Monday Roundup #98

Concert announcements:

Lee Paradise (Moon King) / Monarch Tavern 2021-12-10 (Saturday). $15, 19+. [FB event]

Ayal Senior & Friends (feat. Ayal Senior/Kurt Newman/Andrew Furlong / Jessie Dara / Nick Flanagan / Tzevi Sherman) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-12-11 (Sunday – 2:30 p.m.)[FB event]

Happy Sundays (feat. Beams / Joy Shape / Isla Craig) / The Baby G 2021-12-11 (Sunday). $free, 19+. [FB event]

Nidus (Wenderly Park) / The Tranzac (Living Room) 2022-12-20 (Tuesday). $pwyc. [FB event]

Only God Forgives (The Crime Family / Accelerant / Cootie Catcher) / Monarch Tavern 2023-01-19 (Thursday). $15, 19+. [FB event]

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Shows this week:

xen0hyena presents: Joyride S1E2 (feat. Think Fast! / Delilah Brae / Joe Sorbara / Oddity / The Liquid Kidney Quintet / Nevada-Jane Arlow / secret guest performer: Gabe) / Bar Orwell 2021-11-28 (Monday). $10/PWYC [FB event]

Dan Pitt/Brittany Pitt Quartet [Dan Pitt/Brittany Pitt/Caleb Klager/Ethan Ardelli] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-11-29 (Tuesday – early!) [FB event]

Nick Fraser Presents: Imaginary Brass Band [CD release show!] [Doug Tielli/Heather Saumer/Nick Fraser/Tania Gill/Charles Spearin/Emily Farrell/Colin Couch] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-11-29 (Tuesday)

Music Hosted by Karen Ng (feat. Allison Cameron [solo] / Mark Ballyk/Raphael Foisy-Couture/Andrew Furlong/Karen Ng) / Wenona Lodge 2021-11-29 (Tuesday). [FB event]

Brodie West Quintet / The Rex 2021-11-30 (Wednesday – 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.)

Bitchin Bajas / The Baby G 2022-12-01 (Thursday). $20.05 advance, 19+. [FB event]

Musicworks Live: Archive Activation ["local creative musicians join forces to 'activate' some of the innovative graphic scores that were published in the magazine's newsprint editions in the late '70s and early '80s"] (feat. Sara Constant/Naomi McCarroll-Butler/Matti Pulkki/Morgan-Paige/Racha Moukalled) / Array Space 2022-12-01 (Thursday). $pwyc, advance tickets available. [FB event]

Audiopollination 10th Anniversary Bash (feat. Jessica Houghton/Kathryn Merriam / Bob Vespaziani/Kayla Milmine/Tegan Dietsch / Diane Roblin/Ryan Kinney/Julian A M.P. / Sarah Peebles/David Story/Saba Saneinejad / Killer Quartet [Emjay Wright/Kai Grant/Erin Corbett/Mickle32] / Double Group Continuous Improvisation [Del Stephen/Patrick O’Reilly/James Bailey/Mira Martin-Gray/Andrew Finlay Stewart/David Parker/Tyson Headon] / Cosmic Homeostasis) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-12-04 (Sunday – noon to 4:30 p.m.) [FB event]

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Bandcamp corner:

• Bandcamp Friday coming up once more! Don't forget to support some musicians if you can! Here's some stuff on my shopping list:

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It happened this week...

• ...on November 30, 2016 at The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge).

Cameron/Cole/Perri/Rampersaud - [first set, excerpt 2]

• ...on December 1, 2016 at The Garrison.

New Fries - Gertrude Stein Greeting Card from Pape/Danforth

[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.]

Recording: Lewis/Perera/Sacks

Artist: Tilman Lewis/Nilan Perera/Rick Sacks

Song: [2nd piece]

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (SynCirSundays), November 13, 2022.

Tilman Lewis/Nilan Perera/Rick Sacks - [2nd piece]

Another Synaptic recombination for Nilan Perera (and his baritone guitar) in this set with frequent sparring partner Rick Sacks joined by special guest Tilman Lewis on cello, conjuring up some no-wave skonk'n'scrapes, proggy byways and a closing ballad over the course of the set.

You can check out some visual documentation from the set over at the SynCirSun youtube playlist:

[SynCirSundays is back at The Tranzac on December 11th, presenting The Electronoise Orchestra with Connor Bennett, William Davison, Mira Martin-Gray, Mike Hansen and Heraclitus Akimbo.]

