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A native of Yokohama, Japan, Marcos Fernandes spent over three decades in California as performer, producer and curator. He has performed in the US, Canada, Mexico, Hong Kong and Japan as a solo improviser, phonographer and as percussionist/sound artist with various ensembles, dancers and visual artists. Fernandes' work can be heard on over 50 recordings on Accretions, Bake/Staalplaat, Circumvention, Pax, Pfmentum, Phonography.org, Public Eyesore, Solitary B and others.
Fernandes has performed and/or recorded with Aaron Ximm, Bernhard Gal, Bill Horist, Carl Stone, Chris DeLaurenti, Dub Marronics, Emily Hay, Eric Glick Rieman, George Lewis, Gianni Gebbia, Haco, Hans Fjellestad, Jakob Riis, K.K.Null, Kazuhisa Uchihashi, Kazuo Imai, Lê Quan Ninh, Lesli Dalaba, Lisle Ellis, Mike Keneally, Mike Pride, Miya Masaoka, Raymond MacDonald, Seiichi Yamamoto, Tatsuya Yoshida, Tetuzi Akiyama, Thomas Dimuzio, Yuki Saga Yumiko Tanaka as well as with Donkey, Lower Left Performance Collective, Nortec Collective, Seattle Phonographers Union, Skeleton Key Orchestra and Wormhole.
Fernandes has participated in various festivals including Festival Beyond Innocence (Osaka), Impromusica Fes, Jazz Promenade (Yokohama), so.cal.sonic, Sound walk (Long Beach), San Francisco Electronic Music Festival, San Francisco Alternative Music Festival, Edgetone Music Summit (Bay Area), Big Sur Experimental Music Festival, Oakland Sound/Shift, Olympia Festival of Experimental Music and the Northwest Electroacoustic Music Festival.
He has appeared at Spruce Street Forum, Museum of Contemporary Art, CRCA/UCSD, Sushi Performance Gallery (San Diego), CECUT, Don Loope (Tijuana), Jazzorca (Mexico City), Open Gate, Il Corral/Zero Point, Dangerous Curve, Club Tropical, Line Space Line, KXLU (Los Angeles), Fringe Gallery (Hong Kong), Luggage Store, 21 Grand, KFJC (Bay Area), Polestar, COCA, Sonarchy Radio/Jack Straw (Seattle), Red Room (Baltimore), The Stone (NYC), Bridge, Museum of Kyoto, Renaiss Hall, Pit Inn, Super Deluxe, Airegin, Tokuzo (Japan) among others.
Fernandes was co-director of Spring Reverb 2003-2008 held at sites including the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Museum of Making Music, and has curated events at numerous venues including Spruce Street Forum, Casbah, Galoka, Kava Gallery, the Space and Voz Alta. From 1993 to 1996, Fernandes curated weekly performances and presented concerts at the Wikiup Cafe and Intersection Gallery, an alternative visual and performing arts space in San Diego. Fernandes is a recipient of grants from Meet the Composer and Arts Commission Yokohama..
Fernandes co-runs the artist-based independent label Accretions,home to some of today's more innovative experimentalists. He is a founding member of the Trummerflora collective, dedicated to creative music in Southern California.
