Monday Roundup #194

Concert announcements:

Public Display of Affliction + More Noise Please present (feat. Reaching Needles / Death Glaze / Medical Fart / Inchoate / Twin Mask / Hinder) / Spadina Baby 2024-10-10 (Thursday) [more info]

undercommons collective 1.2 (feat. Jake Parker Scott / Anita Katakkar/Kayla Milmine/Jonathan Kay / Bill Gilliam/Bill McBirnie) / Annette Studios 2024-10-11 (Friday). $15 or pwyc. [FB event]

Second Fridays (feat. Allison Cameron Band [Allison Cameron/Thom Gill/Kurt Newman] / C’est la Fete [Mateos Labbe-Phelan/William Hunt/Adrian Russouw] / French Onion Soup [Leah Reavie/Omar Yazaw/Ian Mergelas/Amiel Ang]) / Chalmers Performance Space @ Canadian Music Centre 2024-10-11 (Friday). $15/$10 students. [more info]

Tranzac Fundraiser Volume III (feat. Blood Ceremony / Stonegrass / Derrick Anthony Vella) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2024-10-12 (Saturday). $22.89. [tickets + more info]

Ayal Senior & Friends (feat. Senior & Newman / Nick Flanagan / Nocturnes [Michelle Breslin & Ayal Senior] / M.D.N.R.) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-10-13 (Sunday – 2:30 p.m.) [FB event]

X Avant XIX: Texture: Synthesis (feat. Phew / C.G. De Minico / Charles Spearin) / Allan Gardens Children's Conservatory 2024-10-15 (Tuesday). $10 (MG Members), $15/$20/$25 PWYCA. [more info]

X Avant XIX: Texture: Diffuse [Exit Points takeover, You Are The Right Length release celebration and listening party with 12-channel surround sound listening experience] (feat. Michael Palumbo/Gayle Young/Zoma) / The Music Gallery 2024-10-16 (Wednesday). $10 (MG Members), $15/$20/$25 PWYCA. [more info]

X Avant XIX: Texture: Weave / Part 1 ["gestures of dance and performance"] (feat. Mossbelly) / The Music Gallery 2024-10-17 (Thursday – 6 p.m.). $free/pwyc. [more info]

X Avant XIX: Texture: Weave / Part 2 (feat. Rafael Toral / Nyda Kwasowsky ) / The Music Gallery 2024-10-17 (Thursday). $10 (MG Members), $15/$20/$25 PWYCA. [more info]

X Avant XIX: Texture: Unravel (feat. Hieroglyphic Being / Juanito / Lj's Geen Galena) / The Bridge 2024-10-18 (Friday). $10 (MG Members), $15/$20/$25 PWYCA. [more info]

X Avant XIX: Texture: Refraction (feat. The Glass Orchestra / future proof / Michael Fawcett ) / The Music Gallery 2024-10-19 (Saturday). $10 (MG Members), $15/$20/$25 PWYCA. [more info]

Death to T.O #12 [legendary Halloween weekend live covers show & party, a 2-stage gala featuring live covers of Aerosmith, Björk, Devo, Fleetwood Mac, Hall & Oates, Hole, Madonna, Nelly Furtado, Oasis, Sarah Mclachlan, Sonic Youth, Type O Negative] (feat. Dilettante, Essie Watts, Kali Horse, Miserable Weekend, Palm Sander, Paste, Praises, Rapport, Robinson Kirby, Secret Sign/Shiv & The Carvers, Vallens/Breeze, Wild Black) / Lee's Palace + The Cave 2024-10-26 (Saturday). $23.50, 19+. [FB event]

Mira Martin-Gray and Niamh Girling present CLUE NOTE ["a new monthly series that's part trivia night and part creative music concert"] (feat. Allison Cameron/Niamh Girling/Mira Martin-Gray/Olivia Shortt [performing Mira Martin-Gray's freaky drone jazz composition "ii-V-I ∞"]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-10-29 (Tuesday – early). $10 suggested /pwyc. [FB event]

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Shows this week:

Justin Orok Presents: The Songs of Luka Kuplowsky (feat. To Gather String/Racha Moukalled/Ben Rositsan/Aidan McConnell/Justin Orok) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-10-01 (Tuesday – early). $pwyc

Track Could Bend #96 (feat. Josh Cole + Mira Martin-Gray / Laura Swankey/Brittany Pitt/Dan Pitt) / Wenona Lodge 2024-10-01 (Tuesday). $pwyc. [FB event]

Sanctuary Drone ["an unofficial Nuit Blanche happening / a night of ambient drone experimentation"] (feat. DRONE:KLUB / Cosmic Homeostasis / Spectrum Soundbath) / Trinity-St.Paul's Centre 2024-10-05 (Saturday – 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.). $free. [FB event]

Project Nowhere presents (feat. Eliza Niemi / N Nao / Blue Light) / The Baby G 2024-10-05 (Saturday). $20.66, 19+. [FB event]

New Music Concerts Presents: Gay Guerrilla (The Legacy of Julius Eastman) [works by Julia Wolfe, Philippe Leroux, Julius Eastman] (feat. Architek Percussion with Daniel Añez + Pamela Reimer) / St. George by the Grange Anglican Church 2024-10-05 (Saturday). $35, $30 (arts workers, seniors), $20 (students). [more info]

Amrita [Anita Katakkar/Kayla Milmine with special guest Jonathan Kay] / Drom Taberna 2024-10-06 (Sunday – 5:30 p.m.) [FB event]

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Bandcamp corner:

• Bandcamp Friday coming 'round again this week! Here's a couple things I'll be grabbing. The Exit Points album is a special vinyl release — check out details of the release party during X Avant listed above!

