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music recording projects:

Nathan Clevenger Trio+2:
UNSETTLED BY THE OCEAN New music by Nathan Clevenger, Corey Wright, Jordan Glenn, Casey Knudsen and Crystal Pasucci-Clifford. Recorded live, 2024 Apoplectics 009.
https://nathanclevenger.bandcamp.com/album/unsettled-by-the-ocean

Animals and Giraffes: LIVE AT MEDICINE FOR NIGHTMARES (Evander E65) 2023. Claudia La Rocco, Phillip Greenlief, Kyle Bruckman, Adriana Comacho and Alexandra Buschman-Roman. https://phillipgreenlief.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-medicine-for-nightmares

Nathan Clevenger Trio: SUNKEN RELIQUARY New music by Nathan Clevenger, Corey Wright and Jordan Glenn recorded live, 2023 Apoplectics 008. https://nathanclevenger.bandcamp.com/album/sunken-reliquary

Kinda Green:
KINDA Tim Perkis and Tom Dill Artifact ART 3018 2023
https://artifactrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/kinda-art-3018-2023

Mark Trayle:
IN MY ROOM Artifact Recordings ART 3013. Live recordings from the memorial concerts of Mark's music performed by The Hub and Bit Panic. 2022 https://artifactrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/in-my-room-art-3013-2022

"Blue" Gene Tyranny Degrees of Freedom Found (Unseen Worlds Records UW035 2021)
A career retrospective 6 CD box set.
(Co-producer) https://unseenworlds.com/

Roco Cordova and La Macacoa: Entretiempo Live recording for release by Small Press Traffic
2023
https://www.smallpresstraffic.org/the-back-room-article/entretiempo-roco-cordova-la-macacoa

Crushing Spiral Ensemble:
LIVE @ ODC 2022 http://www.mattsmall.org/hear_crushing.html

Playing Field:
CLEAR (Milkbar) Kattt Atchley and Suki O'Kane's percussion-gong-voice project, live @ Milkbar. Released 2019.
https://playingfieldclear.bandcamp.com/album/milkbar

Ron Heglin and Kattt Atchley
DUO Ron and Kattt's a capella vocal project album, 2019 https://katttatchley.bandcamp.com/album/duo

Carl Ludwig Huebsch and Tim Perkis At The Barn , live at the great barn at The Headlands Center for The Arts. (CLH Music 2017-21) https://carlludwighuebsch.bandcamp.com/album/at-the-barn -

The Hub
Hub Music (Artifact Recordings ART3009 2021) The amazing original 1987 live concert album by The Hub is back! Originally a low-fi cassette release, now remastered from original sources for download and CD https://artifactrecordings.bandcamp.com/

Chris Brown SOME CENTER Chromelodia Project; New World Records #80822 with
Kyle Bruckman (oboe), Theresa Wong (cello and voice) and Chris Brown (piano and electronics)
https://www.newworldrecords.org/products/chris-brown-some-center

Festival Napa Valley:
SONGS OF GRATITUDE. streaming show 2020 Shot and recorded live on location: Friction String Quartet, Audrey Vardenega, Lucinda Belle, Starla Breshears, Nick Phan, and Kelly O'Connor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxuEKHoSMVQ https://tinyurl.com/yb6vuaxx

Roscoe Mitchell Quartet:
COME AND SEE WHAT THERE IS TO SEE (The Label 2020) Live at The Lab!
https://www.thelab.org/projects/2018/12/7/roscoe-mitchell

ROBERT MONDAVI WINERY SUMMER SUNDAYS: virtual series 2020, with newly recorded performances by Matt Nathanson and the Marcus Shelby Trio. https://www.robertmondaviwinery.com/summer-sundays

John Bischoff:
Bitplicity 2022 https://www.johnbischoff.com/biography.html

Playing Field:
CLEAR (Milkbar) 2019 https://playingfieldclear.bandcamp.com/album/milkbar

Chris Brown:
GOING UNDER 2020 https://compositebythenumbers.com/chris-brown/

J'Nai Bridges: (music for) TO THE STARS Nicole Miller 2019
https://www.sfmoma.org/event/nicole-millers-to-the-stars-public-screening/

