Sounds Like Now

Sounds Like Now is an innovative music festival featuring some of the most respected experimental musicians/performers, including Muhal Richard Abrams, Robert Ashley, Thomas Buckner, Jin Hi Kim, MacArthur “Genius” Prize awardee George Lewis, Alvin Lucier, Roscoe Mitchell, Phill Niblock, Pauline Oliveros, Carl Stone, Kato Hideki, Ikue Mori, Jim O’Rourke, Zeena Parkins, and DJ Tamara. It is hard to imagine today’s DJ/dance culture or hip hop scenes, noise rockers or much of the sonic textures heard on film/video games or even TV commercials existing had these experimental musicians not done the hard work. They have been the first to embrace computers, sampling, new sonic vocabularies, extended time frames, and almost everything else that has contributed to the lurching forward of the dominant contemporary pop musical culture.

Buy a Festival Pass and see all shows for just $80!

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE:

Thursday, Oct 14 8PM:
Progressive Dinner 1: “Blue” Gene Tyranny
Thomas Buckner/Annea Lockwood /Petr Kotik/ Alvin Lucier

Friday, Oct 15 8PM:
Progressive Dinner 2: BGT & Jon Gibson
Muhal Richard Abrams/Roscoe Mitchell
Jin Hi Kim
David Behrman

Saturday Oct 16 2PM:
Progressive Dinner 3: BGT & JG & Peter Zummo
Robert Ashley
David Rosenboom
Laetitia Sonami
Douglas Ewart
Jim Staley

Saturday Oct 16 8PM:
Progressive Dinner 4: BGT & JG & PZ & Leroy Jenkins
Downtown Ensemble (William Hellermann/Daniel Goode/Mary Jane Leach/Peter Zummo)
Phill Niblock
Joshua Fried
Pauline Oliveros/Deep Listening Band

Sunday Oct 17 2PM:
Progressive Dinner 5: BGT & JG & PZ & LJ & Mark Dresser
Carl Stone
Michael J. Schumacher
Fast Forward
William Duckworth/Cathedral Band
Nicolas Collins

Sunday Oct 17 8PM:
Progressive Dinner 6: BGT & JG & PZ & LJ & MD & Roscoe Mitchell
Joan La Barbara
George Lewis
David First & Tom Hamilton
Morton Subotnick
Kyle Gann