Friday, March 31, 2023

Recording: Ghostlight

Artist: Ghostlight

Songs: [two excerpts]

Recorded at The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), March 1, 2023.

Ghostlight - [set 1 excerpt]

Ghostlight - [set 2 excerpt]

I walked into this Ghostlight show already in progress, wondering if they'd decided to set up an art installation (or circus) instead of a just a jam. With mini bluetooth speakers being moved around the room and a record-needle-dragging model traincar adding disembodied sounds, there was an interestingly-disembodied sonic icing on top of everything. (Adding to the layers was electronicist Adelaide Santos conjuring up something mysterious in a briefcase on the floor.) Sprawling in the right ways, Ghostlight are at their best when feeling a little restless, and I was glad to be surprised by the group once again.

Here's a quick look at that record playing train device:

Monday, March 27, 2023

Monday Roundup #115

Concert announcements:

Track Could Bend #78 (feat. Density Creep / Flip Side [Allison Cameron/Fahmid Nibesh] / James Bailey & %%30%30) / Wenona Lodge 2023-03-04 (Tuesday). $pwyc. [FB event]

Ayal Senior & Friends (feat. Ayal Senior/Kurt Newman/Andrew Furlong / David Sait / Nick Flanagan / Jaz Tsui) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-04-09 (Sunday – 2:30 p.m.) [FB event]

Sundays in April Residency (feat. Eucalyptus) / Hirut Cafe and Restaurant 2023-04-09 (Sunday). Suggested $15 per person.

Labyrinth Ensemble with Evgenios Voulgaris / Aga Khan Museum 2023-04-15 (Saturday). $40 Regular, $36 Friends, $30 Students and Seniors [tickets include same-day Museum admission]. [FB event]

Sundays in April Residency (feat. Eucalyptus) / Hirut Cafe and Restaurant 2023-04-16 (Sunday). Suggested $15 per person.

Cola (Nutrients) / The Baby G 2023-04-19 (Wednesday). $24.73, 19+. [FB event]

Sundays in April Residency (feat. Eucalyptus) / Hirut Cafe and Restaurant 2023-04-23 (Sunday). Suggested $15 per person.

Sundays in April Residency (feat. Eucalyptus) / Hirut Cafe and Restaurant 2023-04-30 (Sunday). Suggested $15 per person.


Shows this week:

Nick Fraser Presents (feat. Rob Clutton Trio [Karen Ng/Nick Fraser/Rob Clutton] with special guest Jim Lewis) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-03-28 (Tuesday)

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]

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]

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.

CCMC [Paul Dutton/John Oswald/Casey Sokol with special guest Rob Clutton] / Array Space 2023-03-30 (Thursday). $free admission, donations welcome.

Ace of Wands [Desiring album release!] (Mad Ones / Zinnia) / Velvet Underground 2023-03-30 (Thursday). $23 advance. [FB event]

You In Mind presents (feat. Jasmyn / Camille Léon / Shn Shn) / The Music Gallery 2023-03-31 (Friday). $17.03, all ages. [FB event]

Exit Points #36 (feat. Michelle Breslin/Tegan Dietsch/Owen Kurtz/%%30%30 / Rudy Ray/Sina “Xina” Gilani/Nilan Perera/Adrian Russuow/Michael Palumbo / “Switchemups”) / Array Space 2023-03-31 (Friday). $20. [FB event]

Queermunity 6 (feat. Regina Gently / Fern Sully / Geordie Gordon / Ms Taken) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2023-03-31 (Friday). $15 in advance, $20 at the door, 19+. [more info]

The Ryan Driver Sextet / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-03-31 (Friday) [FB event]

Ladyfinger [Diane Roblin/Kayla Milmine] / The Emmet Ray 2023-04-01 (Saturday – 6 to 8 p.m.). $10. [FB event]

Nico Paulo [album release!] (Steve Lambke) / Tibet Street Records 2023-04-01 (Saturday). $23.86. [FB event]

Bitstance [improvised semi-noisy modular computer music – live debut!] (William Brent/David Cecchetto/Colin Clark/Adam Tindale) / Array Space 2023-04-01 (Saturday). $free.

