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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 and the pop band Kapowski. I played with Cecil Taylor, Leo Smith, and Maryanne Amacher at Mills College, where I received my MFA in percussion performance. In the real world I've worked with with William Winant, Tuneyards, The SF Contemporary Music Players, Angelica Sanchez, Ches Smith and Ava Mendoza. I'm currently working on PIKI, a collection of solo pieces, sound tableaux and polyrhythmic songs, and just mastered the first album with Eli Crews at New, Improved Recording. It will be available sometime in spring 2012.
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- Upcoming Shows
  
  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 by Jacob 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
  
  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
  
  7/19/12 Naytronix @ Birthdays, London, UK 8PM
  
  Past Shows
  
  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
  
  *Anteater is going to play our tunes plus some standards and then host a jam session. There will also be free playing... If it all goes well this will become a weekly thing, filling a much needed slot for a session in Oakland.
Recordings

Recordings
- 2011
  - Timosaurus i love you more than yesterday self-released
  - Wiener Kids What a Mess self-released
  - 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 self-released
  - Timosaurus Cartography self-released
  - 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 self-released
  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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