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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 >>]
2009
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| 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 |
| December 29 | w/ Miya Masaoka koto, electronics, Atsuhiro Ito optron @ Uplink Factory, Tokyo |
| December 26 | w/ Seiichi Yamamoto, Miya Masaoka @ Airegin, Yokohama |
| December 18 | w/ K.K.Null electronics @ Shichoushitsu Sono 2, Yokohama |
| December 11 | w/ Kevin James, Jane Rigler, Mori Shige, Christopher Yohmei @ International House of Japan, Tokyo |
| December 9 | w/ Shoomy, Shigeo Sugiyama, Mikiharu Takagi, Takayuki Kato, Hiro Higo, Tomohide Midori, Kenichi Matsumoto, Kelly Churko @ Knuttel House, Tokyo |
| December 2 | w/ Keiko Higuchi, Cal Lyall, Manabu Suzuki @ Airegin, Yokohama |
| November 27 | w/ Yuki Saga @ Shichoushitsu Sono 2, Yokohama |
| November 17 | w/ Roger Aplon, Eiko Ishibashi, Hiromichi Sakamoto @ Airegin, Yokohama |
| November 15 | w/ Roger Aplon, Yoko Arai, Michio Karimata @ Knuttel House, Tokyo |
| November 4 | w/ Gianni Gebbia, Yoko Arai, Riuichi Daijo @ NanaHari, Tokyo |
| October 31 | w/ Riuichi Daijo, Akiyoshi Aeaki @ Little John, Yokohama |
| October 29 | w/ Santiago Latorre, Takashi Ueno, Yoshiyuki Ichiraku @ Uplink Factory, Tokyo |
| October 27 | w/ Santiago Latorre, Riuichi Daijo @ Shichoushitsu Sono 2, Yokohama |
| October 25 | w/ Santiago Latorre, Dub Marronics, KND @ Viva La Musica, Kyoto |
| October 24 | w/ Santiago Latorre, Kei, Yoshiaki Hirao, Sachiko Taguchi @ Monokoto, Nagoya |
| October 23 | w/ Santiago Latorre @ Guggenheim House, Kobe |
| October 22 | w/ Santiago Latorre, Saikou Miyajima @ Common Cafe, Osaka |
| October 14 | w/ Yumiko Tanaka @ Golden Cup, Yokohama |
| October 11 | w/ Paed Conga, Raed Yassin, Maki Hachiya @ Impro Musica Fes 2009, Airegin, Yokohama |
| October 10 | w/ Paed Conga, Raed Yassin @ Impro Musica Fes 2009, Airegin, Yokohama |
| August 9 | w/ Yoko Arai, Michio Karimata @ Airegin, Yokohama |
| July 28 | w/ Daniele Camarda, Gianni Gebbia @ ZAIM Cafe, Yokohama |
| July 21 | w/ Riuchi Daijo, Hideo Ikegami @ Airegin, Yokohama |
| June 30 | w/ Yumiko Tanaka, Masatoshi Utashima @ Karakoro Kobo, Matsue |
| June 26 | w/ Koichi Akada, Yuko Hirai, Hirokazu Morikawa, Yumiko Tanaka @ Renaiss Hall, Okayama |
| June 23 | w/ Yuko Hirai, Hirokazu Morikawa, Yumiko Tanaka, Seiichi Yamamoto @ Museum of Kyoto |
| June 20 | w/ Kouen Morishita, Carl Stone, Yumiko Tanaka @ Okurayama Memorial Hall, Yokohama |
| June 9 | w/ Haruo Higuma @ Kid Ailack Hall, Tokyo |
| June 6 | w/ Raymond MacDonald, Neil Davidson @ Golden Cup, Yokohama |
| June 5 | w/ David Chiesa, Hideo Ikegami, Kairi Wakikawa @ Special Colors, Tokyo |
| May 9 | w/ Kayoko Miyama, Daisuke Fuwa, Dairo Suga (Impro Musica Fes '09) @ Airegin, Yokohama |
| April 12 | w/ Naoya Murata, Shoomy, Yuuki Nosight @ Special Colors, Tokyo |
| April 8 | w/ Riuichi Daijo @ Airegin, Yokohama |
| March 7 | w/ Senichi / 1001, Kousaka Wataru, HeirakuG @ Club Fuji, Omuta |
| March 6 | w/ Rokugenkin, Daenn, Kaede Mira, DJ Toru @ IAF Shop, Fukuoka |
| February 28 | w/ Youhei Takahashi @ Organ's Melody, Yamaguchi |
| February 27 | w/ Riuichi Daijo, Marron, Honjo, Shinobu, Takuya @ Tana Toraja, Osaka |
| February 26 | w/ Riuichi Daijo, Tsuyoshi Kanda, Marron, UKON, PON2 and others @ Viva La Musica, Kyoto |
| February 25 | w/ Riuichi Daijo, Kei, Yoshiyuki Hirao, Kinji Hayakawa @ Cafe Parlwr, Nagoya |
| February 18 | w/ Miya Masaoka, Yasuhiro Usui @ Super Deluxe, Tokyo |
| February 14 | w/ Miya Masaoka, Hideo Ikegami @ Airegin, Yokohama |
| February 13 | w/ Riuichi Daijo @ Nana Hari, Tokyo |
| January 31 | w/ Hideo Ikegami @ Nana Hari, Tokyo |
| January 22 | w/ Kaori Osawa, Yukari Miyazono @ Airegin, Yokohama |
| January 17 | w/ Maki Hachiya, Yoshiaki Sato, Hiroshi Yoshino @ Airegin, Yokohama |
Photo credits: Elazar Harel, Rosemary Fajarit, Andy Newcombe, Yoshimi Izumisawa
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