2010
Jan 7 - Johnson-O’Brien-Rivero trio - Luggage Store (San Francisco)
Jan 22 - Screening of “No Deposit, No Return Blues” (Sandy Bull documentary by KC Bull) with Chuck Johnson, Talibam!, Careerers - 21 Grand (Oakland, CA)
Feb 27 - Chuck Johnson, Jacob Zimmerman’s “Lawson” - Oakopolis (Oakland, CA)
March 9 - Johnson/Phillips/Glenn trio at Active Music Series - The Uptown (Oakland, CA)
March 27 - Chuck Johnson solo guitar, Dominique Leone, Wiener Kids - BlueSix (San Francisco)
April 22 - John Bischoff + James Fei Duo, Pykrete, Alex Vittum - The LAB (San Francisco)
May 8 - Tatsuya Nakatani/Jacob Felix Heule/Jordan Glenn (percussion trio), Pykrete, Anti-Ear, Styofoam Sanchez - Totally Intense Fractal Mindgaze Hut (Oakland, CA)
June 13 - Pykrete at the Olympia Experimental Music Festival (Olympia, WA)
June 14 - Pykrete, Danishta Rivero, Andrew Senna - Gallery 1412 (Seattle, WA)
June 15 - Pykrete, Mangled Bohemians, Danishta Rivero - The Wail (Portland, OR)
June 24 - Chuck Johnson, Danny Paul Grody, Trevor Healy - Adobe Books (San Francisco)
June 29 - “Beyond Berkeley Guitar” CD release show with Chuck Johnson, Sean Smith, Ava Mendoza, Rich Osborn - Amnesia (San Francisco)
July 3 - Kodachrome Music (Aram Shelton, Ben Goldberg, Alex Vittum), Pinhead (Chuck Johnson, Noah Phillips, Jordan Glenn), Shudder - 21 Grand (Oakland, CA)
July 6 - Chuck Johnson solo guitar, Kapowski, Sunday Ghost - Ivy Room (Albany, CA)
July 18 - Chuck Johnson solo guitar, Zeke Graves, Caboladies - All Day Records (Carrbroro, NC)
July 20 - Pykrete, Kinoeye, Peter Blasser, Neill Prewitt, DJ NST Boots - The Bank (Baltimore, MD)
July 22 - Pykrete, Kinoeye, Inner Gaze, Neill Prewitt, DJ NST Boots - Port d’Or (Brooklyn, NY)
July 23 - Pykrete, Kinoeye, Inner Gaze, Neill Prewitt, DJ NST Boots - The Cherch (Washington DC)
July 24 - Pykrete “Liber Novus” record release party with Kinoeye, Neill Prewitt, DJ NST Boots - Nightlight (Chapel Hill, NC)
2009
Jan 9 - Pykrete, Ethan Clauset, Bicameral Mind, Joe Hendrix, Subscpae Annex - 919Noise Collective Showcase - Nightlight (Chapel Hill, NC)
Jan 19 - Porest, Liz Albee, Johnson-Phillips-Glenn trio - Gaza Relief Benefit - Totally Intense Fractal Mindgaze Hut - 671 24th S (Oakland, CA)
March 14 - Premiere of Charles Johnson’s Meet me by the pleroma (for violin, long string duochord, slentem pelog, and electronics) at the Signal Flow Festival - Mills College (Oakland, CA)
July 2- Performance of Premiere of Charles Johnson’s Meet me by the pleroma, plus Chad and Curtis McKinney and trio of Chris Brown, Willie Winant and Tom Nunn at the LAB (San Francisco, CA)
Aug 29 -Pykrete, Chen Santa Maria, 7-bit Hydra, Laces - 21 Grand (Oakland, CA)
Sept 14 - Chuck Johnson solo guitar, Tastyville, Agnes Szelag, SEP - Ivy Room (Albany, CA)
Thursday Sept 24 8PM - Music for People and Thingamajigs - Meridian Gallery, 535 Powell Street, SF $15 general/ $10 students
John Bischoff - http://www.johnbischoff.com/
Charles Johnson - ensemble piece “Meet me by the pleroma” - http://sixtyhurts.com/
Open Graves/Tide Tables (Paul Kikuchi, Jesse Olsen, and Alex Vittum) - http://alexandervittum.blogspot.com/2009/06/tide-tables-electroacoustic-percussion.html
Sunday September 27 - Brutal SFX Festival #64 8pm, $6-10 - 21 Grand, 416 25th St. (at Broadway) Oakland
The latest installment of the ongoing Brutal SFX series of short sets by musicians that fall into the much-expanded genre of noise, which can sometimes be at low to moderate volume and occasionally mellifluous and melodic. Performing tonight are: Chris Brown (Mills College faculty), Punto Pig and Galin_dog (Mexico), Cliff Caruthers, Critical Monkey, Take Up Serpents, Chuck Johnson and Seth Horvitz, and MEPHITIC OOZE.
