For our new installment of Cicada
we are excited to welcome Marc Merza

Marc Merza is a Filipino-American musician, sound designer and artist from Los Angeles, CA. The relation of his sonic work is threaded tightly with his experience of displacement and Asian diaspora- often utilizing tape loops and analog equipment alongside acoustic instruments to express these emotions. He works with numerous collaborators in the practice of recording and performing which signifies his view on the importance of community. Currently, Marc Merza is working on a series of compositions for Kulintang and Sarunay- indigenous metallophones from the Philippines- in hopes of bridging the gap between his musical experience and his culture.

BORED LORD
 

~ NEW ARRIVALS ~
 

SQUIRRELS ON FILM

Honored to present a selection from SF-based label run by local legends / club veterans Solar and C.L.A.W.S., showcasing releases from Bay Area's own such as It's Own Infinite Flower and other talent from beyond such as Florida's Chris Mitchell, Vienna's Alyssa Auvinen Barrera (LDY OSC) and Berlin's Michelle Tansella (TANS). The imprint mines the fertile in-between where post-punk, synth, and EBM meet house, techno, and electro while also blurring genre lines. Beautiful psychedelic full colored sleeve illustrations from S.O.F. artist in residence Bert Bergen, making each copy an art object in its own right. 

IDHAZ - psychic behaviors

The second multimedia release from Left Hand Path comes to us from SF-based singer/producer/performance artist IDHAZ. "psychic behaviors" explores the body and the assignments which are given to it. It explores our undefined nature as creatures of earth, and our desire to be connected without a wall of ammunition between our designated countries. Combining elements such as Gameboy, MPC, SP-555, synth, and original lyrics and vocals, IDHAZ enters into the realms of R&B, house, punk, juke, and noise with his latest release psychic behaviors. Housed in a clear vinyl bag that includes a professionally dubbed and printed audio cassette and a zine featuring photos by Beau Devereaux, art by filthykeren and poetry by IDHAZ.
Check out Sunday Mass every 1st Sunday 8pm on Lowergrand hosted by IDHAZ and Cherub 420.

MUSLIM DELGADO
 

UPCOMING IN STORE EVENTS
 

NEXT EXHIBITION

COCOON WEBS
featuring work from mirrored fatality with live performance
Opening Thursday, 12/9 
5-7 PM

Join us for the opening of mirrored fatality's COCOON WEBS performance and exhibition before benefits they are organizing on December 11 at Oakland Secret and December 12 at Omni Commons featuring teach-ins, performers, DJS, and vendors they are organizing for Sonzal Welfare Trust, Stand with Kashmir, Sabokahan, and Ilokano Farms. mirrored fatality weaponizes COCOON WEBS as a sonic metamorphosis container to a world numbing us with toxic forces. COCOON WEBS is a ferocious affirmation of chaos to harness our ancestral power, primal spirit, collective fury, and interconnectedness to our multiverse. BLOOM, UTOPIA, INVALIDATION, and EARTHBODY(S) are restorative anthems to sustain us through the revolution. they will be sharing a live performance of INVALIDATION, UTOPIA, and EARTHBODY(S). 

We will be hosting their COCOON WEBS installation which will run until end of Dec. Mirrored fatality's upcycled warrior ware, CDs, cassettes, and visual art will be available for purchase with proceeds going directly to Sonzal Welfare Trust, Stand with Kashmir, Sabokahan, and Ilokano Farms. 
 

mirrored fatality is queer nonbinary Kapampangan Pilipinx and Pakistani Muslim performance art duo Mango and Samar, sharing their rituals, altars, and medicine through DIT (Do It Together) experimental and healing noise punk. mirrored fatality creates their self-proclaimed “cocoon webs'' combining performance art, music, spoken word, film, photography, painting, drawing, upcycled garments, anti-imperialist education, and healing justice practice spaces to mobilize a warrior community responding to transnational calls-to-action for mutual aid, land sovereignty, and prison abolition. mirrored fatality’s intentions for their art is for Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color to embody their rage and holistic healing to disrupt the isolation from existing in a white supremacist capitalistic apocalyptic world towards collective liberation.

Their self-released/recorded/produced EP COCOON WEBS is featured on Decolonize Punk, Rolling Stone India, United Asia, Abolition Is, and OutWrite News Magazine. As farmers and artists, they have completed residencies with Philadelphia Community Farm, Postcrypt Gallery, EFA Project Space, Dead Bedland, Earthlodge Center for Transformation, Star Route Farm, and Isis Oasis Sanctuary. They recenter completed their Summer 2021 tour in Lenape Land (New York) to fundraise for grassroots organizations: Sabokahan, Liyang Network, Stand with Kashmir, Sweet Freedom Farm, People’s Cauldron, Star Route Farm NY, and Panther Solidarity Organization Ridgewood. 

CONE SHAPE TOP is a small arts & music project space + music/book shop + mix series based out of Oakland, CA. 

Saturdays 1-6pm
schedule a visit for other days

contact coneshapetop@gmail.com for any other inquiries.