Show #186 December 9th @ General Assembly: HMMH

HMMH  Fleur de chaos Joane Hétu — voice, sax, objects Pierre-Yves Martel — viola da gamba, harmonica Carl Ludwig Hübsch (Germany) — tuba, objects, voice Émilie Mouchous — synthesizer Live at General Assembly (5b Fairmont Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario) Doors at 7:00. Music at 7:30pm. Admission $5-10 PWYC (all money goes to touring musicians). No one turned … Read more

November 8 IMOO co-presents with Black Bough Records @ General Assembly

VAMPIRE BELT & HORSEMAN, PASS BY. Tour 2018 Ottawa, 2018.11.08 at General Assembly / Assemblée Générale, presented by Improvising Musicians of Ottawa/Outaouais, and Black Bough Records – Doors at 7:30. Music at 8pm. – $15 Admission at the door. Montreal, 2018.11.09, with Marilou Craft & Burning Bummer, at Casa del Popolo, presented by Suoni Per … Read more

Sunday February 5th – IMOO #153: Jeff Morton ʍiniʍal ɯandering ʍusic

Jeff Morton presents a very quiet sound and duration performance with an old field drum, tiny speakers, cassette players, and other musical objects. This is a deep listening activity, and we will have to sit close together to hear everything. So bring a pillow if you like, and take care to be comfortable. It’s totally … Read more

Sunday October 2nd IMOO #146: Alex Pelchat (MTL), David Jackson (OTT) w/s/g

At House of Common 11b Fairmont Avenue https://www.facebook.com/houseofcommon/ 5-10$ Suggested or PWYC. Alex Pelchat is a guitarist from Montreal interested in finding the missing link between harsh noise and overwhelming silence. Influences include Keiji Haino, Anthony Braxton and Takoma Records. He plays in various bands including *Shining Wizard*, BYHD, Leftovers Diable, Gens Chrétiens and Shortest … Read more

Monday June 20 – IMOO #143: Tashi Dorji, Mette Rasmussen and Tyler Damon and Dusk Scored Dark

At Black Squirrel Books 9 PM http://www.blacksquirrelbooks.ca/ Tashi Dorji: Guitar Mette Rasmussen: Saxophone Tyler Damon: Percussion Dusk Scored Dark (Montreal/Ottawa/Peterborough) http://www.blackbough.ca/DuskScoredDark.html Vicky Mettler – guitar Bennett Bedoukian – drums Craig Pedersen – trumpet Mark Molnar – cello Mette Rasmussen is a Danish saxophone player based in Trondheim, Norway. She works in the field of improvised … Read more

Tatsuya Nakatani w/s/g Mark Molnar @ Raw Sugar August 31st 7PM to 11

Tatsuya Nakatani is a creative artist / percussionist originally from Osaka, Japan who has released over sixty recordings in North America and Europe. Residing in the USA since 1994 he has performed countless solo percussion concerts and has collaborated with hundreds of artists in international music festivals, university concert halls, art museums and galleries. His … Read more

IMOO #123: Sunday June 21 @ Black Squirrel Books | Nonoko Yoshida Solo and Trio

nonokoNonoko Yoshida was born in 1987 in Hokkaido, Japan. She studied classical piano from the age of three, and began playing the saxophone as her main instrument at age 10. In 2006, she moved to New York where she experienced a life-changing encounter with the Downtown Music Scene. Since then, she has been learning music in streets from the underground musicians themselves, attending concerts, rehearsals, recording and mastering sessions and seeing the mechanics of making music first hand. Her band project SSSS (Super Seaweed Sex Scandal) played at Moers Festival in Germany in 2010 and had their first Europe tour. Her latest band project Pet Bottle Ningen has toured in Japan four times and released two albums from Tzadik Label. Her most recent collaboration includes Cyro Baptista’s Banquet of the Spirits, and Ron Anderson’s PAK with Yoshida Tatsuya.

Full Tour Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1480870502204864/

Sample video for Solo Works
https://youtu.be/4Ni4weZWBx0

Twitter
https://twitter.com/nonokoyoshida

For her second set Nonoko will be joined by Linsey Wellman (sax/reeds) and David Jackson (Guitar/Electronics)