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08/24 Sunday
11:30 AM Yoga with Natalie Brooks
7:00 PM Psygnal/Forbes Graham/Ricardo Donoso
Lost in a sea of strings, circuits, skins, and feedback, Psygnal ( http://www.myspace.com/psygnal) bring you electroacoustic psychedelic improvisation using drums, guitar/pedals/trumpet/other and a computer. Indeed, you will hear evolutionary experimental music.
Forbes Graham ( http://www.myspace.com/forbesgraham) is a composer, trumpet player, and electronic musician currently based in the Boston area. He has appeared on over 30 recordings, including studio appearances on such labels as Metal Blade, Tzadik, and Troubleman. Forbes has performed and recorded with a very diverse group of artists, including Erase Errata, Rakalam Bob Moses, Steve Lantner, Daughters, Raqib Hassan, Jim Hobbs, The One Am Radio, and Luther Gray. His composition "Variations on the Fibonacci Sequence" was commissioned by the Greenwall Foundation and world premiered at the 2007 Festival of New Trumpet. Forbes has also written music for the new music/rock ensemble Normal Love. He has appeared at numerous festivals including High Zero and The Wire's Adventures in Modern Music. His work incorporates many genres including drum n' bass, jazz, contemporary classical, noise, and hip-hop.
Ricardo Donoso ( http://www.myspace.com/forbesgraham ) is a composer, percussionist and electronic musician from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil currently residing in Boston. He has studied film scoring and music synthesis at Berklee College of Music, and composition at the New England Conservatory. He is currently involved in groups Embouchure, The Epicureans, The Metal & Glass Ensemble, along with improvising with a wide variety of musicians and performing solo, both in the electro-acoustic and noise fields. Ricardo is also sole proprietor of the Semata Productions imprint and event organizing collective which he curates and oversees.