B.A. Johnston (Sons of Butcher / Marty Topps) / The Baby G 2023-04-01 (Saturday). $13.85 (early bird) / $20.05, 19+. [FB event]

Sundays in April Residency (feat. Eucalyptus) / Hirut Cafe and Restaurant 2023-04-02 (Sunday). Suggested $15 per person.


It happened this week...

  • ...on March 27, 2016 at The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge).

No Angels Dancing - [excerpt from second piece]

  • ...on March 31, 2016 at Burdock Music Hall.

Made to Break - E(8)

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Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Recording: Amrita

Artist: Amrita

Song: unknown*

Recorded at Gerard Art Space (Faster presents), February 25, 2023.

Amrita - unknown

Rather a pleasing treat to return to this cozy east end haunt with Brian Abbott and Kayla Milmine reactivating their "Faster presents" banner. This first set saw the latter joined by tabla player Anita Katakkar for some Indo-jazz forays. This piece, with Katakkar singing the rhythm in the lead-up, tells about Lord Shiva embodying all sound.

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

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Recording: Tone Cathedral

Artist: Tone Cathedral

Song: It's Always the Apocalypse [edited excerpt]

Recorded at Gerard Art Space (Faster presents), February 25, 2023.

Tone Cathedral - It's Always the Apocalypse [edited excerpt]

Rather a pleasing treat to return to this cozy east end haunt with Brian Abbott and Kayla Milmine reactivating their "Faster presents" banner. Here Abbott (on guitar) lead an ensemble of top-notch players (Meghan Cheng, violin; Sara Constant, flutes; Andrew Furlong, double bass; Paul Newman, tenor saxophone + clarinet) through a couple of his pieces showing his ever-deeper burrowing into the realms of microtonality.

Unlike the works on his A Loose Grip on Reality album, which focuses on hyper-real pieces ("music that would purposely be unplayable by humans even if anyone was crazy enough to try"), the pair of compositions essayed here had a woozier pace, with sounds from one instrument sliding into another in a sort of slow-motion hocketing, sounding almost like paulstretched audio at times — or perhaps like a version of a tape-loop piece like Music For Airports where little loops are being played on tape decks with dying batteries, putting things out of skew in subtle ways.

[That same album will be celebrated this Saturday (March 25th) at Array Space with animation by Meghan Cheng and performaces from Tone Cathedral and Mun Mun C.F.]

Monday, March 20, 2023

Monday Roundup #114

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Concert announcements:

Queermunity 6 (feat. Regina Gently / Fern Sully / Geordie Gordon / Ms Taken) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2023-03-31 (Friday). $15 in advance, $20 at the door, 19+. [more info]

Ladyfinger [Diane Roblin/Kayla Milmine] / The Emmet Ray 2023-04-01 (Saturday – 6 to 8 p.m.). $10. [FB event]

Audiopollination (feat. Martin van de Ven/Grace Scheele/Mira Martin-Gray / James Bailey/Susanne Farkas/Nilan Perera / Daniel Field/Jack Brock/Shanika Maria / mkl32 & fuZzy) / Array Space 2023-04-07 (Friday). $10 (or PWYC). [FB event]

Bodywash (Tallies / Sahara) / The Baby G 2023-04-12 (Wednesday). $20.05, 19+. [FB event]

Emergents (feat. Matthew Cardinal / Yolande Laroche) / The Music Gallery 2023-04-22 (Saturday). $15 Door, $10 Low Income/Members/Arts Workers/Students. [more info]

Doug Paisley / [corporate brand name] Music Hall at Massey Hall 2023-05-13 (Saturday). $32.15. [FB event]

Ichi-Bons (bandcalledMAX) / Horseshoe Tavern 2023-05-20 (Saturday). $16.50, 19+. [FB event]


Shows this week:

University of Toronto Percussion Ensemble [Director: Aiyun Huang, featuring works by Yike Zhang, Emmanuel Séjourné, Ivan Trevino, Thierry de Mey, Fish Yu, Andrew James Clark] / Walter Hall 2023-03-20 (Monday). $free. [FB event]

Karen Ng's Wenona Series (feat. Rob Clutton Trio with Patrick O'Reilly) / Wenona Lodge 2023-03-21 (Tuesday) [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)

