425 E. 31st Street Baltimore
Doors open at 8:30
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Doors open for all events at 8:30PM
Friday, March 2nd, 2012 -- $6
Audrey Chen/John Dierker/Jeff Carey & HAG
A night of trios!
Former Baltimorean, cellist and vocalist, Audrey Chen returns to town to grace the stage of the Red Room in a trio with local reed powerhouse John Dierker and digital electronic musician (and mastermind of the BTO) Jeff Carey.
New York trio HAG bring their unique blend of virtuosic free improvisation and performance art to the Red Room for th first time. HAG is Brad Henkel on trumpet, David Grollman on prepared snare drum, and Sean Ali on prepared bass.
More on HAG: "Personnel for Hag is Brad Henkel on trumpet, Sean Ali on bass and
David Grollman on snare drum.... The sounds
on ‘Moist Areas’ are highly concentrated, lower-case like improv, extremely
focused, direct and intense. If we didn’t know what the
instrumentation is (trumpet/acoustic bass/drums) it would be
difficult to tell at times. An agitated radiator, rubbed balloons and
thumping on the floor or wall would be a good guess. Wow! This is
immensely effective and evocative music like setting certain spirits
free to dance in the cemetery of the afterlife just down the road
from where many of us live. This music is well-recorded so that it
sounds even larger than life. I like that this music seem to have so
little melodic content yet it remains consistent fascinating anyway.
Although this disc is some 31+ minutes long, it seems just long
enough to transport us to another dimension. " - Bruce Lee Gallanter, Downtown Music Gallery.
Saturday, March 10th, 2012 -- $6
The Body Electric and Tuth Baar
A night of energetic dramatic music by The Body Electric and Tuth Baar.
The Body Electric is Nicholas Horner - vocalist, Seth Chizeck - drums, and Luke Chohany - guitar. They will be joined by special guests Alex Weber - bass and Jarrett Gilgore - alto saxophone.
Tuth Baar and the Proselytizers is saxophonist/composer Ted Taforo’s grandiose vision of a jazz/pop/improv band. What started as tales of fictional character Tuth Baar, spun in live shows complete with costumes, a narrator, and plenty of gimmicks in Rochester (NY) has morphed into the band’s current phase: exploration of Taforo’s compositions, all filled to the brim with lush harmonies, heavy beats, and diverse textures. The band is made up of Ted Taforo (saxophone), Noah Berman(guitar), Ben Thomas (bass), Matt Honor (drums), all in their last year at the Eastman School of Music.
Tonight, Tuth Baar and the Proselytizers will be performing a set of free improvisations.
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Nicholas Horner, vocalist and composer native to central Pennsylvania is a musician of high energy and an inquisitive personality. A graduate of Bucknell University and student of both post-minumalist composer William Duckworth and jazz drummer and composer Phil Haynes, Horner's exploration spans the spectrum of music, incorporating his love of the dramatic arts (opera specifically) with free and textural improvisation, as well as influences from jazz, rock, 20th century classical and the avant garde. Having recently moved to Baltimore, his current explorations include the melding of free improvisation and the heavy metal soundscape, as well as developing dramatic material for his personal projects as well as his first major opera (currently untitled).
Sunday, March 11th, 2012 -- Free
Lexie Mountain and David Revill
Special Event co-sponsored by the Red Room / High Zero Foundation & the Johns Hopkins Digital Media Center
Guest Artist Talk with Lexie Mountain and David Revill
Sunday March 11th 3-5 PM
Mattin / Jones 101, Johns Hopkins Campus at 33rd and Charles
Free and Open to the Public, light snacks and drinks will be provided
Join us on Sunday, March 11th at 3PM for an afternoon of presentation and discussion about art. We will be joined by artists David Revill and Lexie Mountain. David is a British composer and producer and author of the authorised biography of John Cage, and will be speaking on the topic of Art, the Future, and Technology. Lexie is a local Baltimore artist, founder of the Lexie Mountain Boys, and mastermind behind a number of interesting performance and installation projects in town, and she will share some of her art and process with us.
