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Michael White Group
Seattle, The Rendevous, 2322 2nd Ave, 10:30 pm, $10, 21+.
Michael White (violin) arrives in Seattle to play with Timothy Young (guitar) Geoff Harper (bass) Michael Jones (drums) and Leisei Chen (voice)."
Friday July 2nd
Transpacific / Entropic Advance
Seattle, Lower level at the CHAC, 1621 12th Ave, time unknown, price unknown, 21+.
"Transpacific is playing the Lower Level along with Entropic Advance for Entropic's CD release party."
Monday, July 5th
Sound of the Underbrush presents
Crane/Swafford duo
Seattle, Polestar Music Gallery, 1412 18th Ave (at East Union), 8 pm, donation, all ages.
"Matt Crane (drums) and Tom Swafford (violin) explore the common ground between these seemingly opposite instruments. Listeners can expect lyrical drumming and percussive violin playing and everything in between. As always, set 2 is open to improvisers wantint to strut their creative stuffs."
Thursday, July 8th
Gordon Frazier & Jay Hamilton: Walking on Air
Seattle, Polestar Music Gallery, 1412 18th Ave (at East Union), 8 pm, $7, all ages.
"Gordon Frazier, multi-instrumentalist of the mouth cavity (a "linguaphonist."), and Jay Hamilton, using other body and external instruments, perform at Polestar for the first time. The concert will consist of audience participation and environment sounds, along with various flotsam and jetsam that have washed across their paths. Their musical pieces will include created musical instruments, Jew's harps, clackamores, strings, and wind instruments. Occasional wackiness cannot be ruled out. Please note that the wearing of high heels is not recommended, though we cannot divulge the reason. Let it suffice to say that it relates to the title of the performance."
Friday, July 9th
Paul Dutton, Jacopo Andreini, Arrington Di Dyonisus, Bill Horist
Seattle, Polestar Music Gallery, 1412 18th Ave (at East Union), 8 pm, $7, all ages.
"Four excellent improvisors from three nations converge at Polestar for an evening of high-risk sonic intensity in the last U.S. date of a special tour organized in conjunction with the Olympia Experimental Music Festival and the Canada Council. Not to be missed by fans of spoken word and excellent improvising. The first set will be a duo exchange between Italy's Jacopo Andreini and Bill Horist. Bill is well known to Seattle audiences for his daring explorations and dismantling of guitar culture. Jacopo Andreini is perhaps one of Italy's most versatile musicians, having played nearly every instrument with countless musicians in many bands playing many styles of music nearly everywhere. Expect trumpets, saxophone, guitar, percussion, and whatever random objects Jacopo may find in the street on the day of the show. The second set unites two extenders of the human vocal range, Toronto's Paul Dutton and Olympia's Arrington de Dionyso. For over 30 years, Paul has sought out myriad ways of combining text, sound, and improvisation. He has been a huge force in the Canadian Literary and Improvised Music scenes. Arrington de Dionyso returns to Polestar with his uncompromising alchemical union of bass clarinet and Tuvan throatsinging. A third set will follow, allowing all four musicians to interact freely."
Saturday, July 10th
Seattle Experimental Opera
Seattle,Dubiel & Hoffenbeck House-on-the-Sound, 2811 NW 93rd St, 4 pm, free, all ages.
"Please join us to celebrate the long-awaited release of Asplund/Candland's 2000 Seattle Experimental Opera production. Originally written to be performed in a swimming pool, this piece evolved into a bel canto/heavy metal/funk fusion piece, featuring the inimitable water percussion of Greg Campbell, the inimitable slap pop bass stylings of Dan Scollard, and the inimitable guitar stylings of Mark France. In addition, it features the fabulous vocal/water stylings of Alison Hopkins, Cynthia Dario, and Sue Neimoyer, as well as the inimitable piano stylings of Ms. Neimoyer. Members of the cast will be on hand to perform excerpts from the opera and other musical treats. The 2000 production of Liquid Girls at the Nippon Kan Theater was funded through the assistance of King County. The recording has been produced through the assistance of the Jack Straw Foundation and Brigham Young University Creative Works."
Keith Eisenbrey & Gavin Borchert
Seattle, Polestar Music Gallery, 1412 18th Ave (at East Union), 8 pm, $7, all ages.
"An evening of piano music by two fascinating Seattle composer-performers. Eisenbrey's serious whimsy has delighted and confounded Seattle audiences for many years. Borchert is a tireless champion of contemporary composition - cellist, music writer, and composer of works for soloists, chamber ensembles, symphony orchestras, and more.
