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- NEW EXCITING STUFF!!!
  
  -Touring in Europe with the Chris Cohen Group in May and June
  
  -Releasing CavityFang's "Urban Problems" on Table and Chairs Records on July 1st (Bay Area Release Show on May 12th at the Swarm Gallery)
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- Sampler
  
  4 tracks
  
  Average Shopper is a a track from CavityFang's debut record, Urban Problems. The record comes out on Table and Chairs Records on July 2nd, 2013. The band features Jordan Glenn, Sam Ospovat, Hamir Atwal, Ava Mendoza and Cory Wright. June is from my solo project, Young Nudist. The debut record, Answers For The Modern World, will be out this Fall. For this project, I play almost all of the instruments and do all of the recording myself. Poodle is the 2nd track from Arts & Sciences' New You, on Oakland- based label Singlespeedmusic. It features Jacob Zimmerman, Matt Nelson and Jordan Glenn. Strings is a track from the forthcoming duo record with Josh Smith. For this album, we recorded both jazz standards and free improvisations in a church in Berkeley, CA.
  - Average Shopper-CavityFang
    
    04:55
  - June-Young Nudist
    
    02:16
  - Poodle-Arts & Sciences
    
    01:10
  - Strings-Coleman/Smith Duo
    
    02:57
Gigs

Gigs
- 5/5/13 Coleman/Fiss/Ospovat/Cass @ Bar 355, Oakland 9:30PM
  
  5/7/13 Improvised Duets + Bad Luck @ Rob And Rebecca's Musical Living Room, Oakland 8PM
  
  5/12/13 CAVITYFANG CD RELEASE SHOW @ Swarm Gallery, 8PM Oakland
  
  5/15/13 Chris Cohen @ Shea Stadium, Brooklyn NY 9PM
  
  5/17/13 Chris Cohen @ The Great Escape, Brighton UK
  
  5/18/13 Chris Cohen @ Madame Moustache, Brussels BE
  
  5/19/13 Chris Cohen @ Snufel, Bruges BE
  
  5/20/13 Chris Cohen @ Little Big Place, Cherbourg FR
  
  5/21/13 Chris Cohen @ Le Manege, Lorient FR
  
  5/22/13 Chris Cohen @ Iboat, Bordeaux FR
  
  5/23/13 Chris Cohen @ Primavera Sound Festival, SPAIN
  
  5/25/13 Chris Cohen @ Villette Sonique Festival, Paris FR
  
  5/26/13 Chris Cohen @ The Paradiso, Amsterdam NL
  
  5/27/13 Chris Cohen @ Haus Ungarn, Berlin, GE
  
  5/28/13 Chris Cohen @ Hafen 2, Offenbach, GE
  
  5/29/13 Chris Cohen @ La Romandie, Lausanne Switzerland
  
  5/30/13 Chris Cohen @ Beaches Brew Festival, Ravenna IT
  
  5/31/13 Chris Cohen @ Mattatoyo, Modena IT
  
  6/1/13 Chris Cohen @ La Rodia, Besancon FR
  
  6/3/13 Chris Cohen @ The Dalston Victoria, London UK
  
  6/7/13 Chris Cohen @ The Sinclair, Cambridge MA 9PM (opening for Ariel Pink)
  
  6/13/13 Sean Hayes @ Redwood Grove (UC Berkeley) 7PM
  
  6/18/13 Disappear Incompletely @ Awaken Cafe, Oakland 8PM
  
  6/22/13 Sean Hayes @ Camp Tipsy
  
  6/23/13 The Schimscheimer Family Trio + The Kasey Knudsen Sextet @ Intersection for the Arts, SF
  
  6/28/13 Billy Buss Quartet @ Jupiter, Berkeley 8PM
  
  6/29/13 MC Trio @ Hotel Healdsburg 7:30PM
  
  8/2/13 Mindless Thing @ Center For New Music, SF 8PM
  
  8/9/10 Smith/Coleman Duo @ The Sound Room, Oakland 8PM
  
  8/10/13 Suzanna Smith's CD Release Party @ The Jazz School, Berkeley 8PM
  
  Recent Shows of the Past
  
  4/1/12 Beep @ Switchboard Music Festival, SF 5PM
  
  4/7/12 Shaken Flesh @ The Jazz School, Berkeley 8PM
  
  4/22/12 Jordan Glenn's Mindless Thing @ The Freelove Music School, Oakland 8PM
  
  4/24/12 Kapowski @ The Fox Theater, Oakland 8PM (W/tUnE-yArDs and St. Vincent)
  
  4/25/12 Arts & Sciences + Improvised Duets @ Rob and Rebecca's Music Emporium, Oakland 8PM
  (Duets will feature the members of Arts & Sciences plus Jim Ryan, Henry Hung, Rob Ewing, Myles Boisen, Hamir Atwal, Ross Peacock)
  
  4/26/12 Zimmerman's Disney Extravaganza @ The Subterranean Art House, Berkeley 8PM
  
  4/27/12 Mindless Thing @ Totally Intense Fractal Mindgaze Hut, Oakland 8PM
  
  5/2/12 Stratic @ The Hemlock Tavern, SF 9PM
  
  5/7/12 Arts & Sciences @ The Cat in the Cream, Oberlin OH, 8PM
  
  5/8/12 Arts & Sciences @ Jazz Forum, Oberlin OH 12PM
  
  5/9/12 Arts & Sciences @ The Greenline Cafe, Philadelphia PA 7PM
  
  5/10/12 Arts & Sciences @ The Stone, NYC 10PM
  
  5/11/12 Arts & Sciences @ Night of the Living DIY, Brooklyn NY 9PM
  
  5/13/12 Arts & Sciences @ IBeam, Brooklyn NY 8PM (w/The Chives)
  
  5/16/12 Kapowski @ Cafe Du Nord, SF 8PM
  
  5/18/12 Improvised Duets @ The Home of Jason, Carly, Noah and Andy, Oakland 8PM (Featuring Kanoko Nishi, Rent Romus, Alex Vittum, Kyle Bruckmann, Crystal Pascucci, Robert Lopez, Jason Hoopes, Andy Strain and Noah Phillips)
  
  5/21/12 Stratic @ El Rio, SF 8PM
  
  5/25/12 Sarah Wilson Quintet @ The De Young Museum, SF 7PM
  
  5/25/12 Sunday Ghost @ The Stork Club, Oakland 10PM
  
  5/26/12 Jean Marie @ The Vortex Room, SF 8PM
  
  6/1/12 Marches @ First Friday, Oakland 8PM
  
  6/1/12 Kapowski @ The Uptown for First Friday, Oakland 10PM
  
  6/2/12 Michael Coleman Quartet @ Jupiter, Berkeley 8PM
  
  6/3/12 Rebecca Griffin @ Rob and Rebecca's Music Emporium, Oakland 8PM
  
  6/10/12 Mindless Thing @ Musicians Union, SF 8PM
  
  6/13/12 Citizen Rhythm @ Yoshi's, Oakland 8PM
  
  6/17/12 Coleman/Glenn/Wooley @ The Stone, NYC 8PM
  
  6/18/12 Aaron Novik's Dante Counterstamp @ Galaxy Hut, Washington D.C. 8PM
  
  6/19/12 Aaron Novik's Dante Counterstamp
  @ The Stone, NYC 8PM
  
  6/20/12 Aaron Novik's Dante Counterstamp@ Elevens, Northhapmton MA 8PM
  
  6/21/12 Aaron Novik's Dante Counterstamp @ Intercambio, New Haven CT
  
  6/22/12 Aaron Novik's Dante Counterstamp@ The Lily Pad, Boston 8PM
  
  6/23/12 Aaron Novik's Dante Counterstamp @ The Highwire Gallery, Philadelphia PA 8PM
  
  7/26/12 Kurt Kotheimer Quartet @ Bar 4, Brooklyn NY 9PM
  We'll be playing the music of bassist/composer Kurt Kotheimer. me-piano, Matt Nelson-sax, Tim Bulkley-drums
  
  8/26/12 Shaken Flesh @ Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 6:30PM
  