Tuesday Sept 29 8PM - at Flux53 - 5300-5312 Foothill Boulevard Oakland $10
Tim Feeney, Vic Rawlings, James Fei, Ken Ueno
Pykrete (Chuck Johnson solo electronics)
October 21 - Tom Djll, Zachary James Watkins, Chuck Johnson - The Old Massage Parlor (Santa Cruz, CA)
October 31 - Jozef van Wissem, Jim Haynes, Gregg Kowalski, James Fei+Chuck Johnson duo - Totally Intense Fractal Mindgaze Hut (Oakland, CA)
November 11 - Chuck Johnson, Philip White, Suzanne Thorpe at Diapason Gallery (Brooklyn, NY)
November 21 - powerdove and Chuck Johnson (solo acoustic guitar) at the Book Zoo (Oakland, CA)
December 1 - Lovage Sharrock and Chuck Johnson - Woulds Gallery (Oakland, CA)
December 5 - Chuck Johnson/Seth Horvitz duo, Darwinsbitch, Joshua Clayton, Ben Bracken at Ice on High - Pacific Basin Building (Berkeley, CA)
December 30 - Chuck Johnson, Chuck Johnson solo acoustic, Phil Blank/Jordan Huchinson klezmer duo, Crowmeat Bob’s “Nervous Creep”, DJ Nasty Boots - Nightlight (Chapel Hill, NC)
2008
Jan 5 - FrequeNC holiday party - Dom Flemons (from the Carolina Chocolate Drops), Chuck Johnson (steel guitar and electronics) and Robert Biggers (drums), DJ Jason Perlmutter, and more - Nightlight (Chapel Hill, NC)
Jan 7 - Betsey Biggs, Suzanne Thorpe and Chuck Johnson - ParisLondonWestNile (Williamsburg, NY)
Jan 11 - Duo of Pauline Oliveros and Miya Masaoka with CC3 (trio of Pauline Oliveros, Suzanne Thorpe and Chuck Johnson) - Renee Weiler Concert Hall, Greenwich House Arts (New York)
March 15 - Pykrete with Phroq, Sixes, Darwinsbitch, and Carrion at Totally Intense Fractal Mindgaze Hut - 671 24th St (Oakland, CA)
March 20 - Pykrete (Chuck Johnson solo electronics) with Chen Santa Maria at Luggage Store Gallery New Music Series - Luggage Store (San Francisco, CA)
March 30 - Pykrete at Godwaffle Noise Pancakes - 110 Capp St. (San Francisco, CA)
May 31 - from 8 - 9PM Ayako Kataoka, Chuck Johnson, and Suzanne Thorpe perform live on KFJC as part of the 24-Hour Drone. Here is the complete schedule:
12:AM - Flourescent Grey, Nommo Ogo, Dimentia
01:AM - Phillip Ringler, Aaron Emery
02:AM - Build128, Reverend Micah
03:AM - Exillon, Eustachian
04:AM - Barry Threw
05:AM - Sarah E Palmer, Elery Royston
06:AM - Travis Johns
07:AM - Pink Canoes
08:AM - Patrice Scanlon, Yoko Solo, Ben Sandoval, Mochipet
09:AM - Hydrogen Pellets, Amphibious Gestures
10:AM - Phillip Greenlief
11:AM - Nux Vomica
12:PM - Gregg Kowalski, Ben Bracken, Marielle Jakobsons
01:PM - Mr. Harbour, LS-TTL
02:PM - Die Elektrischen, Anon Day, Dan Voss, Sote
03:PM - Polyglot Horde (aka Anti-Ear, Sharkiface, Loachfillet, Core Ogg: The Coalman, Take Up Serpents)
04:PM - irr. app. (ext.), RKF, Xambuca
05:PM - Robert Rich
06:PM - Dokuro (aka Agnes Szelag, The Norman Conquest)
07:PM - Beytah
08:PM - Ayako Kataoka, Suzanne Thorpe, Chuck Johnson
09:PM - Joshua Churchill, Hana Lee, Andy Way
10:PM - Zachary Watkins
11:PM - The Norman Conquest, Preshish Moments, Travis Johns
June 18 - Chuck Johnson and Philip White electronics duo, with Jason Brogan at the College of Charleston Communications Museum - Charleston, SC
July 8 - Pykrete with Boyzone and High Castle - Chapel Hill, NC
Sept 11 - Pykrete with +DOG+ at Luggage Store Gallery New Music Series - Luggage Store (San Francisco, CA)
Sept 30 - D2 Affinity (duo of Suzanne Thorpe and Chuck Johnson) open for My Bloody Valentine - Concourse (San Francisco, CA)
Nov 8 - Keith Rowe and an ensemble of Mills music grads (including Chuck Johnson) present Cornelius Cardew’s The Tiger’s Mind - Lisser Hall, Mills College (Oakland)
