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Haptic Synapses live at Works/San Jose feb. 2010

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:30:19 +0000

Haptic Synapses was in the gallery for a performance last week, check it out:

sneak peek show tomorrow night: haptic synapses

steve — Tue, 26 May 2009 23:07:05 +0000

Tomorrow night (wednesday, may 27th, 2009) at 8pm. silicon valley’s own Haptic Synapses will be playing a sneak peek show in advance of their performance during the SubZERO street fair. If you’re in the area and like beat-driven high tech soul, stop on by. Haptic Synapses is a rotating participation electronic music group. Their show is an improvised jam consisting of conventional and self-made electronic music equipment and software. Chairs are available, but you may want to grab a spot by the speaker and dance your face off. More information is available at http://3rl.us/subzero/

some sounds we like » san jose techno jam session #1

admin — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:45:57 +0000

Check out the results of the electronic music event that happened in the gallery last night!

some sounds we like » san jose techno jam session #1.

Music performance night: November 29th, 2008, ~7pm

steve — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:40:50 +0000

We have another live music night in the gallery coming up, the saturday after thanksgiving. That should be plenty enough time to recover from your food coma, so come out and listen to these fine musical acts:

twain harte
of the sun
the violet club
benjamin brackett

Showtime starts at around 7pm. That’s about it! Should be fun, come on out and hear some live music. All ages, free, $5 donation requested.

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Music at Works, Saturday September 20th, 2008

steve — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:52:20 +0000

The Albert Square and other indie rock bay area bands are performing this Saturday, 9/20 at Works/San Jose

* You Can Do It, Old Boy! (Livermore), formerly called the “Altamont Union”.
* The Albert Square (San Jose)
* Phantom Float (San Francisco)
* Pteradon, (San Jose) formerly known as “November Trials” is currently signed on to Campbell record label Asian Man Records.

Click here to get all of the details!

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New Music and Performance Night – November 2007

steve — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:30:52 +0000

Ah, back to real life after thanksgiving, huh? We had a nice break and hope you did too. Why not celebrate the newly arrived cold weather with a night out at Works/San Jose’s December edition of New Music and Performance night? We have two of the bay area’s finest performers coming in this Wednesday from 8pm to 10pm. From the south bay, we have El Otro Mundo’s El Gato #9, and from the north, we have Will Grant, a.k.a. Blue Fire! Doors open at 7pm, wednesday November 28, 2007. $5 for members, $10 for non-members. No one turned away for lack of funds.

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Photos from New Music and Performance Night, september 2007

steve — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 01:27:49 +0000

I have posted photos from last month’s event on my blog. Thanks very much to all who came out, and especially to Chachi Jones, QORSER, and Joe Miller! Excellent performances by all.

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New Music and Performance Night, September 2007

steve — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 23:08:26 +0000

[steve] – I’m super excited to present to you this Wednesday Night, September 26th @ 8pm the following performances:

up first, electronic music from Chachi Jones

cnet senior editor for digital audio
Released two albums on the lunaticworks recording label
Will be performing some experimental sounds created from home made circuit bent instruments mixed with old school techno generated by vintage analog synthesizers

up second, spoken word performance from Joe Miller

Wednesday is his 46th birthday and 20th anniversary as designer for works (thanks Joe!!)
probably some adult content
performance involves projected imagery and fire?

up third, electronic music from QORSER

Prolific minimal house, techno, experimental electronic musician in the south bay
Internationally famous NetLabel musician out on:

* Dobox Recordings
* Random Access Recordings
* Digital Kunstrasen
* featured in several mixes on Mixotic
* featured in several mixes by DJ L’Embrouille

Doors open at 7:30pm, strongly recommended donation of $5 for adults, $3 for students. No one turned away for lack of funds. Please give more if you can afford it, Works is in immediate jeopardy of losing our performance space. We need your help more than ever. Beer and Wine for 21 and up. Door proceeds go to the performers, bar proceeds go to help pay our insanely expensive rent, please BRING A FRIEND, and BUY TWO BEERS.

update1: Thanks to whomever posted the event to Squidlist! I tried to do that and.. they didn’t accept it.

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First Friday – September 2007

steve — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 04:10:13 +0000

Join us in the gallery on September 7th, 2007 for the following performances:
8pm TSAE Labs - improvised electronic music which includes ‘textures and soundscapes’, drones, and the occasional beat to keep things moving forward
9pm Noka – ambient, weird, space-like, 4/4 electo-wierdo, and generally psychedelic.
On view: eXact-O! – The art of the precise cut.

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New music night – july 27th, 2007

steve — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 00:20:16 +0000

We had an awesome first music and performance night at our new space on first street! Here’s a video I made of the performances we had from, in order of appearance, Dajis, Polly Moller, and Kioku.