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[email protected] (510) 642-0365 C. Spencer Yeh, August 5, 2011. BAM/PFA Announces L@TE: Friday Nights @ BAM/PFA Programming for August 2011 RARE BAY AREA PERFORMANCES BY SIR RICHARD BISHOP AND EVANGELISTA HIGHLIGHT GUEST PROGRAMMER GEORGE CHEN’S L@TE SCHEDULE Berkeley, CA June 29, 2011—The University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA) L@TE: Friday Nights @ BAM/PFA program returns in August with a three-part series of musical performances programmed by local musician, record label founder, and writer George Chen. Chen began exploring the underground with a high school zine called ZUM which evolved into a website and record label. His wide-ranging contributions to the local and national music scenes include launching the all-ages booking collective Club Sandwich and performing in musical projects such as KIT, Chen Santa Maria, 7 Year Rabbit Cycle, Common Elder Kind Elder, Vholtz, and Rys Chatham’s two-hundred guitar composition “Crimson Grail.” His varied aesthetic affiliations, bridging multiple scenes, is reflected in his stellar line-up for L@TE which draws from the punk, classical, noise, and experimental music worlds and performance art. On August 5 Chen welcomes C. Spencer Yeh and David Horvitz. The Brooklyn- based violinist Yeh is best know for his experimental noise project Burning Star Core. As a solo artist he uses violin, voice, and electronics. His many collaborations include works and performances with artists such as Tony Conrad, Thurston Moore, Jandek, John Wiese, Prurient, Paul Flaherty, and Chris Corsano.