Katie Porter with Werner Dafeldecker & Lucio Capece

Experimental bass clarinetist, Katie Porter, with inimitable friends, perform Phase to Phase for two bass clarinets, Tape 231 for two bass clarinets & tape, New Hemispheres Ratios for electronics, and minimalist improvisational trios for two bass clarinets & bass.

Fri., Mar. 22, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
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Experimental bass clarinetist, Katie Porter, with inimitable friends, perform Phase to Phase for two bass clarinets, Tape 231 for two bass clarinets & tape, New Hemispheres Ratios for electronics, and minimalist improvisational trios for two bass clarinets & bass.

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Katie Porter with Werner Dafeldecker & Lucio Capece

Experimental bass clarinetist, Katie Porter, with inimitable friends, perform Phase to Phase for two bass clarinets, Tape 231 for two bass clarinets & tape, New Hemispheres Ratios for electronics, and minimalist improvisational trios for two bass clarinets & bass.

Fri., Mar. 22, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
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Stephanie Cheng Smith + Matt Robidoux

Performance inspired by the periodic life cycles of cicadas.

Sat., Mar. 23, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
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Stephanie Cheng Smith presents a performance inspired by the periodic life cycles of cicadas with custom-designed motor array instruments. San Francisco based composer, improviser, educator, and community organizer Matt Robidoux opens.

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Stephanie Cheng Smith + Matt Robidoux

Performance inspired by the periodic life cycles of cicadas.

Sat., Mar. 23, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
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Derek Monypeny + Kyle Bradshaw

An evening of psychedelic sirocco swirl and atmospheric dark-folk.

Fri., Mar. 29, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
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The desert meets the redwoods at Indexical. Join us for an evening of Derek Monypeny's psychedelic sirocco swirl and an opening set of atmospheric dark-folk from Santa Cruz-based Kyle Bradshaw.

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Derek Monypeny + Kyle Bradshaw

An evening of psychedelic sirocco swirl and atmospheric dark-folk.

Fri., Mar. 29, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
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John Davis + Anna Geyer & Kevin Corcoran

An evening of expanded cinema exploring the interplay of film and live sound performance.

Fri., Apr. 5, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
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Working with a selection of appropriated short films from the New York art scene in the 1960's and 70's, John performs an improvised set of music that offers relationships between recognizable landscapes, portraits and scenery found within these seldom seen but familiar films. Filmmaker Anna Geyer & sound artist Kevin Corcoran open.

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John Davis + Anna Geyer & Kevin Corcoran

An evening of expanded cinema exploring the interplay of film and live sound performance.

Fri., Apr. 5, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
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SCUMsessions: Listening Lounge

Indexical transforms into a comportable listening lounge for intentional listening.

Thu., Apr. 11, 2024
Doors at 6:30pm | Show at 7pm
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Indexical will transform into a comfortable zone for listening and hanging out. Staff will provide crates of records, tapes, CD’s, or other media to listen in an intentional setting on our Meyer sound system. The first portion of the session will feature curated selections, and the second portion will switch to “open decks” and a more casual setting, where anyone can provide or choose something to listen to. 

Listening Lounge is an extension of the S.C.U.M. series hosted at SubRosa Community Space at The Hub.

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SCUMsessions: Listening Lounge

Indexical transforms into a comportable listening lounge for intentional listening.

Thu., Apr. 11, 2024
Doors at 6:30pm | Show at 7pm
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Andrew Moses + Eliot Burk

A performance that situates covert sonic military apparatuses in feedback and includes four custom wheel-based polyphonic string instruments.

Sat., Apr. 13, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
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Andrew Moses presents a performance that situates covert sonic military apparatuses in feedback, including voice-to-skull devices, MOSQUITO malware, voice-changer software, passive generators (Smirnov and Poynting vector emitters), and Hemi-Sync difference tones accessed by four polyphonic wheel-based string instruments of Moses' design. Composer Eliot Burk presents Four Guitar Reductions performed by Patrick Talesfore Jr., Rodrigo Barriga, Zoe Stenger, and himself.

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Andrew Moses + Eliot Burk

A performance that situates covert sonic military apparatuses in feedback and includes four custom wheel-based polyphonic string instruments.

Sat., Apr. 13, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
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CANCELED: Devin Gray + Shanna Sordahl

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Thu., Apr. 18, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
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Percussionist Devin Gray presents Most Definitely for solo percussion & electronics. Shanna Sordahl opens with a piece for electronic instruments and amplified cello developed around the complex workings of the body’s nervous system.

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CANCELED: Devin Gray + Shanna Sordahl

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Thu., Apr. 18, 2024
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Dreamcrusher presents: Altered States

Framed Listen - Screening of Ken Russell's haunting sci-fi classic.

Sat., Apr. 20, 2024
Doors at 4:30pm | Show at 5pm
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Ahead of their evening performance, Luwayne Glass aka Dreamcrusher presents a screening of Ken Russell's Altered States.
 

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Dreamcrusher presents: Altered States

Framed Listen - Screening of Ken Russell's haunting sci-fi classic.

Sat., Apr. 20, 2024
Doors at 4:30pm | Show at 5pm
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Dreamcrusher [Live]

Framed Listen - ☥ NIHILIST QUEER REVOLT MUSIK ☥

Sat., Apr. 20, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
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This performance is standing-room only. A handful of stool seating will be available on a first come first served basis.

Join us for a rare West Coast performance from industrial/noise artist Dreamcrusher.