Recording: Turtle Pleasure

Artist: Turtle Pleasure

Song: [track 2]

Recorded at Wenona Lodge (Track Could Bend #95), September 3, 2024.

Turtle Pleasure - [track 2]

Plenty of pleasurable sounds in the mostly-ambient improvised explorations from this quartet composed of Danny Sheahan (electronics), Matthew Nguyen (bass), Nicholas Cooper (clarinet), and Samiul Samin (guitar). All were equipped with plenty of pedals, processing and digitizing their sounds, although there was enough space left in to keep things from ever getting cluttered.

You can check out the full set over on youtube:

[Track Could Bend is back at Wenona next Tuesday (October 1st) with sets from Josh Cole + Mira Martin-Gray and Laura Swankey/Brittany Pitt/Dan Pitt.]

Recording: Royal Jelly

Artist: Royal Jelly

Song: unknown^*

Recorded at Wenona Lodge (Track Could Bend #95), September 3, 2024.

Royal Jelly - unknown

This expanded/all-star edition of cellist Cory Harper-Latkovich's Jelly Ear project saw him joined by Kurt Newman (guitar), Allison Cameron (banjolele, melodica, synth), Sara Constant (flutes) as well as Germaine Liu and Yang Chen (percussion). It was the latter pair, with rocks and other percussive implements spread around them on the floor (à la The Titillators) that gave this a slightly different cast to the medieval (and new-but-medieval-sounding) pieces the group played, adding scrapes and other gentle clatter to mildly decenter the stately proceedings. This night was a bit of a farewell party as well, with Harper-Latkovich heading off to delve deeper into compositional studies in early music, so new/old wrinkles are sure to arise next time an ensemble like this is assembled.

You can check out the full set over on youtube:

[Track Could Bend is back at Wenona next Tuesday (October 1st) with sets from Josh Cole + Mira Martin-Gray and Laura Swankey/Brittany Pitt/Dan Pitt.]

^* It's not impossible that this is the end of one piece going into another. Does anyone know the title(s)? Please leave a comment!

Monday Roundup #193

Community notes:

• Music Improvisation with Allison Cameron: a new series of free last-Monday-of-the-month workshops is coming up at Array with instalments on September 30th, October 28th, and November 25th. "This workshop is free, inclusive and respectful of everyone. Our approach is to have participants examine the instruments at their disposal, and use the responses to their search for sounds as points of departure for group improvisation in a creative, relaxed and non-judgmental environment." Curious folks should take advantage of this excellent community resource!

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Concert announcements:

Sanctuary Drone ["an unofficial Nuit Blanche happening / a night of ambient drone experimentation"] (feat. DRONE:KLUB / Cosmic Homeostasis / Spectrum Soundbath) / Trinity-St.Paul's Centre 2024-10-05 (Saturday – 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.). $free. [FB event]

Amrita [Kayla Milmine/Anita Katakkar with special guest Isaiah Naveed Farahbakhsh] / Drom Taberna 2024-10-06 (Sunday – 5:30 p.m.)

Audiopollination (feat. Jamie Eriksen/Dave Nelson/Jenna Geen aka moonwatcher / yasmine/marilyn /sxrej / Janel/Holger School/Dame Cook) / Array Space 2024-10-11 (Friday). $10 (cash or card) or PWYC. [FB event]

Soundstreams' Encounters: Letters to God: P.S. I (don’t) believe in you (feat. Chris Pruden/Ky Brooks/Tara Kannangara) / Hugh’s Room 2024-10-15 (Tuesday). $free with RSVP. [more info]

Labyrinth Ensemble with Maliheh Moradi / Aga Khan Museum 2024-11-02 (Saturday). $40 ($36 Friends of Aga Khan Museum / $30 Students and Seniors). [FB event]

Burn Down The Capital presents (feat. Haley Fohr [a.k.a.Circuit Des Yeux] & Bill Nace) / Standard Time 2024-11-11 (Monday). $22.89, all ages. [more info]

Freesound Presents: Music for Piano Quartet II [works by Georgia Denham, Michael Oesterle, Laure M. Hiendl] (feat. Aysel Taghi-Zada/Matthew Antal/Amahl Arulanandam/Wesley Shen) / Array Space 2024-11-15 (Friday). $22.63. [more info]

