Next month Outsound Presents will return to its usual three-concert schedule. The first two of those concerts will be two LSG (Luggage Store Gallery) New Music Series events taking place on Wednesday evenings. These will followed by the monthly SIMM (Static Illusion Methodical Madness) Series program on a Sunday evening.
LSG is located at 1007 Market Street, just off the corner of Sixth Street and across from the corner of Golden Gate Avenue and Taylor Street. Admission is on a sliding scale between $10 and $20. The SIMM Series concerts take place at the Musicians Union, located in SoMa at 116 9th Street. Admission is again on a sliding scale, this time between $10 and $25. Program specifics are as follows:
Wednesday, March 6, 8 p.m.: The first LSG concert will consist of two sets, each somewhat less than an hour in duration. [updated 2/29, 3:05 p.m.: The first set will be structured around a poetry reading by Tobey Kaplan, and she will be joined by the dancer Nan Busse, who, for this performance, describes herself as a “maker/mover.” All of the music will be improvised by multi-instrumentalist Heikki Koskinen. The second set will be taken by guitarist Matias Arizmendi and Ari Brown on trumpet. They describe themsevles as “a duo collaboration built around shared values of freedom and vulnerability.”]
Wednesday, March 20, 8 p.m.: This will also be a two-set program. As of this writing, specific information about the first set, which will be performed by Ezra Sturm and Ernesto Diaz-Infante, has not yet been provided. The second set will involve free improvisation by a quartet whose members are Rent Romus on saxophones and Darren Johnston on trumpet, joined by two bassists: Christina Braun and Ivy Woods. [updated 2/24, 12:50 p.m.: There will be an additional set between the two aforementioned sets. It will be taken by members of Pet the Tiger, the inventors collective led by David Samas, whose members are based throughout the Bay Area.]
Sunday, March 24, 7:30 p.m.: This month’s SIMM series concert will be a two-hour solo performance by Jas Stade, which is likely to involve both compositions and improvisations. [added 3/6, 2:25 a.m.: The second set will be performed by keyboardist Evelyn Davis. As a result, this will be a program of two sets, each somewhat less than an hour.] [added 3/2, 10:30 a.m.:
Wednesday, March 27, 8 p.m.: A third LSG event has been added to this month’s schedule. The first set will be taken by Compersion, which is an experimental quartet based in Tucson, Arizona. Personnel and instruments are as follows: CJ Boyd (Upright Bass / Electric Bass), Cecyl Ruehlen (Bass Clarinet / Flute / Bass Flute), Beck Turro (Marimba / Clarinet), and Ryvyr Nyx (6-String Violin). They will be followed by Agnes Martian, which is the duo of Benjamin Rodgers and Zekarias Thompson. They described their music as “soundtracks [for] an imaginary planetarium.” The final set will be taken by Halfbird, which will be visiting from Portland, Oregon. They are a trio with Ben Kates alternating between alto and baritone saxophones (been there), with rhythm provided by Grant Pierce on drums and guitarist Brandon Conway. They describe their music as “ improvised punk/ free-jazz/freakout.”]
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