San Francisco Electronic Music Festival
Francesca Bono – Vittoria Burattini
September 17, 2023 | 8 PM
THE LAB
2948 16th Street, San Francisco
The San Francisco Electronic Music Festival (SFEMF) is an artist-run organization founded in 1999 by a committee of eight Bay Area electro-acoustic music and sound art practitioners. Its mission is to provide a highly visible public forum for the diverse community of composers and sound artists working with electronic-based technologies in the Bay Area. Designed as an annual multi-day event consisting of concerts, installations and discussions, the primary focus is on independent artists whose innovative aesthetics challenge academic and commercial standards. Since the first festival in 2000, SFEMF has presented works that span the sonic spectra from ambient to rhythmic and atonal to melodic by participants ranging from new and emerging young artists to respected pioneers of the electronic music field. Each festival features artists working in a variety of modes including: laptop generated sound, processed live acoustic instruments, amplified found objects, projected video, improvisation, and performance art.
This year two Italian artists will perform at SFEMF at THE LAB: Francesca Bono and Vittoria Burattini. Francesca Bono is a vocalist, performer, founder of Ofeliadorme and a member of the Donnacirco collective. Vittoria Burattini is a percussionist and multi-faceted drummer, and a member of the influential Italian avant-rock band Massimo Volume. Their debut album Suono In Un Tempo Trasfigurato was recorded and mixed by Italian composer Stefano Pilia, a perfect match for Bono / Burattini’s sonic explorations. Their blend of analog electronics and organic pulses place them in a time out of joint where dancing remains the one constant ritual.
This event is sponsored by the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco.