Seattle Noise

Kelly Bray / Mitch Dion / History of Rock & Roll / Skunk Ape Ensemble

Visiting from Boston, Kelly Bray (experimental trumpet) and Mitch Dion (plunderphonics) will playing along with local support from History of Rock & Roll (duo of Phantom Guard Dog and NILC) and Skunk Ape Ensemble.

Sunday, February 22, 7:00 PM at Drongo Tapes HQ - Event Page

Modbang

The monthly free showcase of hardware electronic music will feature mt. nowhere, Alpha Stream, NILC, and Stacy’s World.

Tuesday, February 24, 7:00 PM at The 4Bs - Event Page

Poetry Lab

The semi-regular series Eric M Acosta as part of unpoetry, where a single performer or group is presented followd with a small interview. This month’s edition features Sandesh Nagaraj (guitar) as the featured performer along with support from Neil Welch (saxaphone), Tom Scully (guitar), and Till the Teeth (experimental noise rock).

Wednesday, February 25, 8:00 PM at Vermillion - Event Page

Staple / Lukas Dickson / Meadowgoat

Noise show with Staple, Lukas Dickson (noise), and Meadowgoat.

Thursday, February 26, 8:00 PM at The Charleston (Bremerton) - Event Page

Von Wildenhaus / Jackie-O Motherfucker / Abronia

Experimental psychedelic show with Jackie-O Motherfucker (gospel-drone americana) and Abronia (spaghetti western spiritual jazz) from Portland. Local support from Von Wildenhaus (guitar noir litewave psychotica).

Friday, February 27, 8:00 PM at Add-a-Ball - Event Page

UNNUND / Paulus / Tim Skinner

Benefit show for Super Familia with ambient music with UNNUND (elusivespheric ambient music), Paulus (ambient experimental), and Tim Skinner (avant-garde experimental).

Friday, February 27, 8:00 PM at Fashion Week - Event Page

Guitar Worship Service #12

The 12th edition of the Guitar Worship Service with plenty of non-traditional approaches to guitar. This month’s edition will feature Bill Horist, The Last Emperor (Stuart Dahlquist), BLSPHM (Demian Johnston), MONED, a trio of Tom Scully, Sandesh Nagaraj, and Ryan Carraher. Visuals by Colorbard Visual.

Saturday, February 28, 6:30 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

Dream Pool

Down in the basement you’ll find an excellent lineup of ambient electronic music from THC.XLR, Leandrul, RAICA, Juno The Beloved, and Places To Be.

Saturday, February 28, 8:00 PM at Kremwerk - Event Page

An open invite noise music event at Gallery 1412 presented by Noise Discord and Seattle Noise.

The Noise Music Discord Server, “a vector point for discussion of harsh noise and adjacent genres” creates online community for artisan purveyors of harsh noise. You can join the Discord server here and follow harshnoise.online for updates. Stream the event by joining the the Discord server or watch live on YouTube.

Noise Music is a Discord server created by Scarlet Death in 2017.

Optical Chopper (radio shack electrical fire)

-- https://soundcloud.com/optical_chopper
-- https://www.instagram.com/optical_chopper/

martinradio (live radio sampling sample based noise improvisational)

-- https://linktr.ee/martinradio
-- https://www.instagram.com/martinradio1/

No Open Fires (fuzzy ambient soundscapes)

-- https://soundcloud.com/rickcheehy

Friday, March 13

$10 suggested donation

doors at 7:30 PM, noise at 8:00 PM

no alcohol

RSVP here

Facebook Event Page

Last week’s post had the wrong date in the title. Hopefully no one got confused.

Meadowgoat / Alexander James Adams / synthiak / Gareth Davis

Not exactly a noise show but a special show I put together in support of a sci-fi fantasy convention I attend and volunteer at. Featuring Meadowgoat (seasonal synths), Alexander James Adams (fantasy folk), synthiak (electronic), and Gareth Davis (folk).

Friday, February 20, 7:00 PM at Gallery 1412 - Event Page

esc: ‘Mother of the Pearl; the Annihilator’

Under the moniker, esc, Rawivati’s current musical endeavor “Mother of the Pearl; the Annihilator” is an effort inoculated in years as a musician and circus performer. A piano based experimental musical work that raises a physical veil to reveal a more vulnerable self hidden beyond the body. A meshed network of veiled objects too vast to express themselves in the crystallization of language, a digital stitching breaches the organic piano-vocal fabric bringing us all together in a moment of equalization, eye to eye.

Friday, February 20, 8:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

Everywhen Presents: Simulation

An electronic dystopia dance party, with visual artist and performances from Nylon Daughter, Basspet, Cr3atur3 and MV. Presented by Everywhen

Saturday, February 21, 8:00 PM at Gallery 1412 - Event Page

Dekloki / Reid Urban / Ultra Hipsters / Gail Wolf / Forrest Friends

An evening of experimental sounds with Dekloki, Reid Urban (Olympia), Ultra Hipsters (harsh noise tomfoolery), Gail Wolf (punk), and Forrest Friends (noise weirdos).

Saturday, February 21, 8:00 PM at Monkey Pub - Event Page

Electric Blue: nilc / Microfauna

An ongoing chill ambient series, this next week’s edition will feature nilc (gentle chaos) and Microfauna (electronic).

Monday, February 9, 8:00 PM at The Black Lodge - Event Page

Ryosuke Kiyasu / Globe Discount Center / Toothsayer

Part of the early half of his US Tour, Ryosuke Kiyasu (deconstructed solo snare drum) will perform with Globe Discount Center (experimental found sounds), and Toothsayer, a special collaboration between Strange Bedfellows and Till the Teeth.

Thursday, February 12, 8:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

meatspace vol 7: ACOMIP / monocot zip / chigbarg

We’re resuming our monthly open invite noise event in collaboration with Noise Discord. ACOMIP (ambient noise), monocot.zip (electronic), and chigbarg will all perform.

Friday, February 13, 7:30 PM at Gallery 1412 - Event Page

Alternative Approach to Guitar

No other event title could possibly encapsulate the spirit of “noise music” as I imagine it for the purposes of this blog as in “not just noise”. For this show, I’m not sure how much of the sounds coming out of the guitars will be considered “noise”, but they will be different. Featuring John Swanke, Low Noise Machine, Peter Van Winkle, and Song of Salmon.

Friday, February 13, 8:00 PM at Woodland Theater - Event Page

Globe Discount Center / Forrest Friends / Mawhr / Crimen Nefandum

Chill out in the SODO zone with Globe Discount Center (experimental found sounds), Forrest Friends (weirdo cave-junk vibes. creep-jammers.), Mawhr (cello, synth, voices, percussion), and Crimen Nefandum (noise).

Friday, February 13, 8:00 PM at Dracula’s Castle - Event Page

It’s been a rough month. But it was great to play at Beats N Cats Records in Bremerton yesterday. It’s a small storefront record shop and the owner is into noise music. Bremerton is more weird than I thought.

Nosretep / T.R.O.U.T. / Authentic Luxury

Experimental rock music with Nosretep, T.R.O.U.T. (experimental post-rock), and Authentic Luxury (free jazz post-modern rock).

Tuesday, February 3, 7:00 PM at Baba Yaga - Event Page

Matt Sargent / Ben Luca Robertson / Aaron Michael Butler

Coming from New York, Matt Sargent’s music “grows from resonance, memory, the making/breaking of patterns, and computer models of musical thought”. He will be joined by Ben Luca Robertson (experimental) and Aaron Michael Butler (percussion).

Friday, February 6, 8:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

Hearsethief / Govlink / Takihasdied

A more electronic focused night featuring Hearsethief (experimental), Govlink (electronic breakcore), and Takihasdied.

Saturday, February 7, 8:00 PM at Drongo Tapes HQ - Event Page

Coyote Teeth / The Colour Out of Space / Where The Light Goes

Coyote Teeth (harsh noise psych jazz) will play along with Colour Out of Space (doom noise breakbeat), and Where the Light Goes (noise supergroup).

Saturday, February 7, 8:00 PM at Gallery 1412 - Event Page

Modbang: Krieger.47 / Astrospherian / pyroculumus / Riggsz

The monthly free showcase of all hardware electronic music will feature: Krieger.47, Astrospherian, pyroculumus, and Riggsz.

Tuesday, January 27, 7:00 PM at The 4Bs Tavern - Event Page

NonSeq Curators Concert

Each year Nonsequitur selects four artists to serve as community curators for the year. Each will curate three concerts at the Chapel. RM Francis (extreme computer music), Haley Freedlund (trombone), Cuong Vu (trumpet), and Gretchen Yanover (cello).

