IMOO #216 Jessica Ackerley (solo, trio) w/ Simone Provencher, David Jackson

Sunday September 17 Doors 7:30pm $20 Suggested, PWYC, NOTAFLOF 135 rue Eddy in Hull (Gatineau), the “public” entrance is through a side door. Shhhhh We are so excited to have Jessica Ackerley back at IMOO for another performance. During the past decade, Jessica Ackerley has established themselves on the Canadian and American music scenes as … Read more

IMOO Fest tickets are now available!

This year’s IMOO Fest – running from October 13th to 15th – will present more than 30 Canadian and International musicians over three nights at Glebe-St. James United Church and Spark Beer. The cast includes both new-to-IMOO artists (the Canadian Electronic Ensemble, Jacques Demierre, Axel Dörner, Nava Dunkelman, Eve Egoyan, Erin Rogers, etc.) and many … Read more

IMOO #215 Stephen Grew, Piano

August 6 @ The Record Centre (1099 Wellington Street West) Performance, followed by Q&A. 3PM 25 dollar suggested donation or PWYC. NOTAFLOF Stephen Grew has been playing piano and electronic keyboards for 30 years. His music is completely improvised. He creates spontaneous compositions with other musicians in the heat of the moment. He also performs … Read more

IMOO #214 Ylang Ylang w/s/g Anni Socoria

IMOO & First Crush present Sunday, July 9th, 2023 – 8:00 PM Club SAW – 67 Nicholas Street Tickets: $25 https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ylangylang-and-annie-socoria-at-club-saw-tickets-666377000547?fbclid=IwAR3jC5VmOEwIPv3gNU2jgNDVtuTTBI61Xz5E5qn7-2ukZjgmQeNfYSmRCoQ No one turned away for lack of funds at the door YlangYlang (Montreal, QC) Catherine Debard has roots in Montreal’s experimental music scene, a community in which she has been actively involved for several … Read more

IMOO # 213 Daniel Wyche and textcurious

Sunday June 11 @ Spark Beer 9 PM Website: http://www.wyche.org/ Bandcamp: https://danielwyche.bandcamp.com/ textcurious nina jane drystek is a poet, writer and performer based in Ottawa, unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe territory. she is author of a:of:in (Gapriot Press, 2021) knewro suite (Simulacrum Press, 2019) and her poems have appeared in online and print publications, as well as in self-published chapbooks and … Read more

IMOO #212 PPP with s/g Wellman, Warren, Jackson @ Spark Beer June 4

Suggested donation $20 or PWYC Show at 9 PM Philippe Lauzier — DX7 and modified speakers Pierre-Yves Martel — modular synthesizer Philip Zoubek— analogue synthesizer Philippe Lauzier, Philip Zoubek and Pierre-Yves Martel (PPP) have a long history of collaboration. In the past, the three have performed together on traditional instruments: reeds, piano, and viola da … Read more

des plages & IMOO #211 PRESENT RAWL, UNGUENT, ADAM ARRITOLA

Saturday June 3 7:30pm 10 Suggested, PWYC 135 rue Eddy in Hull (Gatineau), the “public” entrance is through a side door. Shhhhh. RAWL http://springgardenmusic.com/rawl.htm Jack Wright is a veteran saxophone improviser based mainly in Philadelphia. Since the early 1980s he has been touring through the US and Europe, finding interesting partners and playing situations. Now pushing … Read more

IMOO # 209 Balises (Éric Normand and Xavier Charles) with Linsey Wellman, Scott Warren, David Jackson, Gary Jansz and Jury Kobayashi @ Saw Gallery, April 13 8PM

Suggest Donation 20-30 dollars (No one turned away for lack of funds) Free as air but lost in seas. Balises is the meeting, offshore, of two musicians who have taken the stand of improvisation: the French Xavier Charles, clarinettist with a thousand sound researches, sounding partner of the greatest improvisers, and Éric Normand, jazz punk … Read more

IMOO #208 David Lee and Connor Bennett (Hamilton) With Linsey Wellman, Scott Warren, David Jackson (Ottawa) @ Spark Beer

Sunday April 2nd / Doors: 8:30pm / Show at 9pm / 20 Dollar Suggested Donation, No one turned away for lack of funds. Spark Beer is here: https://goo.gl/maps/n7PD1aCZEZvSGWVq6 Connor Bennett is a musician, craftsperson, and arts organizer in Hamilton, ON. They play saxophone in a variety of musical contexts (Blue Moss, Ylang Ylang, Tidal Pool, … Read more