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For November 9th at Signal Sauna, Matt Aelmore will be in town for this one week only to join How Things Are Made as its original trio. Click here to book the sessions for 4pm on the 9th: https://app.fitdegree.com/t/dashboard/registrables/3091851?f=867&co=799
Dave Bernabo and I will be performing a residency for the month of November as a duo called How Things Are (since we are 2/3rds of the band How Things Are Made). Every Sunday from for the 4pm session: https://www.signalsauna.com/schedule

November 3, 10, 17, and 24. We'll be investigating neural net electroacoustic interactions and sounds. Take your sauna experience to another level with some deep listening and experimental sonic schvitzing. 
THOMAS LEHN & TIZIANA BERTONCINI [Austria] with CHIFFCHAFF TRIO and BRIAN RIORDAN

I'll be performing my feedback oscilloscope piece called ||:     :|| 

Thu, Oct 3rd, 2024, 7:30 PM EDT
Brillobox, Pittsburgh, PA
4104 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15224

Click here for tickets 

​Thursday October 3rd 2024
tcrps prsnts
an evening of electro-acoustic and synthetic sounds
featuring
THOMAS LEHN & TIZIANA BERTONCINI [violin and analog synthesizer duo: Austria/Germany]
with
CHIFFCHAFF TRIO [Abalos/Gamble/Weidenhof: Pittsburgh]
and
BRIAN RIORDAN [audiovisual feedback synthesis]


doors open at 7:30pm
21+
$15 advance
$20 at the door
no one turned away for lack of funds


supported by Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport (BMKÖS) Austria


Brillobox
4104 Penn Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
USA


TIZIANA BERTONCINI & THOMAS LEHN

David Bernabo and Brian Riordan of How Things Are Made performing as a duo at Signal Sauna.

First three Sundays of November 
11-03-2024
11-01-2024
11-17-2024

Pop up nordic sauna and cold plunge with live band performing between 3 - 5pm.

Book a sauna time in advance here:
https://www.signalsauna.com/schedule
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Check out the How Things Are Made discography here:
https://howthingsaremade.bandcamp.com/music
https://www.instagram.com/how_things_are_made/
Next show with How Things Are Made at the Government Center, 09-19-2024 8pm with Ricki Weidenhof, hosted by Tough Pill.

Tough Pill is a creative music and performance series held primarily at The Government Center in Pittsburgh. Tough Pill seeks to create space for practitioners while also expanding the scope of the experimental art audience. It's not always this, but it's always good... so always come!
Tough Pill 38, September 19th, at the Government Center
$10-15 suggested donation, no one turned away for lack of funds!
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How Things are Made
Brian Riordan - electronics, etc.
Matthew Aelmore - electronics, etc.
David Bernabo - electronics, etc.
howthingsaremade.bandcamp.com/
doctormatt.bandcamp.com/
davidbernabo.info/
brianriordanmusic.com/
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solo:
Ricki Weidenhof - cello & electronics
ericweidenhof.bandcamp.com/
Check out the new single by Amby Doosters and Plasma Arc called "Armor." I did the mastering, video by Johnny Arlett. Video and bandcamp below
I'll be giving a workshop on Max for Live in Ableton Live on September 8th at Tech 25 in Mr. Oliver. Free to attend. Bring your laptop with Ableton Suite and you'll get some free devices from me and learn how to edit or make your own.

09-08-2024
​5-9pm
112 St. Joseph St. Mt. Oliver PA 15210

CLICK HERE FOR INFO
I'll be doing a Pennsylvania premier of my piece called ||:    :|| for pure digital nothingness and projections at Green Beacon Gallery in Greensburgh, PA on 08-07-2024 at 6:30pm. 
235 W Pittsburgh St, Greensburg, PA 15601

It's getting noisy at the gallery, prepare your earholes for some international shenanigans!!
Family Underground (Copenhagen, Denmark)
https://familyunderground.bandcamp.com
Regolith
https://www.lukeferdinand.com/
Aggregate
https://aggreg8.bandcamp.com/
Elsinore
Brian Riordan
http://brianriordanmusic.com
https://brianriordan.bandcamp.com/
Doors 6:30pm
All ages // BYOB with valid ID
$10 cover at the door
Free parking in large lot behind gallery. All artwork inside the gallery will be available to browse and buy during the show, features over 500 pieces from 200+ local/regional artists!

