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Music: Experimental

Soundwave Festival presents Imaginary Creatures in the Illuminated Forest w/ Barn Owl

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Other-worldly sounds and creatures inhabit the forest to haunt, trick, and delight. Electro-acoustic band Barn Owl leaves a dark drone narrative using heavily effected electric guitars. Artist Christine Choi summons Ghosts of Gondwana, an inter-genre essay on extinct New Zealand creatures, lineage, love, creative processes, and their interrelated emotionality. Musician Lazarus imagines "the trickster" in his/her many forms whether coyote/crow — demon/sylph through poem/songs and his ongoing relationship with this ever-sneaky friend.

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Jon Porras and Evan Caminiti became fast friends and band mates when they met in class at San Francisco State University. The assignment was Hermann Hesse's novel, Narcissus and Goldmund, and they were both taken by Hesse's reference to a barn owl. The owl is a symbol of death in many cultures and is a fitting choice for the band's name — the duo spins out spooky electronic drone music on treated electric guitars. The Gothic jams are also inspired by Bay Area natural wonders like Muir Woods and the Presidio. Tonight at the Lab, Barn Owl uses their dark, atmospheric music to haunt the Illuminated Forest, a multimedia landscape created from projections, sound, lights, and shadows.

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