Seattle Noise

Dead Meadow / Geist & the Sacred Ensemble

Heavy duty stoner rock Dead Meadow with local support from Geist & the Sacred Ensemble

Sunday, May 3, 7:00 PM at Substation - Event Page

NonSeq: Edelmar & Achil Obenza

Marble takes its name from the way life actually moves — not in straight lines, but in swirls. People enter and leave. Moments press into each other. Different textures, colors, and temperatures share the same glass. Edelmar and Achil Obenza invite you into that swirl — through music, image, and word — as a reminder that even in the marbling, there is pattern. Even in the chaos, there is beauty. And even as people come and go, community remains the thing that holds us.

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

Guitar Worship Service: Sorcia / Megaton Leviathan / MONED / Of Lioness / Across The Narrows

They’re up to number 15 now. This edition of the guitar heavy series will feature Sorcia (stoner rock), Megaton Leviathan (doomgaze), MONED (guitar noise), Of Lioness (pnw post-metal), and Across The Narrows (key penisula metal).

Friday, May 8, 7:00 PM at The Charleston (Bremerton) - Event Page

Power Skeleton / Ruth Davidson / Forgotten Phantoms / Passenger Pigeon

Album release show for Ruth Davidson, “Live at the Chapel” put out by Lithic Records. Support from Power Skeleton (experimental rock band), Forgotten Phantoms (analog synths and field recordings), and Passenger Pigeon (experimental baritone guitar).

Saturday, May 9, 7:00 PM at Gallery 1412 - Event Page

neat beats / Morgan O. / sous chef

TOKO TAPE (Portland, OR) presents “an evening of woodwinds and electronics. neat beats will be joined by local Seattle saxophonist Morgan O. and multi-instrumental sound artist sous chef. In addition to the music, Portland-based tea pop-up Apa Kabar will be serving a curated selection of loose-leaf teas.”

Saturday, May 9, 8:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - 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.

Aural Antithesis ( dark ambient noise )

-- https://auralantithesis.bandcamp.com

Angelsprite ( energetic sound collages )

-- https://save-room.online/main

Ethnomusicological Science Fiction

Ethnomusicological Science Fiction examines a selection of culturally, temporally and ontologically diverse audio-visual artifacts from the NeoTrabajo project’s ethnographic documentary catalog.

-- [www.youtube.com/watch

Saturday, May 16

$10 suggested donation

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

no alcohol

RSVP here

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The week is missing “pure noise”, but still some amazing shows and bands you should check out instead.

Modbang

The monthly free showcase of all hardware electronic music will feature PMMo, Dadbäud, Hecklifter, and peters jacket.

Tuesday, April 28, 7:00 PM at The 4Bs - Event Page

Poetry Lab: Kian Farahani

poetry lab is a series by Eric M Acosta as part of unpoetry. Instead of a group show with multiple perfomers, poetry lab presents a single performer or group followed with a small interview. This edition features Kian Farahani (kamanche).

Wednesday, April 29, 8:00 PM at Vermillion - Event Page

Fungal Abyss / Subversion Trigger / Maxx Shredroom

Absolutely psychedelic shredding lineup for Arran McInnis’s birthday with Fungal Abyss (psychedelic improvisers), Subversion Trigger (crossover thrash metal), and Maxx Shredroom (brutal noise rock)

Wednesday, April 29, 8:00 PM at Clock-Out Lounge - Event Page

Ghost Fetish / Pansy / Stargazr

Ghost Fetish (synthwave goth) will play with Pansy (indie rock), and Stargazr (celestial soft grunge ensemble).

Thursday, April 30, 7:00 PM at Baba Yaga - Event Page

Ladies Choice Memorial Show

The late great Adam Noble Bass will be honored with a special benefit for Seattle Drum School featuring Great Falls (mathcore noise rock), Filth Is Eternal (grunge punk), Githyanki (grunge metal), Nosretep (experimental progressive rock), Paralysis Expletive (brutal death metal).

Saturday, May 2, 5:00 PM at Clock-Out Lounge - Event Page

Ryan Carraher + Carlos Cotallo Solares / Sandesh Nagaraj / Lady Zade + Isla Vidal

An evening of duos and solo performances with Ryan Carraher (guitar) with Carlos Cotallao Solares, solo from Sandesh Nagaraj (guitar) and another duo with Lady Zade (cello) with Isla Vidal (vocals).

Wednesday, April 22, 7:00 PM at Vermillion - Event Page

unpoetry

The ongoing experimental series features a focus on projection. Participants include Archival Image, Sarah Meltzer, Eric M. Acosta, Adam Levitt, Giordana Falzone, Paul Siple, and Jade Wong.

Wednesday, April 22, 7:00 PM at Northwest Film Forum - Event Page

Noel Brass Jr. / Passenger Pigeon / KO Solo

Album release show for Passenger Pigeon (experimental baritone guitar), along with Noel Brass Jr. (improvised ambient), and KO Solo (improvised saxaphone loops).

Friday, April 24, 7:30 PM at Woodland Theater - Event Page

Old Man Gloom / Jaye Jayle / Kole Galbraith

A supergroup Old Man Gloom, (members of Converge, ISIS, Cave In, Zozobra) performing their infamous Ape of God sludge. Support from Jaye Jayle (experimental guitar), and Kole Galbraith (noise).

Saturday, April 25, 8:00 PM at Substation - Event Page

Transitory Obfuscation

This will be the second installment of a series designed to create spontaneous sound and movement collaborations, curated by Adam Levitt. Just prior to the start of the event, names will be drawn randomly to determine 4 pairings of solo musicians and dancers.

Featured performers include Rebecca Novak, snairhead, zombie cat wrestler, Christian Swenson, reid urban, Eric M. Acosta, and unborn hacker.

Saturday, April 25, 7:00 PM at Kenyon Hall - Event Page

Modular Nights

The monthly free showcase of experimental electronic music will feature cnicoll, Desdemona Club, gon pulvo, Machine Oil, make space! make space!, Tim Skinner, and Yearn.

Sunday, April 12, 5:00 PM at Substation - Event Page

Different Plants / Tom Scully / Laser Beam / Flbbi

Experimental music from New York by Different Plants, along with Tom Scully (guitar), Laser Beam (dejected fuzz sounds noise rock), and Flbbi (experimental electronic).

Sunday, April 12, 7:00 PM at Drongo Tapes HQ - Event Page

Levitating Chairs / Forrest Friends / Waning Crescent Trio

Special free hour of noise with Levitating Chairs (duo of Adam Levitt and Uneasy Chairs, along with the Waning Crescent Trio.

Sunday, April 12, 8:00 PM at Georgetown Liquor Company - Event Page

K/S/R / Planet Earth / Christopher Icasiano / Strange Bedfellows + David Stanford

Coming out from Santa Fe, NM, K/S/R (avant-garde free improv) will perform with Planet Earth (experimental), Christopher Icasiano (percussion), and Strange Bedfellows with David Stanford.

Thursday, April 16, 7:30 PM at Gallery 1412 - Event Page

Cicada Symphony

bloodsugar is an event series full of connection & desire, an experiment in community through sound and movement that showcases multidisciplinary artists while prioritizing quality and accessibility. in each event, the audience is able to witness the incredible talents & artistic practices blooming within our community. when we see dance, music, & literature highlighted individually, it is impactful — but when we use different artistic mediums to highlight each other, it creates an experience only attainable when you allow multiple genres to heighten each other. Seattle overflows with talent in every inch of our community, from the harsh noise musicians to the contemporary dancers to the confessional poets, etc., and we are stronger when we play into each other’s unique abilities.

