SONIC CIRCUITS _ Day Seven October 4, 2008

A full 12+ hours (2:30 p.m. - 2:00 a.m.) of adventurous sounds + music from:

* DEAD LETTERS SPELL OUT DEAD WORDS (Sweden _ concrete drone pop _ http://www.deadwords.org/)
* HAPTIC (electroacoustic trio _ rigorous minimalism to directed chaos _ members from Pan American + Dropp Ensemble _ http://www.myspace.com/hapticmusic)
* MATTIN (Basque artist working with noise + improvisation _ http://www.mattin.org/ )
* MATMOS (electronic collage _ amplified sounds + exotic analog synths _ Matador Records _ http://www.brainwashed.com/matmos/)
* ANDREA PARKINS + DAVID WATSON (sound artist + improviser _ electronically-processed accordion _ http://www.andreaparkins.com/) + (bagpipes)
* JASON KAHN + JON MUELLER (analog synths / computer-generated sounds _ http://jasonkahn.net/) + (drums + percussion _ http://www.jonmueller.net/)
* TRIO CHROCK (Denmark _ Jazz _ spontaneous music _ piano / keyboards / guitar / electronics / drums _ http://www.chroch.dk/)
* JOZEF VAN WISSEM (improvisation _ Renaissance + Baroque lute _ http://www.jozefvanwissem.com/)
* SECOND LAND (ambient _ concrete _ http://www.myspace.com/secondlandmusic)
* POLYPHASIC (electronics _ http://www.myspace.com/polyphasicmusic)
* JANEL & ANTHONY (amplified cello + electric guitar + effects _ lush atmospherics _ http://www.myspace.com/janelandanthony)
* PHOG MASHEEEN (electro _ thrash _ http://www.myspace.com/phogmasheeen)
* CAUSTIC CASTLE (“Fuck being noise, Caustic Castle is complicated” _ Richmond VA _ http://www.myspace.com/causticcastle)
* RDK (“unabashed synthesizer reactionaries” _ http://www.myspace.com/rdk2)
* MYO (self-taught hacker / computer musician + electro-acoustic improviser _ digitally processed voice + objects _ http://myosound.com/)
* SOFT PIECES (electroacoustic sounds + electronic ambience _ http://www.softpieces.com/txt/?page_id=9000000000)
* WILL GUTHRIE (Australia _ drums / home-made instruments / found sounds / electronics _ improvisation _ http://www.abc.net.au/arts/adlib/stories/s865720.htm)

** 18 +

** Purchase a full festival pass (9 shows for $50) online at http://www.dc-soniccircuits.org

** Sonic Circuits continues through Sunday, October 5, at Velvet Lounge and the National Museum of Women in the Arts in the District.

Official Website: http://www.dc-soniccircuits.org