

San Francisco
Notes of Moss: Vinyl Sets, Listening & Tasting Experience
Notes of Moss: Music & Food Gathering
An Evening Of Music & Food
Kick off the Usal 2026 season at The Last Straw with an intentional gathering that celebrates culture, community, and nature, featuring music curated by notes of moss and a tasting experience of Shanghainese and Viet cuisine by local culinary artists.
Ticket Type
When
02/28
Time
3:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Intensity


Live Music
The evening will feature vinyl DJ sets by very much romance, d.tekx, & zz:
very much romance, formed by Kate and Miro, have been collecting and playing records for the greater part of life. VMR plays dance music across genres for the body and mind. They throw Come Relax with Us and are a part of renegade Down Under, etc, building out little worlds in non-club locations in the Bay Area.
d.tekx lives in between atmospheric techno, dub, & heavy bass. His monthly residency on Lower Grand Radio, Cold Summer, explores electronic music past, present, and future. Drawing strong inspiration from different sub-pockets of electronic scenes, he has featured sets on stations ranging from SutroFM to TOHA Radio.
zz is the creator of "notes of moss”. In her DJ sets, she explores sound through space, texture, and storytelling.
Music for the evening is curated by notes of moss - a nature-inspired music project rooted in community collaboration, storytelling, and environment-based listening experiences.


Food
Each listener will get several small plates of Shanghainese and Viet cuisine.


About
notes of moss is a nature-inspired music project unfolding through monthly radio shows, live performances, and gatherings. Each iteration is a sonic exploration rooted in collaboration, storytelling, and environment-based listening — inviting space, catharsis, and quiet introspection.
Angie Zheng 郑晴 is a musician, teacher, and artist from Shanghai. She is the creator of SEE/EAT, an archive of experiments in visual, sonic, and culinary work and events, including littledishes 小菜一碟, a Shanghainese dinner pop-up, and SĪ思意YÌ, a sound and food gathering on a farm.
Cynthia PhươngAnh Lê (xinh) makes sound, radio, meals, gatherings, and small publications born from curiosities in memory, ritual, and collective care. current interests include: collective listening, diasporic foodways, healing lineages, migration, community archives, and the quiet politics of care.