Parallax - Act 1 ["different mediums, industries and forms of expressions come together in a series of collective performances"] (feat. Melad Jajou/Jess Burgess/The Band / Gore Gloss/Lou Rose) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-03-22 (Wednesday). $pwyc/$20 suggested. [FB event]

Dan Fortin [solo bass] / Sellers & Newel 2023-03-23 (Thursday). Minimum donation $15. [more info]

The University of Toronto Hybrid Ensemble [part jazz, part classical, presenting a live original soundtrack to the silent film Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde] (Patrick O'Reilly's DOG Ensemble) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2023-03-23 (Thursday). $free. [FB event]

Today Versions presents (feat. Del Stephen's Concrete Creative Recollections Research (Revisited)) / The Tranzac (Living Room) 2023-03-23 (Thursday). $10/PWYC. [FB event]

Cindy Lee (Dorothea Paas) / The Garrison 2023-03-23 (Thursday). $23.17, 19+. [FB event]

Karen Ng presents (feat. Eve Egoyan/Lori Freedman/Karen Ng) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-03-23 (Thursday) [FB event]

Annie Elgie's Tea Party Collective (Gary LaRocca) / Sellers & Newel 2023-03-24 (Friday). Minimum donation $15. [more info]

Shahriyar Jamshidi [My Sunset-Land Rojava album release event!] [solo kamanche performance + panel discussion] / Canadian Music Centre 2023-03-24 (Friday). $17.31 [more info]

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]

Cowbird Collective Presents: A Loose Grip on Reality Record Release Show (feat. Tone Cathedral [Sara Constant/Paul Newman/Andrew Furlong/Meghan Cheng/Brian Abbott] / Mun Mun C.F) / Array Space 2023-03-25 (Saturday) [FB event]


It happened this week...

  • ...on March 23, 2018 at The Tranzac's Main Hall (Long Winter 6.5).

The Highest Order - Thirsty in the Rain

  • ...on March 25, 2018 at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (Synaptic Circus Sundays).

Chalk Repairer - [last piece]

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Monday, March 13, 2023

Monday Roundup #113

Concert announcements:

University of Toronto Percussion Ensemble [Director: Aiyun Huang, featuring works by Yike Zhang, Emmanuel Séjourné, Ivan Trevino, Thierry de Mey, Fish Yu, Andrew James Clark] / Walter Hall 2023-03-20 (Monday). $free. [FB event]

Parallax - Act 1 ["different mediums, industries and forms of expressions come together in a series of collective performances"] (feat. Melad Jajou/Jess Burgess/The Band / Gore Gloss/Lou Rose) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-03-22 (Wednesday). $pwyc/$20 suggested. [FB event]

Karen Ng presents (feat. Karen Ng, Lori Freedman and guests) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-03-23 (Thursday)

Cowbird Collective Presents: A Loose Grip on Reality Record Release Show (feat. Tone Cathedral [Sara Constant/Paul Newman/Andrew Furlong/Meghan Cheng/Brian Abbott] / Mun Mun C.F) / Array Space 2023-03-25 (Saturday) [FB event]

Ace of Wands [Desiring album release!] (Mad Ones / Zinnia) / Velvet Underground 2023-03-30 (Thursday). $23 advance. [FB event]

You In Mind presents (feat. Jasmyn / Camille Léon / Shn Shn) / The Music Gallery 2023-03-31 (Friday). $17.03, all ages. [FB event]

Exit Points #36 (feat. Michelle Breslin/Tegan Dietsch/Owen Kurtz/%%30%30 / Rudy Ray/Sina “Xina” Gilani/Nilan Perera/Adrian Russuow/Michael Palumbo / “Switchemups”) / Array Space 2023-03-31 (Friday). $20. [FB event]

Cots (Alex Lukashevsky) / Tibet Street Records 2023-04-06 (Thursday). $20.

CMC Presents (feat. Pursuit Grooves / Masahiro Takahashi) / Canadian Music Centre 2023-04-12 (Wednesday). $15 Advance / $20 at the door. [FB event]

TONE Presents (feat. Sun Ra Arkestra) / The Great Hall 2023-06-28 (Wednesday). $44.39 advance/$50 door, 19+. [FB event]


Shows this week:

Smoking Songs (feat. Jelly Ear) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-03-13 (Monday) [FB event]

Dun-Dun Land (feat. Dun-Dun Man / Thom Gill) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-03-14 (Tuesday – early!)

