James Goode and Blevin Blectum (electronic duo) at Tom's Place, Saturday March 28

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On Saturday March 28 at 8:00pm, Tom's Place presents

         James Goode and Blevin Blectum (electronic duo)

Blevin Blectum (Bevin Kelley) develops electronic sound-sci-fi fantasy in its most decadent A/V technicolor forms, plays solo, and is half of classic early-noughties-era (Ars-Electronic winning) San Francisco duo "Blectum From Blechdom" (with Kristin Erickson).
"Her work is a sonic dream of an optimistic (if sometimes disquieting) future-electronic-music fantasia. "Nocturn" unspools like a fever dream of whispers, birdcalls, metallic jangles and florid piano samples, breaking into an alien discotheque with playful electro sequences, bouncing rhythmic filters. I find it impossible not to be charmed by this project. It has the awed scope of Carl Sagan's Cosmos, the earnestness of 70s Vangelis, and the alluring naffness of Ron Jones's early soundtracking for StarTrek. A winning combination."
Here's video of a Blevin set at the Temescal Arts center https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZh1b_L-Ux4

James Goode coaxes extraordinary sounds from everyday objects. Russian nested dolls are transformed into squealing narwhals; bird calls into growling lions; the voice box from a stuffed animal into a flock of hungry seagulls; and brief vocal sounds into the soundtrack for a comic and surreal conga line. Defying easy description or pigeonholing, his music takes you to an unfamiliar place filled with luscious atonality and compelling polyrhythm. Goode navigates a course between austere minimalism on the one hand and pandemonium on the other. Dichotomies abound in his work: natural versus
prosthetic, acoustic versus electronic, ancient versus modern, symbolic versus literal.

Recent video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNLKeFYsbPY&list=RDTNLKeFYsbPY&start_radio=1&t=5s

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Admission: donation. All proceeds go directly to the musicians.
(Bring Greenbacks! We have neither facilities nor the patience for processing checks, credit cards, venmo, paypal, foreign exchange, etc.)
No reserved seats.
Doors open at 7:30.