  8/31/12 Arkin/Coleman/Knudsen @ Intersection for the Arts' Off The Grid, SF 12PM
  This is a newish trio that explores rhythmically complex original music at low volumes! me-Wurlitzer electric piano, Kasey Knudsen-sax, Jon Arkin-drums
  
  8/31/12 Stratic @ Totally Intense Fractal Mindgaze Hut, Oakland 9PM
  Improvising, electronics and beats. me-Wurlitzer + Yamaha CS-10, Aram Shelton-sax + MAX MSP, Alex Vittum-percussion
  
  9/1/12 Michael Coleman Trio @ Healdsburg Hotel, Healdsburg 7:30
  
  9/4/12 Michael Coleman Trio @ Jupiter, Berkeley 8PM (A Tuesday Night Residency in September)
  
  9/11/12 Michael Coleman Trio @ Jupiter, Berkeley 8PM (A Tuesday Night Residency in September)
  
  9/14/12 Mindless Thing @ The Totally Intese Fractal Mindgaze Hut, Oakland 9PM
  
  9/16/12 Beep and Dante Counterstamp @ Viracocha SF 8PM
  I'll be working double time!
  Beep:
  me-keyboards
  Nate Brenner-bass
  Sam Ospovat-drums
  Dante Counterstamp:
  Aaron Novik-bass clarinet
  Ava Mendoza-guitar
  Bill Wolter-bass
  me-keyboards
  Jordan Glenn-vibes
  Sam Ospovat-drums
  
  9/18/12 Michael Coleman Trio @ Jupiter, Berkeley 8PM (A Tuesday Night Residency in September)
  
  9/27/12 Chris Cohen @ Glasslands Gallery, Brooklyn 8:30PM
  
  9/28/12 Chris Cohen @ Flywheel, Easthampton MA 8PM
  
  10/13/12 Chris Cohen @ House Concert, Olympia WA 9PM
  
  10/15/12 Chris Cohen @ Die Alone, Seattle WA 9PM
  
  10/16/12 Chris Cohen @ Holocene, Portland OR 8PM
  
  10/17/12 Chris Cohen @ The Bat Cave House, Arcata CA 8PM
  
  10/18/12 Chris Cohen @ The Hemlock Tavern, San Francisco CA 9PM
  
  10/19/12 Chris Cohen @ Public Fiction, Los Angeles CA 8PM
  
  10/26/12 Stratic @ UC Santa Cruz, 1PM
  We'll be doing a workshop on Improvising and electronic music.
  
  10/27/12 Arkin/Coleman/Knudsen @ Seasons of the Vineyard, Healdsburg 4PM
  me-wurlitzer
  Kasey Knudsen-alto sax
  Jon Arkin-drums
  
  10/28/12 Josh Smith Quartet @ Blackbird, Inverness 7:30PM
  me-piano
  Kasey Knudsen-alto
  Josh Smith-tenor
  Kim Cass-bass
  
  11/3/12 MC Trio @ Hotel Healdsburg 7:30PM
  me-piano
  Kim Cass-bass
  Jon Arkin-drums
  
  11/4/12 Jazz Quartet @ 355 Bar, Oakland, 10PM
  
  11/13/12 Stratic @ The Uptown, Oakland 9PM
  
  11/16/12 Chris Cohen @ Bennington College, VT 8PM
  
  11/18/12 Chris Cohen @ Hampshire College, Amherst MA 8PM
  
  EUROPE DATES
  
  11/22/12 Chris Cohen @ Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin Germany
  
