September 22-27, 2009 - Washington, DC

The Sonic Circuits Festival of Experimental Music was initiated by the American Composers Forum (ACF) to provide DC's music and art communities with the opportunity to sample experimental and avant-garde electronic music, with an emphasis on improvisation and artistic use of new technologies.

Now heading into its ninth year, the Washington DC chapter of the ACF has expanded the scope of the festival to include electro-acoustic compositions, free jazz, noise rock, electronic drone and experimental folk, as well as live video and film programs, presented year round.

Sonic Circuits seeks to foster the spirit of collaboration through the diversity of participating artists, and its varied programming appeals to arts enthusiasts of all types.

Archive for June, 2009

LUIS LOPES HUMANIZATION QUARTET, SOLARISTS June 3 @ BOSSA

Monday, June 1st, 2009

Luis Lopez Humanization Quartet

Wednesday June 3

LUIS LOPES HUMANIZATION QUARTET, SOLARISTS
Bossa - 2463 18th St, NW, Washington DC
8pm doors - $8

Luis Lopes Humanization Quartet are an avant jazz group from Portugal
+ Texas on CLEAN FEED Records
Luis Lopes (guitar), Rodrigo Amado (tenor sax), Aaron Gonzalez (bass), Stefan Gonzalez (drums).

Ably flowing from group improv to tightly composed post-bop pulse workouts, there’s something here for everyone. Jazz guitar purists will approve of Lopes’ dark, round tone, but there’s more than enough atonality and angularity to keep the proceedings engaging. The strong rhythmic foundation of brothers Aaron and Stefan Gonzalez (sons of the great trumpeter Dennis Gonzalez) constantly builds momentum, and affording ample points of departure for Rodrigo Amado to take things out on tenor sax. Swinging, adventurous, with the intensity of Ornette’s classic quartet-don’t miss this gig!

http://www.rodrigoamado.com/HumanizationQuartetReviews.html

Opening will be DC’s own SOLARISTS (Aaron Martin-sax, Ed Ricart-guitar, Britton Powell-double bass, Sam Lohman-drums), a brand new free jazz guitar quartet featuring some of the area’s finest improvisers.

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