Charles Lloyd and Jason Moran:
AZOTH (music for Lines Ballet) 2019
https://www.ebar.com/arts_&_culture/dance//282800

Jason Moran:
The Personal Element (music for Lines Ballet) 2019
https://dancetabs.com/2019/10/alonzo-king-lines-ballet-the-personal-element-azoth-san-francisco/

Steve Adams and Ken Filiano:
MAYBECK LIVE 2019 http://saxsteveadams.com/

Katt Atchley and Ron Heglin:
DUO (KR Music) 2019 https://www.bayimproviser.com/artist/113/kattt-atchley

Crushing Spiral Ensemble:
LIVE @ ODC 2019 http://www.mattsmall.org/hear_crushing.html

Phillip Greenlief Octet. BELLINGHAM FOR DAVID IRELAND Edgetone #EDT4204 2020
Live recording of 8 players scattered through all the rooms of the 500 Capp St. David Ireland House museum (SF). Phillip Greenlief (sax), Wobbly (electronics) Zachary Watkins (electronics), Aurora Josephson (voice), Karl Hubsch (tuba), Kip Kipperman (double bass), Gabby Flake-Mogul (violin), Karen Stackpole (gongs, percussion).
https://phillipgreenlief.bandcamp.com/album/bellingham-for-david-ireland

Duo B vs. Video Savant:
(Live @ Counterpulse) 2019
http://www.lisamezzacappa.com/duo_videosavant.html

Van Anh Vo:
POLE STAR (music for Lines Ballet) 2019
https://bachtrack.com/review-pole-star-alonzo-king-lines-ballet-san-francisco-april-2019

ROVA Saxophone Quartet: IN TRANSVERSE TIME Les Disques Victo 2018
http://victo.qc.ca/setcata/pdf/Infocd131.pdf

Kronos Quartet:
COMMON GROUND (music for Lines Ballet 2018\
https://www.fjordreview.com/alonzo-king-lines-ballet-common-ground/

Zakir Hussein and Sabir Khan:
SUTRA (music for Lines Ballet 2018 https://thewallis.org/alonzo

Ochs Rempis Johnston Trio:
SPECTRAL EMPTY CASTLES Aerophonic Records 2018
https://aerophonicrecords.com/empty-castles/

Phillip Greenlief Octet:
BELLINGHAM FOR DAVID IRELAND Edgetone Records #EDT4204 2020
http://www.edgetonerecords.com/index.html

Thollem and Gino Robair:
TRIO MUSIC MINUS ONE FOR PAULINE OLIVEROS
Setola de Maiale Records 2018
http://www.setoladimaiale.net/catalogue/view/SM3650

Thollem-Stanley-Mezzacappa Trio:
TRAVELING SESSION Edgetone Records 2018
http://www.edgetonerecords.com/catalog/4193.html

Berkeley Rep and IP Productions:
AIN’T TOO PROUD https://www.berkeleyrep.org/season/1718/12025.asp

Lisa Mezzacappa Ensemble:
TOUCH BASS (LM Productions 2017)
https://www.risajaroslowdance.org/touch-bass?lightbox=dataItem-j36uxk54

John Bischoff, Tim Perkis, Chris Brown, Mark Trayle:
TRANSIT (Artifact Records ART 3001 2017)
https://artifactrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/transit-art-3001-2017

Larry Ochs Sax and Drum Core:
WILD RED-YELLOW (RogueArt ROG-0075 2017)
https://roguart.com/product/wild-red-yellow/121

Phillip Greenlief:
DAVID IRELAND’S HOUSE (500 Capp Records, LP, 2017)
https://phillipgreenlief.bandcamp.com/album/phillip-greenlief-solo-david-ireland-house

Alvin Curran:
SELF PORTRAIT (with Barbara Held) (Farley Films, video 2017)

WIGBAND:
THE 6th EXTINCTION 2017 (Wig Records)
https://www.artpractical.com/event/9994-performance-songbook-cd-launch-wigband-4-decades-5-presidents/

Tim Perkis and Scott Walton:
APPLIED CRYPTOGRAPHY (pfMENTUM CD106, 2016)
http://pfmentum.com/product/tim-perkis-scott-walton-applied-cryptography-pfmcd106/

Maya Lahyani: ART SONGS (music for Lines Ballet) 2016

Charles Lloyd and Jason Moran:
SAND (music for Lines Ballet) 2016
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/24/arts/dance/alonzo-king-lines-summerstage.html

Grosse Abfahrt:
LUFTSCHIFFFIERTAGSERINNERUNGFOTOALBUM (Setola-Di Maiale #SM3210) 2016
https://www.setoladimaiale.net/artist/view/5831e03e7ab7e
Produced by Tom Djll. Frank Gratowski with the Acme House Band All-Stars, live in the studio.

