Marotta Hour: Matt Davignon

Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Stay downtown after work every third Thursday of the month and check out new sounds curated by local musician and international composer Larry Marotta.

This month we feature Matt Davignon. Davignon is an experimental/ambient drum-machinist living in Oakland, California. Originally born in Western Massachusetts, he spent his musically formative years in Northern California, studying with tools such as lo-fi samplers, cassette tapes, contact microphones, household objects, 4-track compositions, extensive chains of guitar effects, prepared instruments, and field recordings. These explorations fuel and inform his current work, which most frequently involves processing the sounds of a drum machine in real-time with various electronic devices. Characteristics of his music include a focus on textures, arrhythmic patterns and musical imperfections, with a focus on evoking biological systems. Davignon also co-produces the Luggage Store Gallery Experimental Music series in San Francisco, and has produced odd concerts such as the San Francisco Found Objects Festival and Droneshift.

Free and open to all.

This series is part of our after-work programing offered Thursday evenings. Before the show stop by Tip Top Kitchen & Cocktails and ask for the Urban Artists' Special: It's very special indeed and its only $3.