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- PIKI: my new solo record.
  -Review: Cast the Dice
  -Videos
  
  Passwords: duo album with scat singer Lorin Benedict. Has some original tunes and standards, plus some more open things.
  -Review
  
  Naytronix--Dirty Glow: Nate Brenner's solo project. I played on a track or two, and the recent U.S. and European tours.
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- Memel-Klaipeda
  
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- Moto Perpetuo
  
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- Upcoming Shows
  !!!355 Session is back to first Sundays in May!!!
  
  5/5/13 Improvised Music Session hosted by Kim Cass, Michael Coleman, Kasey Knudsen, Sam Ospovat @ Bar 355, Oakland, CA 9:30PM
  
  5/8/13 Trio w/ Kim Cass and Jack Riordan @ Jupiter, Berkeley, CA 8pm
  
  5/12/13 Cavity Fang album release @ Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA
  
  6/2/13 Improvised Music Session (band TBA!) @ Bar 355, Oakland, CA 9:30PM
  
  6/20/13 Bill McHenry Trio (Kim Cass-bass, Sam Ospovat-drums) @ Duende, Oakland, CA, 9:30pm, $15
  
  7/6/13 w/ Josh Berman-trpt, Aram Shelton-alto sax, Mark Clifford-Vibes @ SF Center for New Music, San Francisco, CA 7:30pm
  
  Past Shows
  
  2/13/13 Curating Swarm Gallery - Featuring:
  
  Kim Cass Solo
  PIKI Tow Away Zone
  BEEP
  Ross Peacock DJ set
  
  Angelica Sanchez, Phillip Greenlief, Sam Ospovat--West Coast Tour
  
  2/16/13 - battery books & music series, South Pasedena, CA
  2/17 - dagny's - bakersfield, CA
  2/18 - luna's - sacramento, CA
  2/19 - red room -corvalis, OR
  2/20 - western oregon university - salem, OR
  2/21 - wayward music series, seattle, WA
  2/22 - the blue monk - portland OR
  2/23 - house concert - arcata, CA
  2/24 - berkeley arts - berkeley, CA
  
  3/1/13 Naytronix @ Noise Pop, San Francisco, CA
  
  3/3/13 Improvised Music Session hosted by Benedict, Cass, Gillenwater, Ospovat @ Bar 355, Oakland, CA 9:30PM
  
  3/8/13 w/ Larry Ochs, Nate Wooley, Jason Hoopes @ Center for New Music, San Francisco, CA
  
  4/14/13 Improvised Music Session hosted by Kim Cass, Michael Coleman, Kasey Knudsen, Sam Ospovat @ Bar 355, Oakland, CA 9:30PM
  
  Anteater Northwest Shows
  
  4/19/13 - Ballard Jazz Festival, Seattle, WA
  
  4/20/13 - w/ Grammies and the Wishermen @ The Bear Den , Portland, OR
  
  Naytronix Fall US Tour with Why?
  
  Oct 19, 2012 Lincoln Hall, Chicago
  Oct 20 Altar Pittsburgh, PA Tickets
  Oct 21 Music Hall of Williamsburgh, Brooklyn, NY
  Oct 23 Newcomb Ballroom (UVA) Charlottesville, VA
  Oct 24 Canal Club Richmond, VA Tickets
  Oct 25 40 Watt Club Athens, GA
  Oct 26 Jack Rabbits Jacksonville, FL
  Oct 27 The Social Orlando, FL Tickets
  Oct 28 Crowbar Tampa, FL Tickets
  Oct 29 Club Down Under Tallahassee, FL
  Oct 30 Alabama Music Box Mobile, AL Tickets
  Oct 31 Spanish Moon Baton Rouge, LA Tickets
  Nov 1 Walter's Houston, TX
  Nov 2 Sons of Hermann Hall Dallas, TX Tickets
  Nov 3 ND, Austin, TX w/ Nite Jewel
  Nov 4 Oklahoma City, OK
  Nov 5 The Luminary Center for the Arts St Louis, MO
  Naytronix Fall European Tour
  Nov 11, 2012 Arkaoda, Istanbul, Turkey
  Nov 17 AB, Brussels, Belgium
  Nov 19 MENZA PRI KORITU, Ljubijana Slovenia
  Nov 20 Arena, Wein, Austria
  Nov 21 Palace, St. Gallen, Switzerland
  Nov 22 RÜSSELSHEIM Das Rind. Weisbaden, Germany
  Nov 24 Epicerie Moderne, Lyon, France
  Nov 25 La Bergerie, Marseille, France
  Nov 26 Rockstore, Montpellier, France
  Nov 27 Connexion, Toulouse, France
  Nov 28 L'International, Paris, France
  Nov 29 Le Guess Who Festival, Utrecht, Netherlands
  Dec 1 Sonic City Fetival, Kortrijk, Belgium
  Dec 2 Cologne, Germany, West-end Fest
  Dec 3 Birthdays, London, U.K.
  Dec 5 Six d.o.g.s, Athens, Greece
  