Recording: Burke/Martin-Gray/Grossman

Artist: Jeff Burke/Mira Martin-Gray/Ben Grossman

Songs: [two excerpts]

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (SynCirSundays), November 13, 2022.

Jeff Burke/Mira Martin-Gray/Ben Grossman - [excerpt #1]

Jeff Burke/Mira Martin-Gray/Ben Grossman - [excerpt #2]

This nifty trio assembled by Nilan Perera saw the live debut of Mira Martin-Gray's Landscape Stereo Field (the operation of which resembled the midway point between touch typing and a gentle massage), which created three dimensions of static and crackles to complement Jeff Burke's bassoon and theremin and Ben Grossman's hurdy-gurdy.

You can check out some visual documentation from the set over at the SynCirSun youtube playlist:

[SynCirSundays is back at The Tranzac on December 11th, presenting The Electronoise Orchestra with Connor Bennett, William Davison, Mira Martin-Gray, Mike Hansen and Heraclitus Akimbo.]

Recording: Ayal Senior/Kurt Newman/Andrew Furlong

Artist: Ayal Senior, Kurt Newman & Andrew Furlong

Song: [two new songs]

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (Ayal Senior & Friends), November 13, 2022.

Ayal Senior, Kurt Newman & Andrew Furlong - [two new songs]

Originally conceived as a quartet with percussionist Blake Howard (we can expect to see that formation make an appearace at one of Ayal Senior's upcoming residency shows), this trio was workshopping some new material, feeling out some new vibes in the territory beyond this year's Az Yashir album. The new tunes were a bit more fragmentary and less lived-in, but none the less welcome for that.

Meanwhile, you can check out some of the "classic" material over on the MFS youtube channel:

Recording: Newold Group

Artist: Newold Group

Song: unknown^*

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (Ayal Senior & Friends), November 13, 2022.

Newold Group - unknown

With Jeff Sinibaldi in town to participate in a different sort of group with Del Stephen in the night's late slot, the pair also took this opportunity to join together for a percussion-based duo set, with the former on the kit (but also what appeared to be a cookie tin with a contact mic attached, something rattling around inside) and the latter on Octapad. Over three loosely-constructed pieces, the pair worked off each other in a spirit of friendly exploration, more of an amiable tap-along than a raucous tattoo.

^* Does anyone know the title to this one? Please leave a comment!

Monday Roundup #97

Concert announcements:

Music Hosted by Karen Ng (feat. Allison Cameron [solo] / Mark Ballyk/Raphael Foisy-Couture/Andrew Furlong/Karen Ng) / Wenona Lodge 2021-11-29 (Tuesday). [FB event]

Track Could Bend #74 (feat. Mad's Happy Music [Madeleine Ertel/Aline Homzy/Beth Silver/Alexa Belgrave] / Ecotone [S. Brothers/M. Mucci]) / Wenona Lodge 2021-12-06 (Tuesday). $pwyc. [FB event]

Audiopollination 10th Anniversary Bash (feat. Jessica Houghton/Kathryn Merriam / Bob Vespaziani/Kayla Milmine/Tegan Dietsch / Diane Roblin/Ryan Kinney/Julian A M.P. / Sarah Peebles/David Story/Saba Saneinejad / Killer Quartet [Emjay Wright/Kai Grant/Erin Corbett/Mickle32] / Double Group Continuous Improvisation [Del Stephen/Patrick O’Reilly/James Bailey/Mira Martin-Gray/Andrew Finlay Stewart/David Parker/Tyson Headon] / Cosmic Homeostasis) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-12-10 (Saturday – noon to 4:30 p.m.) [FB event]

SynCirSundays (feat. The Electronoise Orchestra [Connor Bennett/William Davison/Mira Martin-Gray/Mike Hansen/Heraclitus Akimbo]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-12-11 (Sunday – early!). $10/pwyc [FB event]

Gillian Stone [Spirit Photographs EP release] (Picastro / Funeral Lakes) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2022-12-16 (Friday). $16.93. [FB event]

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Shows this week:

Madeleine Ertel/Michael Davidson/Dan Fortin / The Emmet Ray 2022-11-22 (Tuesday). $10. [FB event]

Dan Pitt/Mike DeiCont/Robert Diack / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-11-22 (Tuesday – early!). $10/pwyc. [FB event]

Ornate Presents (feat. Racha Moukalled/Connor Moe / Money House [Patrick O'Reilly/Stefan Hegerat/Alex Fournier]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-11-22 (Tuesday)

Brodie West Quintet / The Rex 2021-11-23 (Wednesday – 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.)

