From 1999 – 2019, sound. and then SASSAS (Society for the Activation of Social Spaces through Art and Sound) produced and supported experimental music programming throughout greater Los Angeles. Its flagship concert series, sound., began three years prior to SASSAS incorporating as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and ran for 20 years. This website remains online as an archive of the sound. concert series, as well as other SASSAS projects such as soundShoppe and Welcome Inn Time Machine and celebrates the artists, venues, staff, donors and volunteers who helped make it all happen.
Everything on this site, except this landing page, stands as a record of the SASSAS website as of the final concert in October, 2019 and all information should be viewed through that lens.
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- A Horse A Spoon A Bucket
- Aaron Curry
- Aaron Dilloway
- Aaron Morse
- Ace Farren Ford
- Adam Idell
- Adam Miller
- Adam Overton
- Adrian Tenney
- Aero Mic'd
- Agnes Szelag
- Aisling Cormack
- Ajay Ravi
- Aki Onda
- Akio Suzuki
- Al Ruppersberg
- Alan Nakagawa
- Albert Ortega
- Ale
- Ale Cohen
- Alejandro Cohen
- Alex Becerra
- Alex Cline
- Alex Slade
- Alex Stevens
- Alexander Bruck
- Alexander Kroll
- Alexander Noice
- Alexandra Grant
- Alexandra Wiesenfeld
- Alice Könitz
- Alicia Mangan
- Alina Roitstein
- Alison Bjorkedal
- Alison Knowles
- Alison O’Daniel
- Alison Saar
- Allen Ruppersberg
- Allison Miller
- Allison Wolfe
- Alvin Lucier
- Ama
- Amanda Ross-Ho
- Amy Adler
- Amy Bessone
- Amy Russell
- Amy Sarkisian
- Amy Shulman
- Ana Prvacki
- Analia Saban
- Andrea Bowers
- Andrea Fraser
- Andrea Hidalgo
- Andrea Young
- Andrew Bulbrook
- Andrew McIntosh
- Andrew Scott
- Andrew Tholl
- Andy Featherston
- Andy Roberts
- Andy Sykora
- Ang Wilson
- Anita Bunn
- Anita Pace
- Ann Philbin
- Anna Homler
- Anna Louisa Petrisko
- Anna Oxygen
- Anna Sew Hoy
- Anne La Berge
- Annetta Kapon
- Anthony Pearson
- Anti-Matter
- Anton Hatwich
- April Street
- Aram Moshayedi
- Archie Carey
- Argenta Walther
- Ari DeSano
- Ariel Pink
- Arlys Alford
- Arto Lindsay
- Ave Pildas
- B. Wurtz
- B. Wurtz and Bruce Yonemoto
- Barbara Kruger
- Barbara T. Smith
- Barry Schrader
- Basma Alsharif
- Ben Chasny
- Ben Jacobson
- Ben Johnston
- Benjamin Weissman
- Bennett Simpson
- Bernard Cooper
- Bernd Buerklin
- Bettina Hubby
- Bhob Rainey
- Bian Kennon
- Bjorn Copeland
- Black Panty Annie
- Blues Control
- Bob Bellerue
- Bob Boster
- Bob Ostertag
- Bobb Bruno
- Bonnie Barnett
- Brad Dutz
- Brad Eberhard
- Brad Eberhard. Nancy Evans
- Branden Joseph
- Brandon Mayer
- Brejcha
- Brendan Carn
- Brendan Fowler
- Brian Bress
- Brian Griffith
- Brian Kennon
- Brian LeBarton
- Brian Moss
- Brian O'Connell
- Brian Randolph
- Brian Roettinger
- Brian Simon
- Brian Walsh
- Brica Wilcox
- Bruce Fowler
- Bruce Nauman
- Caitlyn Conlin
- Cal Crawford
- Calder Quartet
- Calvin Marcus
- Cameron Jamie
- Cannon Hudson
- Carl Stone
- Carla Bozulich
- Carlos Niño
- Carmen Argote
- Carmina Escobar
- Carol Cetrone
- Carole Ann Klonarides
- Carole Kim
- Caroline Thomas
- Carolyn Castaño
- Carolyn Chen
- Case Hudson
- Casey Anderson
- Casey Butler
- Caspar Sonnet
- Cassia Streb
- Cat Lamb
- Catherine Opie
- Catherine Yom Litaker
- Charlemagne Palestine
- Charles Curtis
- Charles Gaines
- Charles Irvin
- Charles Long
- Chas Smith
- Chelsea Mosher
- Chet Glaze
- Chris Corsano
- Chris Kallmyer
- Chris Martin
- Chris Wilder
- Christian Pincock
- Christian Wolff
- Christine La Pado
- Christine Tavolacci
- Christopher Allis
- Christopher Michlig
- Christopher Russell
- Christopher Williams.
