Seattle saxophonist and electronic artist Skerik will be performing live with his multi-effect set up with visual artist Blazinspace. An immersive sonic and visual experience using extensive electronic effects on the saxophone while Blazinspace fills the Chapel with multiple screens and projections.
Forever defying categories & notions of the standard human work ethic, Skerik has been brewing worldwide jazz/rock/funk/electronic/avant-saxophonic mayhem since his emergence from Seattle in the late 1980s, carving out an enormous & stupefyingly diverse body of work that remains in restless development (day by day, hour by hour, second by second). A saxophonist by trade & border-destroyer by nature, absorbing anything that carries the whiff of inspiration & sincerity, ensuring that all aspects of his output reflect that same good faith. It is the Skerik way, and it has served him (and us) well.
A founding member of Critters Buggin, Garage a Trois, Tuatara, Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog
Brigade, Crack Sabbath, The Dead Kenny Gs & countless other legendary ensembles, his extraordinary
career has also seen live & recorded appearances with Roger Waters, Mad Season, Pearl Jam, Primus,
REM, Fred Wesley, The Headhunters, The Meters, Ani DiFranco & many many more.
All totaled, Skerik has contributed to more than 200 records as a saxophonist and/or keyboardist. His
music has seen worldwide placement in feature films, independent films, TV shows, theater & dance
pieces. He continues to make Seattle his primary home (now owning & operating his own studio in the
city), and he continues to regularly tour around the world with his ever-expanding cast of collaborators and new things to do.