Monday Roundup #111

Concert announcements:

Track Could Bend #77 (feat. Jasper Stadhouders/Lori Freedman/Allison Cameron / Tree-Oh [Marilyn Yogarajah/Lucas Finkeldey/Steve Dillon]) / Wenona Lodge 2023-03-07 (Tuesday). $pwyc. [FB event]

Music by Harry and Furlong (feat. Andrew Furlong/Mark Hundevad / The Search for Eternal Happiness [Harry Vetro/Harry Bartlett/Caleb Klager]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-03-08 (Wednesday). $pwyc.

Diane Roblin's Life Force / Drom Taberna 2023-03-09 (Thursday – 7:00 p.m.)

Ayal Senior & Friends (feat. Ayal Senior/Kurt Newman/Andrew Furlong/Jay Anderson / Piers Oolavi / Cxicada / Nick Flanagan) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-03-12 (Sunday – 2:30 p.m.) [FB event]

Uh Huh [LP Release show!] (Raf Reza / Short Bloom) / Monarch Tavern 2023-03-13 (Saturday). $17.31, 19+. [FB event]

Little Jim [Chris Pruden/Matt Fong/Alexei Orechin/Anh Phung/Evan Cartwright with special guests: Tara Kannangara (March 24th), Caleb Klager (March 25th)] / The Rex Hotel 2023-03-22–25 (Wednesday–Saturday)

Dun-Dun Band [EP release!] (Carl Didur / Prince Nifty) / Monarch Tavern 2023-03-24 (Friday). $14.50, 19+. [FB event]

Witches' Butter Ensemble [David Parker/Graham Beverly/Michael C. Duguay/Arden Rogalsky] (Wenderly Park feat. members of Stargoon) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-03-25 (Saturday). $pwyc, suggested $15. [FB event]

A Josh Cole Trio + Strings [John Oswald/Blake Howard/Josh Cole/Aline Homzy/Nick Storring] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-03-29 (Wednesday) [FB event]

Séance Centre presents: You Can Can LP Release (feat. You Can Can [Felicity Williams/Andrew Zukerman with Brodie West/Thom Gill/Josh Cole/Phillipe Melanson] / Tenderness & Fahmid Nibesh) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2023-03-30 (Thursday). $20.

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Shows this week:

We've Got Nothing live album recording series (feat. Peripheral Vision / Lina Allemano Four) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-02-28 (Tuesday) [FB event]

Sounding Difference / Listening Care [Pauline Oliveros text score workshop with Anne Bourne] / The Music Gallery 2023-03-01 (Wednesday). $free with registration, all ages. [FB event]

Ghostlight / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-03-01 (Wednesday). $pwyc, sugg. $10. [FB event]

Beams (Rogue Tenant / Jamieson Mackay) / Monarch Tavern 2023-03-02 (Thursday). $14, 19+. [FB event]

Harry Bartlett Presents: original songs and arrangements of Appalachian folk music (feat. Harry Bartlett Group [Harry Bartlett/Aline Homzy/Madeleine Ertel/Steven Noronha/Andrew Furlong]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-03-03 (Friday)

SlowPitchSound & Mo:delic Arts (Morgan-Paige) / The Music Gallery 2023-03-04 (Saturday). $17.03, all ages. [FB event]

Atsuko Chiba (Mother Tongues) / Monarch Tavern 2023-03-04 (Saturday). $17, 19+. [FB event]

Wolf Eyes (Drainolith / Death Kneel) / The Garrison 2023-03-05 (Sunday). $24.19, 19+. [FB event]

Happy Sundays (feat. Pinksnail [Evelyn Charlotte-Joe & co.] / Granny Smith / Jordaan Mason) / The Baby G 2023-03-05 (Sunday). $free, 19+. [FB event]

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It happened this week...

• ...on March 4, 2017 at Aga Khan Museum Auditorium.

The Soley Ensemble - It Is All Hu, There Is Nothing But Hu [excerpt]

[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: Doug Tielli + Friends

Artist: Doug Tielli + Friends

Songs: With Body and Soul [Bill Monroe cover] + Hello Stranger [Carter Family cover]

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (Cosmic Country for Communists), February 9, 2023.

Doug Tielli + Friends - With Body and Soul

Doug Tielli + Friends - Hello Stranger

It's not bluegrass, the experts remind us, if there's a drumkit on stage, so let's maybe call this Cosmic Country for Communists one-off grouping bluegrass-adjacent. Doug Tielli brought a list of favourite songs to sing, backed by an ace band put together by series host Kurt Newman (here on dobro) that included Harry Bartlett (guit), Chris Adriaanse (double bass), Blake Howard (drums), and some coaxed-from-the-audience contributions from Logan McNeil (mandolin). Tielli's list of tunes drew from the bluegrass/country axis, but also extended to include Townes Van Zandt and Mary Margaret O'Hara.