Improvised and Experimental Music (feat. Colin Fisher/Mike Gennaro/Andrew Furlong / Fuzzy Nibesh/%%30%30%30) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-11-23 (Wednesday). $10/PWYC. [FB event]

Sense of Place: An Evening of Music by Pouya Hamidi (feat. Zorana Sadiq/Michael Bridge/Geoffrey Conquer/Beth Silver/Aysel Taghi-Zada/Aline Homzy/Laurence Schaufele/Daniel Morphy/Peter F. Stoll/Bahar Tavassoli/Padideh Ahrarnejad) / The Music Gallery 2022-11-24 (Thursday). $22.20 / $17.03 [students, music gallery members, arts workers], all ages. [FB event]

CCMC Array Residency (feat. Paul Dutton/John Oswald/Allison Cameron/Bob Wiseman) / Array Space 2021-11-24 (Thursday). $free (donations gratefully accepted), livestream available. [more info]

Psychic Weapons (Ohmno / Dark Tapes) / See-Scape 2022-11-24 (Thursday). $10. [FB event]

Praises [LP Release!] (Bonnie Trash / Roach) / The Garrison 2021-11-24 (Thursday) [FB event]

Karen Ng presents (feat. Markus Floats / skin t0ne / Karen Ng [solo]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-11-24 (Thursday) [FB event]

Audiopollination (feat. Mira-Martin Gray/Fahmid Nibesh/Bea Labikova / Raphael Roter/Del Stephen/Piers Oolvai / Heraclitus Akimbo/William Davison/Daria Morgacheva / Victor O and friends) / Array Space 2021-11-25 (Friday). $10 or PWYC (or free if you can't). [FB event]

Aurochs OG [Ali Berkok/Jake Oelrichs/Pete Johnston/Mike Smith] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-11-25 (Friday – early!). $pwyc. [FB event]

The Ryan Driver Quintet / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-11-25 (Friday). $pwyw. [FB event]

Emergents series (feat. Joyce To / Architek x Vitalija Glovacktye) / The Music Gallery 2022-11-26 (Saturday). $10, all ages. [FB event]

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It happened this week...

• ...on November 21, 2018 at The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge).

Shotgun Jimmie - Sorry, We're Closed

• ...on November 24, 2018 at Array Space (Allison Cameron Mini-Festival, Night 2).

c_RL - [4th piece]

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Recording: Wapamaku

Artist: Wapamaku

Song: unknown^*

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (Cosmic Country for Communists), November 10, 2022.

Wapamaku - [first set, second piece]

A different vibe at Kurt Newman's monthly, with frequent collaborator Patrick O'Reilly bringing along one of his other projects — Wapamu (a moniker that is drawn from the performers' first names: Waleed Abdulhamid, O'Reilly himself, and Max Senitt). With Newman joining in on weissenborn and pedal steel, an extra syllable was added, and some nice grooves — Newman's melodically languid floating on top of it all gave O'Reilly more space for abstract funk scratchiness while Abdulhamid and Sennit locked in to provide a rock-solid foundation.

^* Does anyone know the title to this one? Please leave a comment!

Recording: Splendid Industries' Quartets

Artist: Splendid Industries Presents: Erin Corbett/Tyson Headon/Paul Geldart/Curtis Whittaker/Sinéad Bermingham/Michael Palumbo

Songs: [excerpts from three quartet improvisations]

Recorded at Wenona Lodge (Track Could Bend #73), November 1, 2022.

Erin Corbett/Tyson Headon/Paul Geldart/Curtis Whittaker - [excerpt]

Paul Geldart/Sinéad Bermingham/Michael Palumbo/Erin Corbett - [excerpt]

Curtis Whittaker/Sinéad Bermingham/Michael Palumbo/Tyson Headon - [excerpt]

For this TCB, I asked Tyson Headon, who organizes things over at Splendid Industries, to put something together. He obliged by wrangling a half-dozen musicians, several of whom were meeting for the first time. The night was divided into two halves, first with each player getting the chance to participate in two shorter quartet performances before the whole crew played together in the second half. Sounds ranged from sputtery spirit invocations to modular lounge jams as the crew worked out some shared spaces.

