SHAPE OF THE MOON

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Shape of the Moon is a cinematic poem project that performs twice a year under the night sky in the open desert outside Joshua Tree, with occasional performances in Los Angeles, Oakland and beyond. The core group is myself on poems and Bear Glass on improvised modular synthesizers and strings, with each session featuring one or more musical guests. While some of the tracks featured below are performed in studio, most are excerpts from our live outdoor sessions, each of which is performed surrounded by an audience which is surrounded by a Mobius Acoustics quadraphonic sound system. Unless otherwise noted, all films are by Robby Piantanida of Ambient Film. It’s best to listen to us in the dark or with headphones.

Our first album, When the Land is Laid Bare, arrives summer of 2026 on Marionette Records.

live tracks

Bear Glass - bass, modular synthesizer and Bukola; Yoon Lee - guitar, cahon and saxophone; Matt Yerge - singing bowls, gong and bells; Benjamin Burke - words

Bear Glass - bass, modular synthesizer and Bukola; Yoon Lee - guitar, cahon and saxophone; Matt Yerge - singing bowls, gong and bells; Benjamin Burke - words

Anthony Bisset and Brian Hildebrand - modular synthesizers; Yoon Lee - guitar and saxophone; Benjamin Burke - words

films