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SUMMARY:The Lepidopterans & Barbedwire
DESCRIPTION:The Lepidopterans are a “supergroup” with Baltimore/Philadelphia long-time experimental scene players Toshi Makihara\, Tom Borax\, Jason Willett and John Dierker. Each member has decades of experience improvising and collaborating\, having appeared in a dizzying list of projects\, bands and records. They bring out virtuoso chops and strange and humorous theatricality to live sets that are like celebrations linking free jazz\, early electronic music\, and noise. \nJason Willett (b. 1967) is an uncategorizable bassist\, electronics wiz and engineer/producer who founded Megaphone records and The True Vine record shop and has appeared on (not exaggerating) 100s of albums. He’s been the primary bassist for no-wave punk legends Half Japanese for the past 30 years. He’s performed with tons of amazing artists – a few examples – The Ruins\, Jon Rose\, Jac Berrocal\, Fred Frith\, Chris Cutler\, Yamatsuka Eye\, Matmos\, Ron Anderson etc etc. \nJohn Dierker (b. 1965) is arguably Baltimore’s best and most flexible reed player. A virtuoso of saxes\, clarinets\, and flutes – he has been blowing minds in Baltimore music spaces for nearly 5 decades. Equally at home in straight jazz\, club music\, live wedding dance bands\, and outrageous noise blowing – John is basically unstoppable and criminally underrated as a monster of reeds. He has a 3+ decades-long collaboration with Baltimore pianist Layfayette Gilchrist (Arkestra and David Murray). “….interweaving concepts augmented by howling lines\, injections of blues-drenched choruses and Albert Ayler-like display of energy.” (All About Jazz.) \nTom Borax (b. 1974) is a multi-media artist\, musician/composer\, founder of Baltimore’s High Zero Festival of Improvised and Experimental Music (in its 27th year!). A multi-instrumentalist – he mostly plays on a self-built analog synthesizer and microtonal harpsichord. He has performed and improvised across the USA\, Canada\, Mexico\, Europe\, China\, and Japan. He has improvised with a diverse range of musicians including Tetsuya Yoshida\, Matmos\, Jenny Graf\, Ben Bennett\, Jamal Moore\, Ami Yamasaki\, Emily Rach Beisel\, Michael Zerang\, Hanna Olivegren\, Takahiro Kawaguchi\, Chiang Ziyang\, Bashi Rose\, Simone Barone\, Levi Lu\, Jeff Carey\, Ikue Mori\, Forbes Graham\, Weasel Walter\, Tomomi Adachi etc etc. \nToshi Makihara’s (b. 1960) performance work effortlessly blends percussion with dance-like body movement. Through a rigorous\, systematic\, and practiced process of experimentation and repetition\, Makihara seeks out sounds that he and others have never heard before\, experimenting with touch\, force\, and speed\, and always remaining aware of sound’s relationship to the body. He uses a variety of percussion instruments\, as well as objects found in nature and everyday items\, such as metal or machine parts. \nBARBEDWIRE: \nPhillip Greenlief: \nSince his emergence on the west coast in the late 1970s\, saxophonist/composer Phillip Greenlief has achieved international acclaim for his recordings and performances with musicians and composers in the post-jazz continuum as well as new music innovators and virtuosic improvisers. He has performed with Wadada Leo Smith\, Meredith Monk\, Rashaun Mitchell & Silas Reiner\, and They Might Be Giants. Albums include two LANTSKAP LOGIC TRIO releases (w/ Evelyn Davis and Fred Frith)\, THAT OVERT DESIRE OF OBJECT with Joelle Leandre\, ALL AT ONCE with FPR (Frank Gratkowski and Jon Raskin)\, and OH THAT MONSTER with LA punk pioneers Thelonious Monster. Recent residencies have included the Banff Center for Art and Creativity\, Neue Muzik Koln\, and Headlands Center for the Arts. His critical writing has been published in Artforum\, Open Space (SFMOMA)\, Sound American\, and Signal to Noise. \n“The Bay Area’s do-it-yourself ethos has produced a bevy of dazzlingly creative musicians\, but few have put the philosophy to work as effectively as Phillip Greenlief.” – Andrew Gilbert\, San Francisco Chronicle \nJen Baker: \nJen Baker\, NYC-based trombonist/composer has pioneered a widely diverse career based in redefining the role of trombone in contemporary music and traditional performance settings. Featured on numerous record labels including the soundtrack to Werner Herzog’s Oscar-nominated Encounters at the End of the World\, she performs locally and internationally as contemporary trombonist and improviser. Her book\, Hooked on Multiphonics\, fills the gap for trombonists and composers looking to understand this extended technique for her instrument. Hailed for her “formidable sensitivity” (New York Times)\, she has “performed with brilliant mastery and virtuosity” (San Francisco Classical Voice) at festivals worldwide\, as Guest Artist at International Trombone Festival\, American Trombone Workshop\, Complete Trombonist Workshop\, Ostrava Days (Czech Republic)\, Edgefest\, Electro-Acoustic Improvisation Summit\, International Society of Improvised Music\, and others. Her compositions have been performed nationwide partly through commissions by members of Mivos Quartet\, The Fourth Wall\, loadbang\, Asphalt Orchestra\, Wavefield\, and with solo and collaborative projects as composer/performer. She was a featured soloist on Chicago’s Experimental Sound Studio in their Quarantine Concert Series. Her Silo Songs\, recently presented by Edgefest!\, blends site-specific field recording (realized with 4+ surround speakers) with live performance soloist. \nSara Schoenbeck: \nThe Wire magazine places Sara Schoenbeck in the “tiny club of bassoon pioneers” at work in contemporary music today and the New York Times has called her performances “galvanizing” and “riveting\, mixing textural experiments with a big\, confident sound.” Sara promotes the bassoon as a colorful and flexible voice in both her own work and in collaboration as an improviser\, interpreter and composer. She has been a member of a number of music ensembles including Ghost Train Orchestra\, Nels Cline’s Lovers Orchestra\, Anthony Braxton’s 12+1(tet) and the Tri-Centric Orchestra\, Wayne Horvitz’s Gravitas Quartet with Ron Miles and Peggy Lee\, Wavefield\, Petr Kotek’s SEM ensemble\, Dana Lyn’s Mother Octopus and Michael Bates’ Acrobat. Sara has performed regularly with many inspiring artists and ensembles including David Byrne\, Henry Threadgill\, Roscoe Mitchell\, Satoko Fujii\, Butch Morris\, Wadada Leo Smith\, Matt Mitchell\, Marty Ehrlich\, Johnny Reinhard\, the International Contemporary Ensemble\, Wet Ink\, the Michael Leonhart Orchestra\, Adam Rudolph’s Go Organic Orchestra\, Brooklyn Raga Massive\, Eve Risser’s White Desert Orchestra\, Dakah Hip Hop Orchestra\, Vinny Golia’s Large Ensemble\, Harris Eisenstadt’s Golden State and numerous regional orchestras. Sara can be heard on dozens of music and film recordings including The Matrix Reloaded\, The Matrix Revolutions\, Spanglish and Dahmer\, and on the Tzadik\, Pi\, Matador and Blue Note Record labels. In 2021\, Sara released her self-titled debut album to critical acclaim on Pyroclastic Records\, featuring nine duos with different partners; Roscoe Mitchell\, Nels Cline\, Robin Holcomb\, Nicole Mitchell\, Mark Dresser\, Harris Eisenstadt\, Matt Mitchell\, Peggy Lee and Wayne Horvitz. The album was recorded in seven different locations across North America and appeared on numerous critics’ best-of-year lists. \nvenue is wheelchair accessible
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/the-lepidopterans-barbedwire/
LOCATION:Pageant: Soloveev\, 607 Bainbridge St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States
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SUMMARY:Thom Nguyen & Anne Ishii / Alex Lewis & Matthew S Lee
DESCRIPTION:Thom Nguyen (Asheville) + Anne Ishii (Philadelphia) and Alex Lewis + Matthew S Lee (Phila both) at Jerry’s On Front (2341 N Front St) March 12 2026 Thursday 8pm (Doors 7:30p) $15. 🤜💧Come shred your tears
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/thom-nguyen-anne-ishii/
LOCATION:Jerry’s on Front\, 2341 North Front Street\, Philadelphia\, Pa
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260312T230000
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SUMMARY:Joe Lally\, Yanni & Jason K.\, Deathbird Earth & Bruxxer
DESCRIPTION:All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* \n8 PM – Doors\n9 PM – Show \nJOE LALLY\, YANNI & JASON K. \nJoe Lally\, Yanni and Jason K. is a trio made up of Joe Lally on bass (Fugazi\, The Messthetics\, Coirky)\, Yanni Papadopoulos on guitar (Stinking Lizaveta\, Planet-Y)\, and Jason Kourkounis on drums (The Delta 72\, Mule\, Hot Snakes\, Bardo Pond). \nDEATHBIRD EARTH (RECORD RELEASE SHOW) \nDeathbird Earth is a two piece band from Earth playing songs about the trials and tribulations of the peoples of Outer Space. They have not one\, but TWO collaborative albums coming out on SRA Records. One with Nick Millevoi\, who’s new band\, Bruxxer\, is playing this show! And another one with Philadelphia’s Planet-Y. Which features Yanni Papadopoulos (who is also playing this show). \nBRUXXER \nBruxxer is a new Mahavishnu-meets-Black Flag chaos rock band from the people who brought you Many Arms\, Nomad War Machine\, and Desertion Trio.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/joe-lally-yanni-jason-k-deathbird-earth-bruxxer/
LOCATION:Johnny Brendas\, 1201 Frankford Ave\, Philadelphia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260313T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260313T220000
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SUMMARY:Alarm Will Sound with Bora Yoon
DESCRIPTION:“One of the most vital and original ensembles on the American music scene\,” (The New York Times) Alarm Will Sound performs American Stories\, a collection of bold\, contemporary works that reflect the vast\, evolving landscape of our country’s identity. Celebrating 25 years of dynamic virtuosity\, the ensemble\, joined by composer and interdisciplinary artist Bora Yoon\, explores themes of heritage\, memory\, struggle and transformation\, embracing how America is an unfinished story\, constantly being rewritten.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/alarm-will-sound-with-bora-yoon/
LOCATION:Annenberg Center\, 3680 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260314T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260314T220000
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SUMMARY:Noise Songs 4
DESCRIPTION:08:30 Victor Viera-Branco – vibes    John Moran – bass    Sam Yulsman – piano \n09:15 Bone Bag \n10:00 Chemical
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/noise-songs-4/
LOCATION:Dumpster Out Back / Above Solar Myth
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260316T200000
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SUMMARY:Anthony Tidd Quite Sane
