March 2018 Music

March 30, 2018

‘Electric Gas’ is a Kitchener / Guelph based songwriting duo consisting of Jay Carraro and Chris Dallan.

Zero Point’s music is entirely improvised, sometimes giving the impression of a known melody or a sound mass, similar to what the spectral music can evoke. Just like Ornette Coleman, Albert Ayler and Eric Dolphy the musicians of this band can also be deeply anchored in the tradition of blues and bebop, which resurfaces in a pictorial and contrapuntal way.

Ben Rosenblum Trio featuring Sam Kirmayer: “Instead” Tour

Award-winning New York City jazz pianist Ben Rosenblum and his trio team up with Montreal native guitarist Sam Kirmayer for a concert that is part collaboration and part celebration of Ben’s most recent album, Instead.

Avi Granite: 6 is an energetic group that focuses on improvisation and stylistic variety as their guiding principles. Their last album garnered critical acclaim including 4 stars in Downbeat Magazine, and they were also featured as part of the risings stars at the Montreal Jazz Festival.

Guelph’s own Hymns57 is a soundscape venture project. Working with field recordings and samples. Manipulating live tape loops all while using guitar and a multitude of effects to create lush, blissed out sonic tapestry. Beginning with a single loop and building on top, each layer weaves a new dynamic and aural tether to these soundscapes. Formulated to immerse you, under a blanket of sound that leads your ears astray

Poly Trap Super Six is a collective of psychedelic musicians, video artists, and visual artists from Toronto, Canada. An exploratory concoction of ambient psychedelia, often times weaving itself into improv territory and reaching the outer limits of cosmic soundscapes before returning back to it’s roots and nestling you into the warmth of their enormous palette.

The Odessa is a duo comprised of Erik Culp (Ambisonic, Mind Of A Squid, Hollowphonic, The Atomic Cosmonaut) and Brandon Munro (The Basement Revolver, The Burning Hell, Nick Ferrio, Ptarmigan, Candle Cave Ensemble, Tin Vespers and various jazz configurations) Together the duo of the Odessa create cinematic post-rock passages that include exhilarating combination of written and improvised music.

Yes Deer makes music through physical and intellectual rituals. As a band, they are engaged in the friction between intellect and libido, pre and post, and collectivism and individualism. The sound can be described as a massive cacophony of writhing textures, manic hammering and distorted screeching, or as the sound of enthusiastic despair.

It’s hard to describe what Dan does with the guitar. Mechanically it’s pretty easy: fingers on frets, a loose grasp of harmony and rhythm and some funny effects. But emotionally it’s a bit obtuse. It might be accurate to say that half of the time Dan’s playing comes from a celebratory space.

Two Hours Early, Ten Minutes Late  +  Mars People
a celebration of the music of Ken Aldcroft

March 2018 will see a van load of adventurous musicians from both sides of the 49th parallel travel from Montréal through Southern Ontario in celebration of the late guitarist Ken Aldcroft, a long time leading figure in Canada’s creative music community.