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Side Yard Sounds: Matt Robidoux / Coppice / NNN Cook
matt robidoux ◆ NNN Cook
June 20, 2026, 7–9 PM
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Join us for an evening of experimental sound, improvisation, and spatial listening with Matt Robidoux, Coppice, and NNN Cook!

Bios:
Matt Robidoux (they/he) is a San Francisco based composer, improviser, and educator interested in the convergence of movement and sound as it relates to free improvisation and accessibility. Their primary instrument is the “corn synth” (Kinetically Operated Randomness Network) a modular system that interprets physical input from two “ears of corn” sculptures cast in aluminum.

They are part of a composer collective with Sally Decker, Brendan Glasson, Briana Marela, Michelle Moeller, and Mitch Stahlmann, and Flatways, an electroacoustic improvising trio with Jordan Glenn and Sudhu Tewari. They have worked with Creativity Explored, Del Sol Quartet, Fred Frith, Eclipse Quartet, William Winant, Jaap Blonk, Laura Steenberge, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Anla Courtis, and J Mascis.

Coppice
For over 15 years, the Chicago-based duo Coppice (Noé Cuéllar and Joseph Kramer) has created experimental music centered on auditory pairings. Its compositions often address recursive relations between presentation and representation, framing and reframing, object specificity and technological imprint.

Currently, Coppice is exploring the timbres, tones, and shapes of idiophones (a kind of musical instrument whose own substance vibrates to produce sound), and strategies in spatial audio.

Coppice’s previous experiments include Bellows & Electronics (2009–2014), Physical Modeling & Modular Syntheses (2014–2018), and Phonography & Fiction (2018–2022). These musical trajectories and their respective instruments and devices are documented online, along with writings on creative processes, including retrospective works published by Leonardo and Seismograf. Visit: coppice.futurevessel.com

NNN Cook
Interdisciplinary visual/sound artist, poet, and designer NNN Cook runs the experimental cassette label Close/Far Recordings and is the creator and curator of the St. Louis-based music, video, and… full artist bio in the comment.