- Cindy Bernard
- Claire Chenette
- Clarissa Tossin
- Claude Collins-Stracensky
- Clay Chaplin
- Clif Taylor
- Clifford Childers
- Climax Golden Twins
- Clive Wright
- Cody Putman
- Cold Blue
- Connie Samaras
- Conrad Ruiz
- Coppice
- Corey Fogel
- Cornelius Cardew
- Corrina Peipon
- Cory Beers
- Crooked Cowboy and the Freshwater Indians
- Cryptacize
- Cyro Battista
- Daedelus
- Damion Romero
- Dan Clucas
- Dan Cook
- Dan Goodsell
- Dana Duff
- Dani Tull
- Daniel Corral
- Daniel Hawkins
- Daniel Mendel-Black
- Danny Cohen
- Danny Holt
- Darrell Leonard
- Darren Johnston
- Dave Cipriani
- Dave Deany
- Dave Hughes
- Dave Muller
- Dave Stone
- Dave Tranchina
- David Bunn
- David Grubbs
- David Hendren
- David Kendall
- David Korty
- David Ornette Cherry
- David P. Earle
- David Patton
- David Rothbaum
- David Schafer
- David Scott Stone
- David Shaffer
- David Watson
- Davida Nemeroff
- Dawn Kasper
- Dealers Choice
- Deborah Cohen
- Deckard
- Deean Odelle Hyatt
- Def.Sound
- Denise Spampinato
- Dennis Duck
- Devin Maxwell
- Devin Sarno
- Devon Tsuno
- Diana Thater
- Diane O'Rourke
- Dick Slessig
- DJ Frosty
- DJ Lady C
- Dominick Fernow
- Don Bolles
- Don Lewis
- Don Littleton
- Dont Rhine
- Dorit Cypis
- dos
- Doug Harvey
- Doug Henry
- Doug WIlliford
- Drew Heitzler
- dubBumba
- Dublab
- Dwight Trible
- Eamon Ore Giron
- Eddie Ruscha
- Edgar Arceneaux
- Eduardo Consuegra
- Eileen Cowin
- Elaine Carey
- Elaine Radigue
- Elana Mann
- Electric Sound Bath
- Elif Erkan
- Elizabeth Bryant
- Elizabeth Tremante
- Ella Kruglyanskaya
- Ellie Choate
- Ellina Kevorkian
- Emily Lacy
- Enrique Castrejon
- Eric Byers
- Eric KM Clark
- Eric Sbar
- Eric Yanker
- Erica Rawlings
- Erik Frydenborg
- Erika Rothenberg
- Erin Barnes
- Ethan Holtzman
- Euan MacDonald
- Evan Holloway
- Eve Fowler
- Extended Organ
- Ezra Buchla
- Fahad Siadat
- Farrah Karapetian
- Fat and Fucked Up
- Fatima Hoang
- Fiona Connor
- Flea
- Founding Fathers: Alexander Collins & Kelly Wall
- Frances Stark
- Francesca Gabbiani
- Francesco X Siqueiros
- Fred Frith
- Fred Tomaselli
- Fredrik Nilsen
- Free Reed Conspiracy
- Friedrich Kunath
- Frohawk Two Feathers
- Frosty
- G. E. Stinson
- Gabe Serbian
- Gabie Strong
- Gala Porras-Kim
- Gary Panter
- Gary Todd
- Gavin Templeton
- Geneva Skeen
- Geoff Brandin
- Geoff Tuck
- George Lockwood
- Germaine Franco
- Gina Treasure
- Glenn Bach
- Glenn Branca
- Goliath Birdeater
- Gordon Halligan
- Greg Colson
- Greg Lenczycki
- Greg Stuart
- Gregg Bendian
- Gregory Lenczycki
- Hadley Holliday
- Hamza Walker
- Hannah Boone
- Hannah Dexter
- Hare's Breath Ensemble
- Harmonica Rascals
- Harold Budd
- Harry Scorzo
- Haruko Tanaka
- Heather Cook
- Heather Gwen Martin
- Heather Lockie
