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Under the expert/demented management of Tom Duff and co-conspirators Gino Robair and John Shiurba, Tom’s Place (3111 Deakin Street, Berkeley: map) has not only become the most interesting venue for sound art / improvised and electronic new music in the … Continue reading →

Outsound Series @ Luggage Store Gallery, 1007 Market St. @ 6th Street, San Francisco, 9pm, 27 Dec. Naturally I’m keen to take to the great Luggage Store Gallery stage again with space-explorer, saxophonist, bass-clarinetist and instrument inventor, Jaroba — plus, … Continue reading →

The stunning series at Crane House in Oakland has made it into one of the most interesting places to hear improv & new music in the Bay Area. I’m excited to play at this unique venue again with Jim Ryan’s multimedia Green Alembic at 8:30pm on Sun … Continue reading →

Karl Evangelista’s peripatetic Light a Fire series has generated both heat and light in many East Bay locations, and I’m very happy to play it again in its new home at Freelove Music School, at 4390 Piedmont Ave, Oakland 94611 (map), … Continue reading →

Jaroba (here shown in the wild with his kit) is a one-of-a-kind saxophonist, musical instrument inventor, and theatrical musician, currently living in Davis, CA: He is often spotted in the company of fellow musical instrument inventor and string multi-instrumentalist Keith … Continue reading →

840 trips through the hypnotic harmonic labyrinth of Satie’s Vexations over approx. 21 hours. Beginning at 6pm on Sat 8 Sep at Berkeley Arts Festival (2133 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA), and ending approx. 3pm the next day on Sun 9 … Continue reading →

A re-examination of प्राण (prāṇa, life breath) with Gusty Winds May Exist (husband and wife team of multi-windist / synthesist Tom Bickley & shakuhachi maestra Nancy Beckman), who’ll be coming fresh from recent performances at Crane House in Oakland, Berkeley Arts Festival, The … Continue reading →

After a string of great East Bay shows @ CNMAT and elsewhere, astonishment-starved San Francisco listeners will finally be able to hear Aaron Bennett’s phenomenal ensemble Electro-Magnetic Trans-Personal Orchestra on their own ground,  appearing at: Meridian Gallery (535 Powell St., SF) at 8:45pm … Continue reading →

Available by direct order for $12 + any applicable shipping/tax (write: joe@joelasqo.com), as well as at shows, at Viracocha, Bird & Beckett, at other retail, & the usual e-commerce outlets. Long-awaited CD of Indo-modernist and Neo-Gaku piano solo repertoire pioneered at … Continue reading →

This year’s Skronkathon, curated by the inimitable Tom Duff, re-ignites the Bay Area’s most unique adventurous, improvised, free new music potluck BBQ at Berkeley Arts Festival (2133 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA), perpetrated in collaboration with Toms’ Place. We’ll have plenty … Continue reading →