Timeline

1989

Nonsequitur was founded by Jonathan Scheuer and Steve Peters, who met in the early 1980s at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA, where they also worked for KAOS-fm radio and OP Magazine. The project began as a record label based in Santa Fé, New Mexico, publishing over thirty releases in nine years.

1992

Began distributing older releases and books by artists associated with our projects, along with related recordings and publications.

1993

The Nonsequitur Music Gallery opened in a storefront in downtown Albuquerque. The front half of the space was used to exhibit artwork by composers and sound artists, or by visual artists who had a connection to sound and music. We also began producing occasional concerts at the Outpost Performance Space.

1998

We ceased releasing new CD titles and sold our existing catalog and inventory to O.O. Discs, which has since gone out of business; what remains of our catalog is available from Pogus Productions.  We then shifted our focus to presenting concerts and installations, solidifying our relationship with Outpost and making use of other venues when appropriate.

2004

Nonsequitur moved to Seattle, presenting monthly events in various rented spaces, often in collaboration with other like-minded organizations.

2007

Recognizing the need for an affordable, mid-sized venue dedicated to adventurous music, Nonsequitur signed a long-term lease to use the Chapel Performance Space at the Good Shepherd Center ten nights per month. The Wayward Music Series was initiated to share this amazing resource at a subsidized rate with other like-minded artists and organizations. This unusual cooperative model has proven to fill a vital need for affordable space to present uncompromising non-commercial music.

2008

Nonsequitur was honored with a Mayor’s Arts Award.

2009

Earshot Jazz recognized our “tremendous contribution to Seattle’s creative jazz scene,” for which we received their Golden Ear Award.

2014

Nonsequitur celebrates 25 years of supporting innovative artists.

2017

Nonsequitur celebrates 10 years of the Wayward Music Series at Good Shepherd Center Chapel.

2019

Nonsequitur celebrates 30 years, and strengthens focus on supporting local artists.

2020

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Nonsequitur pivots from presenting live performances to commissioning streaming audio programs by local artists, many of them recorded in the Chapel. These are collectively called Wayward in Limbo.

2022

Nonsequitur hires a diverse four-person curatorial team to choose the artists we will present. Each curator is responsible for three events per year. This team will dissolve and be reconvened with new members annually.

Artists Presented