Monday, July 12th
Sound of the Underbrush presents
Beth Fleenor & Mark Oi
Seattle, Polestar Music Gallery, 1412 18th Ave (at East Union), 8 pm, donation, all ages.
"This duo played an terrific set last week at Coffee Messiah. Fleenor (clarinet) and Oi (guitar) combine great technical ability on their instruments with skilled use of electronics to create, at times, an almost orchestral texture. As always the second set is open to all with something to add."
Wednesday, July 14th
Cognitive Dissidents presents
Ffej & Troy Swanson
Seattle, Coffee Messiah, 1554 E. Olive Way, 7 pm, donation requested, all ages.
"An improvisational meeting of the musical minds between Ffej (synthesizers) and Troy Swanson (percussion)."
Friday, July 16th
ABC: Christian Asplund, Michael Bisio, Greg Campbell
Seattle, Polestar Music Gallery, 1412 18th Ave (at East Union), 8 pm, $7, all ages.
"Former Seattle composer, instrumentalist, and bandleader Christian Asplund returns to Seattle for a wonderful and varied weekend of music at Polestar. Tonight he brings a "power trio" featuring new out jazz material for viola and piano, bass, and drums. With Seattle's first-call creative jazz rhythm section joining the brilliant Asplund, this show will rock your brain and your butt - don't miss it."Floss / Shoup, Horist, van der Schyff
Seattle, Lo-Fi Performance Gallery, 429-B Eastlake, 9 pm, $6, 21+.
"This is a CD release gig for Floss (Mark Ostrowski, Issac Mills, John Semen). The Shoup/Horist/Van Der Schyff trio kicks the evening off in high style."
Saturday, July 17th
Thingsome Q with Christian Asplund
Seattle, Polestar Music Gallery, 1412 18th Ave (at East Union), 8 pm, $7, all ages.
"This scintillating string quartet brought down the house at the 2004 Seattle Improvised Music Festival, and we're thrilled to present their Polestar debut - with very special guest violist Christian Asplund. Thingsome Q began 10 years ago as a beautiful collaboration between friends and free improvisors in the Seattle scene. The founding members (Tari Nelson-Zagar, Matthew Sperry, Christian Asplund, Eyvind Kang, Brent Arnold) shared a desire to bring their exuberance as "freed" string players to listeners. There is a joy in playing with other instruments of a kind, a standard feature of Western classical traditions (string quartets/quintets/chamber orchestras, etc.) but this is not a standard feature of ensembles in improvised music. As an improvising string ensemble, Thingsome Q is vehicle to bring together the players' individual backgrounds in jazz, punk, Western classical traditions, western folk, and Eastern traditions, all drenched in and tempered by the culture of free improvisation."
Sunday, July 18th
Prospettiva Plural XVI - voices
Seattle, CoCA, 410 Dexter Ave N, 4 pm, $8/$5 CoCA members, all ages.
"Featuring 3 30-minute solo vocal performances by: Cristin Miller, Bob Marsh, M.J. Williams. Prospettiva Plural is a monthly series of music that presents diverse perspectives and approaches to performing on a single given instrument at each concert. Practitioners of improvised and composed music working from jazz, new music, and improvised music backgrounds are billed alongside each other, encouraging a dialogue between these areas of music-making. Prospettiva Plural takes place every third Sunday at CoCA."
Monday, July 19th
Sound of the Underbrush presents
Christian Asplund, Greg Campbell and Jesse Canterbury
Seattle, Polestar Music Gallery, 1412 18th Ave (at E Union), 8 pm, donation, all ages.
"Long time Seattle multi-instrumentalist and composer Christian Asplund is returning to Seattle to reunite with many of his musical compatriots including stellar Seattle percussionist Greg Campbell. This evening will feature some surprise guests. It will also give the newer Seattle musicians a chance to get musically acquainted with Dr. Asplund during the always open last set."
Zen Tornado / Safe Behind Glass
Seattle, Lo-Fi Performance Gallery, 429-B Eastlake, 9 pm, free, 21+.
"When it came time for Zen Tornado to celebrate their newest release, we decided to treat our fans like we approach our jazz - No cover - Free beer - Free appetizers - 2 sets by Zen Tornado including special guests - A multimedia show - Free CD to every ticket holder - Special after-party performance by Safe Behind Glass... This is our chance to throw a big party for all of you who have been so generous in coming out to all these strange little venues all over the state and supporting our bizarre jazz noodlings (meedley, meedley, meee!). So how do you get a ticket? You download one here: http://www.rikwright.com/pdfs/zenticket.pdf Print it out (there's four per page so your can bring your friends) and hand it to the door man. That's it!"