https://www.greenbeacongallery.com/events/family-underground-dk-regolith-aggregate-elsinore-brian-riordan
I'll be doing a Pittsburgh premier of my piece called ||:    :|| for pure digital nothingness and projections at Bantha Tea Bar. 
5002 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15224

Improvised Music at Bantha Tea Bar, August 18th at 7p ! We have a few friends on the road from New Haven and Chicago that we'll be excited to host!

~7p at Bantha Tea Bar august 18th
$10-15 suggested
No one turned away for lack of funds!!!

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solo:
Zach Rowden (New Haven) - upright bass

zachrowden.bandcamp.com/

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solo:
Jack Langdon (Chicago) - tonewheel organ

jacklangdon.info/
jacklangdon.bandcamp.com


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solo:
Brian Riordan - Max/MSP (audio / visual electronics)

brianriordanmusic.com/

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Tomchess - oud & ney
Devon Osamu Tipp - shakuhachi
eli namay - upright bass


devonosamutipp.com/
tomchess.bandcamp.com
elinamay.org/
Tough Pill is a creative music and performance series held primarily at The Government Center in Pittsburgh. Tough Pill seeks to create space for practitioners while also expanding the scope of the experimental art audience. It's not always this, but it's always good... so always come!

Tough Pill 36, July 18th 
​8pm
715 East St, Pittsburgh, PA 15212

$10-15 suggested donation, no one turned away for lack of funds!

Blue Pepper Brass:

Danny Fratina - trumpet
Dr. Aaron Johnson - trombone
Jason Belcher - euphonium
Jay Rauch - clarinet
Jeff Fabis - tenor sax
Vicky Davide - tenor sax
Dylan Zeh - upright Bass
Brian Riordan - percussion
Chris McCune - drum kit

jasonbelcher.bandcamp.com/

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Ian - guitar & electronics
I4a - electronics
Adam Kantz - drum kit & electronics
i4amusic.bandcamp.com

adamkantz.bandcamp.com/
adamkantz.info/
Were you looking for the perfect soundtrack for doing spreadsheets at work? (But probably not that) then disengage to this 4 hour live concert recording from the first drone show by How Things Are Made from 04-01-2023 at The Space Upstairs. 

How Things Are Made "I Wasn't Gonna Do Any Thing Anyhow" from "An Evening of Drone" concert
Performed by: How Things Are Made (Brian Riordan, Matt Aelmore, David Bernabo)
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PJ Roduta
Renée Copeland
Sadie Powers https://sadiepowers.com/
Devon Osamu Tipp https://devonosamutipp.bandcamp.com/
Jules Krishnamurti
Dreme: (Joshua Tenenbaum, Josh Barnes, Chris McCune) https://drememusic.bandcamp.com/
Noah Rectenwald (w/ Rainstick Dreams) https://rainstickdreams.com/
Nadine Sherman Glorioso

Recorded live at The Space Upstairs on April 1, 2023.
Movement by The Pillow Project. https://www.pillowproject.org/
Video: David Bernabo
Hear more from How Things Are Made on Bandcamp: https://howthingsaremade.bandcamp.com/
or on the Ongoing Box label: https://ongoingbox.bandcamp.com
Check out the upcoming EP by Ricki Weidenhof. Drops 06-21-2024
I did the mixing and mastering on this sonically dense recording. Stream, download, or pick up a tape:
An Evening of Drone and Moments
with
How Things Are Made + Friends at thespaceupstairs

Saturday, March 30, 2024
6-10pm |  $10 suggested
The Space Upstairs 
214 N Lexington St, Pittsburgh, PA 15208

Featuring:
Corey Hackathorn
Alec Zander Redd
​Kelsey Robinson
Alex Lough 
Herman Pearl 
Samantha Kochis
Glo Tree (Tree Abalos, GNM)
Check out Chris Catone's composition "Afterglow" for two pianos performed by the Khasma piano duo. I helped with editing, mixing, and mastering
Check out the new album "Lay Down Eyes Closed" by How Things Are Made.
This digital only album is available at Ongoing Box. 
Download this ambient album for a continuous, listening experience as it is mastered as an infinite loop. Listen forever!
How Things Are Made: Brian Riordan, Matt Aelmore, David Bernabo

Performed live at "Reiki + Drone" at NavusHouse, January 14, 2024. Event produced by How Things Are Made, First Light Reiki, and NavusHouse.

