Seattle Noise

La Isla Electronica / BATNAP! / NiGHTofAL / Strange Bedfellows

Coldwave synth from Portland, La Isla Electronica will play with BATNAP! (art rock new wave) from Olympia, NiGHTofAL (goth synth), and Strange Bedfellows (noise experimental).

Sunday, November 15, 7:00 PM at Belltown Yacht Club - Event Page

Sutekh Hexen / Sin Pavillion / Recursive Transform Array / T.U.L.O.C. / Kole Galbraith

On tour from Oakland, Sutekh Hexen (psychedelic deconstructionist cacophony treading minimalist and maximalist sensibilities) and Sin Pavillion (death industrial) with support from Recursive Transform Array, T.U.L.O.C. (deconstructive noise) and Kole Galbraith (noise).

Sunday, November 15, 7:00 PM at Black Lodge - Event Page

Kamran Shafii / CAEN / BLSPHM / Blessed Blood

“A boundary-pushing night of electroacoustic music, featuring concrete experimentalists”. Kamran Shafii (electroacoustic music), CAEN, Gordon Ashworth presenting “music [is] built from magnetic tape recordings of vibrating strings, cyclical melodies and field recordings interacting with electronics, loudspeakers and the linear (“real”) time experience”, BLSPHM (experimental) solo project of Demian Johnston, and Blessed Blood (vocal incantations).

Wednesday, November 18, 7:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

Butler/Shannon/Stanford + John Teske

A Vast Absence is a work for one or more gongs, electronics, feedback loops, and resonant spaces that Aaron Michael Butler has been performing in dive bars, bowling alleys, art galleries, parking garages, and the Detroit Symphony Cube since 2016. In the work the inner resonances and harmonics of gongs are amplified and layered into an immersive ambient environment creating a deep listening environment in which audiences are asked to simply zone out. In this iteration of the work Aaron is joined by microphonists and feedback wizards David Stanford and Michael Shannon.

John Teske will present a new solo work to open the concert.

Friday, November 20, 8:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

Modular Nights

The monthly free showcase of experimental electronic music will feature: WMD, missing scenes, CHAOS 101, Blue Wizard, Hilinner, DJ kritikal virgo, and SPRFLS.

Sunday, November 8, 5:00 PM at Substation - Event Page

Frank Hurricane / Tara Zorthian / 129,600 / Fantasy A

On tour Frank Hurricane (psych americana) and Tara Zorthain (world music) from Los Angeles. Supporting them will be 129,600 (slacker jazz), and Fantasy A (hip hop).

Tuesday, November 10, 6:00 PM at Dracula’s Castle - Event Page

Nat Evans: What Are Days For

Show for a new release by Nat Evans, along with John Teske (bass).

Fuzzy radios, bass and warm guitar tones drift through field recordings and clouds of synthesizers humming along. Like a surreal baroque dream, a Buchla synthesizer and fretless bass duet give way to washes of pedal steel and a fretless bass solo in conversation with a weather radio. An immersive, ever shifting series of landscapes. Bassist John Teske will join Evans in this performance.

Thursday, November 12, 8:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

Kunty / 9-5 Hyperfuck / The Taste

Launch party for Visceral Noise Devices, a new bespoke guitar pedal company. Featuring performances from Kunty (first show), along with 9-5 Hyperfuck (digital hardcore), and The Taste.

Thursday, November 12, 7:30 PM at Sunset Tavern - Event Page

Jumpy / Just Relax / Stickerss / trentpotions / row1 / WyzeCrackWorld

On tour from Western Massachusetts, Jumpy (independent music) will play along with Just Relax (hip hop, Stickerss, trentpotions from Bellingham, Wyzecrackworld, and row1 (based hip-hop/rap) from Portland.

Saturday, November 14, 7:00 PM at Cowpine Theater - Event Page

Presenting meatspace, an open invite noise show at Gallery 1412. Follow harshnoise.online for updates. You can live stream the event on the meatspace stage on the Noise Music Discord server or on YouTube.