Featuring Till the Teeth, Alethea Alexander, Maia Melene D’urfe, Lydia Jewel Gerard, Birdy Adler, Tshedzom, Lou Chow, Sullivan, and Rawivati.

Thursday, April 16, 8:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

Eat the Sun / Interference Semantics / Sleep Study / Moe the Menace

An in-store performance with Eat the Sun, “acid damaged shamanic drumming black corridor drone sunnO)))burn.”, Interference Semantics (brutal noise), Sleep Study, and Moe the Menace (hip hop).

Friday, April 17, 6:00 PM at Beats N Cats (Bremerton) - Event Page

Sunik Kim / Matt Carlson

Part of the NonSeq series, Sunik Kim, “a musician, writer and filmmaker currently based in Los Angeles will perform. Their recent work attempts to unfold problems of perceptual and temporal distortion through computer-generated sound.” They will feature a presentation of Fragments from EVANESCENT. Matt Carlson will perform “a new composition for piano and electronics, emerging from a process of improvisation over shifting harmonic fields derived from layered string textures.”

Friday, April 17, 8:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

Max Nordile / Phantom Guard Dog / rEEk

More oddness with Max Nordile, Phantom Guard Dog (party noise), and rEEk (noise).

Saturday, April 18, 5:30 PM at Beats N Cats (Bremerton) - Event Page

Byron Westbrook + Maria Thrän / Afroditi Psarra

Byron Westbrook presents a multichannel version of his acclaimed electroacoustic work, Translucents; Maria Thrän and Afroditi Psarra conduct real-time radio wave manipulations.

Saturday, April 18, 8:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

Sandy Ewen / Tiger Poems / Forrest Friends / Meet Puppets

Visiting from New York City, Sandy Ewen (improvised music) will play along with Tiger Poems (trio of Noel Kennon, Gust Burns, and Arrington de Dionyso), Forrest Friends (weirdo cave-junk vibes. creep-jammers.), and Meet Puppets.

Sunday, April 5, 7:00 PM at Dracula’s Castle - Event Page

Friends of the Road / Hanna Broback + Noel Kennon / Joseph Dee Bradshaw

Drone folk experimental ensemble Friends of the Road will play with a duo from Hanna Broback and Noel Kennon in support of Joseph Dee Bradshaw (experimental guitar).

Tuesday, April 7, 7:00 PM at Vermillion - Event Page

meatspace vol 9: Sunk Cost / Scarlet Death / 2N3904 / License to Obliterate

Our open invite noise show, streaming on the meatspace stage on the Noise Music Discord server or on YouTube. This month’s edition features Sunk Cost (unhinged harsh noise from Hollywood) from Los Angeles, also performs as Hollywood Johnny or Breakdancing Ronald Regan. Joining him will be Scarlet Death (catgirl power electronics), 2N3904 (electronic), and License to Obliterate (harsh drone sound bath).

Friday, April 10, 7:30 PM at Gallery 1412 - Event Page

Stressica / Style King of the Week / Dead Vapes / Till the Teeth / Annihilation Squares

Coming out from Minneapolis, Stressica (experimental electronic) will play with Style King of the Week (electronic post-rock), dead_vapes (experimental noise), Till the Teeth (experimental noise rock), and Annihilation Squares.

Friday, April 10, 8:00 PM at Dracula’s Castle - Event Page

rEEk/ Thee Effluvium / Breakdancing Ronald Reagan / Petit Sac / Forrest Friends / Zero///Shit

rEEk (noise), Thee Effluvium (experimental noise), Breakdancing Ronald Reagan (clothing optional noise) from Los Angeles, Petit Sac (noisecore), Forrest Friends.

Saturday, April 11, 7:00 PM at Dracula’s Castle - Event Page

Githyanki / Malversation / Kalimotxo / MONED

Grunge metal from Githyanki, Malversation (anti-fascist sludge metal, Kalimotxo (instrumental metal), and MONED (guitar noise).