  4/12/11 Oakland Active Orchestra @ The Uptown, Oakland, CA 9PM
  
  4/17/11 Duo w/ Lorin Benedict @ The Actual Cafe, Oakland, CA 6PM
  
  Angelica Sanchez Trio w/ Phillip Greenlief
  4/20/11 Saddleback College, Orange County, CA
  4/21/11 Steve Allen Theater, Hollywood, CA
  4/22/11 Luna Cafe, Sacramento, CA
  4/23/11 1510 Performance Space, Oakland, CA
  4/25/11 Chapman University, Orange, CA
  4/26/11 Bakersfield College, Bakersfield, CA
  
  4/30/11 Kapowski @ Amnesia, San Francisco, CA
  
  5/21/11 Doppler Trio @ Filmore Street Festival, San Francisco, CA 1PM
  
  6/3/11 Kapowski @ Viracocha, San Francisco, CA 10PM
  
  6/4/11 Jacob Zimmerman Quartet @ Music in the Gardens, Oakland, CA 4PM
  
  6/11/11 Evangelista, Greenlief, Ospovat @ Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland, CA 8PM
  
  6/14/11 Aram Shelton's West Quartet--Active Music Series @ The Uptown, Oakland, CA 9PM
  
  6/18/11 PIKI (Solo Show) w/ Miriam Lakes--live projections @ Big Things Summer Solstice at Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA 7:30PM
  
  6/21/11 Kapowski @ The Jazz School Summer Camp, Berkeley, CA 1:30PM
  
  6/21/11 William Winant Percussion Group @ Chapel of the Chimes, Oakland, CA 5PM-9PM (Lou Harrison/Steve Reich)
  
  7/2/11 Kapowski @ Amnesia w/ Dominique Leone and Dinosaur Feathers (Brooklyn), San Francisco, CA 9PM
  
  7/7/11 Beep @ Bottom of the Hill w/ The Moanin' Dove, San Francisco, CA 9PM
  
  7/8/11 Naytronix @ TBA, Oakland, CA
  
      Anteater Mini-Tour
  
  7/13/11 Cafe Vancleef, Oakland, CA 9:30PM
  
  7/15/11 Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland, CA 8PM
  
  7/16/11 TBA, Santa Cruz, CA
  
  7/18/11 Luna Cafe, Sacramento, CA 7:30PM
  
  7/21/11 Beep @ The Berkeley Arts Festival w/ The Holly Martins, Berkeley, CA 8PM
  
  7/22/11 PIKI/Naytronix/Andrew Conklin @ Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA 9PM
  
  7/26/11 Oakland Active Orchestra @ The Uptown, Oakland, CA 9PM (my birthday)
  
  8/2/11 Kapowski @ The Stork Club, Oakland, CA 9PM
  
  8/8/11 Beep w/ Thorny Brocky @ The Knockout, San Francisco, CA 9PM
  
  8/21/11 Jim Ryan's Chamber Improv Quintet @ SIMMs
  
  8/25/11 w/ Aram Shelton's Marches @ El Valenciano, San Francisco, CA 9PM
  
  9/5/11 Aaron Novik's Dante Counterstamp @ The Makeout Room, San Francisco, CA 9PM
  
  9/13/11 Aram Shelton's Marches @ Virachocha, San Francisco, CA 9PM
  
  9/16/11 PIKI @ The Subterranean Arthouse w/ Operation ID( Seattle) and Jean Marie, Berkeley, CA 8PM
  
  9/18/11 The John Klopotowski Sextet for the Actual Jazz Series @ The Actual Cafe, Oakland, CA 5PM
  
  9/23/11 Kapowski for Wiener Kids Album release @ The Subterranean Art House, Berkeley, CA 9PM
  
  9/30/11 Kapowski @ The Starry Plough, Berkeley, CA 9PM
  
  10/1/11 Michael Coleman's CavityFang @ The Totally Intense Fractal Mindgaze Hut, Oakland, CA 9PM
  
  10/3/11 CavityFang @ The Makeout Room, San Francisco, CA 8:30PM
  
  10/8/11 w/ Daniel Brevil @ Laney College, Oakland, CA 8PM
  
  10/11/11 Oakland Active Orchestra @ The Uptown, Oakland, CA 9PM
  
  10/13/11 Trio w/ Lisa Mezzacappa and Kasey Knudsen @ The San Jose Art Museum, San Jose, CA 6PM
  
  10/13/11 Quartet w/ David Rempis, Devon Hoff, Aram Shelton @ El Valenciano, San Francisco, CA 10PM
  