DESCRIPTION:Anthony Tidd is a creative musician\, composer\, producer\, educator and curator who over a 30 year career has notably performed with\, and produced songs on multi-platinum albums for\, many artists including; The Roots\, Steve Coleman\, Meshell Ndegeocello\, David Byrne\, Macy Gray\, Wayne Krantz\, Zap Mama\, Rudresh Mahanthappa\, Lady Gaga\, The Black Eyed Peas\, Orrin Evans\, Fergie\, Jill Scott\, Ursula Rucker\, and many more. His debut album\, Quite Sane – The Child of Troubled Times (2002)\, which fuses elements of hip-hop and funk with jazz\, quickly became a modern staple within creative music circles. \nTwenty years after that landmark debut\, Tidd reconvened the project\, leading to the release of his long-awaited follow-up\, To Kill a Child of Troubled Times. The album is composed of three distinct EPs\, together forming a trilogy that traces a child’s journey of our central protagonist through different perspectives and stages of his life – and on a deeper level tells the story of the universal child of troubled times\, as reflected in our modern society. Bringing Quite Sane to the stage of Solar Myth for the first time\, Tidd will celebrate the release of the album’s third and final chapter\, Epilogue\, which offers audiences an immersive experience that bridges groove\, abstraction\, and storytelling in real time. The music distills African diasporic rhythm\, hip-hop language\, funk\, jazz aesthetic\, and advanced improvisation into a focused\, emotionally resonant sonic landscape.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/anthony-tidd-quite-sane/
LOCATION:Solar Myth\, 1131 S Broad St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19147\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260317T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260317T223000
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SUMMARY:Burning Flubber- Kresten Osgood x Gabe Meyer Trio + FFMMAP
DESCRIPTION:Kresten Osgood x Gabriel Meyer Trio \n Kreston Osgood- Drums Gabriel Meyer- Trombone\, Alto Saxophone Eli Pace- Bass Caleb Wheeler Curtis- Stritch\, Sopranino\, Trumpet  \n\nFFMMAP!  \nFlandrew Fleisenberg- ObjectsMason McAvoy- Voice\, Trombone\, Aaron Pond- Horn\, Voice\, Slide Whistle\, Wood Flutes
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/burning-flubber-kresten-osgood-x-gabe-meyer-trio-ffmmap-2/
LOCATION:Black Squirrel Club\, 1049 Sarah Street\, Philadelphia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260317T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260317T220000
DTSTAMP:20260212T011522Z
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SUMMARY:Victor Viera-Branco Trio
DESCRIPTION:Victor Viera-Branco – vibes       plus ??? \nsets 7:30 and 9:00
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/victor-viera-branco-trio-7/
LOCATION:48 Record Bar\, 48 South 2nd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260317T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260317T220000
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SUMMARY:DM Hotep / Matt Engle / Daniel Villarreal
DESCRIPTION:Live music in the bar at Solar Myth \nTuesdays in March 3rd\, 17th and 31st \n2 sets 7:30 and 9:00 pm \nNo Cover
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/dm-hotep-matt-engle-daniel-villarreal/
LOCATION:Solar Myth\, 1131 S Broad St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19147\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States
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SUMMARY:Tudor works for Live Electronics Composers Inside Electronics
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present Composers Inside Electronics—Phil Edelstein\, Ron Kuivila\, and Michael Johnsen—performing works by David Tudor. \nComposers Inside Electronics (CIE)\, formed in 1973 with David Tudor\, pioneered a collaborative approach to live electronic music that treated circuits and components as instruments in themselves rather than as tools. This closing concert of A View from Inside: David Tudor at 100 features an evening of Tudor’s electronic compositions. The program includes Pepsicillator\, one of Tudor’s sound environments created for the Pepsi Pavilion at Expo ’70 in Osaka\, Japan. Using chains of audio processors creating multiple self-oscillating feedback loops\, Pepsicillator exemplifies Tudor’s mature approach to composition: designing systems of electronic components whose interconnections define both the work’s structure and its real-time performance. The concert offers a rare opportunity to experience Tudor’s electronic works performed by artists who worked directly with him and who continue to realize and evolve his vision through their own research and performance practice.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/tudor-works-for-live-electronics-composers-inside-electronics/
LOCATION:Community Education Center\, 3500 Lancaster Ave\, Philadelphia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260318T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260318T220000
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SUMMARY:Kresten Osgood with Bobby Zankel\, Marshall Allen & Dave Burrell
DESCRIPTION:Kresten Osgood is an extraordinary drummer and improviser who\, with the fullest respect to tradition\, challenges it at any given moment of his creative endeavors. He has performed and/or recorded with such legends as Roscoe Mitchell\, Paul Bley\, Lee Scratch Perry\, William Parker\, Masabumi Kikuchi\, Derek Bailey\, Wadada Leo Smith\, Jason Moran\, Oliver Lake\, Kurt Rosenwinkel\, Tim Berne\, Peter Brötzmann\, and many others. \nBut even that doesn’t cover the full spectrum of Osgood’s career. A successful rapper\, composer\, pianist\, vocalist\, saxophonist and trumpeter\, he has also been a driving force in nurturing and promoting the musical life of Copenhagen as an organizer and broadcaster. He partnered with WRTI for the podcast series Dangerous Sounds\, narrating the story of Danish jazz for Philly audiences. He’ll further develop that international connection through this performance with three of Philadelphia’s favorite avant-garde jazz pioneers\, saxophonists Bobby Zankel and Marshall Allen and pianist Dave Burrell.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/kresten-osgood-with-bobby-zankel-marshall-allen-dave-burrell/
