Sonic Circuits Festival of Experimental Music | September 25-27, 2009 | Washington DC

As 2008 draws to a close I like to thank you for your support and your interest in Sonic Circuits. A real community has formed around our humble festival, and has grown over the years. The DC area has proven to be a receptive environment for experimental music.

Despite the current economic downturn, Sonic Circuits continues to bring you the best in experimental music that money can’t buy (rarely do you read the words experimental music and money in the same sentence). This year’s installment of the Sonic Circuits festival was the best one yet, presenting some amazing music with record audience turnouts for some of the shows. This was all done with almost zero operating budget, and hours of endless toil by devoted volunteers. To keep the momentum going, Sonic Circuits will continue to present mind-blowing music year round in addition to the annual festival planned for late September 2009. We think big, and aim high.

Recently the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities awarded Sonic Circuits a substantial matching grant for the production of the 2009 festival, setting the stage for a festival that will top all previous festivals. Much work still stands before us, and we need to secure additional funds to meet the match requirement of the grant. Institutions supporting the arts have seen their endowments vanish overnight in the past few months, further limiting our avenues of outside support. It is therefore more important than ever to show your support for experimental music programming in the DC area by making a donation. Sonic Circuits is a program of the American Composers Forum - DC Chapter, a 501(c)(3) public charity, and your donation is fully tax-deductible. Your donation will help ensure that even in these difficult times, a true alternative to the typical music fare presented in DC does not wilt, but blooms. You can securely make your donation online via http://www.justgive.org/nonprofits/donate.jsp?ein=20-0485641

On behalf of Sonic Circuits and the ACF-DC, I thank you for your support and look forward to sharing with you more music from beyond the norm in 2009.

J. Surak
Director
Sonic Circuits
ACF-DC
dc-soniccircuits.org

Excerpt from the BLUE SAUSAGE INFANT performance at the Pyramid Atlantic in Silver Spring, MD. 14december2008. A celebratory stomp for Jhan Dean Egg. Sounds & projections by Hawkins/BSI.

Sunday Dec 14, 2025
doors: 6:30pm
music: 7:00pm SHARP
$5!

PYRAMID ATLANTIC
8230 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring MD 20910
301.608.9101
located three blocks south of the silver spring metro station (red line)
Free parking in gated lot out front
INFO: www.dc-soniccircuits.org
DIRECTIONS: www.pyramidatlanticartcenter.org

Mind Over Matter Music Over Mind is Thomas Stanley – Electrons, Bobby Hill – Record Players,
Chris Downing – Laptop, Keyboards, Samples. MOMMOM creates spontaneous politically charged sounds that reaches across musical genres and redraws the boundaries of mental consciousness. For this show they will be performing to the film Luma 1 by Mike Sargent.
musicovermind.org

Lost Civilizations is a project of Mike Sebastian (Tenor Sax, Saxello and Bass Clarinet) and T. A. Zook (BassCello and Misc. Instruments). Together they generate a sound akin to atmospheric free jazz.
myspace.com/lostcivilizationsmusic

Blue Sausage Infant is old school psychedelic noise rave ups brought into the 22nd century on the heels of 20th century technology.
myspace.com/iabluesausageinfant