Sarah Greene Presents (feat. Sarah Greene/Paul Kolinski/Dave Clark/Tania Gill / Dave Clark's Western Slang) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-03-15 (Wednesday – early!) [FB event]

University of Toronto Vocal Jazz Ensemble [Christine Duncan, director] / Walter Hall 2023-03-15 (Wednesday). $free. [FB event]

Idée Fixe & Ansible presents (feat. Evan Cartwright / Brodie West Quintet) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-03-16 (Thursday)

Ronley Teper & the Lipliners / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-03-17 (Friday – early!)

Beyond the Valley of the Guitars (feat. Brian Ruryk / Nilan Perera) / Sellers & Newel 2023-03-17 (Friday). Minimum donation $20. [more info]

Karla (Mesh System [Caleb Klager/Stefan Hegerat] / Magfoto) / Tibet Street Records 2023-03-17 (Friday). $20. [FB event]

Selkie Sessions (Urban Shores Edition) (feat. Andrew Patten / Ivy Mairi / Sean Donald / Isla Craig) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-03-18 (Saturday – early!). $PWYC. [FB event]

Burn Down The Capital presents (feat. Still House Plants / Oil Giant / Brian Ruryk) / Bar Orwell 2023-03-19 (Sunday). $12 Adv / $15 Door, NOTAFLOF. [FB event]


It happened this week...

  • ...on March 16, 2019 at The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge).

Doug Tielli - Highwayside Weeds

  • ...on March 16, 2019 at The Tranzac's Tiki Room (Cold Early Spring).

Hexzuul - [3rd piece, edit]

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Saturday, March 11, 2023

Recording: Adams/Ganesh/Ng/Stadhouders

Artist: Kieran Adams/Ananya Ganesh/Karen Ng/Jasper Stadhouders

Songs: [2nd set, 1st piece, in two parts]

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (Karen Ng presents), February 23, 2023.

Kieran Adams/Ananya Ganesh/Karen Ng/Jasper Stadhouders - [2nd set, 1st piece, part 1]

Kieran Adams/Ananya Ganesh/Karen Ng/Jasper Stadhouders - [2nd set, 1st piece, part 2]

A rollicking night at Karen Ng's Tranzac residency, featuring a couple musicians newly-connected in different ways to the local scene. I'd caught guitarist/bassist Jasper Stadhouders already that week (and more to come!), so the real discovery here was pianist/vocalist Ananya Ganesh, recently relocated from NYC to T.O. for the next few months. (And also a delight to hear Kieran Adams behind the kit, craftily sneaking in some electronic percussion flourishes to bump things along.)

Tuesday, March 7, 2023

Recording: Ballyk/Ng/Stadhouders/West

Artist: Mark Ballyk/Karen Ng/Jasper Stadhouders/Brodie West

Songs: [set 1 excerpt, in two parts]

Recorded at February 21, 2023 at Wenona Lodge (Music hosted by Karen Ng).

Mark Ballyk/Karen Ng/Jasper Stadhouders/Brodie West - [set 1 excerpt, part 1]

Mark Ballyk/Karen Ng/Jasper Stadhouders/Brodie West - [set 1 excerpt, part 2]

It's a treat having Amsterdam's Jasper Stadhouders around about town, and on this night at Karen Ng's monthly show at Wenona (every third Tuesday of the month!) he brought out guitar and bass to work alongside sax and clarinets from both Ng and Brodie West. Mark Ballyk, meanwhile, held things together behind the kit — at one point taking the notion of drum sticks so literally he hauled out a couple tree branches.

You can hear/see the whole second set over on youtube:

Late Addendum! you can now hear/purchase this whole set in a fine multi-track recording made my Mark Ballyk over on Bandcamp!

[Stadhouders will be joined by Lori Freedman and Allison Cameron at Track Could Bend tonight (March 7th), and will be opening the Women From Space Festival tomorrow night (March 8th) in a much-anticipated duo set with Karen Ng.]