Recording: Adversarial Networks

Artist: Adversarial Networks

Song: [excerpt]

Recorded at Wenona Lodge (Track Could Bend #76), February 7, 2023.

Adversarial Networks - [excerpt]

I was eager to get a chance to hear this quartet, mostly because it involved some familiar faces making sound in a different way. Combining the talents of Caleb Klager (modular synthesizer/drum machines), Chris Pruden (keyed synthesizer), Luan Phung (electric guitar), and David Lipson (audio-reactive projections), this was no coffee-shop "jazz", instead heading down a dystopian highway into dark electronica, suggestive of wires and circuits slowly taking over their hosts, overpowering their senses, and inserting some malicious code.

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

[Track Could Bend is back at Wenona on Tuesday, March 7th, with two amazing trios: international sensations Jasper Stadhouders/Lori Freedman/Allison Cameron, plus Marilyn Yogarajah's Tree-Oh with Steve Dillon (Lovewizard) + Lucas Finkeldey.]

Recording: Xicada

Artist: Xicada

Song: [second section]

Recorded at Wenona Lodge (Track Could Bend #76), February 7, 2023.

Xicada - [second section]

A long-awaited visitation to TCB (that was originally being planned pre-pandemic), Ilyse Krivel brought some hypnotic, dark ambient sounds, which are now emerging under the name Xicada (and pushed their way into some propulsive zones as heard here). The high-tech, ableton-based sonics matched well with some lower-tech visuals from Escote, deploying some old-fashioned liquid displacement swirls on a slide projector.

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

[Track Could Bend is back at Wenona on Tuesday, March 7th, with two amazing trios: international sensations Jasper Stadhouders/Lori Freedman/Allison Cameron, plus Marilyn Yogarajah's Tree-Oh with Steve Dillon (Lovewizard) + Lucas Finkeldey.]

Monday Roundup #110

Concert announcements:

Sounding Difference / Listening Care [Pauline Oliveros text score workshop with Anne Bourne] / The Music Gallery 2023-03-01 (Wednesday). $free with registration, all ages. [FB event]

Women from Space: 5th Anniversary Festival 2023 (feat. Karen Ng & Jasper Stadhouders / Gayle Young & Sarah Albu / Big Bang [feat. Karen Ng/Tara Kannangara/Heather Saumer/Naomi McCarroll-Butler/Liz Lima/Anh Phung/Meghan Cheng/Racha Moukalled/Yunjin Claire Lee/Mira Riselli/Diane Roblin/Allison Cameron/Yang Chen/Angelica Zavala/Laura Swankey/Annie Elgie/Kayla Milmine/Bea Labikova with conduction by Christine Duncan]) / 918 Bathurst 2023-03-08 (Wednesday). $15 General Admission per show / $45 4-night festival pass. [FB event]

Dusted (Moonriivr) / Monarch Tavern 2023-03-08 (Wednesday). $16, 19+. [FB event]

Women from Space: 5th Anniversary Festival 2023 (feat. Heidi Chan/Naoko Tsujita/Mo:delic Arts / Seylon Stills/Bee Pallomina/Kristine White / Angels & Demons [Amirtha Kidambi & Darius Jones]) / 918 Bathurst 2023-03-09 (Thursday). $15 General Admission per show / $45 4-night festival pass. [FB event]

Women from Space: 5th Anniversary Festival 2023 (feat. Lotte Anker/Craig Taborn/Chris Corsano / White Boy Scream / Aiyun Huang) / 918 Bathurst 2023-03-10 (Friday). $15 General Admission per show / $45 4-night festival pass. [FB event]

Audiopollination (feat. Olive Joy/Victor O / Ryan Kinney/Dame Cook / Andrew Finlay Stewart/Paul Geldart/Sinéad Bermingham / Michael Lynn/Mira Riseli) / Array Space 2023-03-10 (Friday) [FB event]

Women from Space: 5th Anniversary Festival 2023 (feat. Mount Joy [Bea Labikova] / Judith Berkson / Nicole Mitchell & Coco Elysses) / 918 Bathurst 2023-03-11 (Saturday). $15 General Admission per show / $45 4-night festival pass. [FB event]

Long Winter (feat. Dilettante / Animatist / Faiyaz and the Wasted Chances / Uh Huh / Eliza Niemi / Super Freddy / Night Danger) / The Tranzac 2023-03-11 (Saturday). $22.29, PWYC entry available @ doors, all-ages. [FB event]

