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MSP/Synth/Piano: Harder Music For Times Even (Joe Lasqo, Tom Nunn, and Paul Winstanley) w Warren Stringer, visuals, Sat 18 Jan, @ Crane House, Oakland, 8pm + Set 2: Aurora Josephson, “Jacob L”, Lisa Mezzacappa @ 9pm

Posted on January 5, 2014 by Administrator

The superb series at the Crane House (near Ashby Bart – for address/directions contact joe@joelasqo.com) has made it into one of the most interesting places to hear improv & new music in the Bay Area. I’m keenly looking to play … Continue reading →

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MSP/piano, w sax masters Steve Adams of ROVA Sax Quartet & Aaron Bennett (Sun 08 Dec @ Outsound.org’s SIMM Series, SF, 7:30pm) + Set 2: Daniel Pearce & Teddy Rankin-Parker duo, 8:30pm

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Administrator

I’m very excited to once more join sax masters Steve Adams and Aaron Bennett at Outsound’s SIMM Series at 7:30pm, Sun 08 Dec (Set 1) at the Musicians Union Hall, 116 9th St @ Mission, SF (map). Outsound’s SIMM Series … Continue reading →

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MSP/Synth/Bots w Half-Human Quartet — Ritwik Banerji (ঋত্বিক ব্যানার্জী), Joe Laso and AI improvising agents Maxine & Maxxareddu (Sun 17 Nov @ The Nunnery, SF, 2pm) + Set 2: Tom Bickley, with guest appearance by Nancy Beckman, 3pm

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Administrator

Note: We’ve switched sets since the original posting of this article, and are now on at 3pm. We’re very excited to be part of the new series at The Nunnery, the recently-launched SF new music venue of instrument inventor Tom … Continue reading →

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MSP/Piano w Aaron Bennett’s Electro-Magnetic Trans-Personal Orchestra (Fri 22 Nov @ Mynah Music, Oakland, 8pm) + Set 2: Medium Size Band (Brett Carson, Josh Marshall, Jon Myers, Jacob Peck)

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Administrator

Aaron Bennett’s phenomenal post-jazz ensemble Electro-Magnetic Trans-Personal Orchestra returns to the East Bay at 8pm, Fri 22 Nov @ Mynah Music (543 Athol Ave. (between Cleveland St. & Brooklyn Ave., near Lake Merritt), Oakland, CA 94606 – map) It’s aways a … Continue reading →

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MSP/Piano w NY-based vocalist & sound artist Viv Corringham & percussionist extraordinaire Suki O’Kane (Wed 23 Oct @ Berkeley Arts Festival, 8pm) + Set 2: IMA (今), duo of Jeanie-Aprille Tang & Nava Dunkelman, @ 9pm

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Administrator

I’m keenly looking forward to joining NY-based British vocalist and electronic sound artist Viv Corringham and the Bay Area’s maestra of neo-gaku percussion Suki O’Kane for an evening of Inverse Tribbles and so much more…. The show will be at the … Continue reading →

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MSP/Piano: Renga Games – Cage’d & UnCage’d: Cage’s Two² w Patti Deuter • Renga-kai (連歌会) for 9 musicians • w dancer Nan Busse (Berkeley Arts Festival: Sat 05 Oct | CNM: Mon 07 Oct | Two² only: Palo Alto house concert, Sat 28 Sep)

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Administrator

Patti Deuter and I are very excited to present contrasting musical explorations of the unusual and fascinating Japanese group poetry-improv form renga (連歌): one of John Cage’s renga-based masterpieces, Two², and the new Renga-kai (連歌会) improvisational form for 9 musicians, combining … Continue reading →

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MSP/Piano: Scelsi + Renga-kai (連歌会) improvs w “Jacob L” / Kristian Aspelin (Sat 07 Sep, @ Crane House, Oakland, 9pm), + Set 1: Henry Kaiser (solo) @ 8pm

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Administrator

The superb series at the Crane House (for address/directions contact me at joe@joelasqo.com) has made it into one of the most interesting places to hear improv & new music in the Bay Area. I’m excited to play again at this … Continue reading →

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MSP/Synth/Bots w Half-Human Quartet & NoiseJam Homebrew Instrument Orchestra (Sat 10 Aug, 9pm, @ Noisebridge Hackerspace Benefit, SF)

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Administrator

Noisebridge, San Francisco’s Hackerspace, is having another epic benefit party, to include eclectic performers, interactive art, and more. If you don’t know Noisebridge, see the end of this post for a brief summary of its importance to the Bay Area … Continue reading →

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MSP/Piano: w Donald Robinson @ SIMM Series, SF (Sun 25 Aug, 8:30pm) + The Deconstruction Of What You Know (Allen/Kaiser/Miller/Winant, 7:30pm)

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Administrator

TIME CORRECTION: Lasqo/Robinson is Set 1, 7:30pm, Deconstruction of What You Know is Set 2, 8:30pm After a series of private performances at the musical rituals of the secret society IBIM, Don Robinson and I are presenting some of the … Continue reading →

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MSP/Piano: Post-jazz compositions for improvisers w Aaron Bennett’s Electro-Magnetic Trans-Personal Orchestra @ The Uptown (Tue 09 Jul, 10:30pm) + bran(…)pos (9pm) + Tastyville (9:45pm)

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Administrator

Aaron Bennett’s phenomenal post-jazz ensemble Electro-Magnetic Trans-Personal Orchestra returns to the East Bay in Aram Shelton’s Active Music Series at approx. 10:30pm, Tue 09 Jul @ The Uptown (1928 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland – map, BART, directions) It’s aways a blast to … Continue reading →

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