Friday June 23, 2017 | 8:30 pm
Bonnie Lander & Adam Goodwin | Dan Zink
The Red Room welcomes back to Baltimore two fellow musical alums, Bonnie Lander and Dan Zink. Bonnie will present her voice / bass duo with Berlin-based Adam Goodwin and Dan ZInk will present a new work for objects and electronics. Bonnie Lander, experimental vocalist known for her work with Rhymes With Opera and her performance […]
Saturday June 24, 2017 | 8:30 pm
Jason Lescalleet
Dense, visceral sonic swelter at The Red Room! Sadly Christian Mirande will be unable to perform, as he was previously scheduled to. https://glisteningexamples.bandcamp.com/ From Maine, Jason Lescalleet explores a sound world that occupies a space between noise, contemporary composition and minimal electronics. Using primitive tactics and equipment, his work focuses on microscopic audio detail set […]
Friday June 09, 2017 | 8:30 pm
CAT TOREN-HUMAN KIND
A wonderful night of creative and experimental Avant -Garde delving into the inner mysteries and esoteric aesthetics of Spiritual Jazz Cat Toren’s HUMAN KIND is an original music project by Vancouver-born New York-based, JUNO award winning pianist Cat Toren. The music is inspired by both the free form jazz of the 1960’s and a personal expression of the resurgent civil […]
Tuesday June 06, 2017 | 7:00 pm
Volunteers’ Collective, June 6
You should come play music with us. Every month, the Red Room hosts the Volunteers’ Collective, a free workshop for experimental and improvised music. In this cordial, informal setting, we focus on listening and collaboration. Players of all skill levels are encouraged to attend and participate. We could use anyone who is a… brass-buzzer […]
Sunday June 04, 2017 | 9:00 pm
¡4 Part Invention! M Geddes Gengras/Karl Ekdahl/Patrick Cain+Martin Freeman
A devastating night of SYNTH! You and yours will be devastated. Some of the finest talents in current analogue, modular, performance, video and instrument design. M Geddes Gengras (LA) Karl Ekdahl (Balt) Martin Freeman (Rochester)+Patrick M Cain (DC) Duo A devastating night of SYNTH! You will probably be fairly devastated! Some of the finest talents […]
Friday June 02, 2017 | 8:30 pm
Hamid Drake and Jamal Moore Duo
Friday, June 2nd, the Red Room will host a duo featuring the legendary percussionist Hamid Drake and multi-instrumentalist Jamal Moore. Doors at 8:30pm Show at 9:00pm $10 Hamid Drake Hamid Drake was born in Monroe, LA, in 1955, and later moved to Chicago with his family. He ended up taking drum lessons with Fred […]
Thursday May 25, 2017 | 8:30 pm
Jason Soliday // Luer // Axebreaker
J. Soliday is an electronic musician. A member of Cleav’d Cleaver, Ratatosk, Magic Missile, I <3 Presets, xTAL fSCK, LORD MUTE, and various ad-hoc ensembles too numerous to mention. He can usually be found traversing the boundaries between free improvisation, concrete composition, and aleatoric noise. https://cranksatori.bandcamp.com/ http://jsoliday.tumblr.com/ “The real beauty of this music lies in […]
Thursday June 15, 2017 | 9:00 pm
Heart of the Ghost + Paul Giallorenzo // Susan Alcorn // The Compositions
Heart of the Ghost is Luke Stewart (bass), Ian McColm (drums), JG (alto sax) – joined by special guest Paul Giallorenzo (piano) from Chicago. Heart of the Ghost is an improvisational unit from the Baltimore/Washington area. Comprised of Jarrett Gilgore (Alto Saxophone), Luke Stewart (Double Bass) and Ian McColm (Drums), this group is the culmination of […]
Friday May 19, 2017 | 9:00 pm
Elgar // Squeak
Elgar is Hans Koch on Bass Clarinet, Flo Stoffner on Guitar, and Lionel Friedli on drums. This instrumental european free improv trio is a powerhouse, visiting the states for a spring tour. The trio feels most at home in the midst of a conflict, in the twilight zone between brute power and fragile sound structures, […]
Sunday May 07, 2017 | 7:00 pm
Volunteers’ Collective May 7, 2017
You should come play music with us. Every month, the Red Room hosts the Volunteers’ Collective, a free workshop for experimental and improvised music. In this cordial, informal setting, we focus on listening and collaboration. Players of all skill levels are encouraged to attend and participate. We could use anyone who is a… brass-buzzer […]
Saturday May 20, 2017 | 9:00 pm
Bob Bellerue // Xome
Bob Bellerue is a noise composer, experimental musician, and creative technician based in Brooklyn NY. Over the last 25+ years he has been involved in a wide range of creative activities – experimental electronic music, junk metal percussion ensembles, Balinese gamelan, sound scores for dance/ performance/ video, and installation sound and video art. His recent […]
Sunday April 30, 2017 | 8:30 pm
MOTHCOCK ≠ WILL SCHORRE ≠ PISS KILLS MOLD ≠ MARNIE ELLEN HERTZLER ≠ LE CREUSET
Moth Cock perform a strain of improvised music that bridges the chasm between the free-jazz tradition and the noise underground. The duo processes live clarinet and trumpet through rudimentary effects into damaged squalls of electronic chaos set to mutated rhythms. Their unique performance tactics yield unforgettable live performances that have been documented on the grooves […]
Friday April 21, 2017 | 9:00 pm
Morgan Evans-Weiler and Luke Martin plus locals Jacob Freeman, Sarah Hughes and more!