LOCATION:Solar Myth\, 1131 S Broad St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19147\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States
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SUMMARY:Niloufar Shiri & Bahar Badieitabar + Parsa Ferdowsi
DESCRIPTION:Presented in collaboration with Philly Iranians \nNiloufar Shiri & Bahar Badieitabar: \nKamancheh player and composer Niloufar Shiri began her musical journey at the Tehran Music Conservatory in Iran. She later immigrated to the USA and pursued her studies in composition at the University of California\, San Diego\, and Integrated Composition\, Improvisation\, and Technology (ICIT) at the University of California\, Irvine. \nNiloufar’s musical world lies at the intersection of classical Iranian music\, contemporary music\, and improvisation. Her focus revolves around exploring the concept of displacement in relation to familiar and distant environments. Her music closely examines textural and timbral spaces\, drawing inspiration from staggered pitch relations found in the Radif\, as well as bird sounds\, noise\, and feedback. Her unique and radical approach to kamancheh performance significantly expands the sonic capabilities of the instrument and places her at the forefront of its practice. \nBahar Badieitabar is an Iranian Oud player and composer\, recently graduated on a full scholarship with a double major in composition and performance from Berklee College of Music. At the age of 12\, Bahar began her musical training at the Tehran Music School\, where she earned her high school diploma in music. She studied under notable oud players\, including Siavash Roshan\, Negar Bouban\, and Yurdal Tukcan. Bahar won first place at the Iranian Youth National Music Festival for two consecutive years at ages 16 and 17. She has performed as both a performer and composer at numerous venues\, including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra\, MCG Jazz\, and Groton Hill Music Center\, as well as at music festivals in Iran and the United States\, collaborating with musicians of diverse backgrounds. \nIn 2017\, Bahar began her undergraduate studies in Oud Performance at the University of Tehran before moving to the United States to study at Berklee. She has studied and worked with acclaimed musicians such as Marti Epstein\, Kris Davis\, and Alain Mallet\, and has been a part of Berklee’s Institute of Jazz Gender and Justice since 2022. \nBahar’s background contributes to her authentic composition approach\, rooted in Iranian classical music\, contemporary concert music\, and jazz. Currently\, she is a member of Danilo Perez’s Global Jazz Messengers. She has shared the stage with Grammy-winning\, world-renowned musicians\, including John Patitucci\, Brian Blade\, Danilo Perez and Bruno Raberg. \nParsa Ferdowsi: \nParsa Ferdowsi is a musician and improviser\, born and raised in Karaj\, Iran. He is a member of Shiraz Ensemble (with Sina Homaee\, Noushin Nowroozi\, and Sepehr Pirasteh)\, and Taarof Duo (with Matt Wellins.) He has regularly worked with artists such as Nat Baldwin\, Shawn O’Sullivan\, Michael Pestel\, and Negar Soleymanifar. His works have been performed by ensembles such as Pamplemousse Ensemble\, String Noise Duo\, and Wesleyan’s Toneburst Laptop and Electronic Arts Ensemble. He also collaborated on some projects with Peter Zummo\, David Vantieghem\, Alex Waterman (as a part of the Arthur Russell’s City Park project led by Nick Hallet)\, David Behrman\, Nicolas Collins\, and Lea Bertucci. \nHe works with sound\, space\, image\, words\, expectations\, and frames. His works include compositions\, photographs\, videos\, improvisations\, performance\, poetry\, and acting. His compositions usually benefit from use of verbal notations\, theatrics\, collaborative environments\, site-specificity\, and collective improvisation. As an improviser\, he implements some of his compositional techniques and issues around decision-making alongside the language and affordances of Iranian Dastāghi music. \nHe is currently studying Music Technology in the graduate program at Temple University. He holds an MA in Experimental Music/Performance from Wesleyan University where he worked with Ron Kuivila\, Paula Matthusen\, and Neely Bruce\, and a BA in Composition from the Tehran University of Art. He studied tombak with Mahmoud Balandeh\, santur and Radif of dastgahi music with Behnam Mehrabi and Majid Kiani. \nFree/Donation. Venue is wheelchair accessible.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/niloufar-shiri-bahar-badieitabar-parsa-ferdowsi/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19143\, United States
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SUMMARY:GEORGE
DESCRIPTION:Drummer/composer John Hollenbeck is a composer of music uncategorizable beyond the fact of being always identifiably his: a conceptualist able to translate the traditions of jazz and new music into a fresh\, eclectic\, forward-looking language of his own invention\, a drummer and percussionist possessed of a playful versatility and a virtuosic wit\, and a musical thinker allergic to repetition\, forever seeking to surprise himself and his audiences. Hollenbeck formed GEORGE during the Covid pandemic\, bringing together three musicians that he’d long admired – saxophonist/flutist Anna Webber and keyboardists/vocalists Chiquita Magic and Sarah Rossy. \nTheir group sound is firmly planted outside any categories or labels\, as evidenced on their 2023 debut\, Letters to George. Pitchfork called the album\, “a whimsical effort largely guided by the diverse tastes of its members… an exercise in leaving things up to fate [that is] impulsive and fun\, augmented by sounds more associated with dance music and alt-pop than free jazz.” The name GEORGE was chosen to reflect the elusive influences that go into the band’s idiosyncratic sound. By way of (a sort of) explanation\, Hollenbeck cites the name’s derivation from the Greek word georgos meaning “farmer\, earthworker” – not to mention a laundry list of namesakes including George Washington Carver\, George Clooney\, George Floyd\, Georgia O’Keefe\, Saint George\, George Carlin\, George Clinton… you get the picture.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/george/