Recent Performances [archives >>]
2011
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| November 11 | w/ Morry Burns, Makiko Hata, Bruce Huebner, Kenichi Kira, Yuko Kitayama, Konbu Nagai, Miki Naoe, Teruyuki Oshima, Yoshio Otani at Shichoushitsu 2, Yokohama |
| November 6 | w/ Kokusai Obake Rengou: Hiroki Misawa, Kotaro Amano, Naoya Osuga at Shichoushitsu 2, Yokohama |
| November 5 | w/ Opitope at Jinpachi, Tokyo |
| November 4 | w/ Wormhole: Yoko Arai, Michio Karimata, Hiroshi Shimizu, Yumiko Tanaka at Jazz Spot Candy, Chiba |
| October 30 | w/ Ryo Nakamura at Vegan Healing Cafe, Tokyo |
| October 15 | w/ Gianni Gebbia, Teruyuki Oshima, Mitsuihisa Sakaguchi at Shichoushitsu, Yokohama |
| October 13 | w/ ZUI at BarBarBar, Yokohama |
| October 10 | w/ ZUI at Kuraki Noh Theater, Yokohama |
| October 9 | w/ ZUI at World Festa Yokohama 2011 at Yamashita Park |
| September 30 | w/ Hiroshi Higo. Yuji Katsdui and others at Morgana, Tokyo |
| September 23 | w/ Yoshimi Takahashi, Makiko Hata, Yumiko Yoshimoto at Gendai Heights, Tokyo |
| September 17 | w/ The Metaphors: Samm Bennett, Marcos Fernandes at Bar Ishee, Tokyo |
| September 14 | w/ Babel at Airegin, Yokohama |
| September 11 | w/ Ellen Weller, Kei, Yasuhirop Usui, Shigeru Suzuki at Cafe Parlwr, Nagoya |
| September 10 | w/ Ellen Weller, Christopher Fryman, Komaki, Caitlin Coker, Akito Sengoku; Problematica, Enma House, James Barrett at Urban Guild, Kyoto |
| September 9 | w/ Ellen Weller, Takashi Kojima; .es at nu things Jajouka, Osaka |
| September 7 | w/ Ellen Weller; Date Tenryu, Keta Ra at Otis, Hiroshima |
| September 6 | w/ Ellen Weller, Tsuneyasu Inoue; Yogurt at Bar Indoyo, Hofu |
| September 5 | w/ Ellen Weller + Sabishii Onna at Peace, Fukuoka |
| September 3 | w/ Wormhole: Ellen Weller, Yoko Arai, Michio Karimata, Pearl Alexander, Hiroshi Shimizu + Mizuki Misumi, Ren Yashio, Kota Nagasawa, Tsuyoshi Shono, Sakurako Enomoto at issa Sakaiki, Tokyo |
| September 2 | w/ Ellen Weller, Satoko Fujii, Maki Hachiya, Li Daiguo at Airegin, Yokohama |
| August 30 | North-South Asian Crossover featuring T M Hoffman, Abdur Rahman at Super Deluxe, Tokyo |
| August 26 | w/ Hideo Ikegami, Yusei Kaneko at Cafe Flying Teapot, Tokyo |
| August 25 | w/ Takumi Ito, Pearl Alexander, Katsuyoshi Kou; Cal Lyall at l-e, Tokyo |
| August 23 | w/ ZUI at Jazz Cafe Blue Eyes, Tokuo |
| August 15 | Percussion Sound/Shift x Project FUKUSHIMA! at Super Deluxe, Tokyo |
| July 31 | Inscapes w/ Tokyo Phonographers Union: Takahisa Hirao, Yui Onodera, Hiroki Sasajima, Sawako, Tetsuro Yasunaga at Bullet's, Tokyo |
| July 30 | Virgin Festa 2011 at Osanbashi Hall, Yokohama |
| July 18 | w/ Tokyo Phonographers Union: Hiroki Sasajima, Hiroshi Shimizu. Akira Yamamichi, Tetsuro Yasuinaga, Yuki Saga, Zenpukuji Pond Project for World Listening Day 2011 at Youkobo Art Space, Zenpukuji, Tokyo |
| July 17 | w/ ZUI in Sendai, Miyagi |
| July 16 | w/ ZUI at Cafe Pause in Yonezawa, Yamagata |
| July 13 | w/ Hybrid at Airegin, Yokohama |
| July 9 | w/ Samm Bennett at Bar Ishee, Tokyo |
| July 8 | w/ Wormhole + Samm Bennet Solo at Shichoushitsu Sono 2, Yokohama |
| June 26 | w/ Masuhiko Shimaji, Naoya Murata, Yoko Ikeda, Yoshiko Mitsui At Cafe Flying Teapott in Tokyo |