- Heather Rasmussen
- Hedi El Kholti
- Helen Gillet
- Helga Fassonaki
- Henry Grimes
- Henry Rollins
- HK Zamani
- Hoseh
- Howard Amb
- HowardAmb
- Ian Henderson
- Ikue Mori
- International Metal Supply
- Irina Alimanestianu
- Iva Bittova
- Iva Gueorguieva
- Ivan Iannoli
- Ivan Morley
- J. Parker Valentine
- Jack Black
- Jackie Stewart
- Jacob Kassay
- Jake Rosenzweig
- James Ford
- James Hamblin
- James Klopfleisch
- James Tenney
- James Welling
- Jamey Bair
- Jamillah James
- Jamison Carter
- Jane Chafin
- Jane Grothe
- Janet Housden
- Janet Kim
- Janice Gomez
- Jasmin Blasco
- Jasmine Orpilla
- Jason Lescalleet
- Jason Meadows
- Jason Stein
- Jason Yates
- Jay Howard
- Jean-Pierre Bedoyan
- Jeb Bishop
- Jeepneys
- Jeff Colson
- Jeff Gauthier
- Jeffery Taylor
- Jen Clare Paulson
- Jennifer Bewerse
- Jennifer Bolande
- Jennifer Pastor
- Jennifer West
- Jeremy Drake
- Jesse Appelhans
- Jesse Benson
- Jessica Basta
- Jessica Catron
- Jessica Espeleta
- Jessica Rath
- Jessica Rylan
- Jibade Khalil Huffman
- Jill Spector
- Jim Denley
- Jim Fox
- Jim Isermann
- Jim McAuley
- Jim Shaw
- Jim Shaw and Dani Tull
- Jimmy Tamborello
- Joanna Wallfisch
- Joda Clément
- Jody Zellen
- Joe Baiza
- Joe Berardi
- Joe Potts
- Joe Sola
- Joel Kyack
- Joel Otterson
- Johanna Breiding
- Johanna Went
- John Baldessari
- John Bauer
- John Bischoff
- John Cage
- John Knuth
- John La Pado
- John McLean Allan
- John Miller
- John Pearson
- John Schneider
- John Schroeder
- John Wiese
- John Zorn
- Johnny Chang
- Jon Armstrong
- Jon Gibson
- Jon Pestoni
- Jon Pylypchuk
- Jonah Levy
- Jonathan Silberman
- Jordan Biren
- Jörg Hiller
- Jorge Martin
- Joseph Beuys
- Joseph Hammer
- Joseph Jarman
- Joseph Lee
- Joseph Mitchell
- Joseph Mosconi
- Josh Blackwell
- Josh Mannis
- Joshua Callaghan
- Josie Roth
- Joyce Lightbody
- Jozef Van Wissem
- JP Munroe
- Juan Capistran
- Judie Bamber
- Judy Fiskin
- Julia Haft-Candell
- Julia Holter
- Julian Hoeber
- Juliana Paciulli
- Juliana Snapper with Paula Cronan
- Julie Adler
- Julie Fowells
- Julie Lequin
- Julie Wilson
- Justin Tanner
- Justo Almario
- Kamau Daaood
- Kara Joslyn
- Karen Adelman
- Karen Lofgren
- Karthik Pandian
- Karyn Kohl
- Kasper Kovitz
- Kate Costello
- Kathleen Johnson
- Kathleen Kim
- Katie Byron
- Katie Grinnan
- Katie Porter
- Katy Crowe
- Kaucyila Brooke
- Kaz Oshiro
- Kelan Philip Cohran
- Kelly Akashi
- Kelly Coats
- Kelly Kamen
- Ken Gonzales-Day
- Kenyatta Hinkle
- Kevin Appel
- Kevin Brown
- Kevin Hanley
- Kevin Lee
- Kevin Patrick Taylor
- Killsonic
- Kim McCarty
- Kim Myhr
- Kio Griffith
- Kira Vollman
- Kirsten Carey
- KISK
- Kitten Sparkles
- Klaas Hübner
- Konrad Sprenger
- Kori Newkirk
- Kozue Matsumoto
- Kraig Grady
- Kris Tiner
