Concerts
Chris Cochrane + Climax Golden Twins
One of downtown NYC’s great, unsung guitar heroes, Chris Cochrane has a long-standing record of work in bands such as early Knitting Factory-era prog/post-rock outfits No Safety (with Zeena Parkins) and George Cartwright’s Curlew, the proto-queercore Suck Pretty, and collaborations with everyone from Fred Frith, Mark Ribot, Derek Bailey, and Ikue Mori to T Bone …
Novi_sad
Fans of Spanish sound artist Francisco Lopez or Portland’s Daniel Menche will appreciate Novi_sad‘s approach to atmospheric electro-acoustic music that draws on a wide range of sources, from processed field recordings and planetary radio frequencies to analyzed data from world financial markets. His 2009 concert at the Chapel was a revelation of dramatic breadth and …
Gavin Bryars’ The Sinking of the Titanic
Presented by Nonsequitur. Period costume encouraged! An all-star ensemble of thirty-plus Seattle avant musicians commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Titanic tragedy with an epic version of The Sinking of the Titanic (1969), by acclaimed British composer Gavin Bryars. The “score” consists mainly of Bryars’ hand-written notes speculating on the musical and sonic aspects of …
Magma Festival: 3 x 4
Presented by Hollow Earth Radio and Nonsequitur. Seattle’s favorite online community radio station, throws this annual love fest for the local music community, presenting all kinds of music in venues all over town throughout the month of March. This concert features four sets of eclectic improvised music by trios of similar instruments: Angelina Baldoz, Samantha …
Electro-Gals
Presented by Nonsequitur. Electro-Gals is an organization dedicated to promoting and inspiring electronic music and digital art by women. For this show, collective members Christi Denton (Portland), Briana Marela (Olympia), and Heather Perkins (Portland) will employ a wide variety of instruments and techniques, including hand-built electronic instruments, cassette-deck-loopers, vocoders, electric guitar, hand-coded music software, and …