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Santa Cruz Synth Cooperative: Monthly Meetup
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.
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.
This event is presented by the Santa Cruz Synth Cooperative
This event is presented by the Santa Cruz Synth Cooperative
Santa Cruz Synth Cooperative: Monthly Meetup
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.
TILT-SHIFT: Em Butler
Explores the relationships between land, culture, embodied memory, and anti-imperialist movements
Fri., Jan. 17, 2025
Doors at 6:30pm | Show at 7pm
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Indexical welcomes Em Butler, a Social Documentation MFA student in the Film & Digital Media department at UC Santa Cruz. Butler received a BS in Human Biology at UC San Diego, with a minor in Visual Arts. She is a community organizer, writer, and filmmaker from Long Beach, California whose work struggles through the relationships between land, culture, embodied memory, and anti-imperialist movements. Alongside her work, Em will also screen Tsai Ming-liang's The Skywalk is Gone (2002), a mystery that unfolds against the backdrop of Taiwanese urban development. These will be followed by the 1996 short, Blight, which in the words of director John Smith, "revolves around the building of the M11 Link Road in East London, which provoked a long and bitter campaign by local residents to protect their homes from demolition."
TILT-SHIFT: Em Butler
Explores the relationships between land, culture, embodied memory, and anti-imperialist movements
Fri., Jan. 17, 2025
Doors at 6:30pm | Show at 7pm
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Santa Cruz Synth Cooperative: Electronic Music Open Mic
A sign-up based Open Mic night for electronic musicians
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!
The intent is to showcase live performances of music that is primarily electronic in nature - e.g. acts using hardware or software synthesizers, electronic instruments, sequencers and so forth. The definition is pretty broad - ask us if you’re not sure your act is a fit.
The intent is to showcase live performances of music that is primarily electronic in nature - e.g. acts using hardware or software synthesizers, electronic instruments, sequencers and so forth. The definition is pretty broad - ask us if you’re not sure your act is a fit.
Santa Cruz Synth Cooperative: Electronic Music Open Mic
A sign-up based Open Mic night for electronic musicians
Gregg Kowalsky + RISA
Minimalism and Maximalism in one performance
Fri., Jan. 24, 2025
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
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Gregg will be performing one piece that contains material from his most recent album, Eso Es (Mexican Summer), which is a percussive experiment using patches exclusively from the DX7. The long-form piece will also contain an opening movement of new material that encapsulates twenty years of composition, including his work with Date Palms, which focused on American Minimalism heavily influenced by classical Indian music. Minimalism and Maximalism in one performance.
Gregg Kowalsky + RISA
Minimalism and Maximalism in one performance
Fri., Jan. 24, 2025
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
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Roger Beebe - FILMS for ONE to EIGHT PROJECTORS
"Beebe’s films are both erudite and punk, lo-fi yet high-brow shorts that wrestle with a disfigured, contemporary American landscape." -- Wyatt Williams, Creative Loafing
Sun., Feb. 2, 2025
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Roger Beebe returns to the road with a program of 16mm multi-projector performances celebrating the 25th anniversary of his first touring program.
Roger Beebe - FILMS for ONE to EIGHT PROJECTORS
"Beebe’s films are both erudite and punk, lo-fi yet high-brow shorts that wrestle with a disfigured, contemporary American landscape." -- Wyatt Williams, Creative Loafing
Sun., Feb. 2, 2025
Doors at 6:30pm | Show at 7pm
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Mayuko Hino + Lucas ‘Granpa’ Abela + Thomas Dimuzio
Rare US appearance from the ‘Queen Of Japanese Noise’
Thu., Feb. 6, 2025
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
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Prolific as a live performer, Mayuko Hino is most well-known for forming C.C.C.C. (Cosmic Coincidence Control Center) in 1990, together with Hiroshi Hasegawa, Fumio Kosakai and Ryuichi Nagakubo. In its early phase, the band grabbed attention by combining noise music with Hino’s sadomasochism performance using bondage ropes and dripping candle wax. C.C.C.C. released their European debut CD 'Flash' on Cold Spring in 1996. In addition to self-made instruments, Mayuko Hino plays noise with her six-theremin oscillators (in bright pink) – the one and only in the world, specially made by Ryo Araishi (a.k.a. ichion). She is also a member of Mne-Mic, DFH-M3, and Transparentz.
Mayuko Hino + Lucas ‘Granpa’ Abela + Thomas Dimuzio
Rare US appearance from the ‘Queen Of Japanese Noise’
Thu., Feb. 6, 2025
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
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Gneiss + Jeff Kolar
Sat., Feb. 8, 2025
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Indexical welcomes LA-based ensemble Gneiss and sound artist Jeff Kolar.
Gneiss + Jeff Kolar
Sat., Feb. 8, 2025
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Santa Cruz Synth Cooperative: Monthly Meetup
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.
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.
This event is presented by the Santa Cruz Synth Cooperative
This event is presented by the Santa Cruz Synth Cooperative
Santa Cruz Synth Cooperative: Monthly Meetup
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.
John McCowen & Madison Greenstone
Akin to the rolling waves of tectonic activity
Sat., Feb. 15, 2025
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
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Indexical is pleased to present a selection from John McCowen's book of compositions, Mundanas I-XI.
John McCowen & Madison Greenstone
Akin to the rolling waves of tectonic activity
Sat., Feb. 15, 2025
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
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Lia Kohl
Work centered on curiosity and patience, an exploration of the mundane and profound possibilities of sound.
Wed., Feb. 19, 2025
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Cellist and composer Lia Kohl joins us on the release of her new ode to the mundane “Normal Sounds” on Moon Glyph Records.
Lia Kohl
Work centered on curiosity and patience, an exploration of the mundane and profound possibilities of sound.
Wed., Feb. 19, 2025
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
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Santa Cruz Synth Cooperative: Electronic Music Open Mic
A sign-up based Open Mic night for electronic musicians
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!
The intent is to showcase live performances of music that is primarily electronic in nature - e.g. acts using hardware or software synthesizers, electronic instruments, sequencers and so forth. The definition is pretty broad - ask us if you’re not sure your act is a fit.
The intent is to showcase live performances of music that is primarily electronic in nature - e.g. acts using hardware or software synthesizers, electronic instruments, sequencers and so forth. The definition is pretty broad - ask us if you’re not sure your act is a fit.
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