Maggi Payne, Matt Ingalls and Ingrid Lee:
ACOUSTIC DECONSTRUCTION (The Label 001LP 2016)
https://www.thelab.org/label/acoustic-deconstruction

Best Coast for Boing Boing TV 2015 for a documentary+ EP re: the release of their album “California Dreaming”. Live in the studio.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-51InX4MK0

ALIVE! Reunion Tour @ Freight and Salvage DVD 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA0KvZVQ4Ms

Don Arbor and Friends at the Freight and Salvage DVD and youtube video production of Don’s famous “birthday concert” 2015. New show 2018! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo2d5JMc4Fc

The Residents and N. Senada: THE SNAKEY WAKE live recording 1987 (Klanggarie gg208, released 2015) http://www.klanggalerie.com/gg208

The Lost Trio:
MONKWORK (Evander Records 2014) All T. Monk tunes in new arrangements.
http://www.evandermusic.com/the-lost-trio.asp

Natural Artefacts:
CALIFORNIA CONNECTIONS (LJ Records 2014) A new album’s worth of pieces by the famed Swedish ensemble, both studio sessions and a live performance recording.
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/california-connection-susanna-lindeborg-lj-records-review-by-glenn-astarita.php

Nils Bultmann
TROUBADOUR BLUE (Innova Records 2014)
https://www.innova.mu/albums/nils-bultmann/troubadour-blue

Bob Mould (documentary+performance for the release of “Beauty and Ruin”) Boing-Boing TV 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffVNz1Mc60A

Marcus Shelby Quintet (live @ SFJazz for the series KQEDarts) 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwOZkMm3uGc

Rova Saxophone Quartet with Gino Robair and Ikue Mori:
GRAND ELECTRIC SKULL (2013) DVD release of live performance. https://vimeo.com/86271404

John Bischoff:
FIELD TRANSFER (Important Records 2013)
https://cassauna.bandcamp.com/album/field-transfer

“Blue” Gene Tyranny:
DETOURS (Unseen Worlds, 2012)
https://unseenworlds.com/products/blue-gene-tyranny-detours-cd?_pos=1&_sid=8da0f65e1&_ss=r

John Bischoff:
AUDIO COMBINE (New World Records 2012)
http://www.newworldrecords.org/album.cgi?rm=view&album_id=90499

WigBand:
4 DECADES 5 PRESIDENTS (BarbCo/Burning Books) 2013
https://johannapoethig.com/performance-video/wigband-4-decades-5-presidents/

Chris Brown:
ICONICITIES (3 Pieces for Percussion and Live Electronics) (New World, 2011) With Willy Winant (percussion) and Chris Brown (piano, electronics)
http://www.newworldrecords.org/album.cgi?rm=view&album_id=89924

Ellen Fullman:
THROUGH GLASS PANES (Important Records, 2011)
https://www.ellenfullman.com/through-glass-panes

Swell Season (Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova)
Live at the Paramount (2009) (Boing-Boing) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmCctJJQ7Yk

The Lost Trio:
MYSTERIOUS TOBOGGAN (Evander Records, 2010)
https://phillipgreenlief.bandcamp.com/album/mysterious-toboggan

Woody Simmons and the Mill Valley Philharmonic:
ASHTAVAK (score for the documentary “CHASING THE LIGHT”, PBS 2010) http://www.woodysimmons.com/CTL.html

Gino Robair:
I NORTON (Rastascan Records 2009) http://www.ginorobair.com/inorton/inorton.html

