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Fri, Apr 28 2006 8:00 PM

Art Performance Lab (APL)
1510 8th Street Oakland
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Culture of Pain CD release concert
with Rent Romus’ Lords of Outland

Culture of Pain CD release concert
with Rent Romus’ Lords of Outland

Lords of Outland and guests:
Rent Romus saxes/zitherod/voices,
C.J.Reaven Borosque noise pedals/guitars,
Ray Schaeffer six string electric fretless bass, and Philip Everett drums/ percussion/autoharp, augmented by special guests:Jim Ryan tenor sax, Darren Johnston trumpet, Scott R. Looney piano, and Damon Smith double bass

They will gather to play and celebrate the release of Culture of Pain Rent Romus' long awaited release since 2000 with his ever changing group collective The Lords of Outland, crosses over the boundries of jazz and improvisation infusing noise, free thematic creation, and dismayed sonic expression on the state of the 'union', and its self-proclaimed iron fisted mighty hand of destruction and power as a means to world diplomacy and control.
Audio samples in which musicians at this event play:
Videos featuring musicians playing at this event
Green Alembic at Berkeley Arts 5-17-14
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