Kepler and Kircher on the Harmony of the Spheres

Kepler and Kircher on the Harmony of the Spheres

The Harmony of the Spheres, a transdisciplinary idea that unites cosmology, astronomy, mathematics, and music theory, has been a major vehicle of the Pythagorean current in the intellectual history of the West. This article focuses on two figures who contributed largely to it in the early phase of the Scientific Revolution.

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12th Annual San Francisco Electronic Music Festival

12th Annual San Francisco Electronic Music Festival

SFEMF Twelve consists of four evenings of stimulating performances and fixed media works by internationally recognized artists in the electronic music field at SFMoMA. Special performances from Gregg Kowalsky, 0th, and Kevin Drumm.

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Atom™ (Señor Coconut) Live A/V! w/ Safety Scissors and Cullen Miller

Atom™ (Señor Coconut) Live A/V! w/ Safety Scissors and Cullen Miller

If you don’t know him as Atom™, perhaps you know this legend as Señor Coconut, Atom Heart, CMYK, MIDIsport, or as 1/2 of the group Flanger, DATacide, or HAT? Uwe Schmidt is one of the most prolific musicians of the last 20 years. He has been beacon of innovation in the international music scene. He has released over 70 records under various pseudonyms on prestigious labels such as Germany’s Raster Noton and LA-based Nacional Records.

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Cullen Miller & Matte Wood – Sleep

Cullen Miller & Matte Wood – Sleep

Sleep is comprised of two pieces of music: Dream and Delta. The first piece, Dream, is a variation on a theme by Alexandre Desplat reworked and re-arranged for strings, woodwind, and brass. It was written with the intention of emulating REM sleep. The latter half of the music is written and designed to invoke the sensation of deep sleep, thus the title: Delta.

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New/Exploration/Paper: Nicole Aptekar

New/Exploration/Paper: Nicole Aptekar

Aptekar explores 3-dimensionality with stacks of laser-cut paperboard. Her laser-cut sculpture-objects show no evidence of the artist’s hand. First designed as virtual 3D objects in CAD software, and then translated into 2D layers of laser-cut bristol board that the artist stacks, the emphasis is on clean design and perfect, machine-executed manufacture. The effect is a sculpting of space.

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Art Orienté Objet: May the Horse Live in Me

Art Orienté Objet: May the Horse Live in Me

‘Que le Cheval Vive en Moi’ is a piece created by French experimental performance artists Art Orienté Objet jaywalk the intersection of medical research and performance art. With this performance the French duo Art Orienté objet calls for greater ecological responsibility from humans, whose technologies increasingly instrumentalize other animals and plants.

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Cunei Cast: Chavez GEE

Cunei Cast: Chavez GEE

Chavez GEE serves up an all vinyl mix that moves through obscure selections of psychedelic goth into hash-den Turkish funk with masterful ease. Entitled ((((POISONOUS SLEEP)))), this mix is teeming with freakout tunes. It’s summer in San Francisco. Get groovy baby!

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desaxismundi

desaxismundi

French audio-visual artist desaxismundi talks immersive environments, large scale 3D projection mapping, and plans for festivals in Europe.

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Kouta – Orinda

Kouta – Orinda

Kouta brings us a healthy dose of DSP with a side of fresh Bay Area beats. This new work is full of obscure beats, lush textures and meticulous programming. Download Orinda for free now.

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Logreybeam – Perhaps

Logreybeam – Perhaps

When you put the needle to the record of Logreybeam’s Perhaps you are immediately transported to an obscure place in European antiquity. You can practically hear the dust vibrating on the old piano strings as Morely strikes the keys.

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Morton Subotnick

Morton Subotnick

Morton Subotnick talks about crossing the technological threshold by creating the some of first modular synthesizers and sequencers with Don Buchla.

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The Other’s Language: Jacques Derrida – An Interview with Ornette Coleman

The Other’s Language: Jacques Derrida – An Interview with Ornette Coleman

Here Derrida interviews Coleman about his views on composition, improvisation, language and racism. Perhaps the most interesting point of the exchange is the convergence of their respective ideas about “languages of origin” and their experiences of racial prejudice.

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Sepalcure, Shigeto, Santa & Simple

Sepalcure, Shigeto, Santa & Simple

This April, in partnership with XLR8R, GAFFTA and Two Circles, we are proud to present to you a night of leftfield bass à la Sepalcure, Shigeto, Simple and my band Santa. We will be announcing more details as the night draws closer.

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