March 1, 2012 is the next installment of Public Works' collaboration with Overlap.org.

OVERLAP is a place and time to join our diverse interests in beautiful music, food, film and art, and celebrate the vibrant micro-communities that make this city amazing.

The evening begins at 7pm with a unique workshop on the creative process from accomplished San Francisco musician and artist Christopher Willits, followed by a surprise film screening, live performances from Mophono (one of the main leaders in the SF beat scene, both as a producer and organizer of events) and Danny Paul Grody's beautiful guitar work (Danny's band The Drift recently went on tour with Explosions in the Sky and have a new album out). Throughout the night local organic food will be served, Slayer's Club Dj's will be sharing their impeccable taste of music, and SF art and craft vendors will be sharing their latest work for purchase.

7pm - Workshop -
Christopher Willits (Ghostly Inernational / Overlap.org)
"Designing Process - The Creative Process in Ableton Live / Max For Live"

8pm - Film Screening - (It's a surprise!)

9pm - Live Performances -
Mophono (DJ Centipede / CB Records/ Soundpieces)
Danny Paul Grody (Root Strata)
Water Borders (Triangle Records) - Dj set

Throughout the night -
Slayers Club Dj's

Food - Magic Curry Kart

Art / Crafts -

Tickets Here - $7 pre-sale/$10 door/$5 Overlap members (discount code sent to overlap mailing list)

RSVP on Facebook here

Flossin's latest offering "White Anaconda and the Rainbow Boa" is an unbridled creative explosion of electronic, rock, jazz, noise featuring Christopher Willits, Zach Hill, Matmos, Nate Boyce and Carson McWhirter. Recorded at Prairie Sun Studios in Cotati, CA. during a two day session, this improvisational album reveals a limitless bombast of sound that might possibly vibrate your mind into a relaxed jelly state. There is so much going on sonically that it has the effect of an overwhelming yet calm wash. Snakes in this context represent spiral light energy, the vibrations that comprise all things. This sound vibrates you intensely.

Flossin is a noise, jazz, electronic, rock, free improv group from the San Francisco Bay Area. "White Anaconda & The Rainbow Boa" is Flossin's 3rd release, 2nd full-length album. Christopher Willits and Zach Hill (Hella) met in 2004 and quickly began creating with old friend Miguel Depedro aka Kid 606. Their first release, "Lead Singer" was released in 2004 on Ache Records and Licensed by Yacca in Japan. "Serpents", released in 2009 by Overlap, featured the Flossin core of Willits and Hill along with the current lineup of Matmos, Boyce, McWhiter. Flossin's mission is to push boundaries of electronics, jazz and rock in a band format, creating weird and unique mind-expanding improvisations while simply having fun doing so.

Flossin on FaceBook

Very happy to announce and new release by Christopher Willits. This is the Overlap founder's first proper solo release for Overlap.

GOLD - Download here and pay what you want.

GOLD is a 24 minute and 17 second sound bath. This sound was created with the intention of affinity, love. Listen and relax.

In Christopher's words -

"This is the deepest and also the simplest piece I have created. All harmonics of two notes with very low waves of bass. It's all about being present, in affinity and in love with you, and all that surrounds you. I created this piece to relax with, to meditate with, my intention is to create a bath of sound and light.

At the time of this release the Occupy Wall Street movement continues to grow. Calm, powerful, and nonviolent resistance is so important in order to galvanize greater support and spread the information about why our economic system needs to change, why green energy needs to happen on a mass scale. For me, GOLD creates a peaceful and powerful space to charge up with- surrendering to, and validating the knowingness that we are all made of love and light, and that we can create the world we want. The transformation of the world begins with each one of us transforming ourselves. Harmonic vibrations can aid us in our own transformative process- massaging, cleaning, enveloping, reminding us that we are all made of energy."

We collaborated with Public Works on Sunday October 2. It was a pleasure to host such a enriching group of people and talent. We are excited to host another event with Public Works mid to late January. More details to come.

We are very happy to announce Overlap's first collaboration with Public Works in San Francisco! Community + creativity coming together through MUSIC, FILMS, ART, and FOOD.
Advance tickets are available for $7 here, $10 at the door, the night of the event.

Pubic Works + Overlap.org present :

PUBLIC / OVERLAP - Sunday October 2, 2011 - 7-12pm

Music + Films + Art + Local Food

7pm- Community Conversation about Permaculture with David Cody
8pm- DJ Centipede - Mophono
9pm - Christopher Willits - audiovisual performance
10pm- Gamelan Gender Wayang (balinese gamelan ensemble)
Short Films by the San Francisco Cinematheque - between sets
Local Food vendors - all night
Drinks - all night
Local Art Vendors - all night
at Public Works

Facebook Event Page

We had a great time at the 1st ever Max For Live Hack Night at GAFFTA in San Francisco. Many new friends were made and so much was learned together !

People connected and shared knowledge, imagination, fun. Presentations by Neal Riley and James Westfall highlighted the creative freedom you gain when you create your own tools like this.
Community + creativity is what it's all about.

We hope to take this event to other cities in the world. Contact us if you are interested in setting something up. Feel free to adapt any of these devices and please share on twitter using the tag #M4LHackNight .

Here are the devices that were created during the event.

A few photos by Tomo Saito -

Mission Creek Oakland Music and Arts Festival is seeking submissions for their Film Night !

What have you been working on?

Shorts on any topic are encouraged, any genre. Films featuring local music are even more encouraged !
15 mins max, deadline September 1. Please submit links to your work to kiernan.gatewood@gmail.com

More info at www.facebook.com/missioncreekoak