| June 25 | w/ ZUI at Miriam Gallery in Tokyo |
| June 21 | w/ Tomoca, Haruo Togashi, Hiroshi Yoshino at Airegin in Yokohama |
| June 14 | w/ Wormhole at Test Tone at Super Deluxe in Tokyo |
| June 11 | w/ Shoomy, Hiroshi Higo, Takashi Seo and more at Knuttelhouse in Tokyo |
| May 29 | w/ Yoko Arai at Obake Yashiki at Bar Gari Gari in Tokyo |
| May 21 | w/ Yoko Arai, Takumi Ito, Takashi Ueno at Shichoushitsu in Yokohama |
| May 20 | w/ Keiko Higuchi, Ryusaku Ikezawa at Velvet Sun in Tokyo |
| May 18 | w/ Babel at Airegin in Yokohama |
| May 13 | w/ ZUI at Blue Flame in Tokyo |
| May 5 | w/ Yuki Saga, Eiichi Hayashi, Takuji Kawai at Impro Musica Fes at Airegin in Yokohama |
| April 29 | w/ Teruyuki Oshima, Mitsuhisa Sakaguchi at Velvet Sun in Tokyo |
| April 21 | w/ Zui: Bruce Heubner, Tomoya Hara at Bar Bar Bar in Yokohama |
| April 7 | w/ Mr. Busaikedelic, Kenji Sakasegawa, Origami at Shichoushitsu in Yokohama |
| April 2 | w/ Samm Bennett at Bar Ishee in Tokyo |
| March 25 | w/ Sachiko Nagata, Azusa Yamada at Velvet Sun in Tokyo |
| March 20 | w/ Miki Naoe at Shichoushitsu Sono 2 in Yokohama |
| March 13 | w/ Roger Aplon, Mizuki Misumi, Ren Yashio and Wormhole: Yoko Arai, Michio Karimata, Hiroshi Shimizu at Airegin Yokohama |
| February 20 | w/ Che Chen, Yumiko Tanaka at Shichoushitsu Sono 2, Yokohama |
| February 14 | w/ Anla Courtis (REYNOLS) at Shichoushitsu Sono 2, Yokohama |
| February 4 | w/ Babel: Yuichi Kudoh, Hikaru Iwakawa, Yutaka Kaido at Airegin, Yokohama |
| February 2 | w/ Hybrid: Takumi Ito, Minoru Yonemoto, Dai Nakamura, Yumiko Yoshimoto at Airegin, Yokohama |
| January 21 | w/ Teryuki Oshima at Shichoushitsu Sono 2, Yokohama |
| January 13 | Possible spaces v.5.1 w/ Takashi Ueno (Tenniscoats), Corey Fuller, Tomoyoshi Date at Uplink Factory, Tokyo |
2010
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| December 23 | w/ Percussion Sound/Shift w/ Samm Bennett, Muneomi Senju and others at Super Deluxe, Tokyo |
| December 14 | w/ Miki Naoe, Koutariou Asano at Shichoushitsu Sono 2, Yokohama |
| December 5 | w/ Jojun Hasegawa, Susumu Kongo at Airegin, Yokohama |
| November 29 | w/ Kaori Ozawa, Yukari Miyazono at Airegin, Yokohama |
| November 19 | w/ Wormhole: Yumiko Tanaka, Michio Karimata, Hiroshi Shimizu, Pearl Alexander at Knuttel House, Tokyo |
| November 16 | w/ Gianni Gebbia at Golden Cup, Yokohama |
| November 14 | w/ Gianni Gebbia, Carl Stone at Bar Ishee, Tokyo |
| November 13 | w/ Gianni Gebbia, Takuji Kawai at Airegin, Yokohama |
| November 10 | w/ Dai Nakamura, Takumi Ito, Minoru Yonemoto at Airegin, Yokohama |
| November 7 | w/ Yoko Arai at Youkobo Art Space, Tokyo |
| November 4 | w/ Possible Spaces v.4.4 w/ mori-shige at Uplink Factory, Tokyo |
| November 2 | w/ Yuki Saga at Golden Cup, Yokohama |
| October 29 | w/ Osamu Sakamoto, Yoko Arai at Plan B, Tokyo |
| October 11 | w/ Yumiko Tanaka at Urbanguild, Kyoto |
| October 9 | w/ Yumiko Tanaka, Masashi Heirakuji, Riichi Owaki, Yukiko Eto at Yamagin Archives, Shimonoseki |
