SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2ND @ Tibet Street Records (102 Ossington Ave.) - 8pm - $15 - All Ages
NOT THE WIND, NOT THE FLAG (https://notthewindnottheflag.bandcamp.com)
Colin Fisher & Brandon Valdivia’s genre spanning free improv. duo returns as they gear up for some new recordings. These longtime collaborators draw inspiration from psych, jazz, noise, tradition musics and their own brotherly connectivity. Colin & Brandon build familiar structures in an improvised setting, moving from gentle kalimba noodlings over impatient drums to growing walls of space psych guitar noise only to deconstruct it again into a whisper of bells and gongs. Surreal sax swirls refract over electronic percussion. One of the most versatile & unsung acts in the city resurfaces for yet another cosmic mutation in the life cycle of an ever evolving sonic language.
KHÔRA (https://khora.bandcamp.com)
Electroacoustic musician Matthew Ramolo creates rhythmic & haunting soundscapes with manipulated electronics. Khôra's compositions slowly stack with layers shifting and vibrating on top of queasy beats that trickle like an errant drip. Chiming bells, chirping birds and the celestial hum converge as Ramolo keeps all these sonic snippets in constant motion, ever attentive to the aural choreography. Don't miss Khôra's first performance in ages as he gears up to release a new record in 2024!
XICADA (https://xicada.bandcamp.com)
Experimental electronic artist Xicada brews dark pulsating beats amidst eerie creeping textures and whispered vocals that crawl through the decaying landscape she conjures. A chilling sound track to a cyber goth future existing in a dimensional rift.
Entrance is through the alley behind 102 Ossington. To get to the alley head west from Ossington on either Argyle or Humbert.
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Colin Fisher & Brandon Valdivia’s genre spanning free improv. duo returns as they gear up for some new recordings. These longtime collaborators draw inspiration from psych, jazz, noise, tradition musics and their own brotherly connectivity. Colin & Brandon build familiar structures in an improvised setting, moving from gentle kalimba noodlings over impatient drums to growing walls of space psych guitar noise only to deconstruct it again into a whisper of bells and gongs. Surreal sax swirls refract over electronic percussion. One of the most versatile & unsung acts in the city resurfaces for yet another cosmic mutation in the life cycle of an ever evolving sonic language.
KHÔRA (https://khora.bandcamp.com)
Electroacoustic musician Matthew Ramolo creates rhythmic & haunting soundscapes with manipulated electronics. Khôra's compositions slowly stack with layers shifting and vibrating on top of queasy beats that trickle like an errant drip. Chiming bells, chirping birds and the celestial hum converge as Ramolo keeps all these sonic snippets in constant motion, ever attentive to the aural choreography. Don't miss Khôra's first performance in ages as he gears up to release a new record in 2024!
XICADA (https://xicada.bandcamp.com)
Experimental electronic artist Xicada brews dark pulsating beats amidst eerie creeping textures and whispered vocals that crawl through the decaying landscape she conjures. A chilling sound track to a cyber goth future existing in a dimensional rift.
Entrance is through the alley behind 102 Ossington. To get to the alley head west from Ossington on either Argyle or Humbert.
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FRIDAY, MARCH 15TH @ The Baby G (1608 Dundas St. West) - 8pm - $18 Adv / $22 Door
HORSE LORDS (bandcamp)
Baltimore microtonal avant rock crew Horse Lords return to Toronto in support of their newest outing on RVNG Intl. "Comradely Objects". A not to be missed force of ever evolving rhythmically driven minimalist rock rippers. Sax, guitars & drums intermingle on an endless path, dancing around each other, slowly building a greater structure. Basslines bulbous, balloon over the bottom end, as the percussion keeps things on track for these sci-fi partisans. Insatiable dance grooves grow out of angular guitar & synth interplay. Bits of mutated sonic textures glisten amidst propulsive percussion dominance. Horse Lords balance avant garde techniques, pulling influence from free jazz & electroacoustic tones, with an entrancing rhythmic world driven by the minimalism engine, but oiled with the secretions of global traditional musics. Seriously one of the best bands going. If you are interested in music you will want to be here!
KA BAIRD (web)
Long time experimenter, composer, sound designer, and vocal adventurer, NYC's Ka Baird lands in Toronto for the first time since their Spires That In The Sunset Rise days. Their solo efforts over the last years have seen Baird reach beyond with their extended voice and microphone techniques, and looping compositional prowess with a number of releases on Drag City & RVNG Intl. Building song structures from the most basic elements they create trance like soundscapes employing electronics, glowing minimalist percussive timbres, vocals that feel like they're as essential as breath, and psychoacoustic flute & woodwind textures. In the solo realm Baird's penchant for psych creeps into the work, but never overshadows the playfully personal appeal their rhythmic outsider jams impart. They create a present tense sound with a vigorous delivery that seeks extreme release through physical exertion and psychic extension. One of the most exciting artists working in the avant space these days.
LUGE (bandcamp)
Toronto no wave freaks bring the complex dance-y weirdo jams. Luge bust angular guitar & bass jabs over funk infused rhythms that squirm and shake. Bouncing bass lines & speedy drum patterns pull you in, as Luge seamlessly morphs from a languid stroll into chaotic spazz punk fury. Absurdist vocals wander amongst mangled guitar notes. Their locked in rhythm section spits out bastard grooves that sound like they are straight out of late 1970’s NYC.
$18 Adv at TicketScene
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Baltimore microtonal avant rock crew Horse Lords return to Toronto in support of their newest outing on RVNG Intl. "Comradely Objects". A not to be missed force of ever evolving rhythmically driven minimalist rock rippers. Sax, guitars & drums intermingle on an endless path, dancing around each other, slowly building a greater structure. Basslines bulbous, balloon over the bottom end, as the percussion keeps things on track for these sci-fi partisans. Insatiable dance grooves grow out of angular guitar & synth interplay. Bits of mutated sonic textures glisten amidst propulsive percussion dominance. Horse Lords balance avant garde techniques, pulling influence from free jazz & electroacoustic tones, with an entrancing rhythmic world driven by the minimalism engine, but oiled with the secretions of global traditional musics. Seriously one of the best bands going. If you are interested in music you will want to be here!
KA BAIRD (web)
Long time experimenter, composer, sound designer, and vocal adventurer, NYC's Ka Baird lands in Toronto for the first time since their Spires That In The Sunset Rise days. Their solo efforts over the last years have seen Baird reach beyond with their extended voice and microphone techniques, and looping compositional prowess with a number of releases on Drag City & RVNG Intl. Building song structures from the most basic elements they create trance like soundscapes employing electronics, glowing minimalist percussive timbres, vocals that feel like they're as essential as breath, and psychoacoustic flute & woodwind textures. In the solo realm Baird's penchant for psych creeps into the work, but never overshadows the playfully personal appeal their rhythmic outsider jams impart. They create a present tense sound with a vigorous delivery that seeks extreme release through physical exertion and psychic extension. One of the most exciting artists working in the avant space these days.
LUGE (bandcamp)
Toronto no wave freaks bring the complex dance-y weirdo jams. Luge bust angular guitar & bass jabs over funk infused rhythms that squirm and shake. Bouncing bass lines & speedy drum patterns pull you in, as Luge seamlessly morphs from a languid stroll into chaotic spazz punk fury. Absurdist vocals wander amongst mangled guitar notes. Their locked in rhythm section spits out bastard grooves that sound like they are straight out of late 1970’s NYC.
$18 Adv at TicketScene
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