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We are very excited to release these new sounds in the next few weeks. !

Electricwest - ‘Detach’ - March 2010
Electricwest is Patrick Benolkin, a diverse and prolific producer from Boise, Idaho. With a tip to the sounds of Warp records and Ghostly International, Electricwest creates soulful and crystal-sharp experimental electronic gems. In 2006, Electricwest made some Overlap-related waves by winning a Creative Commons (CC) remix contest of Christopher Willits’ track “Colors Shifting” which was featured by Ghostly International and CC. Since then Benolkin has surfed an explosion of activity, releasing six albums via his Electricwest and Eluder monikers. “Detach” is Electicwest’s newest and most concise statement to date.

Tom Hall - “Past Present, Below” - April 2010
“Past Present, Below”  is the accumulation of 2 years of experimentation, bringing together a vast array of instrumentation (drums, guitar, piano, organ, virbraphone, chinese gongs and harmonia) and field recordings (Australia, Kyoto temples, German rivers, Tasmanian forests). Hall ties these varied sources together with a unique blend of studio practices ranging from Max / Ableton Live processing, analog effects pedals and a unique process of replaying and re-recording compositions back into environments in which they originated. This album is Tom Hall’s most developed and beautiful work to date, exclusive to Overlap.

If you have an event or event ideas that overlap with Overlap’s mission of supporting experimental media in San Francisco and beyond, send us the details at connect (at) overlap.org and let’s connect and collaborate !

This year Overlap will be sponsoring and promoting more events created by others. We want to help bring people together around new and expansive work with sound and light.

A new cymatics project / school where people can learn about and share experiments in visualizing sound through different materials.

The School of Cymatics has officially opened it’s doors with it’s first virtual classroom lesson “Cymatics 101″ going live today. The school already has 67 members and the doors are currently still open for free admission.

http://cymatica.com/2010/02/28/school-of-cymatics-officially-opens/

Overlap would love to point your eyes and ears to a very talented young artist, Miguel Sabogal. Miguel makes some very intriguing and beautiful film and audio work. He also curates events at The Hexagon, an awesome venue in Baltimore.

Here is a sample of his piece “CUBE”.

http://cubefilm.tumblr.com

We’re talking to Miguel about doing an exclusive piece for Overlap. Yes.

Very important work being done here. Come out and support the project and our friends at GAFFTA.

The Internet Archive is building an Internet library offering permanent access for researchers, historians, scholars, people with disabilities, and the general public to historical collections that exist in digital format. The Internet Archive includes texts, audio, moving images, and software as well as archived web pages. Much of this store of human knowledge is available for creative reuse. The Internet Archive Salon hosted by Gray Area Foundation For The Arts will discuss the resources available at the Internet Archive, how artists and creative people can access and contribute to the Archive, and our Open Library and BookServer projects.

http://www.gaffta.org/2010/02/24/internet-archive-salon-at-gray-area-foundation-for-the-arts/

September 17, 2007 - New interview up over at Disquiet.com. Thanks to Marc Weidenbaum.

Originally from SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 - WFC DISQUIET INTERVIEW

October 17, 2007 - New reviews posted in the PRESS section.

Originally from OCTOBER 17, 2007 - NEW REVIEWS POSTED