Burn Down The Capital presents (feat. Wendy Eisenberg's Viewfinder / Bernice / Pete Johnston's Stranger Still) / Collective Arts 2024-11-17 (Sunday). $tba. [more info]

Freesound Presents: Music for Solo Instruments (feat. Michael Murphy / Amahl Arulanandam / Matti Pulkki) / Array Space 2025-03-20 (Thursday). $22.63. [more info]

Freesound Presents: Violin // Trumpet // Melodica [featuring new work by Martin Arnold] (feat. Aysel Taghi-Zada/Émilie Fortin/Martin Arnold) / Array Space 2025-06-28 (Saturday). $22.63. [more info]

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Shows this week:

Solitary Shrew (feat. laika berdey / Joe Sobara/Allison Cameron/Mira Riselli) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-09-24 (Tuesday – early). $pwyc ($10 suggested). [more info]

Lori Freedman [solo] (Trio Davidson Ng Freedman) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-09-24 (Tuesday) [more info]

DIG presents (feat. CDSM [Celebrity Death Slot Machine] / Not A Band) / Houndstooth 2024-09-25 (Wednesday). $pwyc. [FB event]

Burn Down The Capital presents (feat. Still House Plants / Only God Forgives) / Standard Time 2024-09-26 (Thursday). $22.89, all ages. [FB event]

All-Set! Presents (feat. Molehill [Jak Oelrichs/Pete Johnston/Mike Smith]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-09-27 (Friday – early)

Dance Inside Autumn Leaves (feat. Shahriyar Jamshidi) / Canadian Music Centre 2024-09-27 (Friday). $22.63. [more info]

Venus Fest & Not Dead Yet present (feat. Claire Rousay / rEmPiT g0dDe$$ / Karen Ng) / Monarch Tavern 2024-09-26 (Thursday). $25.26, 19+. [more info]

Exit Points #53 (feat. Ray Sun/Rick Sacks/Anne Amores/James Pugliese/Daniel Ramjattan / Dave Clark/abby silvera/Cheryl Duvall/Patrick O'Reilly/Veda Hingert-McDonald/ Michael Palumbo / Switchemups!) / Array Space 2024-09-27 (Friday). $15 (early bird) / $20 (advance) / $25 (door). [FB event]

Raphael Weinroth-Browne / Burdock Music Hall 2024-09-27 (Friday). $20. [FB event]

Continuum & Quatuor Bozzini [performing works by Martin Smolka, Cassandra Miller, Tanya Tagaq, Linda Catlin Smith, Laurence Crane] / St. George by the Grange Anglican Church 2024-09-27 (Friday). $20 (advance), $25 (door). [more info]

The Ryan Driver Quintet With Thom Gill as Ryan Driver [Thom Gill/Martin Arnold/Rob Clutton/Brodie West/Blake Howard] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-09-27 (Friday) [FB event]

Kensington Market Jazz Festival (feat. Maria and The Band / Forro For All) / Bellevue Square Park Stage 2024-09-28 (Saturday – 6 p.m.). $free. [more info]

Venus Fest presents (feat. evicshen / Ahya Simone / Kat Estacio) / It’s OK* Studios 2024-09-28 (Friday). $20-$30 sliding scale, all ages. [more info]

Ministry of Phonic Services presents: Back to School Field Trip 2024 – "the UFO" (feat. Ecotone Orchestra / Colin Fisher / Important Hair / xodkaar / Kurt Newman / Hit Play) / "location details will be revealed day-of" 2024-09-28 (Saturday). $pwyc, outdoors. [more info]

Cowbird Composer Collective Meta Residency: Final Show – Science Fiction Piano Works ["members of the collective wrote pieces for piano purposely designed to be too difficult for humans to perform - impossible rhythms and gestures, poly-tempo, and other madness. The computer-realized pieces will be accompanied by beautiful, improvised animation by Meghan Cheng. Accompanying the unplayable pieces will be difficult, yet playable piano pieces written for humans"] (feat. Dana Baitz / Robert Kingsbury) / Array Space 2024-09-28 (Saturday). $10/pwyc. [FB event]

Cosmic Homeostasis XXV / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-09-29 (Sunday – 2:30 p.m.). $pwyc. [FB event]

Colin Fisher/George Koller/Diane Roblin / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-09-29 (Sunday – early)

Ancient Egypt [Climb Every Mountain record release] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-09-29 (Sunday) [FB event]

Recording: Cosmic Homeostasis

Artist: Cosmic Homeostasis

Songs: Busking [two excerpt]

Recorded at The Bloor Annex BIA Stage, September 1, 2024.

Cosmic Homeostasis - Busking [excerpt 1]

Cosmic Homeostasis - Busking [excerpt 2]

Kudoes to the Bloor Annex BIA for animating the corner of Bloor and Brunswick this summer with their specially-constructed bucker stage — and special kudos to booker Sarah Greene who brought some variety to the space, including an unexpected turn from this drone ensemble. Often found down the street at The Tranzac, the group has played outside before, but a busy street corner is rather a different thing than a peaceful park. Here, cars passing by (and occasional planes from the airshow roaring past overhead) gave more of a gritty backdrop to the proceedings, but the assembled players still managed to embroider some fitting sounds into the landscape.

The performers at this event were:

• styrofoamNosebleedPrincess - tanpura
• Mira Martin-Gray - Bastl Kastle
• Sterling McPhedran - guitar
• Ian McPhedran - uke/banjo
• Fahmid Nibesh - mandolin, lyre, percussion, cellphone synth + amp
• Rob Cruickshank - electronics
• Michael Lynn - double bass
• Mike Filippov - ocean drum
• Rod Campbell - trumpet
• Heraclitus Akimbo - EWI, lyre, Donner MEDO

You can hear some extended edits from the day's field recordings over at Bandcamp. Three recorders in play capturing this action, so most of the instruments are audible. Did some work to trim out the worst of the wind-on-mics sounds:

[Cosmic Homeostasis will be bringing their regular fifth-Sunday-of-the-month gathering to The Tranzac on Sunday, September 29th. Also, stay tuned for an announcement of an exciting unoffical Nuit Blanche event!]

Monday Roundup #192

Community notes:

• The next Frequency Freaks synth workshop will be held at Array Space on Saturday (September 21st). "As always, everyone is invited to perform regardless of their level of expertise. We are a safe and welcoming space ideal for first time performers. Bring your favourite instrument to play or present, or just come to enjoy the performances and the community."

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Concert announcements:

Lori Freedman [solo] (Trio Davidson Ng Freedman) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-09-24 (Tuesday) [more info]

Raphael Weinroth-Browne / Burdock Music Hall 2024-09-27 (Friday). $20. [FB event]

Continuum & Quatuor Bozzini [performing works by Martin Smolka, Cassandra Miller, Tanya Tagaq, Linda Catlin Smith, Laurence Crane] / St. George by the Grange Anglican Church 2024-09-27 (Friday). $20 (advance), $25 (door). [more info]

Ancient Egypt [Climb Every Mountain record release] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-09-29 (Sunday) [FB event]

Track Could Bend #96 (feat. Josh Cole + Mira Martin-Gray / Laura Swankey/Brittany Pitt/Dan Pitt) / Wenona Lodge 2024-10-01 (Tuesday). $pwyc. [FB event]

Mdou Moctar (The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis) / The Concert Hall 2024-10-09 (Wednesday). $42.24, 19+. [FB event]

Quivers (Curtis Bowman / Triples) / Monarch Tavern 2024-10-11 (Friday). $22.70, 19+. [FB event]

BA Johnston (Wax Mannequin / Block Parent) / Bovine Sex Club 2024-10-25 (Friday). $17.31. [FB event]

Zoobombs (Pretty / Scooter Jay) / Monarch Tavern 2024-11-28 (Thursday). $18.50, 19+. [FB event]

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Shows this week:

Mike Donovan (New Orthodox / The JDAC) / The Baby G 2024-09-16 (Monday). $23.57 advance, 19+. [FB event]

Ministry of Phonic Services presents: Back to School Field Trip 2024 – "the stadium" (feat. Brian Ruryk & %%30%30 / Louis Pino / Em Wright / Owen Kurtz) / "location details will be revealed day-of" 2024-09-19 (Thursday). $pwyc, outdoors. [more info]

Makam Nights (feat. Arjang Seyfizadeh) / The Tranzac (Living Room) 2024-09-19 (Thursday). $pwyc. [FB event]

Tilman Lewis/Nilan Perera/Laura Swankey / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-09-20 (Friday – early). $pwyc. [FB event]

Safe Sounds Presents: Geary Art Crawl (feat. Animal Party / Forming / Gag) / Body Shop Studios 2024-09-21 (Saturday – 4 p.m.). $free. [FB event]

Art of Improv Salon Series (feat. Margaret Maria/Michael Palumbo/Bill Gilliam / Kye Marshall/Bill McBirnie/Eugene Martynec) / Kensington Sound 2024-09-22 (Sunday – 3 p.m.). $20/PWYC, BYOB. [FB event]

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It happened this week...

• ...on September 19, 2018 at The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge).

Matthew Pencer & Chris Willes - [excerpt from first piece]

• ... on September 21, 2018 at The Music Gallery @ 918 Bathurst.

The Brodie West Quintet - First Wave

[Do remember that you can click on the tags below to go back and find the original posts (and often, more stuff) from these artists.]

Monday Roundup #191

Community notes:

• Nilan Perera's second (and final!) record sale pop-up is happening in The Tranzac's Living Room this Sunday (September 15th) from noon 'til 4:40. Come dig for some sounds, hang out, have a beer, maybe hear a story or two.

• The Music Gallery has reminded us all to block off October 15th to the 19th on our calendars for X Avant XIX: TeXture. Lineup accouncement coming soon!

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Concert announcements:

Ministry of Phonic Services presents: Back to School Field Trip 2024 – "the stadium" (feat. Brian Ruryk & %%30%30 / Louis Pino / Em Wright / Owen Kurtz) / "location details will be revealed day-of" 2024-09-19 (Thursday). $pwyc, outdoors. [more info]

Makam Nights (feat. Arjang Seyfizadeh) / The Tranzac (Living Room) 2024-09-19 (Thursday). $pwyc. [FB event]

Exit Points #53 (feat. Ray Sun/Rick Sacks/Anne Amores/James Pugliese/Daniel Ramjattan / Dave Clark/abby silvera/Cheryl Duvall/Patrick O'Reilly/Veda Hingert-McDonald/ Michael Palumbo / Switchemups!) / Array Space 2024-09-27 (Friday). $15 (early bird) / $20 (advance) / $25 (door). [FB event]

Ministry of Phonic Services presents: Back to School Field Trip 2024 – "the UFO" (feat. Ecotone Orchestra / Colin Fisher / Important Hair / xodkaar / Kurt Newman / Hit Play) / "location details will be revealed day-of" 2024-09-28 (Saturday). $pwyc, outdoors. [more info]

Cosmic Homeostasis XXV / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-09-29 (Sunday – 2:30 p.m.). $pwyc. [FB event]

P?roject Nowhere presents (feat. Eliza Niemi / N Nao / Blue Light) / The Baby G 2024-10-05 (Saturday). $20.66, 19+. [FB event]

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Shows this week:

Cowbird Composer Collective Meta-Residency ["new chamber music composed by Brian Abbott"] (feat. Michael Palumbo [solo modular synth] / Ryan Kinney & Meghan Cheng / Manuel Morales / Naomi McCarroll-Butler) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-09-09 (Monday) [FB event]

No Octopus Dancing [Allison Cameron/Stephen Parkinson/Germaine Liu/Mark Zurawinski] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-09-10 (Tuesday – early)

Josh Cole presents (feat. Josh Cole/Rob Clutton/John Oswald/Brodie West) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-09-10 (Tuesday)

Brodie West Quintet / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-09-11 (Wednesday – early)

Dave Bidini / Sellers & Newel 2024-09-11 (Wednesday). $20 minimum donation. [more info]

Context, NA [solo] (No Frills [solo]) / 918 Bathurst – Sun Room 2024-09-11 (Wednesday). $10/pwyc. [FB event]

Never Was [Adrian Russouw/Naomi McCarroll-Butler/Racha Moukalled/Joe Sorbara] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-09-11 (Wednesday)

Nicolette & the Nobodies / Monarch Tavern 2024-09-12 (Thursday). $21.50, 19+. [FB event]

Ben Gunning (Marc Couroux / New Chance) / Burdock Music Hall 2024-09-12 (Thursday). $15. [more info]

Tania Gill Presents (feat. The Mighty Gill Show [Tania Gill/Mike Overton/Jake Oelrichs]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-09-13 (Friday – early) [FB event]

Audiopollination (feat. Dan Pitt/Brittany Pitt/Laura Swankey / Matt Collins/Andrew Finlay Stewart/Bri Clarke / Nano Valverde/Tomasz Krakowiak/Nilan Perera / A Hibernating Animal [Aisha Sasha John/Raph Roter/Bea Labikova/MKL32]) / Array Space 2024-09-13 (Friday). $10 [card or cash], livestream available. [FB event]

Second Fridays [new series curated by Josh Cole!] (feat. Phillipe Lauzier's Splendide Abysse / Nick Fraser/Tony Malaby/Josh Cole/Rob Clutton) / Canadian Music Centre 2024-09-13 (Friday). $25 ($20 students). [FB event]

Battle Milk (But Worse [Julie Reich/Brian Abbott/Marilyn Yogarajah] / Pat E) / The Tranzac (Living Room) 2024-09-13 (Friday). $10/pwyc/notaflof. [FB event]

Musica Universalis (feat. C'est la fête [William Hunt/Adrian Russouw/Mateos Labbe-Phelan/Maxwell Cecil Stover with Colin Fisher) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-09-13 (Friday). $pwyc/$10 suggested donation

Liquid Architecture (feat. David Sait / Jonny Luke / Yasmine / Ryan Kinney) / Mischief Makers 2024-09-14 (Saturday). $10 (adv. tickets or cash at door), $12 (card at door). [FB event]

Martin Bisi Collective [performance/documentary screening/Q&A] (Flake) / Collective Arts 2024-09-14 (Saturday). $20.01, 19+. [FB event]

Ministry of Phonic Services presents: Back to School Field Trip 2024 – "forest" (feat. Nevada-Jane Arlow & Adrian Russouw / Gladys / Dame Cook / Wilderness Adventure Ride) / "location details will be revealed day-of" 2024-09-14 (Saturday). $pwyc, outdoors. [more info]

Duff Thompson and Steph Green (Curtis Bowman) / Monarch Tavern 2024-09-14 (Saturday). $17.50, 19+. [FB event]

Michael Palumbo & Friends #7 (feat. Allison Cameron/Wei En/Stone He/Raphael Roter/Stefan Hegerat/Louis Pino/Michael Palumbo] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-09-14 (Saturday). $pwyc

Pete Johnston’s Stranger Still [Mim Adams/Randi Helmers/Rob Clutton/Pete Johnston] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-09-15 (Sunday)

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It happened this week...