Bryan Schuessler ( experimental noise )

-- https://buriedinslaganddebris.bandcamp.com/album/context-shift

CHAOS 101 ( experimental electronic noise )

-- https://chaos101.bandcamp.com/

Corpse Law ( field recording based industrial noise )

-- https://corpselaw.bandcamp.com/

Horse Thief ( diné av/harsh drone )

-- https://horsethieft.bandcamp.com

$10 suggested donation

doors at 7:30 PM, noise at 8:00 PM

no alcohol

RSVP here

Facebook Event Page

The move is over. Still recovering.

face-ok / FRRN / Smoopa / Riki Healing

Free show with DJs and ambient music from face-ok, FRRN, Smoopa, and Riki Healing.

Monday, November 2, 7:00 PM at Dracula’s Castle - Event Page

Wayne Horvitz / Will Hayes / Morrow + Kennon + Novak +Flinn

Visiting from New York City, Will Hayes (solo acoustic guitar/electronics) will perform along with Wayne Horvitz (solo keyboard/electronics set), and a quartet of Silas Morrow, Noel Kennon, Rebecca Novak, and Stephen Flinn (prepared banjo, cornet, viola, percussion and objects).

Tuesday, November 3, 7:30 PM at Vermillion - Event Page

Reading: Celestial Dentist

New poetry collection from Eric M. Acosta from Idle Hands Press, Celestial Dentist. Supporting the reading will be Grand Opening, Passenger Pigeon, Kian Farahani, Rachel LeBlanc, Sullivan Forderhase, A.F. Jones, Marianne, David Stanford, Irisanna, and Botox Ouroboros.

Thursday, November 5, 8:00 PM at Vermillion - Event Page

Fruit Looops / Miscomings / 9-5 Hyperfuck / SH!TOMATO

Touring noise rock from Chicago and Ohio, Fruit Looops, along with Miscomings (nasty noise punk), 9-5 Hyperfuck (digital hardcore), and SH!TOMATO (noise).

Thursday, November 5, 7:00 PM at Belltown Yacht Club - Event Page

Paurl Walsh / Pearl Trio

Release show for new recording by Paurl Walsh, “Exploratory Orchestral Aestheses for the Induction of Ecstatic States in Human Subjects” on Obscure & Terrible

The new 4-movement work features an expanded orchestra performing textural music created entirely using extended technique playing, and features some of Seattle’s best contemporary classical players alongside amateur and student musicians. In it, Walsh explores the ability of musical sound to induce heightened/ecstatic/altered states in listeners, with each of the 4 movements interrogating a different potential approach.

Friday, November 6, 7:30 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

Morgan O. / Asa Nakagawa / Precious Bane

Morgan O. is celebrating the release of her new album, Now Time along with Asa Nakagawa (experimental ambient electronic), and Precious Bane (mournful drone folk). Benefit for Puget Sound Prisoner Support.

Saturday, November 7, 7:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

Leopards in the Temple

An immersive interactive improvisational butoh and sound event with Uneasy Chairs, rEEk, Cailleach, Greg Campbell, Amapola, r.nihiline, and Vanessa Skantze.

Saturday, November 7, 8:00 PM at Teatro de la Psychomachia - Event Page

Coming to you this week from a fortress of boxes. Moving is boring.

Electric Blue: Aria Bare / Vast Chains

Free showcase of electronic music will feature Aria Bare (deep techno) and Vast Chains (electronic drum and bass).

Monday, October 26, 8:00 PM at Black Lodge - Event Page

Modbang

The monthly free showcase of electronic hardware music will feature mikey303, HOUS3R, mt. nowhere, nilc, and Jams Tailor.

Tuesday, October 27, 7:00 PM at The 4Bs - Event Page

Gong Slayer / Cave Guy and Isabella

In the old steam plant at the end of Boeing Field, you will find a ambient experimental drone show with Gong Slayer from New Mexico, Cave Guy, and a sound bath/healing session from Isabella Tear.

Wednesday, October 28, 6:00 PM at Georgetown Steam Plant - Event Page

Gong Slayer / Power Strip / Benjemaa / Edward Cullen

Catch the Gong Slayer (acoustic ambient) again with Power Strip (ambient duo), Benjemaa (solo ambient guitar/noise), and Edward Cullen (american primitive/folk)

Thursday, October 29, 6:00 PM at The Poolhouse (Everett) - Event Page

Brad Loving / Hans Anderson

Brad Loving is a Seattle-based electronic musician and visual artist whose three decades of work with electroacoustic sound have been shaped by time in Chicago, New York, Rio de Janeiro, and Bamako. He plays in the band Reunion Island and performs solo on a custom-built instrument that lets him layer and reshape sound in real time.

Hans Anderson is a Seattle-based electronic musician and one of the organizers behind Ground Hum. He weaves field recordings, found sounds, and live electronics into strange, shifting sonic environments.

Friday, October 30, 7:30 PM at Gallery 1412 - Event Page

Shorter post and finally a new meatspace date to officially announce. November 28 will be the next one.

Tyondai Braxton / seven colors

Known for the experimental rock group Battles, Tyondai Braxton will present an evening of solo work in celebration of his new release Splayed Werks. Joining him will be seven colors (Morgan Henderson (synthesizers, saxophones), Gust Burns (synthesizer/bass), and Greg Campbell (percussion)).

Tuesday, October 20, 7:00 PM at The Vera Project - Event Page

Xiphoid Dementia / Knifecream / Infinexhuma / Other

Noise industrial dark ambient night with Xiphoid Dementia (industrial noise), Knifecream (harsh noise), Infinexhuma (dark drone ambient), and Other (dark ambient).

Thursday, October 22, 7:00 PM at The Central Saloon - Event Page

Hermit Crab / Gladys

Hermit Crab (groove-punk) and Gladys are visiting from Lost Coast, California, with a special guest TBA.

Thursday, October 22, 7:00 PM at Vermillion - Event Page

Grex / Chris Icasiano / John-Carlos Perea

Oakland experimental duo Grex joins percussionist Chris Icasiano and bassist/composer John-Carlos Perea for an evening of songs and improvisations. Grex celebrates the release of its new album “Auntie + Tebs,” which explores stories of revolution in the Philippines and South Africa. Icasiano, Perea, and Grex will perform individual sets, convening for ensemble pieces at the end of the program.

Thursday, October 22, 8:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

Afrocop / The Vardaman Ensemble / Passenger Pigeon

Roller rink show with Afrocop (ambient improvisational) The Vardaman Ensemble (https://thevardamanensemble.bandcamp.com/) (experimental jazz) and Passenger Pigeon (experimental baritone guitar).

Friday, October 23, 9:00 PM at Southgate Roller Rink - Event Page

Modular Nights

The monthly free showcase of experimental electronic music is back with Pearl Grays, Care for Cosmos, Flaaroni, La Luxx, Belz, and Scrapestates.

Sunday, October 11, 5:00 PM at Substation - Event Page

Aaron Pond + Abbey Blackwell + Fredy Andres / Eric M. Acosta / MSHR / Rebecca Novak + Silas Morrow + Noel Kennon

Another night with improvisers from far and wide with Aaron Pond from Philadelhia, Abbey Blackwell, Fred Andres, Eric M. Acosta, MSHR from New York City, Rebecca Novak, Silas Morrow, and Noel Kennon.

Sunday, October 11, 6:00 PM at Vermillion - Event Page

Yearn / Jordan Eller / soon to be something different

Chill weekday show with Yearn (apocalypse pop), Jordan Eller (art pop), and soon to be different (sad alternative).

Wednesday, October 14, 7:00 PM at Vermillion - Event Page

Jaap Blonk / James Falzone + Steph Richards + Bonnie Whiting

Experimenal improvisational vocalist from the Netherlands, Jaap Blonk. Opening set from Bonnie Whiting (percussion), Steph Richards (trumpet), and James Falzone (clarinet/piano).

Wednesday, October 14, 7:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

Diminished Men / Fungal Abyss / The Sheen / Nosretep

A more conventional psychedelic show with Diminished Men (deviant noir), Fungal Abyss (improvised psych), The Sheen (psychedelic noise rock), and Nosretep (experimental progressive rock).