Recorded, engineered, and mastered by Brian Riordan.
​Check out the link below
Watch a video of the performance "Altra Voce" by Luciano Berio, performed by Sydeboob, by clicking here
I will be performing Luciano Berio's "Altra Voce" with Sydeboob (Anna Elder, and Sarah Steranka) for SPLICE Festival V. Friday, 11-03-2023 at 7pm eastern time, Berkley College of Music, David Friend Recital Hall. 
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Click here to stream, get tickets, or view the schedule
This Saturday I'm presenting at the Pittsburgh Ableton User Group Fall 2023 Meeting. Steve Knots and Buscrates are also presenting. 4-7pm at Duquesne University.

Click Here for Info
The secret is out so I can talk about this now. 
Last year I was asked by the band Code Orange to do string arrangements on 9 songs for their upcoming album called "The Above." 
The album was engineered by Steve Albini, and features Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins as a guest vocalist on one track. 

Featuring:
Brian Riordan - String Arrangements 
Judith Meyers - Violin
Abbey Hartment - Viola
Christina Chen - Cello
Paul Thompson - Double Bass
Marcelle Pierson - Harp

Special thanks to Reba Meyers for the call. 

Click here for a link to the album

​Videos of songs I worked on below: 
I'm playing percussion with Gavas Beat on two shows:

09-29-2023 from 5-9pm at The Quad (or SSC Theater for Rain Location) at 107 Central Loop Slippery Rock, PA 16057 (Slippery Rock University)

09-30-2023 from 12:30-1:40 at Heinz History Museum at 1212 Smallman St, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Info here: https://pmahcc.wildapricot.org/HispanicHeritageFestival/
For anyone in NYC: Friday September 29th featuring Anna Elder. 
Please come listen to a great program including pieces by Hannah Selin, Aperghis, Scelsi, Berio, and three creations by Itzá García, Peter Kramer, Jean Patrick Besingrand, and myself.
Scholes St Studio
8:00pm start. 
375 Lorimer st.
Brooklyn, NY
I'm playing congas with latin band Gavas Beat 09-23-2023. 
We play at 12:00 noon in Ford City at the Ford City Ethnic Festival.
 Click here for Location 
Disengage with How Things Are Made + Friends: A Second Evening of Drone.
Four hours of continuous electronic and acoustic drone and durational movement.
Saturday, October 7th, 6pm - 10pm. $10 suggested. At The Space Upstairs
Guests include Devon Osamu Tipp, Samantha Kochis, Theresa Abalos, Chris Catone, Maurice Rickard, Sarah Steranka, Derek Bendel, Ricki Weidenhof, and more...
Plus, movement by Pillow Project.
Music from will happen from 6 to 10, come and go as you like.

Click here for event info
I did the mastering for this Else Collective album called "Shifty"
Pick up an LP, a digital download, or stream it below: 
Check out Kamratōn Ensemble this Sunday, September 3rd at 4pm in Pittsburgh, premiering my piece "VOID 3"

Kamratōn kicks off its ninth season of adventurous new chamber music in Pittsburgh, PA.
Program:
Ramin Akhavijou: she is there (2022)
Gabriel José Bolaños Chamorro: Sonorita (2015)
Brittany J. Green: on waiting (2023)
Brian Riordan: Void 3 (2023)
Nina C. Young: Meditation (2013)

