A fun, free, and open to the public monthly get-together for rousing discussions, live demonstrations, impromptu jams, show-and-tells, and all things synth related.

In September, TILT-SHIFT welcomes filmmaker Matte Hewitt for an advanced screening and discussion of Shimmering (2025), and Flying Jewels (2024). These short, experimental documentaries emerge from years of field work and intensive  research into how US military technology, Indigenous knowledge systems, and local ecology come together in the figure of the hummingbird. 

Indexical is pleased to present new work from Portland-based artist and musician Luke Wyland and Peruvian American composer, vocalist, and performing artist Briana Marela.

A sign-up based Open Mic night for anyone involved in making electronic music, whatever the style, genre or format - anything from ambient and drone through synth pop, techno to industrial, noise and beyond!

Rick Walker (found & invented sound/extended vocal techniques/loops) presents A Celebration of 30 Years of Live Looping with guest artists: David Tristram (iPhone/loops) and John Connell (sampler/synth/loops)

Indexical is pleased to present FIAT, a four hour durational performance for viola and multi-channel sine wave array.

Indexial is pleased to present a performance from abstract turntablist, sound artist, and DJ Maria Chavez with an opening set by Puerto Rican Bay Area experimental sound artist Alexandra Buschman-Romá's project La Macacoa.

Indexical is pleased to present Berlin-based musician and sound artist Eric Wong's spatialized sonic performance project with Bluetooth speakers. Media artist Anna Friz presents a sonic activation of objects often rendered invisible as parts of infrastructure or embedded in every day routines. 

Eric Wong utilizes multiple Bluetooth speakers to facilitate a spatialized sonic experience that decentralizes the overarching PA system. The portability of the speakers enables performers and audience to relate to the sound sources in different ways. The speakers are placed sporadically across the space, or among the audience, who may also interact with the speakers during the performance. The pitch materials are either in ratio with one another for different shades of harmonies, or are interfering with each other in closely deviated frequencies. Audience’s physical distances from individual speakers also affect the shades of harmonies or depths of interference they experience.

On tour from New York City, modular synthesist Matthew Ryals presents a live improvised solo set in support of his new album Exalge, out September 5 on Infrequent Seams with interdisciplinary artist CHARI presenting a new immersive multi-channel audio work.

Ryals will also lead a workshop the following afternoon titled Cultivating an Improvisational Practice as an Electronic Musician.

Modular synthesist and composer-improviser Matthew Ryals leads a workshop on how to begin integrating improvisation into your practice as an electronic musician. We’ll explore instrument setups, practice methods, and approaches to developing a personal improvisational language. The workshop examines how improvisation can unlock new sonic possibilities, transform your relationship to sound-making, and deepen your connection to live performance.

Percussionist Jon Mueller presents All Colors Present, a sound and visual meditation in collaboration with Tom Lecky. Bay Area improvisation duo Voicehandler opens.