For more information on the artists, check out their web sites:
lexiemountain.tumblr.com
davidrevill.com
Sunday, March 11th, 2012 -- Free
Baltimore Technology Overdrive 2-5pm
is an informal, participant driven, software based computer music users group. Users of Supercollider/PD/similar at all skill levels are welcome.
BTO hopes to create a community of artists and technologist with different backgrounds that will support an environment of generally increased competence and insight across approaches and platforms. While a good deal of time will likely be spent coding together, depending on the interest of the participants
creative and social aspects of technology could be explored via group projects, presentations, performances etc.
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012 -- $$6
Lak Wright Duo
Fron Lowell, MA, the Lak Wright Duo is Stephanie Lak on voice, electronics and prepared guitar and Walter Wright on electronics and drums. They explore electroacoustic free improvisation in unique and familiar ways.
Locals TBA
doors at 8:30
show at 9:00
@ The Red Room
425 E. 31st St.
Baltimore, MD 21218
Monday, March 19th, 2012 -- $$6
Natura Morta
Natura Morta is a trio for viola, bass, and drums dedicated to exploring musical structures
and relationships through collective all-acoustic improvisation. The Brooklyn-based
ensemble creates acoustic sound-sculptures and sonic landscapes through the use of
nontraditional techniques and instrumental preparations. The musical range of the trio
stretches from heated silences to relentless drones to frantic hyperactivity. Natura Morta
crafts a single sound into a stillness that gains density and momentum from an unwavering
insistence upon non-development. It's music is an experience that traumatizes as it soothes,
cleanses as it soils, and wounds as it heals.
Bios
French-japanese violist Frantz Loriot performs solo as well as
in various ensembles ranging from rock to contemporary
music by way of improvisation and electronics. Besides Natura
Morta his current projects include: Viola Two Viola - with
Cyprien Busolini (viola), Bobun -with Hugues Vincent(cello),
baloni -with Joachim Badenhorst(reeds)and Pascal
Niggenkemper (doublebass), Speaking Tube -with Emilie
Lesbros (voice)& Pascal Niggenkemper (doublebass), and a
duo with Denman Maroney (hyperpiano).
www.frantzloriot.com
Bassist and composer Sean Ali from Dayton, Ohio has been
living in New York City since 2003. Here he participates in the
city?s avant-garde and experimental music scene. Besides playing
with Natura Morta he currently performs in a diverse group of
ensembles, including Fester with David Grollman (percussion),
LathanFlin&Ali with Lathan Hardy (sax) and Flin Van Hemmen
(drums), Hag with Brad Henkel (trumpet) and David Grollman
(percussion), PascAli with Pascal Niggenkemper (bass), the folk
band Household Tales, the Mudbath Orchestra (a large
ensemble), and occasionally performs solo.
seanali.tumblr.com
Italian-american drummer Carlo Costa, was born and grew up
in Rome, Italy. For the past six years he has been living in New
York City where he keeps busy as a leader and sideman in a
variety of musical contexts. He currently leads or co-leads
Minerva (w/ bassist Pascal Niggenkemper and pianist JP
Schlegelmilch), Natura Morta (w/ bassist Sean Ali and violist
Frantz Loriot), a trio with clarinetist/saxophonist Joachim
Badenhorst and guitarist Todd Neufeld, Crepuscular Activity
(w/ flutist Yukari), a duo with guitarist Ryan Ferreira, and the
large ensemble Acustica.
www.carlocostamusic.com
Friday, March 23rd, 2012 -- $6
Christian Kobi
Special Performance by Christian Kobi from Berne, Switzerland. A saxophonist who has mastered the style of microscopic sounds, maximizing the variety of the quietest sounds on the instrument.
Preview some of his amazing playing here:
Sunday, March 25th, 2012 -- Free
Baltimore Technology Overdrive 2-5pm
is an informal, participant driven, software based computer music users group. Users of Supercollider/PD/similar at all skill levels are welcome.
BTO hopes to create a community of artists and technologist with different backgrounds that will support an environment of generally increased competence and insight across approaches and platforms. While a good deal of time will likely be spent coding together, depending on the interest of the participants
creative and social aspects of technology could be explored via group projects, presentations, performances etc.