Improvised Creative Experimental Out
After two years of pandemic delays IMOO’s long-awaited 10th anniversary festival – originally scheduled for September 2020 – is finally ready to go for the weekend of November 4th to 6th and will feature the largest cast of musicians we have presented to date. Headlining this year’s programming are the Ottawa debuts of Los Angeles … Read more
PRESENTED IN COLLABORATION WITH Ottawa Experimental Music MUSIC @ 7 PM $15 Suggested, No One Turned Away For Lack of Funds Sandy Ewen is an experimental guitarist, artist and architect currently based in Brooklyn NY. Ewen’s approach to playing is centered around found objects and extended guitar techniques. She performs solo and in many diverse … Read more
*********UPDATE JULY 19: Both bands will be performing as duos******************* $15 Suggested/No One Turned Away for Lack of Funds Doors at 7:30 Music at 8:30 Lina Allemano’s OHRENSCHMAUS is an internationally recognized, adventurous, and virtuosic improvising Berlin-based power-trio. Fronted by Canadian trumpeter Lina Allemano and flanked by Norwegian bassist Dan Peter Sundland and German drummer Michael … Read more
IMOO is poised to make its return from a two year pandemic absence with three shows at Gigspace on the weekend of May 14th and 15th!
Hi! We miss you but have started making some tentative plans toward reviving our beloved IMOO 2022. Details to come but we wanted you to know we haven’t forgotten and we love and miss you.
Hi All, We have made the tough decision to cancel this show given the wave of closures and uncertainty around the spread of Corvid-19 in Ontario. Though Ottawa is still low risk that can change rapidly. We’re deeply sorry to have to do this, especially since it hurts artists who need support and who are … Read more
January 29, 2020 @ Cinqhole 7 PM $5-10 Suggested. NOTAFLOM A triple bill of improvised music from Hamilton meeting Ottawa and beyond. Connor Bennett is a multidisciplinary artist living in Hamilton who has worked primarily in music and installation based visual art in recent years. Connor uses improvisation as a driving force for his creative … Read more
Sunday, 5 January 2020 from 7PM to 9PM p Cinqhole 5b Fairmont Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario K1Y1X4 Drew Wesely is a guitarist, composer, improvisor, and educator based out of Brooklyn, NY. His music combines elements of his background in jazz with the ferocious rhythmic energy of noise and abstracted lyricism of influences such as Don Cherry, … Read more
Carlo Costa — drums Philippe Lauzier — bass clarinet Pierre-Yves Martel — viola da gamba, harmonicas Please Note: Show at 6 PM
Nick Fraser: drums Tony Malaby: saxophones John Geggie: bass Show starts at 9 PM •••Please note this show will be occurring in the basement of Black Squirrel•••