LOCATION:Solar Myth\, 1131 S Broad St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19147\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260320T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260320T220000
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SUMMARY:Liam Grant / Sam Boston / Parsa Ferdowsi / Jordan Burgis
DESCRIPTION:Liam Grant\, New England guitarist with a punk ethos\, cut from the American Primitive cloth\, will be playing with Parsa Ferdowsi \, an Iranian composer/performer/multi-instrumentalist and multi-media artist based in Philly\n\n\n\n\nSam Boston offers up guitar barbs\, pulsing organ drones\, and crackling electronics \nPhilly’s own Jordan Burgis will be kicking things off with a solo set
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/liam-grant-sam-boston-parsa-ferdowsi-jordan-burgis/
LOCATION:Brickbat Books\, 709 South 4th St\, Philadelphia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260321T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260321T220000
DTSTAMP:20260319T192822Z
CREATED:20260319T192822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260319T192822Z
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SUMMARY:Passages : Earthen Sea - Sohme
DESCRIPTION:Live sets ~ Earthen Sea | Sohme\nDJ set ~ Kiernan Laveaux\nVisual Projections ~ Klip Collective [feat. Malzof | Luminous Abstract | David Scott Kessler w/ Steph Mantis]\n\nBeverages ~ Forin 
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/passages-earthen-sea-sohme/
LOCATION:Saint Michael’s Lutheran Church\, 2139 East Cumberland Church\, Philadelphia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260321T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260321T220000
DTSTAMP:20260309T004306Z
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SUMMARY:Flandrew Fleisenberg / id m theft able / Bhob Rainey
DESCRIPTION:Flandrew Fleisenberg’s unretirement show! \n+id m theft able \n+Bhob Rainey \n+DJ Robo Rob  \n Doors open at 7:30 pm\, music at 8 pm
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/flandrew-fleisenberg-id-m-theft-able-bhob-rainey/
LOCATION:the Fidget Space\, 1714 North Mascher Street\, Philadelphia
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260322T170000
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SUMMARY:Miro Quartet w/ Karen Slack
DESCRIPTION:For over 25 years\, the Miró Quartet has performed on the world’s most prestigious stages\, showcasing their “collective intelligence [and] uncanny precision” (Musical America). Their program includes excerpts from master works by Samuel Barber and Florence Price\, as well as a PCMS co-commission for soprano and quartet by the genre-defying\, Brooklyn-based composer Tamar-kali. The new work spotlights Philadelphia’s own soprano Karen Slack\, who brings “the right mix of grace and fire” (Schmopera) to this much-anticipated local premiere. \n\nPre-Concert Talk with Christine Anderson in Comcast Circle\, 1:45 pm \n\n\nBarber – Quartet in B Minor\, Op. 11\, Mvmt I\n\n\n\n\nStill – Songs of Separation (Arr. for Soprano and Quartet)\n\n\n\n\nTamar-kali – Pleasure Garden\n\n\n\n\nBarber – Quartet in B Minor\, Op. 11\, Mvts. II and III\n\n\n\n\nWalker – Lyric for Strings\n\n\n\n\nPrice – Quartet No. 2 in A Minor\, Mvmt III\n\n\n\n\nBonds – Creek-Freedman Songs (Arr. for Soprano and Quartet)
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/miro-quartet-w-karen-slack/
LOCATION:Perelman Theater\, 300 South Broad Street\, Philadelphia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260322T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260322T210000
DTSTAMP:20260319T125300Z
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SUMMARY:The Forest and The Zoo
DESCRIPTION:The Forest & The Zoo is a Philly music collective enjoying the exploration of improvisation\, abstract composition\, as well as straightforward notation and rhythm-based tunes. \nThis year\, The Forest & The Zoo also heralds the launch of Chunky Homestyle Audio\, a new digital label on Bandcamp. See more from the Forest & The Zoo on Instagram and Facebook. \nThis March 22 show (rescheduled after a blizzard postponed their Feb 22 show!) is The Forest & he Zoo’s debut at Studio 34. Doors open at 7PM\, music will start shortly thereafter. Admission is pay-what-you-wish here and at the door with no one turned away! \nAbout the Musicians: \nDrummer Ed Wilcox has performed throughout Europe and South America with Temple of Bon Matin\, Marshall Allen\, and Arthur Doyle. His playing is deeply rooted in his native South\, veering from the thunder of Ginger Baker to the cool jazz whisper of Roy Haynes. \nCory Neale’s nearly forty-year relationship with the double bass has taken him through many worlds—from indie rock\, experimental music\, hip-hop\, orchestral music and sound design for a variety of dance and theater organizations. He loves to create in collaborative contexts and believes it a way to make the world a better place. \nGeorge Draguns has played bass in the noteworthy bands Don Caballero and Storm and Stress. Since 2022\, George has switched to guitar and reconnected with drummer Kevin Shea and saxophonist Ayumi Ishito. Collectvely known as the Roboquarians\, the band released Roboquarians Volume 1 and 2 on 577 records. Also released in the past year was the Makeshift Spirituals album (Ed Wilcox\, Daniel Carter\, George Draguns\, and Ayumi Ishito) and the Flying Sutra album (with Ayumi Ishito) all on 577 records. \nDavid Ford’s favorite instrument is the flugelhorn. Founder of improvisational music collective Sonic Sandbox\, he enjoys music as a river that is never the same twice. He has been playing music since the age of nine. Sonic Sandbox \nHugh Wattles has been playing saxophone in the Philly area since the 80’s with bands such as new wave/funk band Orangotango\, and experimental sound/metal percussion ensemble Lick the Earth. He also has played with many solo artists such as Jack Wright\, Toshi Makihara\, Woz\, and Charles Cohen.