New work by Seattle-based composer, poet, and archivist María Dolores A. Matienzo and Louis Lopez.
María Dolores A. Matienzo (b. 1979) a composer, poet, and archivist living on unceded Coast Salish lands in so-called Seattle, Washington. Her works explore ritual, sensory experience, immaterial labor, and memory and memorialization. She has written and performed experimental music for over 20 years under her own name, as well as Black Tent and numerous other monikers. In addition to her own imprint, Imprecision Art, her work has also been published in or released by Abundant Number, American Tapes, Travesties?! A Queer Journal of Uncanny Arts, Sockets Records, erato Literary Magazine, Fantômes, and as part of the Black Metal Rainbows compilation for the homonymous book published by PMPress in 2022.
Louis Lopez is a performer/composer/engineer working in Los Angeles. His live performances incorporate trumpet, electronics, and custom software that he builds. As a trumpet player, he has performed and recorded with artists Wadada Leo Smith, Mike Keneally, Todd Hannigan, and Twin Temple. He has done sound design for film and television including Patagonia’s films Fish People, Finding Fontinalis, and Takayna. His work as a commercial brass arranger/performer can be heard on ads for Patagonia, Yeti, and podcasts such as LeVar Burton Reads and DC Comics’ Batman Unburied. Louis is a full-time faculty member at Pasadena City College leading the Music Production Program.