2007
The Nein (with Chuck Johnson on electronics and guitar):
Jan 13 2007 8:00P - The Flatiron Greensboro, North Carolina
Jan 14 2007 8:00P - The Grey Eagle Asheville, North Carolina
Jan 19 2007 8:00P - Lenny’s Atlanta, Georgia
Jan 20 2007 8:00P - Crowbar Tampa, Florida
Jan 26 2007 8:00P - The Jinx Savannah, Georgia
Jan 27 2007 8:00P - The Milestone Charlotte, North Carolina
Feb 3 2007 8:00P - Kings Barcade Raleigh, North Carolina
March 16 2007 - Local 506 with Sorry About Dresden and Maple Stave - Chapel Hill, NC
March 17 2007 - Bella Festa with Sorry About Dresden - Wilmington, NC
March 3 - Pykrete Percussion Unit plays the Nightlight 4-year Anniversary Party with Southern Man and Boyzone (Chapel Hill, NC)
April 14 - Oh My God I Just Had the Most Amazing Year (Chuck Johnson and Ryan Martin) at DuoFest - Bull City Headquarters (Durham, NC)
April 21 - Chuck Johnson’s electronic composition Stalwart cercle, wavering canton premieres at the Signal and Noise Festival (Vancouver)
April 27 - The Nein opening for Negativland - Cats Cradle (Carrboro, NC)
April 28 - Pykrete Percussion Unit at Signal Fest (FrequeNC showcase) - Nightlight (Chapel Hill, NC)
May 4 - Chuck Johnson at Burly Time Records CD Release Party with Bowerbirds, Horseback, Mountain Goats, et al - 305 South (Durham, NC)
May 16 - Pykrete Percussion Unit with Tussle and DJ Nasty Boots - Local 506 (Chapel Hill, NC)
May 31 - The Nein with Maple Stave - Bull City HQ (Durham, NC)
June 1 - Mahasamatman with Woody Sullender - Nightlight (Chapel Hill, NC)
June 30 - Mahasamatman and Le Weekend - Bull City HQ (Durham, NC)
JULY 21 - Chuck Johnson’s hasta luego party at the Big House with DJ Nasy Boots, DJ Juan Velcro,DJ Admit It, DATAHATA, more… - Durham, NC
November 2 - Chuck Johnson performs with Monique Buzzarté in Pauline Oliveros’ “Red Shifs” at the 2007 Festival of New American Music - Sacramento, CA
November 3 - Pauline Oliveros, Suzanne Thorpe, and Chuck Johnson - Chapel of the Chimes (Oakland)
November 21 - Chuck Johnson performs with Mills music and dance grads in Soundance collaboration - 21 Grand (Oakland)
November 30 - Duo of Aurora Josephson (voice) and Charity Chan (piano), solo set by Saed Muhssin (oud) and duo of Chuck Johnson (steel guitar, electronics) and Jordan Glenn (percussion) - 1510 8th St Performance Space (Oakland)
December 8 - “Composition and Improvisation” - presented by Roscoe Mitchell’s graduate Composition Seminar at Mills College - Lisser Hall (Oakland)
December 12 - Mills College graduate Computer Music Seminar class concert - Recombinant Media Labs (San Francisco)
December 29 - Nightlight Benefit show with Mahasamatman, Max Indian, Des_Ark - Nightlight (Chapel Hill)
2006
Feb 10 - Oh My God I Just Had The Most Amazing Year, Cantwell Gomez and Jordan, Orthrelm - Wetlands Dance Hall (Chapel Hill)
March 5 - Esperanto Bat (Ethan Clauset, Randy Pelosi, Jane Allen, Mark Griffith, Chuck Johnson) with a Puppet Show (?!)- The Cave (Chapel Hill, NC)
March 31 - Pykrete at Workshop Dance Party with $Tinkworx and more…
April 7 - 5PM! Oh My God I Just Had The Most Amazing Year (Pykrete/Boyzone collab) at CDAlley (Chapel Hill, NC)
April 10 - Pykrete, Cantwell Gomez and Jordan, Des Ark, and A New Dawn Fades at 305 South (Durham, NC)
April 12 - Oh My God I Just Had The Most Amazing Year (Pykrete/Boyzone collab) with Fursaxa, Jack Rose at Duke Coffeehouse (Durham, NC
May 19 - Chuck Johnson provides music for dance/multimedia collaboration piece Available for Lease at Soundscape Movement Festival - Local 506 (Chapel Hill, NC)