Madeleine Ertel presents: Reunion (feat. Alex Samaras/Naomi McCarroll-Butler/Aline Homzy/Madeleine Kay/Andrew Chung/Jill Sauerteig/Steven Noronha/Dan Fortin/Joe Sorbara/Madeleine Ertel) / 918 Bathurst 2023-03-30 (Thursday). $15 advance/$20 door. [FB event]

Stranger Still [The Songs Which Are release show!] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-04-15 (Saturday)

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Shows this week:

Music hosted by Karen Ng (feat. Mark Ballyk/Karen Ng/Jasper Stadhouders/Brodie West) / Wenona Lodge 2023-02-21 (Tuesday) [FB event]

Praises (Gillian Stone, Lake Versions) / Monarch Tavern 2023-02-23 (Thursday). $15, 19+. [FB event]

Karen Ng presents (feat. Kieran Adams/Ananya Ganesh/Karen Ng/Jasper Stadhouders) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-02-23 (Thursday) [FB event]

Exit Points #35 (feat. Racha Moukalled/Olivia Shortt/Animal Party/Justin Massey/ Rod Campbell / Yang Chen/Bea Labikova/Hrysovalanti/Charles Spearin/Michael Palumbo / “Switchemups”) / Array Space 2023-02-24 (Friday). $20. [FB event]

The Ryan Driver Quintet / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-02-24 (Friday) [FB event]

FASTER presents (feat. Tone Cathedral [Brian Abbott/Meghan Cheng/Sara Constant/Andrew Furlong/Paul Newman] / Amrita [Anita Katakkar/Kayla Milmine]) / Gerrard Art Space 2023-02-25 (Saturday). Suggested donation $10. [FB event]

Thin Edge New Music Collective's inaugural Guest Curator Concert [Olivia Shortt, guest curator] (feat. KITE / Trevor Van De Velde with Grace Scheele/Nathan Petitpas) / InterAccess 2023-02-25 (Saturday). $15/$20 at the door. [FB event]

Ada Vale (Così e Così / Pleopod) / Bar Orwell 2023-02-26 (Sunday). $8/PWYC. [FB event]

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It happened this week...

• ...on February 25, 2016 at 1161 Dundas St. West (Inyrdisk Death Match)

Holy heck, was the Inyrdisk winding-down celebration seven years ago already? How is that even possible? I remember the foggy windows in that storefront gallery space pretty well... and also, Fahmid tells me that we first met on that night, which is pretty cool. If your IYD CR-r's haven't succumbed to digital rot, I suggest puling a couple out and giving 'em a spin this week!

Brothers in Milk - [excerpt]

Not The Wind, Not The Flag - All For Hainey [sax excerpt]

[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 XVIII

Artist: Cosmic Homeostasis XVIII

Songs: The Ways We Unravel [excerpt] + Space [edited excerpt]

Recorded at The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), January 29, 2023.

Cosmic Homeostasis XVIII - The Ways We Unravel [excerpt]

Cosmic Homeostasis XVIII - Space [edited excerpt]

The year's first Cosmic Homeostasis gathering (which happens when there's a fifth Sunday in a month) brought out a robust crowd, with twenty (or so) musicians taking over the perimeter of the Southern Cross and generating some sonic drift zones. A real nice mix of acoutic and electronic sounds, and ranging from some louder zones into quieter interplay.

The participants this time out were:

• Marilyn - various percussion, singing bowls, namer-of-things
• Philip Hamilton - guitar, box w/ a string and llama toenails
• Ron Blake - ipad apps
• Scott M2 - Animoog
• Mira Martin-Gray - mini synth, mini theremin
• Yasmine E - pocket piano, various percussion, rainmaker
• Adrian Russouw - violin
• Del Stephen - keyboard synth + cassettes
• Sophie Jaworski - wooden frog
• Paul Newman - tenor saxophone
• Patrick O'Reilly - Volca FM/effects
• Rod Campbell - trumpet
• Todd Macdonald - mandolin/Mood
• Hilary Martin - singing bowl
• Myfawny Ashmore - singing bowl
• Michael Lynn - bass + stuff
• Sterling + Ian - Atari junk console
• Rob Cruickshank - electronics + resonator
• Heraclitus Akimbo - synths, etc.

It's tough to get that many folks in the frame, but most of them make an appearance in this footage you can see over on youtube:

And, of course, you can also listen to the whole performance over on bandcamp (and, if you'd like, support the collective's future works with a purchase!):

Recording: Titanium Bloop

Artist: Titanium Bloop

Song: [1st set, 2nd piece]

Recorded at The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), January 24, 2023.

