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Sundial Reading Series 3: West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project Edition
Demo Night: PhaseChimes Musical Exploration
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April 8, 2026 at Local Economy in Oakland, CA
Local Economy, Oakland, California
Ken Murphy will demonstrate his PhaseChimes project: an app for musical exploration. Using virtual gears, you build seemingly simple musical machines that produce surprisingly complex rhythms and melodies. It's designed for musicians interested in exploring concepts like polyrhythms and phase music, but is also meant to be intuitive enough for anyone.
PhaseChimes is a work in progress. You'll be able to download a beta version to your iPhone, iPad, or Mac (sorry, no Android version yet!)
Ken Murphy is a musician and software developer that dabbles in a variety of pursuits. He was an artist-in-residence at the Exploratorium, and wrote a children's book about the creative use of electronics. He loves using his tech skills to build tools for creative exploration.
Date:
April 8, 2026
Time:
6:00 PM
8:00 PM
Event website: https://luma.com/vjr3hdnb
Event type:
Kids and Family
Local Economy is a small, flexible community space on the College Avenue stretch of Rockridge, a few doors from East Bay Booksellers. It looks and feels like a bright neighborhood storefront set up for people to gather rather than a traditional venue. Inside, most things are organized around a long central table where talks, workshops, book clubs and game sessions all happen in close quarters. more...