  11/23/12 Chris Cohen @ Stengade, Copenhagen Denmark
  
  11/24/12 Chris Cohen @ Debaser, Malmo Sweden
  
  11/26/12 Chris Cohen @ Mono, Olso Norway
  
  11/28/12 Chris Cohen @ Astra Stube, Hamburg, Germany
  
  11/29/12 Chris Cohen @ Le Guess Who, Utrecht Netherlands
  
  11/30/12 Chris Cohen @ Autumn Falls, Brussels Belgium
  
  12/1/12 Chris Cohen @ Weekend Festival, Cologne Germany
  
  12/2/12 Chris Cohen @ Point Ephemere, Paris France
  
  12/4/12 Chris Cohen @ Bloom, Milan Italy
  
  12/5/12 Chris Cohen @ Circolo degli Artisti, Rome Italy
  
  12/6/12 Chris Cohen @ Teatro Della Tosse, Genoa Italy
  
  12/7/12 Chris Cohen @ Midi Festival, Toulon France
  
  12/8/12 Chris Cohen @ Ground Zero, Lyon France
  
  12/9/12 Chris Cohen @ La Peniche, Lille France
  
  12/10/12 Chris Cohen @ Prince Albert, Brighton UK
  
  12/11/12 Chris Cohen @ Glasgow UK
  
  12/12/12 Chris Cohen @ Trof Fallowland, Manchester UK
  
  12/13/12 Chris Cohen @ Start the Bus, Bristol UK
  
  12/14/12 Chris Cohen @ The Lexington, London UK
  
  12/15/12 Chris Cohen @ De Nieuwe Anita, Amsterdam Netherlands
  12/27/12 Josh Smith Trio @ Rose Pistola, SF 8PM
  
  12/28/12 MC Trio @ Jupiter, Berkeley 8PM
  
  12/29/12 Coleman/Glenn/Conklin/Nelson @ Kapowski House (530 41st, Oakland) 7:30 w/Luke Westbrook and Jesse Rimler
  
  1/6/13 Coleman/Glenn/Stuart @ 355 Bar, Oakland 10PM Jam session afterwards!!!
  
  1/8/13 Mindless Thing @ The Uptown, Oakland 8PM
  
  1/12/13 Miles Wick Trio @ Hotel Healdsburg, Healdsburg 7:30
  
  1/19/13 Suzanna Smith @ Cafe Devino, Sausalito 8PM
  
  1/20/13 Kasey Knudsen Trio @ Rose Pistola, SF 8PM
  
  1/23/13 Chris Cohen Group @ Le Poisson Rouge, NYC 8PM
  
  1/25/13 Disappear Incompletely @ Red Poppy Art House, SF 8PM
  
  1/26/13 Josh Smith/Michael Coleman Duo @ The Blackbird, Inverness 7PM
  
  1/27/13 Mindless Thing @ Jesse and Jon's, Oakland 5PM (530 41st st.)
  
  2/3/13 Jim Ryan's Fiery Cold @ Berkeley Arts Fest, Berkeley 8PM
  
  2/3/13 Enjoyer @ Bar 355, Oakland 10PM
  (me-keyboards, Kasey Knudsen-alto, Henry Hung-trumpet and synth, Doug Stuart-electric bass, Jordan Glenn-percussion, Jon Arkin-drums)
  