| October 8 | w/ Masashi Heirakuji at Yamagin Archives, Shimonoseki in a telematic performance with Julia Miller, Jeff Carter, Satya Gummuluri, Dan Godston, Sarah Ritch, Jayve Montgomery, Anthony Poretti (WNUR, Chicago); Annie Goh, Florian Goeschke, Thomas Wochnik, Anna Bäumer, Patrick Muller, Daniel Imhoff, Elen Flügge, Christof Wenta, Damian Rebgetz, and Alexander Sieber (Berlin) |
| October 5 | w/ Takashi Ueno at Golden Cup, Yokohama |
| October 2 | w/ Hari Sjostrom, Yoko Arai, Riuichi Daijo at Kissa Sakaiki, Tokyo |
| September 29 | w/ Teruyuki Oshima at Golden Cup, Yokohama |
| September 22 | w/ Miya Masaoka, Paed Conca, Raed Yassin, Kenichi Matsumoto at Airegin, Yokohama |
| September 16 | w/ Joel Grip, Hideo Ikegami, Samm Bennett at Flying Teapot, tokyo |
| September 15 | w/ Miya Masaoka, Seiichi Yamamoto, Yumiko Tanaka at super Deluxe, Tokyo |
| September 2 | w/ Yuji Katsui at Uplink Factory, Tokyo |
| August 28 | w/ Shoomy, Takuni Ito, Dai Nakamura at Airegin, Yokohama |
| August 24 | at Shichoushitsu Sono 2, Yokohama |
| August 15 | w/ Yumiko Yoshimoto, Azu Minami at Uplink Factory, Tokyo |
| August 8 | w/ Hikaru Iwakawa, Yuichi Kudoh at Airegin, Yokohama |
| July 29 | w/ Kaori Ozawa, Yukari Miyazono at Airegin, Yokohama |
| July 18 | w/ Carl Stone, Corey Fuller, Nobuhiko Nakayama, Tomoyoshi Date at 20202, Tokyo |
| July 13 | at Golden Cup, Yokohama |
| July 12 | w/ Shoomy, Kasuhisa Uchihashi, Tomohide Midori, Junji Mori, Hiroshi Higo, Yoshiyuki Ichiraku at Knuttel House, Tokyo |
| July 6 | w/ Wormhole: Yumiko Tanaka, Yoko Arai, Takumi Ito, Pearl Akexander at Airegin, Yokohama |
| July 4 | w/ Jojun Hasegawa, Dai Nakamura at Airegin, Yokohama |
| June 26 | w/ Eiko Ishibashi, Yuji Katsui at Shichoushitsu Sono 2, Yokohama |
| June 24 | w/ Hideo Ikegami, Hiroshi Shimizu, Michio Karimata, Minoru Yonemoto at Uplink Factory, Tokyo |
| June 20 | at Golden Cup, Yokohama |
| June 13 | w/ Marron at Viva La Musica, Kyoto |
| June 12 | w/ Marron at Pokopen, Osaka |
| June 7 | w/ Mr. BS, Sachiko, Kenji Sakasegawa at Flying Teapot, Tokyo |
| June 6 | w/ Jojun Hasegawa at Airegin, Yokohama |
| May 26 | w/ Nobuhiko Nakayama at Uplink Factory, Tokyo |
| May 19 | w/ Yoko Arai, Yoichiro Kita, Yumiko Tanaka at Airegin, Yokohama
| | May 6 | w/ Kaori Osawa, Yukari Miyazono @ Airegin, Yokohama |
| April 27 | w/ Michael Fischer, Takumi Ito @ Shichoushitsu Sono 2, Yokohama |
| April 23 | w/ Michael Fischer, Frederic Marty @ Uplink Factory, Tokyo |
| April 15 | w/ Frederic Marty, Yasuhiko Usui, Hiroshi Higo, Takuji Kawai, Morry Burns, others @ Pit Inn, Tokyo |
| April 8 | w/ Frederic Marty, Yoko Arai @ Airegin, Yokohama |
| April 7 | w/ Talashi Kazamaki, Frederic Marty, Hideo Ikegami @ Kid Ailack Art Hall, Tokyo |
| March 31 | w/ Jane Rigler, Shige Mori @ Shichoushitsu Sono 2, Yokohama |
| March 30 | w/ Shoomy, Takayuki Kato, Yumiko Tanaka, Satoko Fujii, Hiroshi Higo, Kelly Churko and others @ Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo |
| March 28 | w/ Morry Burns @ Golden Cup, Yokohama |
| March 13 | w/ Shibusashirazu @ Airegin, Yokohama |
| February 12 | w/ Yuki Saga @ Airegin, Yokohama |
| January 27 | w/ Shige Mori @ Golden Cup, Yokohama |
| January 21 | Resbox @ Steve Allen Theater, Hollywood |
Photo credits: Elazar Harel, Rosemary Fajarit, Andy Newcombe, Yoshimi Izumisawa, Ryoichi Aratani
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