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Dreamcrusher [Live]

Framed Listen - ☥ NIHILIST QUEER REVOLT MUSIK ☥

Sat., Apr. 20, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
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TRANSMUTE: Roda + ANTE PERKOV

techno / leftfield / jungle / experimental

Fri., Apr. 26, 2024
Doors at 7pm | Show at 7pm
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TRANSMUTE presents special guests Roda and ANTE PERKOV with opening sets by resident DJs. 

RODA (S Label)
ANTE PERKOV (Live)
+ resident DJs

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TRANSMUTE: Roda + ANTE PERKOV

techno / leftfield / jungle / experimental

Fri., Apr. 26, 2024
Doors at 7pm | Show at 7pm
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Join us for a “First Friday” opening of the new exhibition by Ann Altstatt Why is There Something Instead of Nothing?

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Setting + Zekarias Musele Thompson / Peaces

Indexical is pleased to present improvisational trio Setting and Oakland-based artist Zekarias Musele Thompson.

Sat., May 4, 2024
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Indexical is pleased to present improvisational trio Setting and Oakland-based artist Zekarias Musele Thompson.

Setting

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Setting + Zekarias Musele Thompson / Peaces

Indexical is pleased to present improvisational trio Setting and Oakland-based artist Zekarias Musele Thompson.

Sat., May 4, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
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Workshop: Granular Synthesis in Pure Data

Thu., May 9, 2024
Doors at 6:30pm | Show at 7pm
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Granular synthesis is a type of sound generation that operates on the microsound timescale. In principle, a sound is broken into tiny grains; each grain serving as a building block for macroscale composition. Participants will learn basic granular synthesis techniques along with an overview of its history as we build our own custom designed granular synth in the open source software Pure Data. Pure Data (or just "Pd") is an open source visual programming language for sound and multimedia. 

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Workshop: Granular Synthesis in Pure Data

Thu., May 9, 2024
Doors at 6:30pm | Show at 7pm
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Claire Rousay + Shanna Sordahl

A meditation of the poignant emotional terrains of loneliness, nostalgia, sentimentality, guilt, and sex.

Fri., May 10, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
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On the heels of her new album sentiment (out 4/19 on Thrill Jockey), Los Angeles-based artist Claire Rousay performs live at Indexical. Bay Area artist and composer Shanna Sordahl opens.

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Claire Rousay + Shanna Sordahl

A meditation of the poignant emotional terrains of loneliness, nostalgia, sentimentality, guilt, and sex.

Fri., May 10, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
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Carlos Giffoni + RM Francis

Fri., May 17, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
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Carlos Giffoni performs his new record Dream Walker live with reactive visuals by Alex Pelly. RM Francis presents a new work in which latent phonological data is extracted from non-linguistic sound in order to generate the tonal, rhythmic, and semantic content of synthesized speech.

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Carlos Giffoni + RM Francis

Fri., May 17, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
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Sarah Saviet at Wind River

Sarah Saviet performs A Coiled Form by Bryn Harrison.

Sat., May 18, 2024
Doors at 6:30pm | Show at 7pm
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Berlin-based violinist Sarah Saviet makes a special West Coast appearance at our favorite mountainside venue – Wind River. Join us in the redwoods for an evening-length performance of the serpentine solo violin piece A Coiled Form by UK-based composer Bryn Harrison.

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Sarah Saviet at Wind River

Sarah Saviet performs A Coiled Form by Bryn Harrison.

Sat., May 18, 2024
Doors at 6:30pm | Show at 7pm
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Cel Genesis presents: Last and First Men

Framed Listen - Screening of Jóhann Jóhannsson's posthumous feature film debut.

Fri., May 24, 2024
Doors at 4:30pm | Show at 5pm
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Ahead of their evening performance, Cel Genesis presents a screening of Johan Johansson’s Last and First Men.
 

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Cel Genesis presents: Last and First Men

Framed Listen - Screening of Jóhann Jóhannsson's posthumous feature film debut.

Fri., May 24, 2024
Doors at 4:30pm | Show at 5pm
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Cel Genesis [Live]

Framed Listen - An aggressive mixture of hardcore and electronic themes under the guise of a dystopic megacorporation.

Fri., May 24, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
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This performance is standing-room only. A handful of stool seating will be available on a first come first served basis.

Oakland CA project Cel Genesis combines an aggressive mixture of hardcore and electronic themes under the guise of a dystopic megacorporation with the same name. Horrifying visuals and strobe lights assault viewers between gabber kicks and pristine sound design.

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Cel Genesis [Live]

Framed Listen - An aggressive mixture of hardcore and electronic themes under the guise of a dystopic megacorporation.

Fri., May 24, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
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Stefan Maier + TBA

Sat., Jun. 8, 2024
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Indexical is pleased to present a performance from Vancouver-based composer Stefan Maier.

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Stefan Maier + TBA

Sat., Jun. 8, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
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Past Events

Tara Jane O'Neil & Jmy James Kidd + Marcia Bassett & Samara Lubelski

An evening of somatic listening, investigative movement, and improvised long-form drone.

Fri., Mar. 15, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
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Lucy Liyou [Live]

Framed Listen - Field recordings, text-to-speech readings, poetry, and elements from Korean folk opera are synthesized into sonic narratives that explore the implications of Orientalism and westernisation.

Sat., Mar. 9, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
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Screening + Talk: Lucy Liyou

Framed Listen - Lucy Liyou shares a collection of various TV programs, experimental video, and films in connection to her work.

Sat., Mar. 9, 2024
Doors at 4:30pm | Show at 5pm
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Rachel Beetz + Anne Hege + Julie Herndon

auditory pareidolia // analog live-looping // electroacoutic composition

Thu., Mar. 7, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
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Eric Frye + Mitchell Keaney

Dissociative synthesis // Fuzzy saturated drone

Fri., Mar. 1, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
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