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Blum waxes acousmatic at SF MOMA’s Art of Noise

Posted on May 26, 2024 by admin

Devon Turnbull has designed a stereo setup for SF MOMA’s current exhibit titled The Art of Noise. I’ve been invited to take control of the “HiFi Listening Room” for the entire day on August 2, 2024. I will use the … Continue reading →

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Prelinger Library’s Sonic Sundays Continue

Posted on May 25, 2024 by admin

My sonic environments at the Prelinger Library are now running into their second year. On Sundays at the Library, my “instrullation” — part installation part musical instrument — continues to infuse books and other texts with a sonic sensibility, giving … Continue reading →

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“House Music” album released by Thom Blum

Posted on May 24, 2024 by admin

My latest release House Music was put up on Bandcamp in early March 2024. It contains some recent short soundworks I mixed in late 2023 and early 2024. Several of the pieces take advantage of recordings of, what I think … Continue reading →

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West Oakland Sound Series presents…

Posted on May 23, 2024 by admin

Matt Ingalls’s weekly sfSound concert series will present a Microfestival of Surround Sound Diffusion on June 9, 2024, featuring the members of the San Francisco Tape Music Collective. We will be controlling the spatial diffusion of pieces — works by … Continue reading →

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S((•))undays at the Prelinger Library in San Francisco

Posted on June 24, 2023 by admin

Sound environments, sonifications, audio animations, and live improvised soundscapes course through the stacks of the Prelinger Library for visitors on (most) Sundays in 2023 from 1:30 to 4:00 PM.

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“Micro festival” of Fixed Media Works

Posted on April 27, 2023 by admin

This Sunday, April 30, 2023, The San Francisco Tape Music Collective presents a “micro-festival” of fixed media works projected live over a multichannel sound system. This is one in a running series of concerts at Mosswood Chapel in Oakland, California, … Continue reading →

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Interview on KPFA’s “Let’s Talk Music”

Posted on April 27, 2023 by admin

On April 16, 2023 I was interviewed by D-Minor for his Sunday night show “Let’s Talk Music” on KPFA. The program is archived (for now) and can be heard on demand.

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FMRL.com Reveals Prelinger Library Ephemera

Posted on February 26, 2023 by admin

Kary Hess, an author for FMRL.com, published an insightful review of the very unique Prelinger Library in San Francisco. The first part of the article explores the Library’s mission and organization, as explained by cofounder Megan Prelinger. The second part … Continue reading →

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It’s Back — San Francisco Tape Music Festival 2023

Posted on December 31, 2022 by admin

After a very unwelcomed two year absence, due to COVID-19, the San Francisco Tape Music Festival is returning, January 13, 14, and 15 2023 to the Victoria Theater in the Mission district. The sfSound organization and the San Francisco Tape Music Collective (of which I am a member) … Continue reading →

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November 29 – Guest speaker at UCSB-CREATE seminar series

Posted on December 3, 2022 by admin

On November 29, 2022, at the Center for Research in Electronic Art Technology of the University of California, Santa Barbara, I presented a 45-minute talk about my approach to music-making. This was an event in the CREATE seminar series, hosted … Continue reading →

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