The Acme House Band:
VANITY (Emanem Records 2009) Trumpeter Tom Dill, The Acme House Band and guests make subtle, evocative music at the 21 Grand performance space in Oakland CA.
http://www.emanemdisc.com/cd-other.html#5007

Kronos Quartet: Terry Riley's
SUN RINGS (live at Stanford University, 2008) Produced by Janet Cowperthwaite
http://kronosquartet.org/projects/detail/sun_rings  

YOUTH SPEAKS! / TEEN POETRY SERIES at the San Francisco Opera House (HBO series episode) 2008
https://youthspeaks.org/youth-speaks-teen-poetry-slam/

The Hub:
BOUNDARY LAYER (Tzadik Records 2009) http://www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=8050-3

Oliveros-Brown: 
IN THE AIR (Deep Listening, 2009) Pauline Oliveros and Chris Brown
https://paulineoliveros1.bandcamp.com/album/music-in-the-air

Trimpin and Kronos Quartet:
4CAST for TRIMPIN: THE SOUND OF INVENTION Peter Esmonde 2007 (concert and other recordings)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kronosquartet/albums/72157613568142068/

Jose Maceda:
DRONE and MELODY (Tzadik Records 2007) Produced by Chris Brown and John Zorn.
http://www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=8043

Kronos Quartet with David Barsamian:
ALTERNATIVE RADIO at BRAVA SF Mixed by Scott Fraser. 2007
https://www.alternativeradio.org/products/bard005/

Fred Frith and Chris Brown:
CUTTER HEADS (Intakt Records 2006)
https://intaktrec.bandcamp.com/album/cutter-heads

The Natto Quartet:
THOUSAND OAKS (482 Records, produced by Tim Perkis and Natto Quartet.) Philip Gelb (shakuhachi),  Chris Brown (piano), Shoko Hikage (koto), and Tim Perkis (computer)
http://www.482music.com/artists/natto-quartet.html

Wadada Leo Smith:
LUMINOUS AXIS (Tzadik Records, produced by John Zorn) with William Winant and computer synthesists Tim Perkis, Chris Brown John Bischoff and Mark Trayle. (2002)
http://www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=7083

The Natto Quartet:
HEADLANDS (482 Records, produced by Tim Perkis and Natto Quartet) shakuhachi (Philip Gelb), piano (Chris Brown), koto (Shoko Hikage), and computer (Tim Perkis). (2002)
https://www.482music.com/articles.php?id=125

Fuzzy Bunny:
FUZZY BUNNY (Sonore, 2000) Tim Perkis, Chris Brown and Scott G. Lancaster
https://www.perkis.com/_site/releases/index.html

Tom Nunn and The Edgewalker Consort: 
PEERING OVER    (Ramp Records 1997 Produced by Tom Nunn) https://edgetonerecords.bandcamp.com/album/edgewalker-experimental-instrument-consort-peering-over

The Hub:
COMPUTER NETWORK MUSIC (Artifact Records 1989) Live recordings and mixes.
https://artifactrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/the-hub-art-1002-1989

John Bischoff and Tim Perkis:
ARTIFICIAL HORIZON   (Artifact Records ART1003 1989)
https://artifactrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/artificial-horizon-art-1003-1989

Rotodoti:
TARZAN SPEAKS  (Artifact Records ART1006 1991) Live recordings
https://artifactrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/tarzan-speaks-art-1006-1991  

Tom Waits:
BIG TIME (Island Records 1987) Production sound and concert recording for feature film soundtrack album. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Time_(Tom_Waits_album)


The Snakey Wake (live at the DNA Lounge, 1987) featuring The Residents, Club Foot Orchestra and others. Music played at the wake for Phillip "Snakefinger" Lithman.
https://klanggalerie.bandcamp.com/album/snakey-wake

San Francisco City Chorus:
MOZART REQUIEM and Other Works for Chorus and Orchestra (SFCC 1980-91) Live recordings. https://www.sfcitychorus.org/

The Residents:
THE STARS AND HANK FOREVER (Ralph Records 1985) Location music recordings.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stars_%26_Hank_Forever:_The_American_Composers_Series

The Residents:
TUNES OF TWO CITIES (Ralph Records 1982) Location music and sfx recordings.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tunes_of_Two_Cities

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