- Krista Chael
- Kristi Callan
- Kristian Hoffman
- Kristofferson San Pablo
- Kristyne Kryttre
- Krystal Krunch
- Kyle Bruckmann
- LA Fog
- Lady Noise
- LAFMS
- Languis
- Lari Pittman
- Laub
- Laura Boyd
- Laura Geier
- Laura Owens
- Laura Steenberge
- Lauren Halsey
- Lecia Dole-Recio
- Leo Mock
- Leonardo Bravo
- LeRoy Stevens
- Lesley Vance. Dawson Weber
- Leticia Castaneda
- Lewis Keller
- Liam Gillick
- Linnea Sablosky
- Lisa Ann Auerbach
- Lisa Anne Auerbach
- Lisa Jenio
- Lisa Lapinski
- Liz Craft
- Liz Glynn
- Liz Huston
- Liz Larner
- Liz Young
- Logan Hone
- Lon Pylypchuck
- Loren Marsteller
- Los Super Elegantes
- Lou Barlow
- Lou Harrison
- Louise Lawler
- Lucky Dragons
- Luis Flores
- Luke Fowler
- Lynn Johnston
- Lynn Johnston Trio
- Lynn Robb
- M.A. Peers
- Many Axes
- Marc Pally
- Marco Rios
- Margaret Honda
- Maria Bamford
- Mariana Flores
- Marianne Hurum
- Marielle Jakobsons
- Marina Rosenfeld
- Mario Ybarra Jr.
- Mark Allen
- Mark Dean Veca
- Mark Greenfield
- Mark Hagen
- Mark Menzies
- Mark Ruwedel
- Mark Trayle
- Mark Wheaton
- Marnie Weber
- Marshweed
- Martin Kersels
- Marty Walker
- Mary Weatherford
- Marya Alford
- Mathieu Ruhlmann
- Matias Viegener
- Matt Barbier
- Matt Connolly
- Matt Mayhall
- Matt Sheridan
- Matty Harris
- Max Kutner
- Max Maslansky
- Maxwell Krivitzky
- Maya
- Meg Cranston
- Megan Kenney
- Melinda Rice
- Mem1
- Micaela Tobin
- Michael Bevilacqua
- Michael Day
- Michael Intriere
- Michael Jon Fink
- Michael Ned Holte
- Michael Smith
- Michael Stock
- Michael Thomas Ruiz
- Michael Uhlenkott
- Michael Vlatkovich
- Michael Webster
- Michael Winter
- Micol Hebron
- Miguel Zazueta
- Mike Kelley
- Mike Watt
- Milena Muzquiz
- Mitchell Brown
- Mitchell Syrop
- Miya Masaoka
- Miyoshi Barosh
- Molly Larkey
- Money Mark
- Monstro
- Morgan Fisher
- Morton Feldman
- Motoko Honda
- Mungo Thomson
- Mural
- My Barbarian
- MYRMYR
- Nancy Evans
- Natalie Brejcha
- Natalie Fender
- Natalie Moran
- Nathan Hylden
- Nathan Hylden. Jim Isermann
- Neema Pazargad
- Neha Choksi
- Nels Cline
- Nena Amsler
- New Energy Encounter Group
- Nicholas Deyoe
- Nick Aguayo
- Nick Herman
- Nick Hon
- Nick Lowe
- Nick Terry
- Nicolas Humbert
- Nilbog
- Norm Laich
- Odeya Nini
- Ofunne Obiamiwe
- Orin Hildestad
- Pae White
- Pam Jorden
- Pat O'Neill
- Patricia Fernandez
- Patrick Behnke
- Patrick Hill
- Paul B. Cutler
- Paul Body
- Paul McCarthy
- Paul Tzanetopoulos
- Paul W. Evans
- Pauline Oliveros
- Pearl Hsiung
- Pegasus Warning
- Pelicanman
- Petra Haden
- Phil Teele
- Philip Gelb
- Phung Hyunh
- Phyllis Green
- Piero Golia
- Pierre Smith
- Polar Goldie Cats
- Provisional Rivera
- Provisional Riviera
- Purity
- Puttanesca
- Rachel Beetz
- Rachelle Sawatsky
- Ralph Gorodestsky
