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EtherAir live at Zeno’s Feb 7 2026

Sublimation: New Music from EtherAir

EtherAir Live at The Void

EtherAir returns to The Void in Eureka on Saturday Jan 3! EtherAir will reappear at The Void in Eureka this Saturday Jan 3, in conjunction with Eureka’s First Saturday Arts Alive event, playing from 5-7pm. This is a FREE, ALL AGES show!

This video is from my last appearance at the Void on December 5. I call this piece “Subterfuge” because of the found audio included in it. I found the audio on an unlabeled cassette I purchased at a thrift store for ten cents, about 20 years ago. The cassette is full of phone conversations that reveal a great deal of stress and dysfunction, both at home and at work, in the lives of the unfortunate family who, for whatever reason, decided to record all of their phone calls.

Here’s another excerpt from my show at the Void on Dec 5: “Heart Sounds” features found audio taken from a cassette recording of the audio companion to the medical textbook “Understanding Heart Sounds and Murmers” by Tilkian and Conover. I found the recording on an unlabeled cassette at a garage sale about 20 yeas ago.

An excerpt from the debut of EtherAir at The Void in Eureka, CA. EtherAir will begin 2026 with another performance at The Void from 6-9pm on Sat Jan 3.

Spontaneous Composition for Theremin, Didgeridoo and Field Recording by EtherAir. From the album, EtherAir by John Hardin

On Friday, Dec 5 from 3:30 to 6:30, EtherAir, from SoHum will debut new music for Theremin and Didgeridoo, with found sounds and field recordings, at the Void Thrift Store at 228 F St in Oldtown Eureka. This is a free, all ages, afternoon show where you can do your holiday shopping while you listen.

The Theremin is an early 20^th Century electronic musical instrument invented by Russian immigrant Leon Theremin, played by moving ones hands in the vicinity of radio antennae. “Didgeridoo” is an outsiders onomatopoeic word for an instrument played by some First Nation People of Northern Australia, essentially a hollow log, played not unlike a modern tuba or trombone. In EtherAir, these analog musical instruments interface a network of digital processors that transform both sounds electronically. To these altered, culturally disparate sounds, EtherAir adds found sounds, like snatches of vintage media, vlog posts, public meetings, etc, and field recordings, audio recordings of different environments, to create a sound unlike anything you’ve ever heard before, yet feels as ancient and natural as time itself. EtherAir’s new eponymous album is available as a free download at Bandcamp.