Emily Rach Beisel is a Chicago-based improviser, composer, educator, curator, and woodwind specialist whose work is celebrated for its visceral intensity and innovative blend of techniques. Beisel’s 2023 solo album, Particle of Organs, has been described as “heavy stuff, sounds retrieved from the deeper places - the underworlds, the lightless subterranea… a raw, abrasive, oppressive, and thrilling journey (A Jazz Noise).”
Beisel's music centers on the bass clarinet and incorporates voice, electronics, extended techniques, and other wind instruments creating a complex and nuanced soundscape in which the origins of sounds are often obscured.
Tidal Pool is Hamilton resident Connor Bennett’s solo foray into the saxophone’s nether regions and beyond. Starting from a strictly instrumental base, he augments his palette of unfamiliar acoustic colours with electronic treatments or simple amplification. As a musician, craftsperson, and arts organizer, Bennett as ubiquitous as he is indispensable within the local arts ecosystem. He played saxophone in Haolin Munk, Eschaton, Lee/Palmer/Bennett and was a founding member of HAVN, as well as currently performing in Blue Moss, Black Moss, and Ghost Variables.
SOUND OF SEPARATION
Our esteemed sound technician NIMAL AGALAWATTE who is also a musician in a range of projects. Nim is a sound technician for local venues, events, and runs regular events for featuring 2SLGBTQIA+ musicians in Hamilton and Southern Ontario while not touring with their projects. Nimal joins us as Sound of Separation for a palate-cleansing, bone-rattling, short, intense set on no-input mixing board.
$17 advance or $20 door suggested... PWYC
Space is limited, PLEASE RESERVE by email.
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