Coward is a guitar improv duo, touring the west coast in support of their new cassette release on their own imprint, Idiopathic Records. Kaleidosaur are local audio/video collagists specializing in sonic journeys of tonal existential bliss. Pitbull are Seattle’s very own acclaimed underground electro-experimentalists, Sokai Stilhed and Aural Antithesis, joining forces for a modular coalescing of the hearts and minds. Pure analog tone worship.

Comprised of Jake Sele (piano/keyboards), Matt Williams (electric guitar), Nick Lonien (bass), and Joe Eck (drums), Spontaneous Rex focuses on originals and covers with an eclectic range of influences, including spontaneous composition, 70s fusion, electronic improvisation, prog, and contemporary jazz, all seamlessly melded together in a unique, mind-expanding, limit-pushing musical experience.

Jacob Zimmerman presents the second performance ever of Roscoe Mitchell’s Nonaah for Lawson (2013) as premiered last June at Benaroya Hall. The program also includes a new piece for solo saxophone played by Zimmerman, and a performance by the Zimmerman/Gus Carns duo.

Presented by Nonsequitur. Wayne Horvitz draws from the large body of audio samples recorded at Ft. Worden in Port Townsend for 55 – Music and Dance in Concrete to create a live performance score that uses that material as its foundation. Writing for the phenomenal pianist Cristina Valdes and Trio Parladote, Horvitz has generated a suite of sonically rich and deeply textured compositions.

A night of distorted textures, drone worship, and psych noise with Matt Shoemaker, Forrest Friends, Stan Reed, and noisepoetnobody.

Epos Nemo Latrocinium: an extraordinary recurring ensemble featuring: noisepoetnobody (analog synthesis), Joy Von Spain (voice+ piano), Tom Swafford (violin), Dean Moore (percussion), with Vanessa Skantze (butoh) ALSO: An excerpt from RECEIVING LITTLE LIGHT, AND LITTLE WATER– Danse Perdue, featuring Sierra Catanzaro, Alexander Riding.

Unsilent Night is an original work by New York composer Phil Kline, written specifically to be heard outdoors in the month of December. It takes the form of a street promenade in which the audience becomes the performer. Each participant gets one of four tracks of music in the form of a cassette, CD, or MP3. Participants carry boomboxes, or anything that amplifies music, and walk a carefully chosen route through their city’s streets, creating a unique mobile sound sculpture which is different from every listener’s perspective.

Distorrent combines distorted synth lines with rich, multi-layered sound textures. The resulting sound is predominantly ambient, but contains moments of extreme intensity as well. Noisegasm is a mixture of synth, guitar and electronic textures. They also cover the spectrum from gentle, relaxed pieces to intense, aggressive ones. Coreena is a singer who posses a strong, distinctive voice. She has a unique electronic style that incorporates elements of jazz. Coreena trained at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Ron Rice is a specialist in noise. Earplugs are highly recommended.

Christian Pincock (trombone) and Gus Carns (piano) are musicians who share a common background in jazz and also work with many other forms of music. Together, they play both deconstructions of jazz standards and free improvisation.