Link to Tickets Here
How Things Are Made will be performing 08-12-2023 8pm at Bantha Tea.
5002 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA
with CMB Cold Spot, and Mai Khoi & Mark Micchelli
I mastered the new Datamaster album called "Seldom Seen" 
Check it out on Ongoing Box
06-24-2023, Anna Elder is performing my piece "Succubus" at New Music Gathering. Portland State University, Lincoln Hall, at 1pm Pacific time. 
Link for more info
May 27th at 7pm, at The Space Upstairs, How things are made and Watererer / Doctor Matt are celebrating their releases of their newest LPs! Else Collective also plays.
$10 donation. 
Click Here for Info
Info on purchasing the record below
The first vinyl record from my band How things are made is here for pre-sale on Ongoing Box! 11 pieces composed of electroacoustic collage stuff, featuring several special guests. We spent the last 4 years recording and editing this project. If you pre-order, vinyl or digital, you'll learn how things are made. Listen to one of the tracks in bandcamp now.  And send good vibes to all of our friends who are on this record:

PJ Roduta, Anna Elder, Kevin Sapp, Sadie Powers, Jake Sentgeorge, Jules Krishnamurti, David Gerard Matthews, Sally Jeanne Elder-Sapp, David Bernabo, Matt Aelmore, and myself.

Purchase/Stream/Download here:
Here is a live recording of me performing live electronics for Luciano's "Altra Voce" for Sydeboob from 10-27-22. The electronics were programmed based on instructions from the score. 
PITTSBURGH SOUND PRESERVE PRESENTS: TOUGH PILL #21 - Breiner/Warren, How Things Are Made, Inkling忆江南

04-20-2023 at The Government Center. 8pm
715 East St, Pittsburgh, PA, United States, Pennsylvania

Patrick Breiner with Kenny Warren (NYC)
How Things Are Made (Riordan/Aelmore/Bernabo)
Inkling 忆江南 (Devon Osamu Tipp/Qixin Zhang)
https://fb.me/e/2tJLSTNBe​
Disengage with How things are made (w/ David Bernabo, Matt Aelmore, and myself)
Feel free to come and go as you please.
Listen closely, or zone out, take a nap, read a book, do some knitting, stare at the walls as we play four hours of continuous electronic and acoustic drone and durational movement.
Saturday, April 1, 6pm - 10pm. $10 suggested. At The Space Upstairs

Guests include:
PJ Roduta
Renée Copelandd
Sadie Powers
Devon Osamu Tipp
Jules Krishnamurti
Dreme: (Joshua Tenenbaum, Josh Barnes, Chris McCune)
Noah Rectenwald (w/ Rainstick Dreams)
Nadine Sherman Glorioso

Click here for event info
The first vinyl record from my band How things are made is here for pre-sale on Ongoing Box! 11 pieces composed of electroacoustic collage stuff, featuring several special guests. We spent the last 4 years recording and editing this project. If you pre-order, vinyl or digital, you'll learn how things are made. Listen to one of the tracks in bandcamp now.  And send good vibes to all of our friends who are on this record:

PJ Roduta, Anna Elder, Kevin Sapp, Sadie Powers, Jake Sentgeorge, Jules Krishnamurti, David Gerard Matthews, Sally Jeanne Elder-Sapp, David Bernabo, Matt Aelmore, and myself.

Purchase/Stream/Download here:

Chill with the band How things are made (w/ David Bernabo, Matt Aelmore, and myself) and friends for four hours of continuous electronic and acoustic drone and durational movement. Saturday, April 1, 6pm - 10pm. $10 suggested. At The Space Upstairs in Pittsburgh, PA.

Guests include:
PJ Roduta
Renée Copeland
Sadie Powers
Devon Osamu Tipp
Jules Krishnamurti
Dreme: (Joshua Tenenbaum, Josh Barnes, Chris McCune)
Noah Rectenwald (w/ Rainstick Dreams)

Click here for details
214 N Lexington St Pittsburgh, PA 15208

I set up some live sound reinforcement for the next The Pillow Project event. Check it out at The Space Upstairs March 3, 4, and 5. Live music by Mark Micchelli and Ricki Weidenhof.

Click here for tickets
Anna Elder is performing my piece Succubus at The Terrarium in Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY March 1st at 7pm. Featuring Santiago Gutiérrez, Luis MacDougal, Two Juiceless Fruits, and more. Send me an email for additional details. 
I'll be giving a presentation/workshop on gestural control in electronic music on Friday, March 17th from 3-4pm at Hillman library at University of Pittsburgh. This is part of their series of events called "Love Data Week." Bring a laptop or tablet and you'll be able to participate. It looks like the audience will be limited to 20 people and registration is required. 

Click here for info on the event and registration
Music performed by How Things Are Made at The Mattress Factory in Pittsburgh for the WQED Sessions:
My band How Things Are Made was recently featured on the most recent episode of "WQED Sessions" 
Check out the video below, as we performed at The Mattress Factory Museum in Pittsburgh, PA
I mixed and mastered the newest Sneeze Awfull ablum.
Stream, download, or purchase the tape on the bandcamp link below:
My band Trovants just released out very first proper album “I Hope Your Town Has Good Bands” is now available to stream, download, or on CD through bandcamp. Originally recorded live at spiritpgh in fall of 2021, with additional edits and overdubs over the last year.
My band Trovants (w/ Erik Cirelli, Phil Jacoby, and Matt Aelmore) has an album release show this Wednesday 11-02-2022 at The Government Center with Take Me With You and Sky Creature.
You can pick up the new album "I Hope Your Town Has Good Bands" at the show. Bandcamp release date is Friday 11-04-2022. 
​Link to show: https://fb.me/e/1LQtMnjk9
Link to album:
Hey NYC, I'll be in town on next week to play some live electronics by Berio with SydeBoob Duo:
"We’re back for a very special show on 10.27.22 at 7pm Scholes Street Studio!! Works by Hannah Selin Erin Rogers Brittany Green , Rebecca Saunders, Georges Aperghis, and Luciano Berio’s electro acoustic classic “altra voce”, with Brian Riordan designing and running electronics. Come on out and get turned on with us!!"

Click here for tickets and concert info
My band Trovants has a CD coming out 11-04-2022. Pre-orders available now. 
Album release party 11-02-2022 at The Government Center in Pittsburgh, PA. 
Link to show: https://fb.me/e/1LQtMnjk9
Link to album:
My band Trovants was featured on a radio program called "Agave Party" and you can listen to the entire program 
Click here to listen
My band Trovants has its own bandcamp page now
Click Here to Stream or Download
Anna Elder performing my piece at Scholes Street Studio in Brooklyn 07-07-2022 at 7pm

CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS AND EVENT INFO
My composition for soprano and live electronics called "Succubus" is featuring on the new SEAMUS compilation album:
I mastered the tracks on this 7 inch by John Boursnell and David Bernabo:
Sydeboob Duo in concert. Anna's playing my piece succubus again. I'll also perform electronics in a group improvisation. 05-13-2022, 7:30pm at MIS_EN PLACE. 

Click here for ticket info
My "musical game" called 'John Williams Told You To Silence Your Phone, Don't Listen To Him' will be played on 05-07-2022 in Jamaica Plain, MA.
Click here for details about the show

The game is published here
Video performance of How Things Are Made participating in "The Wild West of Computing" Live! An Oral History Podcast Performance from Cut Pathways. 
Click here to watch the video
Join us 4/7 @ 7PM for "The Wild West of Computing" Live! An Oral History Podcast Performance from Cut Pathways. Hosts Katherine Barbera and David Bernabo will take you on a 60-min journey through the fascinating history of #ComputerScience at CMU. Guests and collaborators: Sam Lemley, Andrew Meade McGee, Maggie Lynn Negrete, and How things are made. Register https://bit.ly/3tDad9C

Schedule: https://web.cvent.com/event/f0d1ed6c-fa1f-4864-be9d-42a2ea7aaae7/websitePage:645d57e4-75eb-4769-b2c0-f201a0bfc6ce
World premier of the live version of "Succubus"
Thursday night at Irma Freeman Center for Imagination in Pittsburgh, PA. 
​Also, the world premier of the new ensemble Sydeboob 

11-18-2021 8pm
5006 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15224

Click Here for concert and ticket info
Else Collective playing 3 sets Saturday at The Space Upstairs 11-13-2021 at 9pm. I recorded and mastered their debut album. Vinyl copies will be available for sale at the show.

Click here for info on the event

Purchase/Stream the album here at Bandcamp:
After 20 months of virtual events, my piece "Succubus" is finally getting a live premier. Sydeboob, featuring Anna Elder and Sarah Alice Steranka at The Irma Freeman Center for Imagination. 

Thursday 11-18-2021 at 8pm.
Vaccine cards, masks, etc. required. 
Click here for more info:

I'm playing a short set live at Kingfly Spirits with Mark Micchelli's Improvisor Speed Dating. Sunday night, 10-24-2021, Mark's 1st set starts at 7pm. I'm on the 3rd set. 
https://www.kingflyspirits.com/events/artist-collective-market-2

"I Hope Your Town Has Good Bands" - the new set by Trovants, the ethereal, ambient, shoegaze, dreampop, wall-of-sound band featuring Erik Cirelli, Matt Aelmore, Phil Jacoby, and Brian Riordan. This Our first show in over two years, and my first live performance in over 18 months.
Thursday, 09-30-2021, 8pm at Spirit in Pittsburgh, PA. It will transcend. (Link for details in comments)
We'll be sharing the stage with Stinking Lizaveta, and Amby Doosters (Ramteen Sazegari)
This is a masked/vaxx card/negative test kind of deal.
Click here for details: https://fb.me/e/21Zpk41t1
Check out the Trovants Discography below:
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My piece "Succubus" featuring Anna Elder will be streamed at this year's CIME / ICEM - International Confederation of Electroacoustic Music. 09-18-2021 at 1pm EDT (or 19:00 CET). Check out this insane video that Anna made for it. Link below:

https://www.cime-icem.net/
Here is a new project by drummer PJ Raduta called "Else Collective" featuring David Bernabo and Matt Aelmore. I tracked all of the songs and mastered them as well. Vinyl pressings are on their way if you are interested in a physical copy of this great album. 
I have a piece performing on the SPLICE Institute 2021 online concert series. There's a lot of good stuff on these virtual events, between June 28th and Jul 2nd. Anna Elder will be playing my piece "Succubus" on July 2nd at 7:30pm: 
https://splicemusic.org/institute/events
Anna Elder will be performing my piece "Succubus" at the 2021 SICPP Iditarod concert on 06-25-2021. The concert starts at noon EDT and goes all day. Anna will perform during the final set which starts around 11:40 EDT. Click the link below:
https://sicpp.deck10.media/stages/STAGE-5 
Thank you to Doctor Matt for having me on board for the mastering of his debut album "The Watershed" 
Out Now
From 06-09-2021 to 06-13-2021, I'm working at the Technical Director of NMOP (New Music On the Point). My piece "Succubus" is also featured. You can stream all of the concerts, or watch them in post, here: pointcp.com/new-music-on-the-point/performances/?fbclid=IwAR2BoOhY0w43SWdHMKECGpD22VlvbbfgsJGY9wfM8Ad8PEDDa_Cm7VPz0bw

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Skeletonized - Future Shock. I did the mixing and mastering for this one:

Doctor Matt's "The Watershed"
I Mastered the album, and I also played percussion, and did some computer programming:

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Check out Eric Weidenhof's "Phloem EP" which I had the privilege of mastering. 
On 4/15/2021 @11:30 PM EDT/8:30 PST:
Anna Elder is performing a new rendition of my piece "Succubus" for voice and live electronics at
Oh My Ears! Anna also made an amazing video for this performance.
On this set, she'll also perform some compositions by Georges Aperghis, Andrew Hamilton, and Julius Eastman.

Link to Purchase Tickets Here
Back in 2020 Li-han Li composed this video composition for How Things Are Made to premier at Electroacoustic Barn Dance. 
"000" was commissioned from Alia Musica for premiere at Pittsburgh's City of Asylum's "The Show Must Go On(line)" series in August of 2020—as a multimedia piece to be streamed over the seminal 1920s experimental short "Ballet Mecanique" by French filmmaker Ferdnand Léger.
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I mastered the "IT IT" album "Two Squirrels Fighting Each Other at the End of the World"
Click here to stream/download
I mixed and mastered the Skeletonized side of the "Skeletonized / Un Festín Sagital split"
Click here to stream/download
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"only midnight" by Rodgers, Riordan, & Cirelli
Recorded back in 2018 
Click here to stream/download
Nat 28 performing "Recorded Ruins" from Microtonal Pittsburgh 2020
Stephen Marotto's performance of my piece "Book Burner" from 11-12-2020 at New England Conservatory: 
Here's a live recording from my penultimate concert before the pandemic. This track called "Elk Splat" is a setting of a poem by Taneum Bambrick (used by permission). This was recorded at Moxsonic in Warrensburg, MO on 03-05-2020. Vocals by Jake Sentgeorge and myself on live processing. 

On 11-12-2020 at 8:00pm EST, Stephen Marotto will be performing my piece for cello and electronics called "Book Burner" on a concert hosted by Callithumpian Consort at New England Conservatory in Boston, MA. This live streaming event will also feature pieces by John Cage, Giancinto Scelsi, Hilary Tann, and Michelle Lou. 

Click here to stream the event

How Things Are Made featuring Lu-Han Li performed a live streaming event on 11-06-2020 at 8:30pm EST. This was our first performance in over a year. 

Click here to watch a video recording of the concert

I performed percussion on this Niesya track:

Click here to listen to the Audio on Spotify


Premier of my piece "000" for 5 performers, electronics and silent film.
To be premiered virtually 08-04-2020 at 7pm EST.

"000" is a piece to be synced with legendary silent film "Ballet Mécanique" by Ferdnand Léger in 1924. 
The piece reimagines the sounding atmosphere in our own times of uncertainty and technological revolution, with composer-directed, remote recordings by performers Brittany Trotter (flute, piccolo, and bass flute), Simon Cummings (cello), Federico Garcia-De Castro (piano), Ben Barson (baritone saxophone, and bass clarinet), and Brian Riordan (modular synthesizer, and signal processing).

Click here to see the show

Anna Elder, premier of my composition "Succubus" for soprano and electronics.
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Sunday 06-21-2020 at 6PM CST, Anna Elder will be premiering my piece "Succubus" for soprano and electronics live on Experimental Sound Studios quarantine concert series, hosted with Omaha Under the Radar. 

Video of live stream event available here

http://ess.org/the-quarantine-concerts

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Bandcamp.com is waiving all of their fees and giving 100% to the artists on 03-20-2020.
Head over to these links to support any of the projects I have:

Here's my full page with everything I have on bandcamp: https://brianriordan.bandcamp.com/
My private bandcamp page (without many collaborative groups included) https://brianriordan.bandcamp.com/music
All of the albums by How things are made: https://howthingsaremade.bandcamp.com/
All 3 albums with my duo Arborance with Susan Kuo: https://arborance.bandcamp.com/
A Little Bit Hot Tonight" with the legendary Betty Davis: https://daniellemaggio.bandcamp.com/releases
An album of recent-ish compositions that people seem to like: https://brianriordan.bandcamp.com/album/recorded-ruins
And all 4 albums from my band Trovants:
https://brianriordan.bandcamp.com/album/trovants
https://brianriordan.bandcamp.com/album/something-is-going-to-happen
https://brianriordan.bandcamp.com/album/it-would-be-a-god-damn-travesty
https://brianriordan.bandcamp.com/album/post-industrial-mistress

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Eko Chamber Collective at Andy Warhol Museum:
February 20th, 8pm

https://www.warhol.org/event/sound-series-eko-chamber-collective/

https://www.facebook.com/events/2358462927579693/

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Podcast episode featuring music theorist Paul Miller and me talking about our research involving plants and synthesizers:
soundcloud.com/user-387639231/do-plants-make-music

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Album collaboration between Skeletonized and How Things Are Made. Also check out the new HTAM album out on Flag Day Recordings: 
Live performance of my composition "Never The Earth Forever":