Saturday, April 11, 7:00 PM at Bayside Cafe (Everett) - Event Page

Quid Quo / The Intima / ABC-Quick

QuidQuo (rock) will play with The Intima (experimental rock) from Portland, and ABC-Quick (avant-pop).

Saturday, April 11, 7:00 PM at Woodland Theater - Event Page

NILC / DJ Vinny L / BSSP / Lukas Dickson

The burgeoning Bremerton noise scene continues on with a free show featuring NILC (gentle chaos), DJ Vinny L, BSSP, and Lukas Dickson (noise).

Sunday, March 29, 2:00 PM at Beats N Cats Records (Bremerton) - Event Page

Spiritual Exit / Misandrist / MONED / Paulus / Quilli Fin

Coming up from Portland, OR, Spiritual Exit (drone) will perform with Misandrist (electric harp) from Bremerton, along with MONED (guitar noise), Paulus (electronic), and Quilli Fin (synth pop).

Sunday, March 29, 6:00 PM at Dracula’s Castle - Event Page

Brian Wez + Jak McKool / Angel of the Meadow / BC Welsh / MV

A night of human music with Brian Wez and Jak McKool, Angel of the Meadow (harsh noise power electronics), BC Welsh and MV.

Sunday, March 29, 7:00 PM at Woodland Theater - Event Page

Modbang

The monthly free showcase of all hardware electronic music will feature VEA, EZBOT, SNOWDN, HARKER, and 2N3904.

Tuesday, March 31, 7:00 PM at The 4Bs - Event Page

April Fools

Free generator show with Get Hat, Row1 and an open mic.

Wednesday, April 1, 6:00 PM at Cal Anderson Park - Event Page

Nosretep / Power Skeleton / Flame Tree / Welch + Keplinger

Experimental and psychedelic music from Nosretep (experimental rock), Power Skeleton (experimental rock band), Flame Tree, and a duo from Neil Welch (saxaphone) and Gregg Keplinger (percussion).

Saturday, April 4, 8:00 PM at Blue Moon Tavern - Event Page

Whiting Tennis & Band with Ava Mendoza / Diminished Men

Whiting Tennis (indie rock) will play with Ava Mendoza (experimental), and Diminished Men (deviant noir).

Saturday, April 4, 8:00 PM at Rabbit Box Theatre - Event Page

A thought lingers from a stray conversation on the ferry to Salt Spring Island last summer. How we crave the sound of something different, listening to someone’s voice, without necessarily hearing what they are saying. She went to a book club, without having read the book, but just to listen. She was on her way for a tarot card workshop, me on the way to internet summer camp. And yet our conversation ended when her partner pulled onto the ferry with his truck.

In this vein we must ask ourselves, what are we listening for? Kirill Nikolai recently released Solennelle drawn from a performance at the Chapel Performance Space on November 30, 2023. The backdrop of stillness presents an opportunity for us to consider composition as the gaps between silence. In my normal day to day life over the past fall and winter working at night and coming home at 3:30 AM, the common squeaks, thuds, and rattling are not so unique, but I become attuned to much more specific tones and frequencies, the most persistent is a low frequency hum of a dying whale, coming from the Airbus A220 either passing me overhead filtered by the built environment or at work driving past its Pratt & Whitney PW1500G engine initial engine start; persistent in its consistency. The difference of course with Solennelle is the textures we hear are created with intent. Nikolai achieves this using with oscillators, tape, and with clarinet by Selene Vass.

The composition of these elements presents an opportunity to disrupt the cycle of dread one can develop in response to unpleasant sounds around us. There is much to absorb in the 17 minute piece, more minimal than ambient. Focus on the intent while listening may reveal elements that may not have been obvious on first listen. Solennelle is Kirill Nikolai’s first new release in almost ten years. Compared to his previous releases, Letting Go Variations (2016), A Love Theme For The Wilderness (2015, as Still Light), Solennelle reflects a focus towards musique concrete and modern composition, using pieces first developed or composed initially for live performance.

