[image: High Mayhem] *The Old Way and The Joshua Smith Organism* *Wednesday, September 19 at 8pm (doors open at 7:30pm)* ** *1808 Second Street Suite H, Santa Fe NM* * * *$15 at the door* Announcing a very special double-bill concert featuring a unique line-up of acoustic Americana and jazz from the San Francisco/Bay Area. *THE OLD WAY (performs at 8pm)* Joshua Smith - Guitar and Vocals , Irena Smith - Guitar and Vocals *THE JOSHUA SMITH ORGANISM (performs at 9pm)* Joshua Smith - Saxophones, Chris Jonas - Saxophone, Dave Wayne - Drums, Milton Villarubia - Drums, Al Fayette - Drums, Carlos Santistevan -Bass, Jeremy Bleich - Bass, and more... Joshua Smith is a leading saxophonist residing in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has performed with a long list of creative music's renowned voices such as Chris Jonas, Joe Maneri, Cuong Vu, Ben Glodberg, Karla Khislteadt, and many more. For the past two years he has been the saxophonist of The Scott Amendola Quartet, lead by the Bay Area's stalwart voice of drumming and improvisation, Scott Amendola... Joshua is no stranger to Santa Fe and it's musical community. He has performed with his own ensembles at several High Mayhem Festivals during the early part of the past decade. His band, 'birth' (featuring now local Santa Fe musician Jeremy Bleich on bass) performed several times in the area as well, as well as 'Amitosis' with Chris Jonas and 'The Cleveland Trio'... On Wednesday, September 19th, Smith returns to perform in Santa Fe, and will be joined by a potent selection of improvising musician friends from the Santa Fe area. The concert will begin with a set of acoustic Americana, performed on guitar and vocals by Smith and his wife Irena with their duo, 'The Old Way'. The second set with feature a lineup of several musicians performing with Joshua in various rotating combinations.The music will revolve around a few strategic improvisation and a reuniting of Smith and many of his New Mexican cohorts such as Chris Jonas, Al Fayette, Dave Wayne, Carlos Santistevan bass, Milton Villarubia, Jeremy Bleich, and more... Join us Wednesday for a night of acoustic music and compelling fringe jazz improvisations! *ISEA 2012 Albuquerque: Machine Wilderness* *The 18th International Symposium on Electronic Art * *Presented by 516 ARTS with The ABQ Museum of Art & History and UNM * * * *September 19-24* * * *Albuquerque, NM* http://www.isea2012.org/ This September 19 – 24, the world of art, science, and technology come together in Albuquerque for a six day, international conference, kicking off a season-long exhibition and public programs. ISEA2012 Albuquerque: Machine Wilderness, the 18th International Symposium on Electronic Art will explore the discourse of global proportions on the subject of art, technology and nature. The ISEA2012 title “Machine Wilderness” references the New Mexico region as an area of rapid growth and technology within vast expanses of open land, and presents visions of a more humane interaction between technology and wilderness in which “machines” can take many forms to support life on Earth. Over 100 artists and 400 presenters are coming from 30 countries to present and/or exhibit at ISEA2012. The International Symposia on Electronic Art have become the most important academic gatherings on electronic art world-wide, bringing together the worlds of art and science. The next conferences will be in Sydney, Australia and then in Dubai. Don't miss this expansive, international event in the United States for the first time in six years. REGISTER TODAY! http://www.regonline.com/Register/Checkin.aspx?EventID=1065253 Please direct all questions to: info@isea2012.org www.highmayhem.org https://www.facebook.com/highmayhem