Monday, March 6, 2023

Monday Roundup #112

Concert announcements:

Beyond the Valley of the Guitars (feat. Brian Ruryk / Nilan Perera) / Sellers & Newel 2023-03-17 (Friday). Minimum donation $20. [more info]

Selkie Sessions (Urban Shores Edition) (feat. Andrew Patten / Ivy Mairi / Sean Donald / Isla Craig) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-03-18 (Saturday – early!). $PWYC. [FB event]

Burn Down The Capital presents (feat. Still House Plants / Oil Giant / Brian Ruryk) / Bar Orwell 2023-03-19 (Sunday). $12 Adv / $15 Door, NOTAFLOF. [FB event]

Dan Fortin [solo bass] / Sellers & Newel 2023-03-23 (Thursday). Minimum donation $15. [more info]

Today Versions presents (feat. Del Stephen's Concrete Creative Recollections Research (Revisited)) / The Tranzac (Living Room) 2023-03-23 (Thursday). $10/PWYC. [FB event]

Annie Elgie's Tea Party Collective (Gary LaRocca) / Sellers & Newel 2023-03-24 (Friday). Minimum donation $15. [more info]

B.A. Johnston (Sons of Butcher / Marty Topps) / The Baby G 2023-04-01 (Saturday). $13.85 (early bird) / $20.05, 19+. [FB event]

Tim Posgate & Andrew Downing / Sellers & Newel 2023-04-27 (Thursday). Minimum donation $20. [more info]

Ronley Tepper & the Little Lips (Chris Pruden) / Sellers & Newel 2023-05-06 (Saturday). Minimum donation $20. [more info]

Dilly Dally [final shows!] (Bad Waitress / Breeze) / Lee's Palace 2023-05-27&28 (Saturday & Sunday). $32.33, 19+. [FB event]


Shows this week:

Charles Spearin / Pouya Hamidi / Michael Palumbo / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-03-07 (Tuesday – early!) [FB event]

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]

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]

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.)

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]

Musica Universalis (feat. Colin Fisher Trio [Colin Fisher/Josh Cole/Jeff Luciani] / Ryan Driver [solo synth]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 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]

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]

Amber [Lori Freedman/Scott Thomson] (Rob Clutton [solo double bass]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-03-12 (Sunday). $PWYW.


In the mix:

  • New drone mix for a snowy/melty/snowy days! Focus on guitars and hypnotic rhythmic repetition. Featuring a sonic salutation from Tom Verlaine, plus sounds from Mountains, Tarotplane, Bitchin Bajas, miroque, Atoris, Eternell, and anthéne & Simon McCorry.

It happened this week...

  • ...on March 11, 2018 at Array Space (Somewhere There's Second Sunday Series).

Emily Denison/Jason Robinson/Eric Hofbauer - [temporary ensemble #3]

Yes Deer - [1st piece]

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Sunday, March 5, 2023

Recording: fuZzy

Artist: fuZzy

Song: [solo percussion excerpt]

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (Ayal Senior & Friends), February 12, 2023.

fuZzy - [solo percussion excerpt]

This solo set moved in an astral glide from the effected percussion heard here into some guitar explorations.

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

[Ayal Senior & Friends will be back at The Tranzac on Sunday, March 12th, with Ayal Senior playing with Kurt Newman, Andrew Furlong and special guest Jay Anderson, plus sets from Piers Oolavi and Cxicada and comedy from Nick Flanagan.]

Recording: Greydini

Artist: Greydini

Song: Meat + Metal Brain*

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (Ayal Senior & Friends), February 12, 2023.

Greydini - Meat + Metal Brain

For a Sunday afternnon sit-down crowd, Greydini mixed it up a little for this set, forgoing the usual freneticism for a pair of extended explorations in his sonic laboratory. Still trawling in the cultural detritus (especially with the help of some classic grainy VHS projections) these felt like the source material for absurd pop nuggets yet to be simmered down to concentrated form.

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

[Ayal Senior & Friends will be back at The Tranzac on Sunday, March 12th, with Ayal Senior playing with Kurt Newman, Andrew Furlong and special guest Jay Anderson, plus sets from Piers Oolavi and Cxicada and comedy from Nick Flanagan.]

* It's also possible that the title here is "Meet the Metal Brain".