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/the-forest-and-the-zoo/
LOCATION:Studio 34\, 4522 Baltimore Ave\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19143\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260322T220000
DTSTAMP:20260319T133443Z
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SUMMARY:Industry Night #12- Where Pathways Meet
DESCRIPTION: \nSix musicians in six different formations playing a continuous set. Melodies and minds\, colliding and converging. If you have ears to hear\, you will find us there… where pathways meet. Line up! Sequoyah Leaf – clarinet \nJesse Kudler – guitar \nIhba Baskette – saxophone \nRyoko Ohara – saxophone \nAlihu Ben Bhakr – flute \nMelinda Rice – violin
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/industry-night-12-where-pathways-meet/
LOCATION:Head Long Dance Theater\, 1170 South Broad Street\, Philadelphia\, PA
ORGANIZER;CN="Peoples Music Supply":MAILTO:PeoplesMusicSupply@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260323T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260323T173000
DTSTAMP:20260319T184911Z
CREATED:20260319T184911Z
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SUMMARY:Artist Talk: Mariam Rezaei
DESCRIPTION:Mariam Rezaei is a multi-award-winning composer\, turntablist and performer working across experimental new music\, free improvisation\, mutant club music and hip-hop. Described by The Wire as “one of the most technically adept and creatively daring artists to use the turntable as a musical instrument\,” Rezaei uses a digital vinyl system\, allowing her to manipulate an expansive range of samples in real time. In addition to her mastery of classic turntablist skills (skratches\, beat-juggles)\, Rezaei has pioneered several techniques of her own\, including free juggling\, turntable sines (controlling sine waves with the pitch slider)\, needle dripping (composing music specifically for needle dropping on multiple decks at once)\, and needle weaving (using a digital vinyl system to loop music live using two decks\, with nothing predetermined). \nThe Anglo-Iranian virtuoso’s work has been described as “genuinely ground-breaking” (London Jazz News 2022) and “high-velocity sonic surrealism” (The Guardian 2022). Praised by The Wire\, Uncut and Bandcamp Daily\, her latest solo release FRACTURED (Heat Crimes) was one of The Quietus’ cassette releases of 2024. In October 2025\, she premieres Scholar’s Record\, a major commission for the 75th Donaueschinger Musiktage that draws on the legendary festival’s audio archives. Other forthcoming projects include a new collaborative work with Ensemble Contrechamps to be premiered in Feb 2026 and solo\, orchestral and band commissions for Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2026. In addition to her solo work\, Rezaei is a member of the international free music supergroup The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (with saxophonist Mette Rasmussen\, trumpeter/electronics Gabriele Mitelli and drummer Lukas König) and the pioneering Turntable Trio with Evicshen and Maria Chávez\, with whom she recently toured Canada and the USA. She has composed orchestral works with Matthew Shlomowitz (6 Scenes for Turntable and Orchestra\, premiered at IMD Darmstadt 2023) and recently performed Anthony Braxton’s Ghost Trance Music with guitarist Kobe Van Cauwenberghe. At JazzFest Berlin 2025\, she will make her debut as Fire! Orchestra’s new turntablist\, premiering the Words project. \n  \nRoom 201C
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/artist-talk-mariam-rezaei/
LOCATION:Adams Hall – Weitzman School of Desgn\, 200 South 36th Street\, Philadelphia
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260323T220000
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SUMMARY:Orcutt Shelley Miller with Chris Forsyth's What Is Now
DESCRIPTION:Orcutt Shelley Miller is an avant-rock trio comprised of three highly celebrated figures of experimental music: Bill Orcutt (Harry Pussy)\, Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth) and Ethan Miller (Howlin Rain\, Comets On Fire). Following in the footsteps of the high-firing free jazz and European outer-rock bands of the ‘60s and ‘70s and the Pacific Rim’s subterranean reimagining of “rock” form in the 90s\, Orcutt Shelley Miller utilize explosive group chemistry\, focused intention and chance to pursue the creation of song in its rawest\, purest form. \nSharing the bill will be Philadelphia-based guitarist Chris Forsyth and his new trio What Is Now. The band features double bassist John Moran (Bark Culture\, Daniel Villareal Trio) and drummer Joey Sullivan (Florry\, Bark Culture). The collaborative project continues a trajectory that Pitchfork compared to that of John Cale\, saying that Forsyth “has evolved along a multifaceted trajectory\, expanding his toolkit with each new record.”