Photographs above and below are from a November 30, 2023 performance at the Chapel Performance Space at the Good Shepherd Center in Seattle, WA. The image above is a modular synthesizer used for triggering oscillators, along with a partially covered mixer and tape deck. The images below are a tape machine/tape loop and a vintage test oscillator. Photographs were taken by Aubrey Gurtovenko.

Listen below on Bandcamp. From the initial release on Falt, there remain a few art edition CDs available for purchase containing vintage map fragments, found negative prints, and other ephemera.

Decay is inherent in all compound things. Work out your own salvation with diligence. So says Buddha.

The Vardaman Ensemble / Head Hurt / NILC

Experimental jazz The Vardaman Ensemble will play along with Head Hurt (devotional post-punk) and NILC (gentle chaos)

Sunday, March 22, 6:30 PM at Slim’s Last Chance - Event Page

poetry lab: christian swenson

poetry lab is a series by Eric M Acosta as part of unpoetry. Instead of a group show with multiple perfomers, poetry lab presents a single performer or group followed with a small interview. This edition features Christian Swenson (performance).

Wednesday, March 25, 7:00 PM at Vermillion - Event Page

Masha / burial cake / John Teske + David Stanford

“Noise, gloom, and country doom” with Masha (dark folk), burial cake, and a duo with John Teske (double bass) and David Stanford.

Thursday, March 26, 7:00 PM at Blue Moon - Event Page

THC.XLR / Erin Jorgensen

Dreamy night with THC.XLR (ambient inspired experimental jazz) and Erin Jorgensen (marimba).

Thursday, March 26, 7:00 PM at Black Lodge - Event Page

RM Francis / Marcus Price / UNNUNND / Paulus

A slightly more heavier lean on the noise experimental, RM Francis (extreme electronic computer music), along with Marcus Price (electronic), UNNUNND (elusivespheric ambient music), and Paulus (electronic).

Friday, March 27, 7:00 PM at Gallery 1412 - Event Page

Light Time Delay / An Anomalous Wave / Marc Barreca

Presented by Modular Seattle.

Light Time Delay (Théa-Martine Gauthier) uses field recordings, granular synthesis, bespoke software, hardware DSP engines, sound design, data sonification, and poetry to create long-form ambient performances. Her works form a basis of energy exchange and are designed to evoke a feeling of intensity, movement and space. This original performance will feature a synthesizer modeled on a computational physics simulation of a black hole, sonification of Voyager One’s Triaxial Fluxgate magnetometer instrument data from the 1979 fly-by of Jupiter and a unique acoustic resonator.

Joining them will be An Anomalous Wave (seas of complex guitar feedback), and Marc Barreca (electronic musique concrete).

Saturday, March 28, 7:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

Great Ooze / Broodzone / Repetitions

Great Ooze (slowcore) will perform with Broodzone (mood drone), and Repetitions (folk rock).

Saturday, March 28, 7:00 PM at Woodland Theater - Event Page

An open invite noise music event at Gallery 1412 presented by Noise Discord and Seattle Noise.

The Noise Music Discord Server, “a vector point for discussion of harsh noise and adjacent genres” creates online community for artisan purveyors of harsh noise. You can join the Discord server here and follow harshnoise.online for updates. Stream the event by joining the the Discord server or watch live on YouTube.

Noise Music is a Discord server created by Scarlet Death in 2017.

Sunk Cost (Los Angeles, CA) ( unhinged harsh noise from Hollywood )

-- https://sunkcost.bandcamp.com/

Scarlet Death ( catgirl power electronics )

-- https://scarletdeath.com/

2N3904 ( electronic )

-- https://soundcloud.com/2n3904

License to Obliterate ( harsh drone sound bath )

-- https://www.instagram.com/licensetoobliterate/

Friday, April 10

$10 suggested donation

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

no alcohol

RSVP here

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