  10/20/11 Anteater @ 41st and Telegraph (House Concert), Oakland, CA 7:30PM
  
  10/21/11 Marches @ The Starry Plough, Berkeley, CA 9PM
  
  10/28/11 Aaron Novik's Dante Counterstamp @ Viracocha, San Francisco, CA 9PM
  
  12/17/11 Trio w/ Youen Cadiou & Bertrand Ravelard @  Victoria Cross 21/23 rue Victoria à Châtelet, Paris, France 8:30PM
  
  1/5/12 w/ Psycho Bop Trio, Bab Ilo, Paris, France, 10PM
  
  1/7/12 Trio w/ Youen Cadiou & Bertrand Ravelard @ 38Riv' 38 rue de Rivoli métro Hôtel de ville, Paris, France, 8:30PM
  
  1/22/12 w/ Kapowski @ The Rickshaw Stop for Undercover Presents' Nick Drake Tribute, San Francisco, CA, 9PM
  
  2/1/12 Kapowski CD release @ The Rickshaw Stop w/ Mwahaha and Bells, San Francisco, CA 9PM
  
  2/4/12 Naytronix opening for Twin Sister @ Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA 9PM
  
  2/8/12 Timosaurus @ Zebulon, Brooklyn, NY 9PM
  
  2/10/12 Michael Coleman's Improvised Duets @ Rob Ewing's house, Oakland, CA, 8PM
  
  2/21/12 Oakland Active Orchestra @ The Uptown, Oakland, CA 9PM
  
  3/2/12 Kapowski @ Deva Cafe, Modesto, CA 9PM
  
  3/9/12 w/ Dante Counterstamp @ Viracocha, San Francisco, CA 9PM
  
  3/15/12 w/ Jim Ryan @ El Valenciano,
  San Francisco, CA 9PM
  
  3/16/12 PIKI @ Viracocha, San Francisco, CA 9PM
  
  3/18/12 Kapowski @ The Makeout Room, San Francisco, CA 9PM
  
  3/25/12 Anteater Session* @ Bar 355, Oakland, CA 9PM
  
  3/26/12 w/ Dante Counterstamp @ The Knockout, San Francisco, CA 9PM
  
  4/1/12 Beep @ The Brava Theater--Switchboard Music Festival, San Francisco, CA 6PM
  
  4/7/12 Anteater CD release @ the Jazz School, Berkeley, CA 8PM
  
  4/9/12 Anteater (Concert/Workshop) @ Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA 1:30PM
  
  4/15/12 Curating the Actual Jazz Series. To feature Anteater and another group TBA @ the Actual Cafe, Oakland, CA 5PM
  
  4/24/12 Kapowski opening for Tuneyards and St. Vincent @ The Fox Theater, Oakland, CA 7:30PM
  
  4/26/12 Disney Variety Show (arrangements byJacob Zimmerman) @ The Subterranean Arthouse, Berkeley, CA 9PM
  
  4/27/12 PIKI @ The Totally Intense Fractal Mindgaze Hut, Oakland, CA 9PM
  
  5/4/12 Karl Evangelista's Dino Piranha @ Midtown Village Cafe, Sacramento, CA 8:30PM
  
  5/7/12 Green Mitchell Trio (Cory Wright, Lisa Mezzacappa) @ The Makeout Room, San Francisco, CA 9PM
  
  5/8/12 Oakland Active Orchestra w/ Marco Eneidi @ The Uptown, Oakland, CA 9PM
  
  5/11/12 Ton Trio opening for Congs for Brums @ The Totally Intense Fractal Mindgaze Hut, Oakland, CA 7:30PM
  
  5/16/12 Kapowski @ Cafe du Nord, San Francisco, CA 9PM
  
  5/17/12 Naytronix @ The Hemlock, San Francisco, CA 9PM
  
  5/19/12 Naytronix opening for Lee Fields and The Expressions @ The Echoplex, Los Angeles, CA
  
  5/24/12 These Are Our Hours (Aram Shelton, Theo Padouvas, Mark Clifford, Kim Cass, Sam Ospovat) @ El Valenciano--SF Offside Festival--San Francisco, CA 9PM
  
  6/1/12 Marches @ First Presbyterian Church of Oakland, Oakland CA 8PM
  
  6/1/12 Kapowski @ The Uptown, Oakland, CA 11PM
  
  6/3/12 Improvised Music Session (v. 3) hosted by These Are Our Hours @ Bar 355, Oakland, CA 9:30PM
  
  6/10/12 Duo w/ Lorin Benedict @ Berkeley Arts Festival, Berkeley, CA 8PM
  
  6/17/12 Timosaurus @ TBA, Brooklyn, NY
  
  Dante Counterstamp East Coast Tour
  w/ Ava Mendoza Trio
  
  6/18/12 @ The Galaxy Hut Washington, D.C.
  