Musicians of many influences. This show will feature visiting artists Morgan Evans-Weiler and Luke Martin with local performers Jacob Freeman, Sarah Hughes, and Sam Burt. Morgan Evans-Weiler is a Boston based artist and educator whose work ranges from composition and sound installation to drawing, video and design. Evans-Weiler maintains a busy performance schedule and has […]
Sunday April 02, 2017 | 7:00 pm
Volunteers’ Collective April 2, 2017
You are cordially invited to participate in the Volunteers’ Collective. The Volunteers’ Collective is a monthly improvisation workshop with a focus on listening and ad hoc collaboration. Players of all skill levels are encouraged to attend and play with each other. We are seeking: trombonists drummers computerists […]
Monday April 10, 2017 | 9:00 pm
Bob Presents: The Moon and the Sledgehammer
Local film collector and musician, Bob Wagner, screens the rare and beautiful documentary “The Moon and the Sledgehammer.” Made in 1971 by Philip Trevelyan, this British cult film explores the eccentric lives of the Page family who live without utilities or running water in the woods of East Sussex. Shot on 16mm in natural light, the film […]
Tuesday April 11, 2017 | 8:30 pm
Tashi Dorji + Tyler Damon † Jimmy Joe Roche + Layne Garrett
a night of DUO DUO’S ! Electric guitarist Tashi Dorji and percussionist Tyler Damon will perforem as a duo. In the long tradition of string/drum duets — from Bailey & Bennink to Haino & Yoshida — these two cleave out their own unmapped continent of sound. They connect lashes of ecstatic intensity and outer reaches […]
Friday March 31, 2017 | 8:30 pm
Matt Wellins / Margaret Rorison/ Trogpite
Matt Wellins Matt Wellins (b. 1983) builds analog electronic instruments. This work is influenced by the materially contumacious practices of David Tudor and Michael Johnsen and emphasizes the particularities of electronic components, the snafus of live performance, and general ambivalence toward commercial equipment. Concurrently, Wellins fosters interests in the experimental loft theater of 1970s New York, […]
Sunday March 05, 2017 | 7:00 pm
Volunteers’ Collective — March 2017
You are cordially invited to participate in the Volunteers’ Collective. The Volunteers’ Collective is a monthly improvisation workshop with a focus on listening and ad hoc collaboration. Players of all skill levels are encouraged to attend and play with each other. We are seeking: trombonists drummers computerists […]
Saturday March 11, 2017 | 9:00 pm
Carrie Fucile & Mark Brown Audio Visual “Material Actions” + Tom Borax
Material Actions is an audiovisual performance that considers the Dutch Age of Exploration and the flow of modern, global capital. In this piece, Fucile “plays” common materials—such as coins, bricks, and fans—while Brown projects live, sound-reactive video. Carrie Fucile is an intermedia artist focused on sound, installation, and performance. She has exhibited and performed […]
Thursday March 09, 2017 | 8:30 pm
Susan Alcorn & Alex Pelchat / Jenny Moon Tucker / Margaret Rorison
Thursday March 9th at the Red Room: Duo improvisations on different kinds of guitars by Susan Alcorn and Alex Pelchat Solo performance by saxophonist Jenny Moon Tucker New work screening by Margaret Rorison $5 – 10 doors at 8:30 show at 9:00 At The Red Room 425 E. 31st St. Baltimore, MD // Alex Pelchat […]
Wednesday March 22, 2017 | 8:30 pm
SHAPE SHIFTERS // f.org | Joshua Gen Solondz | Boram & Neidhardt
SHAPE SHIFTERS AN EVENING OF FILM, MODULAR SYNTHESIZER, IMPROVISED ELECTRONICS & CELLO. FEATURING Joshua Gen Solondz Alex Catona & Travis Johns Tom Boram & Paul Neidhardt __________________________________ Joshua Gen Solondz is an artist working in images, performance, installation, and sound. He has shown in a variety of festivals including Images, Toronto International Film Festival, International […]
Friday March 03, 2017 | 8:30 pm
NOISE: Being, Plagues, Legless ++
NOISE SHOW SHORT SETS LOCALS TBA Being Plagues https://newforces.bandcamp.com/album/of-ash-and-relic Legless https://newforces.bandcamp.com/track/below-contempt
Sunday February 19, 2017 | 8:30 pm
BAD JAZZ
Instrument inventors BAD JAZZ from Oakland perform on idiosyncratic sound making devices with opening act CK Barlow / Sam Burt / Jeff Carey in trio. Formed in late 2014, experimental improvisation trio, Bad Jazz, has been taking audiences on improvised auditory journeys that defy the normal explanations of musical theory. Their music is a […]
Sunday February 05, 2017 | 7:00 pm
Volunteers’ Collective — February 2017
You are cordially invited to participate in the Volunteers’ Collective. The Volunteers’ Collective is a monthly improvisation workshop with a focus on listening and ad hoc collaboration. Players of all skill levels are encouraged to attend and play with each other. We are seeking: trombonists drummers computerists […]
Friday February 17, 2017 | 8:29 pm
Screening and Performance
New Works is a rolling event at the Red Room showcasing new video work and emphasizing local artists. Featuring video from Cricket Arrison, Madeline Becker Get Your Life! Productions, Dan Guinness, Danielle Hernandez, Eva Moolchan, Kim Spira, Aidan Spann and Julia Gunnison. Second set will be a Solo from Andrew Bernstein (Baltimore). —1st Act — […]
