Eternities is a collaboration between bass clarinetist Katie Porter and sound artist Bob Bellerue. Their work is inspired by deep presence, resonant feedback, melodic drone, and overtone magic, in the fluid realm between intention and indeterminacy. We use harmonic tones from wind instruments played within feedback systems to create deep spectral drone.

Neume is Rose Burt, James Young, and Sarah Manley

James, Rose, and Sarah all push hot air through elaborately designed tubes with variable functional lengths, to cause both normal and highly unusual vibrations. They are all skilled improvisors, organizers, and recovering conservatory graduates.

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Superb night with upright bass, cassette manipulation, invented instruments and custom electronics New England & Baltimore unite. shape singing? unimaginable shapes that make sounds? Bass legend Zack Rowden takes to 4-track cassettes on a collaborative performance work w/bass brethren Bmore’s one and only Will Yager. This piece is inspired by “Sacred Harp Music” and the […]

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explores the energy and effects of sound, from resonance and psychoacoustic effects to the transduction of sound as movement and light.

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Special appearance of improvising”supergroup” The Lepidopterans, featuring Jason Willett and Tom Borax (electronics- Leprechaun Catering), John Dierker (reeds- Microkingdom, New Volcanos etc) and Philly’s legendary Toshi Makihara (percussion, fake mustache, butoh). Opening set debut of the duo of locals Mickey Lusk (harp) and Obie Feldi (electronics), also Seattle’s Wilson Shook on solo reeds! Don’t miss!!!!

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Composer-accordionist Ben Richter’s just-intonation accordion solo Laramidia creates an alien tonal landscape alternating among timbral fluctuations, melody and drone, and gradual resolution of shimmering, pulsing microtonal intervals. Inspired by nonhuman consciousness, Ben’s music orients toward new orders of magnitude in musical parameters to auralize the vast and infinitesimal timescales we do not experience in everyday life. Portions of Laramidia are […]

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