Michael Gendreau

Nonsequitur presents Bay Area electro-acoustic composer Michael Gendreau. Emerging in the 1980s underground as half of the duo Crawling with Tarts, Gendreau studied composition at Mills College and went on to get a PhD in physics with a specialty in acoustics. Applying his occupational skills to his creative work, he has developed a series of works in which he uses the tools of his trade to activate the very buildings in which he performs, using the materials of the room itself as a large, resonant instrument.

Andrew McInnis & Sons of Belial + Sunship

Andrew McInnis, a New England transplant who performs on drums, percussion, guitar, piano, synthesizer, and vocals and has been in the Northwest for eight years, has aimed to create an evening "bringing a lot of different sides of the music community together here in Seattle, from the elders to the youngsters all over the wide spectrum of music influence and aesthetic." That will entail a host of performers including his own band, the mighty quintet Sunship, along with members of Seattle Harmonic Voices and Alan Bishop of Sun City Girls.

RADIUS (Perri Lynch & David Stutz)

In a follow-up to their recent performance at Seattle City Hall, sound artists David Stutz and Perri Lynch (a/k/a RADIUS) combine field recordings, loops, beats, drones, and pings to explore the simultaneity of world events and dilation of time and distance; field recordings from across the globe are interspersed with micro-samples from the interior.

Dragon's Eye 3rd Anniversary

Dragon's Eye Recordings celebrates its third anniversary with a free digital compilation and an evening of performances. The Leather event and compilation showcase current work by artists working with the label: Lissom, Yann Novak, Clinker, Jamie Drouin, Wyndel Hunt, Kamran Sadeghi, and Former Selv, and is indicative of the label's goal to explore new territory in minimal electronic music and sound art. Tonight's concert features sets by Yann Novak, Wyndel Hunt, and Kamran Sadeghi

Vance Galloway & Friends

Improvisor, composer and cutting-edge media technician, vance galloway performs on prepared electronic guitar, conjuring complex drones, shifting grains of sound, fields of flowing harmonics, pointillistic clicks and pops, and perhaps even a languid melody or two. noisepoetnobody is long time electronic composer and electro-acoustic musician Casey Jones with his home made creation the string board, loopers, analog devices, and guitar amplifiers creating ambient yet rhythmic sounds from soothing to disturbing. vox vespertinus is susan dumett, a classically trained vocalist who uses her powerful, 4-octave range to evoke sounds both angelic and primeval.

Michael Nicolella & odeonquartet

Classical guitarist Michael Nicolella and odeonquartet perform the west coast premiere of Black Dog/Lucky Dog for electric guitar and string quartet by Anthony Gatto, as well as music for classical guitar by Domenico Scarlatti, Elliott Carter, and Michael Nicolella; works for electric guitar by Jacob ter Veldhuis and Jimi Hendrix; and works for string quartet by Tunde Jegede, Marcello Zarvos, Ken Benshoof and Ljova.

Seattle Circle: Music from Tuning the Air

Presented by Nonsequitur & Seattle Circle. Forming in 1994, Seattle Circle has its origins in King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp's seminars in Guitar Craft. Expect intricate arrangements of lively and dancing rhythms, broad atmospheric gestures, original compositions, and free-wheeling improvisation in the mix of tight ensemble playing.

Wally Shoup/Greg Campbell/Bob Rees

Wally Shoup, Greg Campbell, and Bob Rees will explore, in detail, the many sonic avenues available to alto saxophone, multi-percussion, drums and vibes. Rhythm will be at the core of the music, providing Wally's sax a compelling ground on which to spin his web.

Sunship

Sunship joins former Stinkhorn members Brian Heaney (guitar) and Michael Monhart (sax) with David Revelli (drums), from the Grassy Knoll, and from the San Francisco music scene, Andrew Luthringer (bass). Stuart Dempster (trombone, didjeridu, conch, etc.) joined in 2005 and fills out this swinging "intergalectric" ensemble.

Subtext: Deborah Meadows & Mickey O'Connor

Subtext Reading Series presents:

Deborah Meadows teaches in the Liberal Studies department at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. A forthcoming collection of poetry entitled Goodbye Tissues is due out from Shearsman Press in 2009. Mickey O’Connor lives and writes in Seattle. His latest book is NOT EVEN MERELY END, published by Church of the Head Press.