• ...on September 13, 2016 at Array Space.

Cameron/Cole/Perri/Rampersaud - [second piece]

• ...on September 14, 2016 at The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge).

Cosmic Homeostasis - [first movement]

• ...on September 15, 2016 at LP's LPs (4th Anniversary Party).

Castle If - Operating System

[Do remember that you can click on the tags below to go back and find the original posts (and often, more stuff) from these artists.]

Monday Roundup #190

Concert announcements:

Context, NA [solo] (No Frills [solo]) / 918 Bathurst – Sun Room 2024-09-11 (Wednesday). $10/pwyc. [FB event]

Tania Gill Presents (feat. The Mighty Gill Show [Tania Gill/Mike Overton/Jake Oelrichs]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-09-13 (Friday – early) [FB event]

Battle Milk (But Worse [Julie Reich/Brian Abbott/Marilyn Yogarajah] / Pat E) / The Tranzac (Living Room) 2024-09-13 (Friday). $10/pwyc/notaflof. [FB event]

Martin Bisi Collective [performance/documentary screening/Q&A] (Flake) / Collective Arts 2024-09-14 (Saturday). $20.01, 19+. [FB event]

Duff Thompson and Steph Green (Curtis Bowman) / Monarch Tavern 2024-09-14 (Saturday). $17.50, 19+. [FB event]

Live in the Library: Gayageum Performance (feat. Roa Lee) / Parkdale Library 2024-09-27 (Friday). $free. [FB event]

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Shows this week:

Track Could Bend #95 (feat. Royal Jelly [Cory Harper-Latkovich/Germaine Liu/Kurt Newman/Allison Cameron/Sara Constant] / Turtle Pleasure) / Wenona Lodge 2024-09-03 (Tuesday). $pwyc. [FB event]

Ghostlight Residency: Fall Equinox (feat. Ghostlight) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-09-04 (Wednesday). $pwyc. [FB event]

As If [Paul Linklater] [Human Piano album release!] (Michael Feuerstack) / The Piston 2024-09-05 (Thursday). $20. [more info]

Not Dead Yet presents: live album recording (Nick Flanagan / Sara Hennessey / Ayal Senior / The Kurt Newman Zonk Quintet [Kurt Newman/Andrew Furlong/Blake Howard/Ted Crosby]) / Monarch Tavern 2024-09-05 (Thursday). $21.41, 19+. [FB event]

Richard Laviolette's Band [performing the songs from his last album All Wild Things Are Shy, with guest vocalists Abigail Lapell, Jiaqing Wilson Yang, Tamara Lindeman, Terra Lightfoot, José Contreras, Peter Demakos, Cormac Culkeen, and Geordie Gordon] (Abigail Lapell) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2024-09-06 (Friday). $22.63. [FB event]

Art Spin Bike Tour & Wet Sounds ["gathering a large audience on bicycles to visit the multidisciplinary installations and performances in a one-of-a-kind event"/"a sound installation in a swimming pool led by UK-based artist Joel Cahen"] (feat. Neil Lordson / Moraa Stump / Joel Cahen (performing as PlutonOvarian) / Mira Martin-Gray & Olivia Shortt / Heidi Chan & Prince Nifty) / Earlscourt Park Gazebo/Giovanni Caboto Pool 2024-09-07 (Saturday). $27 [Bike Tour & Wet Sounds, afternoon show], $22 [Wet Sounds only, evening show]. [more info]

Batuki Music Society presents: Renaissance CD Release Concert (feat. Mis Blandine & Caza Jazz Band / Pecosse Animation) / Alliance Française Toronto 2024-09-07 (Saturday). $15 (advance), $20 (door). [FB eventa>]

undercommons collective #1 (feat. Holger Schoorl & Kayla Milmine / Victor O & friends / the rest [Joe Sorbara & Jonathan Kay]) / Annette Studios 2024-09-07 (Saturday). $15/pwyc. [FB event]

Naked Gardener [Patrick O'Reilly/Steven Noronha/Julian Anderson-Bowes/Tiffany Wu] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-09-07 (Saturday). $15, notaflof. [more info]

Ayal Senior & Friends (feat. Senior & Newman / Greydini / Nick Flanagan / "special guest") / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-09-08 (Sunday – 2:30 p.m.) [FB event]

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Bandcamp corner:

• Do note that after taking off the summer months as usual, Bandcamp Friday returns this week — so if you've been holding off buying stuff in hopes of getting a bit nmore money to the artists now is your time! Here's a couple things from my list:

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Video hits:

• Here's some documentation from a couple shows I would have liked to have gone to, in ornate/hi-fi and wiggy/lo-fi flavours:

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It happened this week...