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/orcutt-shelley-miller-with-chris-forsyths-what-is-now/
LOCATION:Solar Myth\, 1131 S Broad St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19147\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260324T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260324T220000
DTSTAMP:20260406T132439Z
CREATED:20260212T011629Z
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SUMMARY:Victor Vieira-Branco Trio
DESCRIPTION:Victor Vieira-Branco – vibes       plus ??? \nsets 7:30 and 9:00
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/victor-viera-branco-trio-8/
LOCATION:48 Record Bar\, 48 South 2nd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260325T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260325T173000
DTSTAMP:20260319T185315Z
CREATED:20260319T185315Z
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SUMMARY:Artist Talk: Victoria Shen (Evicshen)
DESCRIPTION:Victoria Shen (A.K.A. Evicshen) is a sound artist\, experimental music performer\, and instrument-maker based in San Francisco. Shen’s sound practice is concerned with the spatiality/physicality of sound and its relationship to the human body. Her music features analog modular synthesizers\, vinyl/resin records\, and self-built electronics. Eschewing conventions in harmony and rhythm in favor of extreme textures and gestural tones\, Shen uses what she calls “chaotic sound” to oppose signal and information\, eluding traditionally embedded meaning. \nHer personal identity; her body; is the space her work utilizes to restructure sonic meaning. In her live performances\, she proposes an exploration between meaning and non-meaning through the physical activation of noise tropes. Her probing into these melodic voids interrogate the ways we perceive value within aural experiences. The appendage-like instruments and objects she makes exemplify Shen’s ability to embody through sound her interest in the tension created by opposition: control and chaos\, the unique and the mass produced\, the practical and the absurd. \nShen’s multimedia practice extends beyond musical composition and performance to include installation and non-traditional methods of distribution. Her DIY approach to deconstructing the concepts of “materiality\, value and mass production” both integrate and re-contextualize the formats of the readymade and assemblage techniques. For example\, the album art for her debut LP\, Hair Birth\, utilizes copper to transform the cover into a loudspeaker through which the record can be played. In 2021\, Shen produced a series of cut-up records in cast resin embedded with found materials\, functioning not only as playable music media but as unique art objects. For recent performances\, she pioneered the use of Needle Nails\, acrylic nails with embedded turntable styluses\, which allow her to play up to 5 tracks of a record at once. Needle Nails\, Levitating speaker\, and her Noise Combs are some of the objects created by her as part of an extensive repertoire of innovations in the design of sound augmentation. These sculptural elements invite the viewer to unpack one’s relationship with the material possibilities for creating sound. \n  \nLerner 101
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/artist-talk-victoria-shen-evicshen/
LOCATION:Penn Music Building\, 201 South 34th Street\, Philadelphia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260325T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260325T210000
DTSTAMP:20251215T191404Z
CREATED:20251215T191404Z
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SUMMARY:Shabaka
DESCRIPTION:  \nLondon-born Shabaka earned widespread renown as a saxophonist with his cosmically-oriented ensembles Shabaka and the Ancestors\, Sons of Kemet and The Comet Is Coming before taking an indefinite hiatus from the instrument and dedicating himself to the flute. For his flute-forward album Perceive its Beauty\, Acknowledge its Grace\, Shabaka tapped into a remarkable cadre of players\, including percussionist Carlos Niño\, bassist Esperanza Spalding\, vocalists Saul Williams and Lianne La Havas and fellow flute explorer\, OutKast co-founder André 3000. \nIn its review of the album\, Pitchfork declared that Shabaka had\, “remade his music from the ground up… The incarnation may be new\, but the music’s underlying spirit\, its animating force\, is very much the same.” Ars Nova Workshop is thrilled to host this modern innovator for two performances certain to be mesmerizing\, rapturous and exploratory.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/shabaka/
LOCATION:Solar Myth\, 1131 S Broad St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19147\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260325T213000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260325T233000
DTSTAMP:20251215T192233Z
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SUMMARY:Shabaka
DESCRIPTION:  \nLondon-born Shabaka earned widespread renown as a saxophonist with his cosmically-oriented ensembles Shabaka and the Ancestors\, Sons of Kemet and The Comet Is Coming before taking an indefinite hiatus from the instrument and dedicating himself to the flute. For his flute-forward album Perceive its Beauty\, Acknowledge its Grace\, Shabaka tapped into a remarkable cadre of players\, including percussionist Carlos Niño\, bassist Esperanza Spalding\, vocalists Saul Williams and Lianne La Havas and fellow flute explorer\, OutKast co-founder André 3000. \nIn its review of the album\, Pitchfork declared that Shabaka had\, “remade his music from the ground up… The incarnation may be new\, but the music’s underlying spirit\, its animating force\, is very much the same.” Ars Nova Workshop is thrilled to host this modern innovator for two performances certain to be mesmerizing\, rapturous and exploratory.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/shabaka-2/
LOCATION:Solar Myth\, 1131 S Broad St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19147\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T220000
DTSTAMP:20260225T004037Z
CREATED:20260225T004037Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260225T004037Z
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SUMMARY:June Bender  /  Jason Carr w/ Koof Ibi
DESCRIPTION:Trepanation Series at Century Bar \n  \nJune Bender \n  \nJason Carr w/ Koof Ibi \n 
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/june-bender-jason-carr-w-koof-ibi/
LOCATION:Century Bar\, 1350 S. 29th St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19146\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260327T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260327T200000
DTSTAMP:20260319T130746Z
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: The Composer’s Black Box with Ted Gordon
