Doors: 7:30pm
Music: 8pm
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Matteo presents a radio receiver scanning for signals that weren't meant for this. Noise, fragments of songs, an ad, voice. Static leaking between channels. Broadcast into the air and caught out of context. A practice of reaching for things that aren't fully legible. An attempt to find what the illegible has to say.
Motherboard offers a stripped-down set of selected songs from their upcoming self-titled album. Celebrating their first single release, "Measures."
prosthesis - extended ad infinitum by itself by Maya Kaya is an electroacoustic piece for oboe and live electronics. Inspired by Jean Baudrillard’s The Transparency of Evil: Essays on Extreme Phenomena, prosthesis is an investigation of identity and alienation through repetition and noise.
Olek will be presenting a new piece for unplugged amplified bowed electric guitar and pre-recorded electronics. Deciding against traditional guitar pick-up amplification, the performance will reveal the beautiful resonances and textures sounding on the surface of the strings and body of the instrument.
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Matteo is a Venezuelan-Honduran artist and electronic performer based in Boston. Raised part of his life around antenna technicians in Honduras, signals and static became a reference for his projects as N3blina. His practice centers on collaboration with circuits, radios, and machines, incorporating elements of drone and ambient. He is currently a student at Berklee College of Music.
Motherboard is a queer, non-binary vocalist, songwriter, producer, and sound designer from South Bend, Indiana. Their work explores the emotional complexities of navigating dynamics in queer relationships and identity through the perspective of a Midwestern upbringing in the U.S. They blend acoustic instrumentation with electronic textures and detailed vocal processing. Alongside performing with a live band, they play improvised ambient sets that include processed vocals and the Moog Grandmother, accompanied by generative drone sounds. Their musical palette values the delicate marriage between organic acoustic timbres and electronic soundscapes. They are deeply inspired and influenced by the music of Frank Ocean, Kate Bush, Beach House, and Fleetwood Mac. They are currently working on their self-titled debut album, as well as an experimental, groove-driven collaborative project with electric violinist Omer Kochba. They are currently attending Berklee College of Music in the Electronic Production and Design Program and serve as co-president of the Women and Nonbinary Producers Collective.
Maya Kaya is a Boston-based oboist, improviser, songwriter, and producer whose work explores the sonic possibilities of the oboe in acoustic and electro-acoustic improvisational settings. Beginning her classical training at age eight at the Istanbul State Conservatory, she developed a strong foundation in contemporary and classical performance practices while cultivating an interest in experimental music and electronic sound. Kaya is currently pursuing a double major in Oboe Performance and Electronic Production & Design at Berklee College of Music. Her practice combines improvisation, live electronics, songwriting, and production, often integrating acoustic instruments with digital processing and experimental textures. Working across genres and collaborative settings, she is interested in creating musical environments that blur the boundaries between composition, improvisation, and sound design.
Olek Nivette is a Polish composer, performer, music producer, and event curator, active in the experimental music scenes of East Coast USA and Poland. He performs on electric guitar, violin, and electronics, with various collaborators, as well as in solo sets. Olek’s practice is centered around the creation of unconventional live musical experiences, existing between theatre and concert, where he explores the possibilities of what a concert can be. A large part of his artistry revolves around collaborations, working on projects with choreographers, filmmakers, visual artists, and writers. He is also passionate about bringing together often separated musical styles and different art forms, as well as their respective communities. He runs a series of immersive intermedia art events called Jawa in Warsaw, as well as Allston New Music Festival, a cross-genre festival of creative music in Massachusetts. Olek’s most recent musical project is Everything, a newly formed band exploring genre-defying group improvisations, with their music ranging from and intertwining repetitive mantras, simple vocal melodies, and pop samples to wild drums, bowed guitar, overwhelming electronics, and multi-media explorations. He is also preparing several recording releases set to come out later this year, including his electronic productions, bowed guitar compositions, and duo improvisations.