• ...on September 5, 2014 at Array Space (Music Gallery's "Departures" series).

Battle Trance - Palace of Wind I

• ...on September 6, 2014 at Yonge-Dundas Square (INTERsection 2014).

Contact with Evan Ziporyn - Music in Similar Motion [excerpt]

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Recording: Ayal Senior & Kurt Newman

Artist: Ayal Senior & Kurt Newman

Song: Egg Yolk Slime

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (Ayal Senior & Friends), August 11, 2024.

Ayal Senior & Kurt Newman - Egg Yolk Slime

Further refinements to the latest additions to the songbook in this duo set, this time with Kurt Newman on electric six-string.

[Ayal Senior & Friends returns to the Southern Cross with performances by Senior & Newman, Greydini, Nick Flanagan and an unnamed "special guest" next Sunday (September 8th).]

Recording: The Sympathetic String Band

Artist: The Sympathetic String Band

Song: [second piece]

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (Ayal Senior & Friends), August 11, 2024.

The Sympathetic String Band - [second piece]

Previously seen performing as a duo, this drifting enterprise from Harrison Forman and Patrick Lefler was expended to a quartet this time around, adding small-scale percussion (and additional sympathetic strings) for some peaceful meditations.

You can check out some more from this set over on youtube:

[Ayal Senior & Friends returns to the Southern Cross with performances by Senior & Newman, Greydini, Nick Flanagan and an unnamed "special guest" next Sunday (September 8th).]

Recording: David Sait

Artist: David Sait

Song: [second piece]

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (Ayal Senior & Friends), August 11, 2024.

David Sait - [second piece]

David Sait's guzheng complemented the other sets' sounds in this afternoon of gentle string excursions. This piece in particular features some work with santur mallets, giving a subtle variation to the sonic attack.

You can check out some more from this set over on youtube:

[Davis Sait will be performing at the next instalment of the Liquid Architecture series at Mischief Makers on Saturday, September 14th. Ayal Senior & Friends returns to the Southern Cross with performances by Senior & Newman, Greydini, Nick Flanagan and an unnamed "special guest" next Sunday (September 8th).]

Recording: Senior/Forman/Lefler

Artist: Ayal Senior/Harrison Forman/Patrick Lefler

Song: [excerpt]

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (Ayal Senior & Friends), August 11, 2024.

Ayal Senior/Harrison Forman/Patrick Lefler - [excerpt]

This afternoon of musical exploration lead off with this impromptu improvisation, centred around Senior's percussion work, and specifically centred around his tongue drum. That gave a gentle impetus to Forman's guitar explorations, and the vibe was completed when Patrick Lefler joined in on piano. Some rumours say that the trio's true name is Alpaca Spice Traders.

You can check out some more from this set over on youtube:

[Ayal Senior & Friends returns to the Southern Cross with performances by Senior & Newman, Greydini, Nick Flanagan and an unnamed "special guest" next Sunday (September 8th).]

Recording: Dangertown

Artist: Dangertown

Song: [excerpt]

Recorded at Wenona Lodge (Track Could Bend #94), August 6, 2024.

Dangertown - [excerpt]

Stopping in on their way back down from an appearance at Electric Eclectics, Brooklyn’s Dafna Naphtali and Hans Tammen brought some cool synths that operated on uncertainty and unrepeatability, giving them an unstable platform for in-the-moment improvisations. Though not eschewing new gear, their key instruments included several vintage handmade synths (some formerly belonging to Michael Evans), lending the set the air of a celebratory living memorial.

You can check out some more from this set over on youtube:

[Track Could Bend is back at Wenona next week (Tuesday, September 3rd) with sets from Cory Harper-Latkovich's Royal Jelly (including Germaine Liu, Kurt Newman, Allison Cameron and Sara Constant) and Turtle Pleasure.]

Recording: Eye_Duh Kho & Alejandro Franco Briones

Artist: Eye_Duh Kho & Alejandro Franco Briones

Song: [excerpt]

Recorded at Wenona Lodge (Track Could Bend #94), August 6, 2024.

Eye_Duh Kho & Alejandro Franco Briones - [excerpt]

A cool collaboration here, with Kho providing sounds via modular synth, and Briones using those sounds as triggers for live-coded interactive visuals in Hydra.

You can check out some more from this set over on youtube:

[Track Could Bend is back at Wenona next week (Tuesday, September 3rd) with sets from Cory Harper-Latkovich's Royal Jelly (including Germaine Liu, Kurt Newman, Allison Cameron and Sara Constant) and Turtle Pleasure.]

