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Pauline Oliveros

Experimental & noise band from Houston, TX · formed 1932

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Pauline Oliveros photo
Photo from the public record
Shows on record
22
Rooms played
17
Cities
13
Releases
35
Last show
Nov 22, 20252220 Arts + Archives

About

Pauline Oliveros is a band from Houston, TX, formed in 1932, tagged ambient, Avant-Garde, contemporary classical by its sources. Shows on record run from 2007 to 2025, across 17 rooms in 13 cities.

The summary is assembled from the record fields and shows on this page; each fact listed names its source. See Sources & corrections for what each source supplied.

Shows

22 on record · Songkick
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Shows per year

  1. 20071 show
  2. 20081 show
  3. 20094 shows
  4. 20103 shows
  5. 20112 shows
  6. 20123 shows
  7. 20131 show
  8. 20141 show
  9. 20151 show
  10. 20164 shows
  11. 20251 show
Show history
DateVenue
Nov 22, 20252220 Arts + Archives · Los Angeles (LA)Headlinerwith shelley burgon, Marta Tiesenga, Pauline Lay, +1
Oct 18, 2016National Sawdust · BrooklynHeadliner
Feb 6, 2016Hebbel Am Ufer - HAU 1 · BerlinHeadliner
Feb 5, 2016Hebbel Am Ufer - HAU 1 · BerlinHeadliner
Jan 29, 2016Hebbel Am Ufer - HAU 2 · BerlinHeadliner
May 30, 2015Open Space At 510 Fort · VictoriaHeadliner
Nov 23, 2014Canessa Gallery · San FranciscoHeadliner
May 9, 2013RPI - EMPAC Studio Beta · TroySupportwith Crystal Mooncone
Aug 25, 2012Netwerk · AalstSupportwith John Butcher, Charles Gayle, David Watson
May 3, 2012Tate Modern · LondonHeadliner
Feb 26, 2012The Stone · New York (NYC)Headliner
Sep 18, 2011The Stone · New York (NYC)Supportwith FRANCES WHITE, Irene
Jul 28, 2011The Stone · New York (NYC)Headliner
Sep 8, 2010Guelph Jazz Festival · GuelphHeadliner
May 15, 2010The Stone · New York (NYC)Headliner
Mar 27, 2010Miller Theatre · New York (NYC)Headliner
Nov 12, 2009Town Hall · ManhattanSupportwith Ghostigital, Blixa Bargeld, Mike Patton, +9
May 9, 2009The Stone · New York (NYC)Supportwith Lucky Dragons
Feb 21, 2009Mills College · OaklandHeadliner
Feb 6, 2009Big Ears Festival 2009 · KnoxvilleHeadliner
Sep 7, 2008Project Artaud Theatre · San FranciscoHeadliner
Oct 26, 2007Serpentine Gallery · LondonHeadliner

Where they play

17 rooms in 13 cities

Rooms played most

Cities played

  • New York (NYC)6 shows
  • Berlin3 shows
  • London2 shows
  • San Francisco2 shows
  • Aalst1 show

and 8 other cities

Releases

35 releases, 1982–2026

  • Two Days In Dreamland

    2026

  • EMPAC Sessions

    2026

  • MA Ensemble Performs Arctic Air By Pauline Oliveros With Ione

    2024

  • Unsettled Choruses: A Terrain Of Humming And Phonetics 1930-74

    2023

  • Sound Pieces

    2023

  • Quintessential2

    2023

  • Resonance Gathering

    2023

  • Half A Dove In New York, Half A Dove In Buenos Aires

    2022

  • Musica Nuvolosa

    2022

  • Altamirage

    2022

  • Music in the Air

    2009 · Album

  • Four Electronic Pieces 1959–1966

    2008 · Album

  • Split

    2008

  • The Beauty of the Steel Skeleton / Drifting Depths

    2008 · Album

  • Accordion Koto

    2007 · Album

  • Lion's Eye / Lion's Tale

    2006 · Album

  • A Little Noise in the System

    2004 · Album

  • Tara's Room

    2004 · Album

  • No Mo

    2001 · Album

  • The Space Between

    2001 · Album

  • Pauline Oliveros in the Arms of Reynols

    2000 · Album

  • Primordial Lift

    2000 · Album

  • Springs

    1999 · Album

  • Summer Bugs

    1999 · Album

  • Ghostdance

    1998 · Album

  • Alien Bog / Beautiful Soop

    1997 · Album

  • Driftworks

    1997 · Album

  • Electronic Works

    1997 · Album

  • Suspended Music

    1997 · Album

  • St. George and the Dragon / In Memoriam Mr. Whitney

    1994 · Album

  • Crone Music

    1990 · Album

  • Deep Listening

    1989 · Album

  • The Roots of the Moment

    1988 · Album

  • The Well and the Gentle

    1985 · Album

  • Accordion & Voice

    1982 · Album

Lineup

  • Deep Listening Band
  • Timeless Pulse
  • Cicada Dream Band · accordion
  • The Space Between
  • Triple Point
  • The Circle Trio

Airplay

  • KEXP airplay: 1 plays, 2017-06-21–2017-06-21 — KEXP
  • Played on KEXP show 'The Roadhouse' (Greg Vandy) — KEXP

Photos, art and posters

Pauline Oliveros — Photo
Photo — TheAudioDB
Pauline Oliveros — Photo
Photo — TheAudioDB
Pauline Oliveros — Photo
Photo — Wikidata
Pauline Oliveros — Netwerk, 2012-08-25
Poster · Netwerk, 2012-08-25 — Songkick

Sources & corrections

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What each source supplied
SourceUsed for
MusicBrainzArtist facts
Pauline Oliveros on Last.fmArtist facts
Pauline Oliveros on DiscogsArtist facts
Pauline Oliveros on GeniusArtist facts
WikidataArtist facts, Photos
KEXPAirplay
SongkickShow history, Show posters
TheAudioDBPhotos
DiscogsCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it
GeniusCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it
Last.fmCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it
WikipediaCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it

This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. It does not confirm availability for booking.