Serving the San Francisco Bay Area New Music Community

Mon, Dec 1 2025 8:00 PM

Little Hill Lounge
10753 San Pablo Ave El Cerrito
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LORDS OF OUTLAND 30th Anniversary Concert

Featuring:
Dave Mihaly, Bill Noertker, Rent Romus, Collette McCaslin, Ian Carey, Scott R. Looney, Josh Allen, Ray Schaeffer, Philip Everett, Anothony Flores and more!!

Saxophonist, composer Rent Romus created the Lords of Outland in 1995 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 in a series of recordings inspired by abstract socio-political themes as well as authors Frank Herbert, H.P. Lovecraft, Phil K. Dick.
The group features Philip Everett electronics, and Ray Schaeffer electric basses, Anthony Flores drums lead by Rent Romus on alto, soprano, C-melody saxophones, voice, and electronics.
Other Lords of Outland members have included 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, CJ Borosque, and Vinny Golia.

Cost: FREE ADMISSION
Audio samples in which musicians at this event play:
Videos featuring musicians playing at this event
Ian Carey Quintet+1: Interview Music III (Passacaglia). With Sheldon Brown, Kasey Knudsen, Adam Shulman, Jon Arkin, and Fred Randolph.
Scott R. Looney, Lisa Mezzacapa, and Donald Robinson at Berkeley Arts Fest space - May 31, 2014
A montage of the free music group the Lords of Outland from their live presented as part of The Tenderloin Museum’s Sounds of the Tenderloin live music series at the Tenderloin National Forest in San Francisco July of 2022 Featuring Rent Romus on alto/soprano saxophones, Ray Schaeffer on bass, Anthony Flores on drums, and Philip Everett on