Titanium Bloop - [1st set, 2nd piece]

With Ryan Driver out of town, what would have been a "regular" Titanium Riot gig saw this one-off reformulation, with Mike Smith (who processes sounds in the duo Bloop with trumpeter Lina Allemano) sitting in alongside the rhythm section of Rob Clutton and Nick Fraser. The result brought out elements of both groups, with the Titanium Riot blurp-beat lurch cross-pollinating with stereofied sound treatments. After the first piece, there was some friendly argument on stage as to whether the group should, in fact, have been called "Blooptanium Riot", which can be added to the list of open-ended questions this encounter produced.

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

Monday Roundup #109

MFS is 14!

• I'm taken by surprise every year that this thing — even as the pace keeps slowing — keeps on going. Fourteen years since posting a Statement of Purpose and then staggering forth. Not bad, I suppose!

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Concert announcements:

Exit Points #35 (feat. Racha Moukalled/Olivia Shortt/Animal Party/Justin Massey/ Rod Campbell / Yang Chen/Bea Labikova/Hrysovalanti/Charles Spearin/Michael Palumbo / “Switchemups”) / Array Space 2023-02-24 (Friday). $20. [FB event]

FASTER presents (feat. Tone Cathedral [Brian Abbott/Meghan Cheng/Sara Constant/Andrew Furlong/Paul Newman] / Amrita [Anita Katakkar/Kayla Milmine]) / Gerrard Art Space 2021-02-25 (Saturday). Suggested donation $10. [FB event]

Ada Vale (Così e Così / Pleopod) / Bar Orwell 2023-02-26 (Sunday). $8/PWYC. [FB event]

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Shows this week:

Jelly Ear / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-02-13 (Monday)

Thom Gill [Eat the Wind release celebration!] (Ryan Driver) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2023-02-14 (Tuesday). $10

Sarah Greene Presents (feat. Sarah Greene & Paul Kolinski / within) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-02-15 (Wednesday – early!)/ $pwyc. [FB event]

VC2 with Stephanie Chua on piano and Amy Hillis [I and Thou album release party!] [world premieres of new works by Laura Sgroi and Andrew Staniland] / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2021-02-15 (Wednesday). $27.96 - $38.61. [FB event]

Idée Fixe & Ansible presents (feat. Isla Craig / Playdate) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-02-16 (Thursday)

Ronley Teper & the Lipliners / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-02-17 (Friday – early!)

Harry Bartlett & Dan Pitt / The Emmet Ray 2023-02-17 (Friday). $10 advance/$15 door. [FB event]

DAS RAD [first show in 6 1/2 years!] (Blue Light / Stella) / Owl's Club 2021-02-17 (Friday) [more info]

Dunge (SAP / Group Therapy) / Monarch Tavern 2023-02-18 (Saturday). $14, 19+. [FB event]

Kiwi Jr. (Charlotte Cornfield) / Lula Lounge 2023-02-19 (Sunday). $20.28, 19+. [FB event]

Recording: Wenderly Park feat. Marilyn Yogarajah

Artist: Wenderly Park feat. Marilyn Yogarajah

Song: [last section]

Recorded at The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), January 24, 2023.

Wenderly Park feat. Marilyn Yogarajah - [last section]

Another in a (hopefully continuing) series of encounters between electroacousticians Wenderly Park and special guests, this set saw some piano and trumpet sounds from Marilyn Yogarajah recieve Joe Strutt's electronic tratments while Fuzzy Nibesh ran frequency interference.

Yu can check out some footage from this set over on youtube as well:

photo by Steph P.

Recording: Campbell/FuZzy/%%30%30

Artist: Rod Campbell/FuZzy/%%30%30

Song: [excerpt from 2nd piece]

Recorded at The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), January 24, 2023.

Rod Campbell/FuZzy/%%30%30 - [excerpt from 2nd piece]

This cross-generational trio, which came together as an ephemeral emergence at Audiopollination in December enjoyed playing together enough to set up a second encounter. Rod Campbell (trumpet/voice) was joined by Fahmid "Fuzzy" Nibesh (percussion, electronics) as well as percussionist Colin C., known by the browser-breaking moniker %%30%30. The latter has been making his mark for the past while as an avid listener at local improvised shows, and has lately been slipping into more performances. He added some found percussive objects (bicycle rim, air pump, metal rod, etc.) to most of a deconstructed drumkit as the trio found some space to drift and rattle eogether.

You can check out some footage from this set over on youtube as well: