SIMM Series
Outsound Presents @ Musicians Union Hall 116 9th St @ Mission SF
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7:30 PM United Separatists
Drew Wheeler, guitar & things, Timothy Orr, drums & stuff
8:30 PM Rent Romus' Lords of Outland
Collette McCaslin - trumpet, Philip Everett - drums, Ray Scheaffer - bass, Rent Romus - alto saxophone
Special Guest Josh Allen - tenor saxophone
CD release performance of music from 'Lords O Leaping' from Edgetone Records


"Romus' fiery romp is a no-holds barred exposition. He slices through steel with accuracy and ease, equating to a jovial soundscape, scraped with intensifying solos and Everett's colorific cymbals hits. They galvanize your neural system from start to finish, while projecting a take no prisoners approach throughout." - Glenn Astarita, All About Jazz

Saxophonist, composer Rent Romus started the Lords of Outland in 1994 a collective of like-minded musicians focusing on exploring improvisation, melody, noise, and sound art while acknowledging their jazz, rock, and blues roots. The group has developed original music ranging from unhinged free improvisation to thematic compositional suites inspired by abstract and socio-political poetry, science fiction, horror, and fantasy.

Throughout the the groups rich history it's core roster has changed numerous times featuring guests such as Vinny Golia, John Tchicai, Hasan Razzaq, LA Jenkins, and Josh Allen recording 11 albums and performing throughout the West Coast of the United States.
Rent Romus is a force spanning over 25 years of D.I.Y. music production curating over 80 shows a year for the new music avant garde and jazz communities as well as leading several groups from rolicking jazz to free abstract chamber music, to sounds tracks for film and dance. Ray Schaeffer has performed in a diverse array of ensembles from full orchestra to folk rock bands, and experimental improv groups going back to the 1970s. Philip Everett found his mettle in Bartok, Debussy, and Gershwin as well as New Orleans style 2nd line marches. Armed with an array of teachings Phillip, became the leader of various groups over the years starting in 1967 to present crossover experimental country, free jazz, and avant rock. When Collette McCaslin (formerly CJ Borosque) isn't writing poetry, making videos, or painting abstract art, she's blening noise and melody through no-input analoge pedal systems and trumpet. Her fascinations include, art, cooking, sound, noise, sculpture (sonic and tactile), Installations, silent films, avant-garde films and videos, modern, impressionist and surrealist art, jazz, world and classical music.
Other Lords of Outland members include James Zitro, Kash Killion, Jason Olain, Vytas Nagisetty, Andrew Borger, Bill Noertker, John Tchicai, David Mihaly, Toyoji Tomita, Joel Harrison, Tom Nunn, Doug Carroll, Andre Custodio, Jesse Quattro, Jonas Muller, Jim Ryan, Darren Johnston, Damon Smith, and Vinny Golia.

Drew Wheeler learned to play guitar in a wind cave in South Dakota, one string at a time. When not chasing the sounds of empty chasms and cosmic dust, he can be seen and/or heard counting furiously in Free Salamander Exhibit.
Timothy Orr’s schizophrenic drumming ethos can be heard nearly continuously throughout the Bay Area--from jazz, rockabilly and zydeco bands to the avant-garde--in what can be described as musical self-medication to combat work-related PTSD.
Wheeler and Orr made their performance debut together at the 2014 Erik Satie Vexations marathon in Berkeley. United Separatists is the outcropping of that musical adventure. Wheeler, a graduate of UC Berkeley, is armed with lucrative advanced degree from UC Davis in Music Composition and Theory. Orr, a Wesleyan University English major with a useful and exciting background in Medieval and Renaissance literature, was also a student of Edward Blackwell.
United Separatists seeks to bring together and alienate audiences simultaneously by exploring Can & Can’t, Us & Them, and Yes & No.

Cost: $10/$8

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