Thursday, October 15, 7:00 PM at Baba Yaga - Event Page

somesurprises / Ilyas Ahmed / Morgan Henderson

Returning from their West Coast tour, Seattle’s somesurprises layers dream pop vocals over celestial guitars, synths, and samples, and Portland’s Ilyas Ahmed radiates cosmic solo guitar compositions. Morgan Henderson, best known as a member of Blood Brothers and Fleet Foxes, opens the night.

Friday, October 16, 7:30 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

Keep Bremerton Feared

Do the noise show fest with Eat the Sun (guitar noise), MONED (noise), onebpm (Stuart Dahlquist), Reuscher ML (power electronics), Takeshita, DJ Vinnyl, Chin Up (feelgood dipshit death violence), Moe the Menace (hip hop), MRSA (found sound harsh noise), Pok Té Pok (harsh noise), Self-Deprecator (progressive metal), and Undular Bore (experimental)

Saturday, October 17, 6:00 PM at The Charleston (Bremerton) - Event Page

Kenyon Hall is a unique historical venue in West Seattle I’ve featured once or twice. They have a “1929 Mighty Wurlitzer Theatre Organ and features dozens of instruments built into the walls of the building.” If you’re a fan of avant-garde music blogs, you should check out Avant Music News with a number of writers contributing, along with a fairly well updated Performances section. Last shoutout, if you have been to Woodland Theater, you should subscribe to their email newsletter they just sent out their shows for October.

BC Welsh / polt / Archival Image

BC Welsh will perform along with polt (experimental noise rock), and Archival Image (experimental ambient).

Sunday, October 4, 7:30 PM at Woodland Theater - Event Page

ZOZO / QOQO / SQYRM / MMMelt

ZOZO (Mojave Desert hyper-dimensional electro) will play along with QOQO (dripped-out analog technohealing), SQYRM (hardware slime wave), and MMMelt (sinister alien propulsion 4 tha freaks).

Tuesday, October 6, 7:00 PM at Vermillion - Event Page

Aaron Pond / DJ Vinnyl / Lukas Dickson

“Aaron Pond is a musician and curator active in the east coast improvised music scene from Philadelphia to Miami. Emerging from a childhood steeped in the rigorous forms of Judaic and classical music, Pond now plays with and transcends musical genres. Since 2014, he has dedicated himself to improvisation and oral composition. Utilizing Horn, Wood Flutes, Duck Calls and more, his voice is defined by a kaleidoscopic approach to idiom, multiphonic singing, and rich tones.” Aaron Pond (Philly creative music), DJ Vinnyl (noisy vinyl loops), and Lukas Dickson (noise).

Friday, October 9, 5:30 PM at Beats N' Cats Records (Bremerton) - Event Page

Basement Stash

Oz Bardos (noise, tattoos, sculpture), Other.Matters (tattoos), Now that We’re Alone (guitar + movement), Blessed Blood (vocal incantations), Rebecca Novak (performance + projections), and Sean Perarson (art + sculpture).

Friday, October 9, 8:00 PM at Asylum Collective - Event Page

Butler/Teske/Kennon, Dinçer/Burgenbauch, Novak/Morrow

An evening of experimental music with a trio and two duos with Aaron Michael Butler, John Teske, Noel Kennon, Elif Dinçer, Zac Bugenbauch, Rebecca Novak, and Silas Morrow.

Saturday, October 10, 7:30 PM at Dracula’s Castle - Event Page

James Falzone / Alex Guy / Toby Summerfield

“Long-time friend from Chicago” Toby Summerfield (guitar, pedal steel) will play with Alex Guy (viola, violin) and James Falzone (clarinet)

Saturday, October 10, 7:00 PM at Kenyon Hall - Event Page

TV-MA / KJ Valium / Storm / Paintscratcher / chigbarg

Noise from Los Angeles with TV-MA (noise) along with KJ Valium (reptilian keyboard violence) from Phoenix, Storm, Painscratcher, and chigbarg

Saturday, October 10, 8:00 PM at PuppyPound - Event Page

No full post this week, there’s an entire arc about context switching sitting around in my head but I won’t subject anyone to that.