For the record, the whole group consisted of:

• Erin Corbett - Modular Synth
• Michael Palumbo - Modular Synth
• Sinéad Bermingham - Harp/FX
• Tyson Headon - Bass/FX
• Paul Geldart - Electronic Drums/Percussion
• Curtis Whittaker - Acoustic Drums/Percussion

You can check out some video from each of these mini-sets over on the TCB youtube playlist:

[Track Could Bend will be back at Wenona on Tuesday, December 6th with sets from Madeleine Ertel and Ecotone.]

Monday Roundup #96

Community notes:

• Due to a confluence of things, I've decided to start posting in the instagram account I've been not using for the past few years. Feel free to follow @mechanicalforestsound if that's your kind of thing.

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Concert announcements:

Praises [LP Release!] (Bonnie Trash / Roach) / The Garrison 2021-11-24 (Thursday) [FB event]

Audiopollination (feat. Mira-Martin Gray/Fahmid Nibesh/Bea Labikova / Raphael Roter/Del Stephen/Piers Oolvai / Heraclitus Akimbo/William Davison/Daria Morgacheva / Victor O and friends) / Array Space 2021-11-25 (Friday). $10 or PWYC (or free if you can't). [FB event]

Rückstreuung: Sound Performance (feat. Debashis Sinha) / MOCA Toronto 2022-12-09 (Friday). $free with admission. [FB event]

Dana Gavanski (Eliza Niemi / Luka Kuplowsky) / The Baby G 2022-12-14 (Wednesday). $20.05, 19+. [FB event]

Jennifer Castle [winter solstice celebration!] (Eucalyptus) / The Great Hall 2022-12-21 (Wednesday). $33.99, 19+. [FB event]

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Shows this week:

Isla Craig [Echo's Reach album release!] (Sarah Good & The Bads) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2022-11-15 (Tuesday). $16.93. [more info]

Valley Voice [Harrison Argatoff/Michael Davidson/Dan Fortin/Ian Wright] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-11-15 (Tuesday). $pwyw. [FB event]

Laura Barrett (Catholic Wilt / Spruce Needles) / The Garrison 2021-11-15 (Tuesday). [FB event]

Brodie West Quintet / The Rex 2021-11-16 (Wednesday – 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.)

Josh Cole presents (feat. Anne Bourne/Josh Cole/Thom Gill/John Oswald) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-11-16 (Wednesday). $10/PWYC. [FB event]

Justin Orok [Kanata album release show!] / Sellers & Newel 2021-11-17 (Thursday). $15 minimum donation, reservations required. [FB event]

Ladyfinger / The Emmet Ray 2022-11-17 (Thursday) [FB event]

Man Made Hill (Tommy Tone / Doom Tickler) / Bar Orwell 2022-11-18 (Friday). $8, NOTAFLOF. [FB event]

Lavender Bruisers (Hieronymus Harry) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-11-18 (Saturday)

catl. (Ichi-Bons) / Monarch Tavern 2022-11-19 (Saturday). $16.00, 19+. [FB event]

Andre Ethier & Drew Smith (& friends) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-11-19 (Saturday)

Diane Roblin Presents (feat. Colin Fisher/Jeff Luciani/Diane Roblin) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-11-20 (Sunday – early!) [FB event]

Ex Machina [works by Olivier Messiaen, Mari Alice Conrad, Bekah Simms, James O'Callaghan, Gordon Fitzell] (feat. Standing Wave Ensemble) / St. George by the Grange 2022-11-20 (Sunday). $35.00. [FB event]

Imaginary Familiars [Bill Gilliam's solo, spoken word improvisations for voice and prepared piano] (Marbyllia [Margaret Maria/Bill Gilliam]) / Array Space 2022-11-20 (Sunday). $PWYC, livestream available. [FB event]

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Livestream nation:

• Freesound has an intruiging online show of "Music for Piano" performed by Wesley Shen premiering on Thursday (November 17th), with pieces by Anna Höstman and Juro Kim Feliz.

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It happened this week...

• ...on November 15, 2015 at The Imperial Pub's back room.

Colin Fisher - Microtonal Lap Steel Improvisation [edit]

• ...on November 18, 2015 at the Monarch Tavern.

Michelle McAdorey - Two Tickets

[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.]

Recording: Cosmic Homeostasis XVII

Artist: Cosmic Homeostasis XVII

Songs: Well, it is my birthday [excerpt] + Disco for Hallowe'en [excerpt]

Recorded at The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), October 30, 2022.

