work with Mark Hosler, Dimmer, Dan Burke and =20=

Poptastic. Dimuzio's current release Slew, available through R=E9R =20
Megacorp/Gench, neatly compiles the artist's contributions to =20
compilation albums released between 1990 and 2004. =20
(www.thomasdimuzio.com)


nf orchest (Berkeley)

An ongoing improvization trio based in the berkeley area. comprised =20
of angela hsu on violin, andrew way manipulating turntables and =20
voice, and james kaiser with tapes and bowed metal, the group takes =20
cues from drone musicians such as tony conrad, to organum, with some =20
more aggressive elements thrown in for variety. depending on the =20
state of mind and mood of the three, performances could be quiet and =20
almost melodic to a frustrated burst of cacaphony. no predictions on =20=

what side you get, least of all from hsu, way or kaiser. hsu =20
performs regularly in various projects at mills college and in the =20
bay area, while way and
kaiser also record and perform with bruce anderson as french radio, =20
and kaiser's solo work is under the name petit mal. contact at =20
either "" or "".

Venue:

21 Grand
416 25th St. (at Broadway)
Oakland
(510) 444-7263

Additional Info:

(510) 444-7263