May 28 - Esperanto Bat, Excepter, DJ Admit It at Nightlight (Chapel Hill, NC)
June 10 - Tripwire Trio, Hem of His Garment - Kings (Raleigh, NC)
June 23 - Pykrete, Datahata, DJ Admit It, Natasha, and more at FreqFest - Nightlight (Chapel Hill, NC)
Aug 18 - Chuck Johnson and Robert Biggers duo at Recess - Nightlight (Chapel Hill, NC)
Sept 15 - Donna Parker, Pykrete, et al - Nightlight (Chapel Hill, NC)
Sept 24 - Chuck Johnson, Phil Blank, April McGreger, Allison Zirkel acoustic set at OCSC Anniversary Party (Carrboro, NC)
Sept 29 - The Nein EP Release Party at Duke Coffeehouse (Durham, NC)
Oct 20 - The Nein with Black Taj - WXYC Backyard Barbecue show at Local 506 (Chapel Hill, NC)
Oct 22 - Chuck Johnson performs in “Harmony Mills Mandala: Spindle Threads of Sonic llumination” - Caterina De Re’s MFA thesis performance at Harmony Mills (Cohoes, New York)
Nov 10 - Chuck Johnson with Charalambides and Josephine Foster - Nightlight (Chapel Hill, NC)
Dec 10-20 - The Nein on tour of the Midwest U.S. and Canada:
12/10: Columbus, OH–Bernie’s
12/11: Cleveland, OH– beachland ballroom 9pm
12/12: Chicago, IL–The Note
12/13: Lansing, MI–Mac’s Bar
12/14: Windsor, ON–Phog Lounge
12/15: Toronto, ON–Sneaky Dee’s
12/16: Hamilton, ON–Casbah
12/17: Waterloo, ON–Starlight
12/18: Ottawa, ON–End Hits
12/19: Boston, MA–Middle East
12/20: NYC–Cakeshop
2005
Feb 5 - the FrequeNC Sound System -featuring Pykrete, Cold Sides, and DJ’s Mothersbrothers - 20 Jay St. #209 (DUMBO, Brooklyn)
Feb 11 - FrequeNC Sound System returns to NC for a party at Nightlight
Feb 13 - Chuck Johnson solo guitar set opening for Hotel Motel - The Cave (Chapel Hill, NC)
Feb 25 - Fan Modine perfoming at Either/Or: A Celebration of the Music & Life of Elliott Smith along with Chris Stamey, Kaia Wilson, Ivan Rosebud from the Rosebuds, Erie Choir, Street Green, Billy Sugarfix, The Feeble Hex, Hotel Lights, Ben Davis & more… Cat’s Cradle - (Carrboro, NC)
March 4 - Pykrete opening for Jett Rink - Martin Street Music Hall (Raleigh, NC)
March 12 - Pykrete with Jett Rink, Mowing Lawns, Black Widow, DJ’s Admit It, Misty Touch, and Monorchid Orchestra at the Nightlight 2-Year Anniversary Party (Chapel HIll, NC)
March 30 - Chuck Johnson solo guitar set with Sharron Kraus and Caleb Stine at Nightlight
April 15 - Fan Modine with The Rosebuds at the Duke Coffeehouse
May 7 - Fan Modine with Mowing Lawns at Wetlands (Chapel Hill, NC)
May 14 - Pykrete at No Future Festival - Nightlight (Chapel Hill, NC)
June 18 - Pykrete opening for The Nein - Local 506 (Chapel Hill, NC)
July 16 - Pykrete with Can’t, Jason Crumer, DJ’s Mothersbrothers at Ryan’s birthday party - Nightlight (Chapel Hill, NC)
Aug 24 - Pykrete is a late addition to D. Cantwell’s Pocketful of Experimetal Delights showcase at the Troika Festival (Jo & Jo’s - Durham, NC)
2004
July 31 - Shark Quest at the Merge 15th Anniversary - Cat’s Cradle (Carrboro, NC)
Aug 14 - Tripwire Trio (Chuck Johnson, Chris Eubank, Crowmeat Bob) - Red Room (Baltimore, MD)
Sept 3- Shark Quest CD release show with Des_Ark and Billy Sugarfix - Local 506 (Chapel Hill)
September - Shark Quest touring in support of new Merge Records release Gods and Devils
November 3 - Pykrete w/ Planecrash and Anti:clockwise - Nightlight (Chapel Hill, NC)
November - Fan Modine on tour with Andrew Bird
Nov 8 - Johnny D’s (Somerville, M)
Nov 9 - Southpaw (Brooklyn, NY)
Nov 10 - North Star Bar (Philadelphia, PA)
November 13 - Shark Quest - Ooh La Latte (Durham, NC)
November 17 - Shark Quest w/ Shallow Be Thy Name - The Cave (Chapel Hill, NC)