Cosmic Homeostasis XVII - Well, it is my birthday [excerpt]

Cosmic Homeostasis XVII - Disco for Hallowe'en [excerpt]

Once more the Cosmic Homeostasis crew convened for some Sunday afternoon drones, mixing some fine acoustic anchors (Michael Lynn's double bass, Del Stephen's piano) with a surround-sound zone of electronic hums and whispers. The crew this time out was:

• Scott M2 - Animoog
• Ron Blake - iOS apps
• beard closet - guitar
• Del Stephen - piano, notebook, tambourine
• Mickle46 - le contrabasse, namer-of-things
• Heraclitus Akimbo - Casio, ZOIA
• Mira Martin Gray - percussion (set 2)
• strofoamNosebleedPrincess - water glass + gloves (set 2)

You can check out the whole session over on Bandcamp:

Recording: Many People

Artist: Many People

Songs: [excerpts from two sets]

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (Karen Ng presents), October 27, 2022.

Many People - [set 1 excerpt]

Many People - [set 2 excerpt]

I think "Many People" was at first merely meant as a description of this agglomeration of friends assembled by Karen Ng, but we might as well treat it as a de facto band name. (It turns out that every once in a while, everyone you invite out for a gig is able to make it, when you were only expecting some fraction of them to be able!)

With eight (and later nine) musicians playing, it was unsurprising that there were some crowded honk'n'squeak blastoffs, but for the most part, folks gave each other space, stepping back to let shifting smaller sub-groups stand out and letting the ensemble sections work as texture-knitting rather than volume competition.

The full group consisted of:

• Mark Ballyk - drums
• Ted Crosby - reeds
• Madeleine Ertel - trumpet
• Colin Fisher - guitar
• Andrew Furlong - double bass
• Naomi McCarroll-Butler - sax/flute
• Kaelin Murphy - trumpet/contra-alto clarinet
• Karen Ng - reeds
• Jay Hay - sax/flute (2nd set)

Monday Roundup #95

Concert announcements:

Valley Voice [Harrison Argatoff/Michael Davidson/Dan Fortin/Ian Wright ] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-11-15 (Tuesday). $pwyw. [FB event]

Josh Cole presents (feat. Anne Bourne/Josh Cole/Thom Gill/John Oswald) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-11-16 (Wednesday). $10/PWYC. [FB event]

Ladyfinger / The Emmet Ray 2022-11-17 (Thursday) [FB event]

Lavender Bruisers (Hieronymus Harry) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-11-18 (Saturday)

Imaginary Familiars [Bill Gilliam's solo, spoken word improvisations for voice and prepared piano] (Marbyllia [Margaret Maria/Bill Gilliam]) / Array Space 2022-11-20 (Sunday). $PWYC, livestream available. [FB event]

Emergents series (feat. Joyce To / Architek x Vitalija Glovacktye) / The Music Gallery 2022-11-26 (Saturday). $10, all ages. [FB event]

Black Ox Orkestar (Xicada [Ilyse Krivel]) / The Music Gallery 2022-12-13 (Tuesday). $20/$10 Music Gallery members, all ages. [FB event]

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Shows this week:

Titus Abbott Collective [Titus Abbott/Kelsley Grant/Josh Cole/Phil Melanson] / Drom Taberna 2022-11-07 (Monday)

Brodie West Quintet / The Rex 2021-11-09 (Wednesday – 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.)

Brodie West presents (feat. Broadway Brodie Andrews [Brodie West/Andrew Zukerman with very special guests Phil Melanson/Josh Cole]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-11-09 (Wednesday – early!)

Never Was [Madeleine Ertel/Naomi McCarroll-Butler/Patrick O’Reilly/Joe Sorbara] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-11-09 (Wednesday)

Kelly McMichael (Geordie Gordon) / The Dakota Tavern 2022-11-10 (Thursday – early show, doors 6:30). $19.68, 19+. [FB event]

Textile Fantasies album launch [compositions by Monica Pearce] (feat. SHHH!! Ensemble / Cheryl Duvall) / Canadian Music Centre 2021-11-10 (Thursday). $free with RSVP. [FB event]

Cosmic Country for Communists (feat. WaPaMa [Waleed Abdulhamid/Patrick O'Reilly/Max Senitt] with Kurt Newman / Brandon Ash-Mohammed / Nick Flanagan) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-11-10 (Thursday)

Musica Universalis (feat. Khôra & Colin Fisher / Mark Ballyk) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-11-11 (Friday) [FB event]