Monday Roundup #189

Concert announcements:

Track Could Bend #95 (feat. Royal Jelly [Cory Harper-Latkovich/Germaine Liu/Kurt Newman/Allison Cameron/Sara Constant] / Turtle Pleasure) / Wenona Lodge 2024-09-03 (Tuesday). $pwyc. [FB event]

Art Spin Bike Tour & Wet Sounds ["gathering a large audience on bicycles to visit the multidisciplinary installations and performances in a one-of-a-kind event"/"a sound installation in a swimming pool led by UK-based artist Joel Cahen"] (feat. Neil Lordson / Moraa Stump / Joel Cahen (performing as PlutonOvarian) / Mira Martin-Gray & Olivia Shortt / Heidi Chan & Prince Nifty) / Earlscourt Park Gazebo/Giovanni Caboto Pool 2024-09-07 (Saturday). $27 [Bike Tour & Wet Sounds, afternoon show], $22 [Wet Sounds only, evening show]. [more info]

Batuki Music Society presents: Renaissance CD Release Concert (feat. Mis Blandine & Caza Jazz Band / Pecosse Animation) / Alliance Française Toronto 2024-09-07 (Saturday). $15 (advance), $20 (door). [tickets + more info]

undercommons collective #1 (feat. Holger Schoorl & Kayla Milmine / Victor O & friends / the rest [Joe Sorbara & Jonathan Kay]) / Annette Studios 2024-09-07 (Saturday). $15/pwyc. [FB event]

Ayal Senior & Friends (feat. Senior & Newman / Greydini / Nick Flanagan / "special guest") / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-09-08 (Sunday – 2:30 p.m.) [FB event]

Cowbird Composer Collective Meta-Residency ["new chamber music composed by Brian Abbott"] (feat. Michael Palumbo [solo modular synth] / Ryan Kinney & Meghan Cheng / Manuel Morales / Naomi McCarroll-Butler) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-09-09 (Monday) [FB event]

Liquid Architecture (feat. David Sait / Jonny Luke / Yasmine / Ryan Kinney) / Mischief Makers 2024-09-14 (Saturday). $10 (adv. tickets or cash at door), $12 (card at door). [FB event]

Mike Donovan (New Orthodox / The JDAC) / The Baby G 2024-09-16 (Monday). $23.57 advance, 19+. [FB event]

Tilman Lewis/Nilan Perera/Laura Swankey / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-09-20 (Friday – early). $pwyc. [FB event]

Dance Inside Autumn Leaves (feat. Shahriyar Jamshidi) / Canadian Music Centre 2024-09-27 (Friday). $22.63. [more info]

Andy Haas & Mike Milligan (Max Donaldson) / Sellers & Newel 2024-11-24 (Sunday). $20 minimum donation. [FB event]

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Shows this week:

Greydini (Dame Cook / Escote / Tommy Tone) / Low Bar 2024-08-27 (Tuesday). $10, 19+. [more info]

Solitary Shrew (feat. Owen & Liz / Public Library [Liz Anthonisen/Patrick O'Reilly/Owen Bulger/Mira Riselli/Alison Kerfoot]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-09-27 (Tuesday – early). $pwyc ($10 suggested) [more info]

Potions [Ben Rositsan/Steven Noronha/Josh Sparks/Aidan McConnell] (Karen Ng & Charles Spearin) / Burdock Music Hall 2024-08-27 (Tuesday). $15. [more info]

Nick Fraser Presents: music of Duke Ellington (feat. Nick Fraser and Myk Freedman) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-09-27 (Tuesday)

Trapezoid [Karen Ng/Kurt Newman/Nick Fraser/Rob Clutton] / The Emmett Ray 2024-08-28 (Wednesday – 6 p.m.). $15/$10

Siren Recordings Presents: Four generations of sonic poetry (feat. The Toronto Experimental Translation Collective / Gary Barwin / Paul Dutton / Andrew Whiteman's Poet's Workout Soundsystem) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2024-08-28 (Wednesday). $pwyc/$5. [more info]

Uma Nota Culture presents (feat. John Kameel Farah / Animal Party) / BSMT254 2024-08-29 (Thursday). $22.63. [FB event]

Exit Points #52 (feat. Keisha Bell/Janel Jones/Ryan Kinney/Lex Feathers/Ambrose Pottie / MAYSUN/Sihwa Park/Danika Lorèn/Michael Palumbo / Switchemups!) / Array Space 2024-08-30 (Friday). $25 ($20 advance). [FB event]

A Ryan Driver Quintet [Ryan Driver/Rob Clutton/Brodie West/Blake Howard/Tania Gill] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-08-30 (Friday). $pwyw. [FB event]

Cosmic Homeostasis / Bloor Annex BIA Stage – Bloor and Brunswick 2024-09-01 (Sunday – noon to 2 p.m.). $free, outdoors, family-friendly. [FB event]

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It happened this week...

• ...on August 31, 2012 at The Silver Dollar.

Dilly Dally - Green

• ...on September 1, 2012 at Yonge-Dundas Square (INTERsection 2012).

Ashley Bathgate - Industry

[Do remember that you can click on the tags below to go back and find the original posts (and often, more stuff) from these artists.]