Thursday, January 29, 8:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

Serial Hawk / EAT THE SUN / Breath / Burial Cake / Droni Eye Omi

Strap in because this one will be heavy on the psych, sludge, doom, noise, and beyond. The 11th edition of the Guitar Worship Service, the first being held in Bremerton. Performances from Serial Hawk (loud doom sludge), EAT THE SUN (leviathan space drone), Breath (meditation doom) from Portland, Burial Cake (drone), and Droni Eye Omi (seismic riff metal) from Albuquerque.

Friday, January 30, 8:00 PM at The Charleston - Event Page

Dan K / Mundane Possession / sonora enjambre / DJ Ro

Benefit show for legal defense for Jose who is being held in immigration detention. Ambient music from Dan K (Horse Thief), Mundane Possession (existential bodywork and sonora enjambre. DJ Ro will play between sets.

Friday, January 30, 7:00 PM at Fashion Week - Event Page

Airport Noise Complaint / The Manholes / sonora enjambre / Lukas Dickson

Back to Bremerton with Airport Noise Complaint, my personal project of noise ambient. Joining me will be The Manholes, sonora enjambre (power ambient), and Lukas Dickson (noise).

Saturday, January 31, 2:00 PM at Beats N Cats Records (Bremerton) - Event Page

An open invite noise music event co-hosted by Noise Discord and Seattle Noise.

The Noise Music Discord Server, “a vector point for discussion of harsh noise and adjacent genres” creates online community for artisan purveyors of harsh noise. You can join the Discord server here and follow harshnoise.online for updates. Stream the event by joining the the Discord server or watch live on YouTube.

Noise Music is a Discord server created by Scarlet Death in 2017.

ACOMIP ( ambient noise )

-- https://soundcloud.com/barttomlin

monocot.zip ( electronic )

-- https://www.instagram.com/monocot.zip/

chigbarg ( experimental )

-- https://numbermuncher.bandcamp.com/

$10 suggested donation

doors at 7:30 PM, noise at 8:00 PM

no alcohol

RSVP here

Facebook Event Page

Mokujiki / Polt. / Tom Scully / Sandesh Nagaraj

Coming up from Olympia, Mokujiki (experimental ambient) will play with Polt. (experimental noise rock), along with Tom Scully (guitar), and Sandesh Nagaraj (experimental guitar).

Sunday, January 18, 7:00 PM at Drongo Tapes HQ - Event Page

Sheridan Riley / deadquiet / waxing crescent phase ensemble

A solo percussion set from Sheridan Riley, along with deadquiet, solo experimental saxaphone set from Victory Nguyen. The waxing crescent phase ensemble will also perform, consisting of John Teske (contrabass), Kole Galbraith (contrabass), Eric Lanzillotta (moog), Jason Lazer (clarinet), Stephanie Wood (gong), Hanna Broback (violin), and Noel Kennon (viola).

Thursday, January 22, 7:30 PM at The Royal Room - Event Page

Qu!ztomato / Radio Shock / Changing Bodies / Forrest Friends

Special collaborative noise set from Qu!ztomato, Quizmaster and SH!TOMATO. On tour from New York City, Radio Shock (cyberpunk no wave) will play with Changing Bodies (experimental synth movement) and Forrest Friends (weirdo cave-junk vibes. creep-jammers.).

Thursday, January 22, 7:00 PM at Dracula’s Castle - Event Page

Hoof/Hand / Deafbloom / Worldwide Levitation

Hoof/Hand (garage punk) will play with Deafbloom (blues rock), and Worldwide Levitation (noise rock).

Friday, January 23, 7:00 PM at Blue Moon Tavern - Event Page

IROIRO / SEVEN COLORS / Trigger Object

Experimental ensemble IROIRO will play with SEVEN COLORS (gnawa jazz-trance) with Gust Burns, Morgan Henderson, and Greg Campbell, and traveling from Portland, Trigger Object (experimental electronic).

Friday, January 23, 7:00 PM at Woodland Theater - Event Page

Tiger Poems / Ahmad Yousefbeigi

Trio performance from Arrington de Dionyso, Noel Kennon, and Gust Burns.

