High Zero Vet and amazing cellist/electronics/voice improvisor Ishmael Ali returns to Balt! Solo set + Special guest opener John Pablo Rojas. John Pablo is a recent transplant to MD and grad “cello Fellow” at UMD. Don’t not miss this night of experimental cello mastery. Ishmael is a staple of Chicago improvisation, free jazz, noise and […]
In the early days of the Red Room, one of the great bands to grace our stage once or twice a year was the John Dierker Quartet. Led by still-resident legendary reed player Dierker, this band played with unforgettable fury. A significant portion of that fury was from drummer Jeff Arnal – an absolutely mad […]
Night of extreme strangeness. Words like “acoustic” and “electronic” are for “foolz”. Distinquished and legendary NY trumpeter visits the Red Room to play in trio with two locals: longtime collaborator and computer music guru Sam Pluta and modular synth wizard Tom Borax. Evan’s outrageous extended techniques combined with Pluta and Borax’ noisy, textured and reactive […]
Two incredible string performers from Georgia and Egypt. Killick Hinds lives in Athens, Georgia. His music is Appalachian Trance Metal made on unusual stringed instruments with an emphasis on unquantifiable rhythms, intuitive intonation, and shamanistic ROYGBIV. The primary sonic influences on Killick are animals, wind, water, fire, electrical hum, and silence. Pop-culture mashups and ancient and obscure forms […]
