8 pm
Evelyn Davis - piano
Fred Frith - guitar
Phillip Greenlief - saxophones
Originally organized to record a drone album, this trio has continued to blaze new trails by implementing improvisation that focuses on sound, texture manipulation, memory, and deep listening.
9 pm
Negativ
Wobblyland
Jon Leidecker - electronics
Peter Conheim - electronics
Negativ
Wobblyland is a collaboration between Peter Conheim of the sampling art collective Negativland and Jon Leidecker of
Wobbly (with frequent satellite members from Negativland expanding the duo into a trio). The duo eschews the cut-and-paste mass media collage of their previous work to celebrate the unpredictable magic of the Booper, an analog feedback device created from salvaged radio and amplifier parts. The original device, invented in 1975 by Negativland's David Wills (aka The Weatherman), has been joined by others based on the original schematic, although each instrument inevitably forms its own personality. When linked together, they suggest a chorus of electronic voices all speaking through the same organic throat, singing and chanting in recognizably modern ways. They are less instruments than collaborators.
Cost: $10 - $20, sliding scale