Sounds French
from Leftfield Electronic to illbient Downbeat
organized by ELSA Productions on behalf of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy

March 17, 2003
Wheeler Auditorium, 8 p.m.
UC Berkeley

"Sounds French" (from Leftfield Electronic to illbient Downbeats) celebrates Luc Ferrari, one of the great unsung pioneers of electronic music. The founding director of the Group de Musique Concrète in 1958, Ferrari was one of the first composers to seriously build upon John Cage's maxim, "music is all around us if only we had ears". Ferrari's soundscapes based on ambient sounds of daily life are both evocative and socially engaged. Through a wide range of musical projects, he has influenced several Generations of experimental composers.

Ferrari hosts and performs in two concerts with the Bay Area's foremost new music and improviser percussionist, William Winant, and with DJ Olive, also known as the audio janitor from East-Village underground digital lab.

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Tuesday, March 18, 2003, 3:00am to 5:00am