TIGER POEMS is not a concert, but the invocation of an ancient growl. In the resonant acoustics of the Chapel Performance Space at the Good Shepherd Center, the trio weaves a collective, unrepeatable journey. Expect a transformative “beyond-listening” experience—a cascade of primal echoes, modern dissonances, and hypnotic rhythms that bypasses the intellect to speak directly to the body and the unseen.

Ahmad Yousefbeigi will perform a solo set on the Kurdish Daf (frame drum).

Saturday, January 24, 8:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

Modular Nights

The monthly free showcase of experimental electronic music will feature: Machine Oil, Rizoma, Vandi, Synthiak, cnicoll, CHAOS 101, and Body Falling Downstairs.

Sunday, January 11, 5:00 PM at Substation - Event Page

Cecyl Ruehlen / Bad Luck / SEVEN COLORS

Coming up from Arizona, Cecyl Ruehlen (experimental) will perform with long running duo Bad Luck (avant-garde free jazz), and SEVEN COLORS (gnawa jazz-trance) with Gust Burns, Morgan Henderson, and Greg Campbell.

Thursday, January 15, 7:30 PM at Gallery 1412 - Event Page

The Red Permanence / Tape Kleaner Killing Spree / Pavement Princess / Ryan Norwine

A night of noise, grindcore, and post-hardcore, with The Red Permanence, (post-hardcore), Tape Kleaner Killing Spree, Pavement Princess (harsh noise), and Ryan Norwine (noise punk).

Thursday, January 15, 7:00 PM at The Mountain Room - Event Page

Phantom Guard Dog / Spitwolf / FR34KY9U9 / Ankoku Noise

Phantom Guard Dog (party noise) will play with Spitwolf (noise), FR34KY9U9 (devotional drone), and Ankoku Noise.

Friday, January 16, 7:00 PM at Teatro de la Psychomachia - Event Page

Height Bemtok / Lady Zade / John Swanke / E.H. Sterling’s Northern Broadcasters

Less noise and more folk with Height Bemtok (experimental), Lady Zade (cello), John Swanke (americana lofi modern), and E.H. Sterling’s Northern Broadcasters (members of Friends of the Road).

Friday, January 16, 7:00 PM at Bad Bar - Event Page

Miser / Insufficient Despair / Jackie An + María Dolores A. Matienzo / Scarlet Death

Touring noise from Los Angeles with Miser (gnostic noise), Insufficient Despair (harsh noise), experimental duo of Jackie An and María Dolores A. Matienzo, and Scarlet Death (catgirl power electronics).

Saturday, January 17, 8:00 PM at Dracula’s Castle - Event Page

Friends of the Road / Casey Adams / what

Coming back from their tour, experimental folk drone band Friends of the Road will play along with Casey Adam (percussion). They will be joined by what, the experimental duo of A.F. Jones and Dave Abramson.

Tuesday, January 6, 8:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

unpoetry

The ongoing series featuring poetry and experimental sound and movement organized by Eric M Acosta will feature Fern Pac Reyes, Hannah Rice, Passenger Pigeon, Kole Galbraith, Lauren Rodriguez, and Rebecca Brown.

Wednesday, January 7, 7:30 PM at Jack Straw - Event Page

Everylovin' Fountain You Are My Band / Recursive Transform Array / Quivering Lip / Feed Fatigue

Everylovin' Fountain You Are My Band will perform along with Recursive Transform Array (noise), along with Quivering Lip (noise) and Feed Fatigue (noise), both from Portland.

Friday, January 9, 7:00 PM at Dracula’s Castle - Event Page

rEEk / Bottle Meat / SPITRAT / Rising Plague Incinerator

Tape release show for rEEK (noise), along with Bottle Meat (noise), SPITRAT (no input sound), and Rising Plague Incinerator (noise).

Saturday, January 10, 9:00 PM at The Monkey Pub - Event Page

Keep Bremerton Feared Fest

Too many bands to link but I’ll list them for you. Lots and lots of noise in different flavors. Featuring Chin Up, Cicatrice, CZ, Dagger Wound, Death Spa, Feed Fatigue, Festering Estate, Florida Man, Midwestlust, Misandrist, MONED, Quivering Lip, RN White, This Is Meant To Hurt You, and Wicking Ground.

Saturday, January 10, 5:00 PM at The Charleston (Bremerton) - Event Page