DESCRIPTION:Ted Gordon presents his new book The Composer’s Black Box: Making Music in Cybernetic America (University of California Press\, 2025)\, which examines how human musicians and their electronic musical instruments negotiate agency\, creativity\, and selfhood through cybernetic pathways of control. Through five historical case studies—chapters on early cybernetic electronic systems developed by Morton Subotnick\, Donald Buchla\, Pauline Oliveros\, Alvin Lucier\, and Sun Ra—Gordon’s book develops a concept of “ex-composition” that accounts for experiences of playing with instruments that play themselves\, and the consequences those experiences hold for understanding the musical self in an increasingly informational world. The presentation will also include a reading and improvised performance with a small Buchla modular electronic music system\, one of the instrumental systems examined in the book.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/book-launch-the-composers-black-box-with-ted-gordon/
LOCATION:Ulises\, 1525 N American Street Studio 104\, Ray Philly\, Philadelphia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260327T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260327T220000
DTSTAMP:20260319T132038Z
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SUMMARY:Mariana Carvalho / Zach Hart - Ben Bennett - Tether
DESCRIPTION:Mariana Carvalho and Zach Hart\, touring from Germany\, are joined by Ben Bennett and Tether for a night of experimental sound making. Readings by poets Emily k. and Myene Yanu.\n\n\n\n\n\nMariana Carvalho @mariana.t.carvalho\nZach Hart\nBen Bennett @bnbnntt\nTether @normalposition\nEmily k. @cauldronbroth\nMyene Yanu @myene.tsty\n\n\n\nDoors 7:00PM\, music 7:30PM\n$10-20 suggested donation
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/mariana-carvalho-zach-hart-ben-bennett-tether/
LOCATION:the Fidget Space\, 1714 North Mascher Street\, Philadelphia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260327T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260327T220000
DTSTAMP:20260114T022256Z
CREATED:20260114T021624Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260114T022256Z
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SUMMARY:Caroline Davis\, Christian Mirande/ Carrie DeCunzo Mirande Duo
DESCRIPTION:Caroline Davis: \nAlive with nurturing visions of simple sonic offerings to morph our present situation\, Caroline Davis’ main reason for playing music is to connect with others\, beckoning new vistas among curious listeners. Her musical journey began in Singapore\, in a humid climate\, hearing sounds underwater that she would recreate by singing to her German shepherd dogs\, who treated her as their own. Her family moved to the United States\, Atlanta\, Georgia\, around age 6\, where she encountered R&B and gospel music rife with horns that called her to choose the saxophone 6 years later. \nToday\, Caroline’s music covers a wide range of styles\, owed to this shifting environment. As a leader\, she has released eight albums: Live Work & Play (2012)\, Doors: Chicago Storylines (2015)\, Heart Tonic (2018)\, Alula (2019)\, Anthems (2019)\, Portals\, Vol. 1: Mourning (2021)\, Alula: Captivity (2023)\, and Portals\, Vol.2: Returning. Her active projects include jazz-leaning Portals\, experimental R&B My Tree\, and protest band Alula. She has won Downbeat’s Critic’s Poll Rising Star Alto-Saxophonist (2018) and has been included in numerous Reader and Critics Polls. Her work has garnered much praise from NPR\, The Wire\, DownBeat\, and many international publications. \nDavis is active as both a side-person and a leader in a diverse set of expressions. Davis has shared the stage with Lee Konitz\, Rajna Swaminathan\, Michelle Boulé\, Angelica Sanchez\, John Zorn\, Bari Kim\, Wendy Eisenberg\, The Femme Jam\, Matt Mitchell\, Terry Riley\, Miles Okazaki\, and Billy Kaye. \nChristian Mirande & Carrie DeCunzo Mirande duo: \n“Some significant AOTY noise circling around this one. We’ve only just stepped into May so i’ll withhold my judgment for a few more months\, but some records do capture the imagination straight out the gate and Christrian Mirande’s latest\, a first time vinyl release for Regional Bears no less\, certainly feels like a contender. No surprise\, really\, considering Mirande’s history with some of the US underground’s finest institutions – Hanson\, Recital\, Ascetic House et al – though Beautiful One Day\, Perfect the Next does feel especially rounded and sharply conceived. We’ve a record of two halves\, the first side a series of shortform musique concrete digressions built from voice notes\, tape manipulations\, and some fluid\, abstract bass playing that had me thinking of that great Kontakta album snapped off into miniatures\, while the second is a totemic singular piece that’s a bit of a sui generis moment for Mirande. 15 minutes of chiming electronics and swirling ambience\, fretless bass\, and synthesised spoken word that makes unavoidable nods to Robert Ashley/Blue Gene Tyranny\, and recalls the conceptual application of James Ferraro circa NYC\, Hell 3am\, all whilst retaining a refreshing accessibility. There’s also some particularly effective interplay between the processed and the organic\, like the sound of the mulch of synthetic soil or swaying of plastic grass\, a venturing of some kind into the uncanny valley where Mirande’s lopsided world is captured in a fairground mirror.”-World of Echo \nCarrie DeCunzo Mirande is a computer musician\, pianist\, vocalist\, and video and installation artist. Her work deals with social and ecological ethics\, and she incorporates visual language and theater into her compositional and performance practice. \nShe has performed and released music under the monikers beautywork\, Natural Pleasures\, and Carrie Ford. She has released on Hold Tapes\, No Rent Records\, Love is the Law\, Sprawl Tapes\, American Damage\, and KSX Solutions. \nShe received an MFA in Electronic Music and Recording Media from Mills College and studied geography and political ecology at the University of Vermont. She grew up in the the Adirondacks and currently lives in Philadelphia\, PA where she teaches privately.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/caroline-davis-christian-mirande-carrie-decunzo-mirande-duo/
LOCATION:The Perch\, 2321 Emerald St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19125\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260327T220000
DTSTAMP:20260201T142510Z
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SUMMARY:Irreversible Entanglements
DESCRIPTION:Irreversible Entanglements are a liberation-oriented free jazz collective formed in early 2015 by saxophonist Keir Neuringer\, poet Camae Ayewa (a.k.a. Moor Mother) and bassist Luke Stewart\, who came together to perform at a Musicians Against Police Brutality event organized after the slaying of Akai Gurley by the NYPD. Months later the group added trumpeter Aquiles Navarro and drummer Tcheser Holmes. Though free jazz with voice is an uncommon approach in the modern day landscape of the genre\, the spirit and subject the band channels and explores represent a return to a central tenant of the sound as it was founded – to be a vehicle for Black liberation. As Joshua Minsoo Kim wrote in the Chicago Reader\, “Irreversible Entanglements will leave you shaken.” \nFor the first of two performances this weekend\, the band will celebrate the release of their eagerly anticipated new album. \n  \n21+
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/irreversible-entanglements/
LOCATION:Solar Myth\, 1131 S Broad St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19147\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States
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