  6/19/12 @ The Stone, NYC 10PM
  
  6/20/12 @ The Elevens, Northampton, MA
  
  6/21/12 @ Intercambio, New Haven, CT
  
  6/22/12 @ The Lilypad, Boston, MA
  6/23/12 @ The Highwire Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
  6/24/12 TBA, Brooklyn, NY
  
  6/26/12 Marches & Timosaurus @ Cake Shop, Brooklyn, NY 9PM
  
  6/29/12 w/ Aram Shelton, Josh Berman, Mark Clifford and Scott Brown @ Redd Poppy Art House, San Francisco, CA 8PM
  
  7/1/12 Improvised Music Session (v. 4) hosted by These Are Our Hours @ Bar 355, Oakland, CA 9:00PM
  
  7/19/12 Naytronix @ Birthdays, London, UK 11PM
  
  7/22/12 Naytronix @ Milhoes de festa Barcellos, Portugal 4PM
  
  8/14/12 These Are Our Hours w/ the Alex Pinto Trio @ The Uptown, Oakland, CA 9PM
  
  8/28/12 Kapowski @ Amnesia, San Francisco, CA 9PM
  
  8/29/12 Two drum sets: jam session with Eric Garland @ Amnesia, San Francisco, CA 10PM
  
  9/2/12 Improvised Music Session (v. 6) hosted by Kim Cass/Sam Ospovat/Lorin Benedict/Eric Vogler @ Bar 355, Oakland, CA 9:00PM
  
  9/3/12 w/ Lorin Benedict and Kim Cass @ The Makeout Room, San Francisco, CA 8:30PM
  
  9/6/12 Naytronix in Portland, OR
  
  9/16/12 BEEP w/ Dante Counterstamp and Chemical Clock (Seattle) @ Viracocha, San Francisco, CA 9pm
  
  9/30/12 Wiener Kids Family Band (Jordan Glenn compositions/conducting) @ Viracocha, San Francisco, CA 9PM
  
  10/7/12 Improvised Music Session (v. 7) hosted by These Are Our Hours (Kim Cass/Sam Ospovat/Aram Shelton/Theo Padouvas/Mark Clifford) @ Bar 355, Oakland, CA 9:30PM
  
  10/17/12 w/ Thomas Helton (Houston) and Scott Looney @ Berkeley Arts Festival, Berkeley, CA 8PM
Recordings

Recordings
- 2012
  - Sam Ospovat solo: PIKI
  - Lorin Benedict and Sam Ospovat Passwords
  - Naytronix Dirty Glow Plug Research
  - Andrew Conklin How Speaker
  - Like Love Talking to Everyone
  - Anteater
  - Kapowski Boy Detective
  - Beep Mbira Remixes
  2011
  - Timosaurus i love you more than yesterday
  - Wiener Kids What a Mess
  - Beep City of the Future Third Culture Records
  - UnderCover Presents Pixies’ Doolittle Tribute Porto Franco Records
  - Tuneyards Whokill 4AD
  2010
  - Chris Grady On It Duckhole Records
  - The Humans The Humans Have Landed WaveGroup Records
  2009
  - Andrew Conklin If I Were More Like You
  - Timosaurus Cartography
  - Scott Pinkmountain The Full Sun Barely Audible Music
  - Ton Trio The Way Singlespeed Music
  2008
  - The R&B Free Jazz Gospel Supreme 80 I Am a Gorgeous Wife Utility Pole 689
  - Beep You Are Special, You Are a Special Friend
  2007
  - Jose Maceda Drone and Melody Tzadik
  - Moe! Staiano's 2 Rooms of Uranium in 83 Markers Edgetone Records
  2006
  - Chris Willits Surf Boundries Ghostly International
  2003
  - Lou Harrison’s Drums Along the Pacific New Albion Records
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Biospovat

Biospovat
- Originally from Lincoln, Nebraska, I played piano and sang in boys' choir before picking up my first pair of drumsticks in 5th grade. Late nights spent improvising in friends' parents' basements eventually revealed to me the wisdom of moving to the Bay Area, where I studied percussion with William Winant, Peter Magadini, George Marsh and lately with the Haitian master drummer Daniel Brevil. Based in Oakland, California, I play drums in Beep, Naytronix, Timosaurus, Anteater, a duo with Lorin Benedict, the Oakland Active Orchestra, Marches, Aaron Novik's Dante Counterstamp, CavityFang, the pop band Kapowski and my solo project PIKI. I played with Cecil Taylor, Leo Smith, and Maryanne Amacher at Mills College, where I received my MFA in percussion performance. Since then I've worked with with William Winant, Tuneyards, The SF Contemporary Music Players, Ches Smith, members of Rova Saxophone Quartet, Angelica Sanchez and Phillip Greenlief, and Ava Mendoza.