  2/4/13 Enjoyer @ The Makeout Room, SF 8PM
  
  2/13/13 Beep @ Swarm Gallery, Oakland 8PM
  
  2/14/13 Sean Hayes @ The New Parish, Oakland 8PM
  
  2/17/13 Disappear Incompletely @ La Pena, Berkeley, 8PM
  
  2/22/13 Wiener Kids Big Band @ The Jazz School, Berkeley 8PM
  
  2/23/13 Disappear Incompletely @ Rickshaw Stop, SF 7:30
  
  2/24/13 Disappear Incompletely @ Rickshaw Stop, SF 7:30
  
  3/3/13 Chris Cohen @ 285 Kent, Brooklyn NY
  
  3/5/13 Chris Cohen @ 2nd City Church, Harrisburg PA
  
  3/6/13 Chris Cohen @ Strange Matter, Richmond VA
  
  3/7/13 Chris Cohen @ Kings Barcade, Raleigh NC
  
  3/8/13 Chris Cohen @ Savannah Stopover, Savannah GA
  
  3/9/13 Chris Cohen @ The Earl, Atlanta GA
  
  3/10/13 Chris Cohen @ Lamar Lounge, Oxford MS
  
  3/13-3/16/13 Chris Cohen @ SXSW, Austin TX
  
  3/17/13 Chris Cohen @ Kansas City, MI
  
  3/18/13 Chris Cohen @ Slowdown, Omaha NE
  
  3/19/13 Chris Cohen @ 7th St. Entry, Minneapolis MN
  
  3/20/13 Chris Cohen @ The Empty Bottle, Chicago IL
  
  3/21/13 Chris Cohen @ The Bishop, Bloomington, IN
  
  3/22/13 Chris Cohen @ Kenyon College, Kenyon OH
  
  3/23/13 Chris Cohen @ Happy Dog, Cleveland OH
  
  3/24/13 Chris Cohen @ Lager House, Detroit MI
  
  3/25/13 Chris Cohen @ Bug Jar, Rochester NY
  
  3/26/13 Chris Cohen @ Casa Del Popolo, Montreal QC
  
  3/27/13 Chris Cohen @ Monkey House, Winooski VT
  
  3/28/13 Chris Cohen @ TT & The Bear's, Cambridge MA
  
  3/30/13 Chris Cohen @ PhilaMOCA, Philly PA
  
  4/6/13 MC Trio (Jon Arkin + Kim Cass) @ Healdsburg Hotel, Healdsburg 7:30 PM
  
  4/7/13 Ospovat/Knudsen/Cass/Coleman @ Bar 355, Oakland 9:30PM
  
  4/12/13 MC Quartet @ Jupiter, Berkeley 8PM
  
  4/13/13 Smith/Coleman Duo @ The Blackbird Cafe, Inverness 7PM
  
  4/14/13 Shawn Balthazar Quartet (Kermit Driscoll + Jason Gillenwater) @ Jazz School, Berkeley 4:30
  
  4/14/13 Evangelista/Coleman @ KZSU Day of Noise 6PM
  
  4/18/13 Terrence Brewer @ Intersection For the Arts, SF 8PM
  
  4/20/13 Josh Smith's Listening Party (MC, Ben Goldberg, Chris Lopes) @ The Blackbird, Inverness 7PM
  
  4/21/13 Schimscheimer Family Trio + Enjoyer @ Duende, Oakland 8PM
  
  4/22/13 Aram Shelton Quartet @ The Layover, Oakland 9PM
  
  4/26/13 Sean Hayes @ Moe's Alley, Santa Cruz 8PM
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Discography

Discography
- Beep "Short Stories" 2007
  Beep "You Are Special, You are a Special Friend" 2008
  Beep "City of the Future" 2011
  The Attachments "Go Away" 2011
  Arts & Sciences "Arrowd" 2011
  Arts & Sciences "New You" 2012
  Schumann's Humanns "Strange Lands" 2011
  Kapowski "Boy Detective" 2012
  tUnE-yArDs "whokill" 2011
  Lawson "Tales from the land of Lawson" 2012
  Smith/Coleman "Feeling:Blues" 2011
  Jean Marie "Secret Pocket" 2011
  Wiener Kids "What A Mess" 2011
  Stratic "Stratic" 2012
  Sam Ospovat "Piki" 2012
  Naytronix "Dirty Glow" 2012
  Kurt Kotheimer "ROMCOM" 2012
Bio

Bio
- Michael is an integral part of the Bay Area music community. Since his arrival in 2004, he's played with great musicians and bands in both the jazz/improv and the pop worlds. He has performed, toured and recorded with Chris Cohen, Sean Hayes, tUnE-yArDs, Aram Shelton, Joshua Smith, Kasey Knudsen, Kapowski among many others. As a composer and band leader, Michael has released 7 records and plans on having 4 more by the end of 2013. He leads his own groups Arts & Sciences, Enjoyer and CavityFang and is involved with the collective trio Beep with longtime friends Sam Ospovat and Nate Brenner as well as the Schimscheimer Family Trio with Jon Arkin and Kasey Knudsen.
Press

Press
- Schumann's Humanns
  East Bay Express
  Beep
  The Daily Cal
  Alarm Press
  Adequacy
  Kapowski
  Also Frightened
  East Bay Express
  Arts & Sciences
  Free Jazz
  Jazz Wrap
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