- Ramsey Naito
- Rangda
- Ray Burkhart
- Raymie Iadevaia
- Raymond Pettibon
- Rebecca Morris
- Reg Bloor
- Renée Petropoulos
- Rich West
- Richard Hawkins
- Richard Louderback
- Richard Valitutto
- Rick Cox
- Rick Potts
- Rick Russell
- Ricky Swallow
- Rita Gonzalez
- Robert Millis
- Robert Schwarz
- Robert Wilhite
- Robert Zimmerman
- Roberto Miguel Miranda
- Rod Poole
- Rodney McMillian
- Ron McBain
- Ron Russell
- Ronit Kirchman
- Rory Cowal
- Roscoe Mitchell
- Roswell Sisters
- Roy Dowell
- Rubén Ortiz-Torres
- Rüdiger Carl
- Ruriko Terada
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- Sachiyo Yoshimoto
- Sam Cooper
- Sam Davis
- Sam Durant
- Samara Golden
- Samiya Bashir
- Sandeep Mukherjee
- Sandy Yang
- Santos Vasquez
- Sara Schoenbeck
- Sarah Petersen
- Sarajo Frieden
- Scot Ray
- Scott Benzel
- Scott Grieger
- Scott Marvel Cassidy
- Scott Peter
- Scott Wilkinson
- Scott Worthington
- SCSE
- Sean Duffy
- Shackle
- Shana Lutker
- Shannon Walter
- Sharon Cheslow
- Sharon Lockhart
- Shea Gauer
- SheKhan
- Sherin Guirguis
- Sid M. Dueñas
- Silke Otto-Knapp
- Simon Berz
- Simon Leung
- Simone Forti
- Simone Gad
- Sir Richard Bishop
- Sister Mantos
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- Spencer Savage
- Stacey Small
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- Stanislav Orlovski
- Stanya Kahn
- Steev Hise
- Stefan Scott Nelson
- Stephanie Cheng Smith
- Stephanie Taylor
- Stephen Berens
- Stephen G. Rhodes
- Stephen Hillenburg
- Stephen Prina
- Stephen Vitiello
- Stephen/Steven
- Steuart Liebig
- Steve DeGroodt
- Steve Durnin
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- Steve Kim
- Steve Roden
- Steven Bankhead
- Steven Hull
- Steven Roden
- Stuart Arends
- Stuart Fox
- Sukho Lee
- Susan Rawcliffe
- Susan Silton
- Susan Sironi
- T. Kelly Mason
- Taft Green
- Takafumi Kosaka
- Tam Van Tran
- Tanya Haden
- Tanya Haden Black
- Tashi Wada
- Ted Byrnes
- Terry Riley
- Tetuzi Akiyama
- Thad Strode
- Thaddeus Strode
- The Guerrilla Girls
- The Los Angeles Trombone Collective
- The Who
- Thomas Ankersmit
- Thomas Dimuzio
- Tim Daisy
- Tim Feeney
- Tim Hailand
- Tim Perkis
- Tobias Hume
- Todd Gray
- Todd Lerew
- Tom Allen
- Tom Chasteen
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- Tom Lawson
- Tom Recchion
- Tom Shepard
- Tom Stern
- Tom Watson
- Tom Watson’s Clients
- Tomory Dodge
- Tony De Los Reyes
- Trevor Anderies
- Troy Oftedal
- Tyler Vlahovich
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- Year of the Rat
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- Zachary Drucker
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- 1301PE
- 356 S. Mission Rd.
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