Saturday, July 24th
Two Basses and Spoons / Office Products
Seattle, Polestar Music Gallery, 1412 18th Ave (at East Union), 8 pm, $8, all ages. "A very special concert featuring the legendary, incomparable Artis the Spoonman with bassists Michael Bisio and Dustin Riecan. Artis is known world wide for his passion and virtuosity. He has shared the stage with Frank Zappa, cites Roland Kirk as a major influence, and has been a source of inspiration for artists across many genres. Seattle's Michael Bisio has been around the block and eagerly awaits the next curve. Dustin Riecan is a young bassist/composer of extraordinary promise and ability.Portland's Office Products is Doug Theriault (guitar) and David Chandler (effects, sampler and drum-pads). They combine free-improv and musique concrete techniques into very fast, difficult, yet humorous music. Doug is also in the duo Dual and performs regularly in ad hoc improvisational contexts. All of his projects concern the use of Music Improvisation in its many forms and contexts. David also records electro-influenced music under the name Solenoid. Diskono, Illegal Art, and Pharmacy Recordings have released their work."
Sunday, July 25th
Capitol Hill Block Party and The Vera Project present
Ghidra
Seattle, People's Stage, Nagle and Pine , 4:30 pm, free, all ages.
Wally, Bill and drumbass Mike Peterson make their Block Party debut on the Vera Project's free "People's" Stage. This is the only stage you can check out without having to pay admission so it's a thrifty venture to boot!
Monday, July 26th
Sound of the Underbrush presents
Christophe Fellay
Seattle, Polestar Music Gallery, 1412 18th Ave (at E Union), 8 pm, donation, all ages.
"Fellay's drums "serve as drivers of a computerized machine that reacts in real time to the rhythmic impulses given off by the heads...through the use of samplers and percussion, the music continuously travels back and forth between traditional and modern styles.." Fellay integrates Basel [Switzerland] Carnival rhythms "into the groove world dear to African, Asian and American drum masters." As always, the second set will be open to audience members who play a bit of music from time to time."
Thursday, July 29th
Ellen Fullman's Isolated Reflections
Seattle, Consolidated Works, 500 N Boren, 9 pm, $10, all ages.
"Isolated Reflections is a multimedia performance installation co-presented by Consolidated Works and Nonsequitur. Strings spanning the entire length of ConWorks--played by literally walking through it-- "Fullman will bring the venue alive as a sounding space, charging the air with scintillating shapeshifting clouds of overtones." (The Wire, July, 2004) Tonya Lockyer's dance has been described as "emotional architecture, with cool sensuality: textured and idiosyncratic." Using large-scale video projections, installation artist Christine Wallers attempts to create an experience of the ephemeral, the just emerging and the barely visible, from the interplay between object and space. Known primarily for sculpture and public art works, Susan Zoccola will premiere a new video installation: "Home Movies: Beginning Again". This program is made possible through the support of the Access Works program at Consolidated Works and in part by support from the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, City of Seattle."
Friday, July 30th
Ellen Fullman's Isolated Reflections
Seattle, Consolidated Works, 500 N Boren, 9 pm, $10, all ages.
see description 7/29
Saturday, July 31st
Ellen Fullman's Isolated Reflections
Seattle, Consolidated Works, 500 N Boren, 9 pm, $10, all ages.
see description 7/29
"The Gathering of Sounds"
Seattle, Jack Straw Productions, 4261 Roosevelt Way NE, Mon - Fri 9 am-6pm, free.
"Susie Kozawa is a composer and sound artist. She is interested in how sound moves and dances in a space. ³The Gathering of Sounds² is a collage of field recordings--children¹s laughter, cawing crows, sewing machines, and pounding raindrops‹gathered and arranged randomly into multiple layers of varying sonic densities. The audio composition is intended to interact with the environmental noise at the Jack Straw Productions office‹traffic from the busy thoroughfare; compression brakes from the buses that stop outside the door; music from the recording studios within the building; voices of children in Jack Straw¹s youth classes. Each visitor¹s own experience and awareness of the space will depend on the ebb and flow of sounds in the University District. The compiled field recordings for ³The Gathering of Sounds² are a celebration of everyday spaces and spirit of people. The sounds are not altered and the sonic textures reflect the cacophony of everyday objects." Supported in part by the Mayor's Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs.
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