Hieronymus Harry [The River of Doom album release!] (Carl Didur) / Cecil Community Center 2022-11-12 (Saturday). $20. [FB event]

The Labyrinth Ensemble with Lamia Yared / Aga Khan Museum 2021-11-12 (Saturday). $40 Regular, $36 Friends, $30 Students and Seniors. [FB event]

Joy Guidry (Chivengi) / The Music Gallery 2021-11-12 (Saturday). $15 advance / $10 members, seniors, arts workers, all ages. [FB event]

Ayal Senior's monthly (feat. Ayal Senior/Kurt Newman/Blake Howard/Andrew Furlong / NEWOLD GROUP / Nick Flanagan / Swamp Picnic) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-11-13 (Sunday – 2:30 p.m.) [FB event]

SynCirSundays (feat. Jeff Burke/Mira Martin-Gray/Ben Grossman/John Oswald / Tilman Lewis/Nilan Perera/Rick Sacks) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-11-13 (Sunday – early!). $PWYC. [FB event]

PURDY [Felicity Williams/Robin Dann/Thom Gill/Dan Fortin/Michael Davidson/Ted Crosby] (Utopia, Ontario [Andrew Downing/Kevin Turcotte/Justin Orok] / Doug Paisley) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2022-11-13 (Sunday). $PWYC, sugg $20.

Today Versions presents: Last Place (feat. Del Stephen / Defne / Garden of Magic / Del Stephen + Heart Loft Group) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-11-13 (Sunday)

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It happened this week...

• ...on November 9, 2016 at The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge).

Ken Aldcroft's Convergence Ensemble - Tangent IV

• ...on November 10, 2016 at Owl's Club (basement).

Deliluh - Mass. Son

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Recording: Heraclitus Akimbo

Artist: Heraclitus Akimbo

Song: Ping Picnic [excerpt]

Recorded at Earlscourt Park (PiNG POP-UP PiCNiC 3), October 23, 2022.

Heraclitus Akimbo - Ping Picnic [excerpt]

What a gorgeous day to spend in the park! Shirtsleeve warm weather among the autumn colours, the AMBiENT PiNG crew had excellent luck for the last of their summer series of informal outdoor gatherings. This last minute fill-in brought some synthesized sweeps (courtesy of a Modern Sounds Pluto) and dronescapes, suitable for leaning back and soaking in the afternoon.

[photo by Scott M2]

Recording: synþ

Artist: synþ

Song: [excerpt]

Recorded at Earlscourt Park (PiNG POP-UP PiCNiC 3), October 23, 2022.

synþ - [excerpt]

What a gorgeous day to spend in the park! Shirtsleeve warm weaþer among the autumn colours, þe AMBiENT PiNG crew had excellent luck for the last of þeir summer series of informal outdoor gatherings. Terry Campbell's project aims at "Percussive Synþetics", mixing electronic gear (including a wavedrum) wiþ windchimes, cymbals and oþer bricabac. Wiþ trains, cars and wind rustles in the background, his synþetisized þunderstorms and other inventions mixed right into the þurroundingþ.

[photo by Scott M2]

Recording: The Holy Oak Family Singers

Artist: The Holy Oak Family Singers

Songs: I Believe [Loretta Lynn cover] + Wrecking Ball [Emmylou Harris cover]

Recorded at The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), October 9, 2022.

The Holy Oak Family Singers - I Believe

The Holy Oak Family Singers - Wrecking Ball

This time out, the HOFS was essentially a songwiters' circle convened by Luke Kuplowsky, Thom Gill and Alex Lukashevsky — plus a few friends called up to sing some tunes, natch. The hosts completed the first round robin, where Kuplowsky paid tribute to the memory of Loretta Lynn with a rendition of a song that she covered. A bit later on Ivy Mairi also contributed a cover-of-a-cover, with a sweet rendition of Neil Young's "Wrecking Ball". Showing the back-porch spirit of the night, I left the full lead-in here, where you can feel their musicians feeling the way into it, and Mairi a bit unsure of the key at the start before falling right into place.

Recording: Eliza Niemi

Artist: Eliza Niemi

Song: Walking Feels Slow

Recorded at The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), October 9, 2022.

Eliza Niemi - Walking Feels Slow

Opening things up for the Holy Oak Family Singers songwriters' circle, Eliza Niemi just brought voice and cello and some songs from her recent Staying Mellow Blows album, filled with plainspoken slice-of-life observations.