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Every year the Outsound New Music Summit showcases some of the most innovative and pioneering new music that is happening in California and beyond.



Some of the artists scheduled to performon on the 2011 10th Annual Outsound New Music Summit (left to right bran(...)pos, Oluyemi Thomas, Dina Emerson, Andrew Raffo Dewar, Bob Marsh)

Now in the tenth year, the Summit performance schedule includes music and sound from raging free improvisation, electronic manipulation, to noise reflecting an incredible range of genre busting exploration and sonic creativity. In addition, the festival seeks to promote intermedia arts, fostering cross-pollination between music/sound art and experimental flim/ visual arts.

Previewing the New Music Summit in 2005, jounalist Alex Fong of the S. F. Bay Guardian said, “a number of Bay Area groups are breaking the rules of contemporary soundtracks by making music that's as evocative as the visuals. “

The Outsound New Music Summit brings truly independent and ground breaking performance to the Bay Area on four nights featured at venues throughout the East Bay and San Francisco regions.
Our Goal: To bring highly innovative music and art to the increasing number of people seeking a real "alternative".





Highlights from the 2010 New Music Summit photos by
Peter B Kaars
(left to right Thollem MCDonas, Amy X Neuburg, Alex Cline, Phog Masheeen)

Over the last nine years the Summit has featured over 300 groups from around the United States as well as Europe, Australia, and Japan including exclusive first time debut performances by artists who have never played in California or San Francisco.
In 2005 the Summit drew over 1,000 attendees including The Illuminated Corridor night incorporating film and sound into one of the most highly successful events of the Summit with an estimated attendance of over 650 attendees performing both outdoors and indoors at the Oakland Metro Theater in Oakland. Each year the Summit has brought a wide array of genre bending performances. Each night a special thematic experience.