Author & Punisher / Guiltless / Haunted Horses

Sunday, September 27, 7:00 PM at Substation - Event Page

Lukas Dickson / Sophie Chin + Tyler Babbie / DJ Vinnyl / rEEk

Sunday, September 27th, 6:30 PM at Gallery 1412 - Event Page

M Sayyid / Jel / Leandrul / AJ Suede

Tuesday, September 29, 8:00 PM at Substation - Event Page

Modbang

Tuesday, September 29, 7:00 PM at The 4Bs - Event Page

Poetry Lab: Aaron Michael Butler

Wednesday, September 30, 8:00 PM at Vermillion - Event Page

Sandesh Nagaraj / Till the Teeth / Alia Swersky / Eric M. Acosta / Sophie Chin / Aaron Michael Butler + Ryan Carraher

Thursday, October 1, 7:30 PM at Common Objects - Event Page

Theo Krantz / Yewn / Marcus Price / At Home Water Birth

Friday, October 2, 7:00 PM at Gallery 1412 - Event Page

Malfet / Headstone Brigade / Alder Deep

Friday, October 2, 8:00 PM at Belltown Yacht Club - Event Page

Forrest Friends / At Home Water Birth / Presstones / Aft Selakh

Saturday, October 3, 9:00 PM at Monkey Pub - Event Page

Friends of the Road / Noel Kennon + Ahmad Yosefbeigi / Johnny Bell

Saturday, October 3, 7:30 PM at Gallery 1412 - Event Page

John Teske / Stephanie Wood

Saturday, October 3, 8:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

In a letter, Oscar Wilde wrote, “Art is useless because its aim is simply to create a mood. It is not meant to instruct, or to influence action in any way.”

Coyote Teeth / Body of Eyes / Lauren Rodriguez / Mundane Possession

Performances from Coyote Teeth (doom experimental drone noise), Body of Eyes (duo of Tarsier Eyes and Changing Bodies), Lauren Rodriguez (experimental) and Mundane Possession.

Monday, September 21, 8:00 PM at Vermillion - Event Page

Electric Blue: Bit Graves / zyzzyva

Free night of electronic music with Bit Graves and zyzzyva.

Monday, September 21, 8:00 PM at Black Lodge - Event Page

Don Berman / Keplinger Mandyck Duo

Celebrate John Coltrane’s 100th birthday with a performance from Don Berman (Ascension Northwest, composition for an 11-piece ensemble), “large sound clusters and structures are intermingled with solo sections”, along Keplinger Mandyck (percussion and saxaphone) Duo.

Wednesday, September 23, 8:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

Soluble / Max Nordile / Paulus / Stacy’s World

Soluble (airy electronic) will play along with Max Nordile (experimental), Paulus (electronic), and Stacy’s World (flame-grilled, radiant dream, reduced and distorted by the warped mind of Seattle’s ultimate prankster).

Thursday, September 24, 8:00 PM at Dracula’s Castle - Event Page

9-5 Hyperfuck / Silvur / Lucypawz / FF00FF

Harsh sound night with Silvur (chiptune hyperpop) and Lucypawz (hyperpop) from Portland, along with 9-5 Hyperfuck (digital hardcore) and FF00FF (glitch pop).

Friday, September 25, 8:00 PM at Vermillion - Event Page

Rich Pellegrin/Neil Welch + Evan Captain

Duo performance of Rich Pellegrin (piano) and Neil Welch (saxaphone), “sonically reflect[ing] the terrain” along with Evan Captain, “original music spans his more in-the-box compositions, while venturing into the improvisational realm, and features the rhythm section as soloists throughout. The keyboard elements explore the idea of change, light and dark melodies and textures, call and response.”

Friday, September 25, 7:30 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

CZ / Lukas Dickson / Blake Norman / Aaron Michael Butler

CZ (harsh noise wall), Lukas Dickson (noise), Blake Norman (experimental hardcore), and Aaron Michael Butler (softnoise, drone, ambient, lowercase)

Saturday, September 26th, 2:00 PM at Beats N' Cats Records (Bremerton) - Event Page

Burial Cake / John Teske / Blake DeGraw & the American Society of Evil Engineers

Experimental sounds from Burial Cake (improvisational post-country guitar explorations), John Teske (double bass), and Blake DeGraw & the American Society of Evil Engineers (acappella white noise).

Saturday, September 26, 7:30 PM at Gallery 1412 - Event Page