Friday, February 3, 2012

Leviathan Worship Service + Derek Johnson + Ffej

8:00 PM; $5 - $10 suggested donation at the door (cash/checks only).

Leviathan Worship Service creates a cocktail of space-age drone with uncontrollable noise through the keyboards and percussion of J. James Taylor and the guitar and theremin of B. Arthur Rouda. Utilizing broken loops and a bi-polar guitar they construct improvised and meditative soundscapes.

Olympia cellist Derek M. Johnson plays the acoustic/electric cello in non-traditional and improvisational settings, often as a soundtrack to a hand-made, direct animation slide show of his own creation.

Ffej is an analog synthesist, songwriter and sound artist on the run from normality. His experimental compositions defy description as does his multifaceted musical life. As well as playing his own material solo, he has participated in a number of group projects including Mutant Data Orchestra, Chaosmosis and has been a key member of the Sonicabal, a Seattle based collective of experimental musicians. He is the man behind Seattle's online creative music calendar, Cognitive Dissidents.

Thursday, February 2, 2012

SIMF Benefit: One-Minute Solos

8:00 PM; $10 - $25 suggested donation at the door (cash/checks only)

A broad range of Seattle musicians improvise solos, each lasting one minute, in support of the 2012 Seattle Improvised Music Festival. Performers include Andrew Joslyn, Andrew Olmstead, Begin Scarseth, Brad Hawkins, Bruce Greeley, Cynthia Marie, Eric Rynes, Gust Burns, Ivan Arteaga, Jason Parker, Jim Knodle, John Teske, Justin Parker, Mara Sedlins, Michael Owcharuk, Michael Sentkewitz, Natalie Mai Hall, Neal Kosaly-Meyer, Neil Welch, Schraepfer Harvey, Steve Scribner, Wilson Shook and more. We are still accepting musicians, so if you have an interest in performing a solo, please contact john [dot] teske [at] gmail.com

This year's Seattle Improvised Music Festival runs February 8-11 at the Chapel Performance Space, featuring a great line-up of musicians from Tokyo, Berlin, Arizona, BC, Philadelphia, Portland and of course Seattle. Full schedule available online.

Friday, January 27, 2012

Marc Barreca & Doug Haire

Marc Barreca (digital accordion, computer/electronics) and Doug Haire (field recordings) together create a layered, multi-channel sonic environment, blending phonography, loop-based textures and live electronic instruments.

Thursday, January 26, 2012

The Box Is Empty plays Lang & Reich

The Box Is Empty, Seattle’s newest contemporary music ensemble, performs David Lang’s Pulitzer-prize-winning the little match girl passion (Northwest premiere) and Steve Reich’s Proverb. With Maria Mannisto and Christina Siemens, sopranos; Kathea Yarnell, alto; Mark Leuning and Brian Winnie, Tenors; Tim Blok and Yigit Kolat, electric organs; Becca Baggenstoss and Denali Williams, percussion. Jeremiah Cawley, conductor.

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Friday, January 20, 2012

Trimtab + Figeater

POSTPONED DUE TO SNOW!!! RE-SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY, FEB. 24

Thursday, January 19, 2012

SIMF Benefit: One-Minute Solos

POSTPONED DUE TO SNOW!!! RE-SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, FEB. 2