$15 Cover @ the Door / Start 10:30pm / Doors 10pm
RAGE THORMBONES
RAGE THORMBONES is an ongoing collaboration between trombonist/composers Matt Barbier and Weston Olencki. They explore the outer reaches of instrumental performance and brass technique, often combining hand-built instruments, extreme preparations, and geometric approaches toward harmony with analog/digital synthesis to create immersive environments of dense sonic forces. Recent collaborators include Kevin Drumm, Michelle Lou, Liza Lim, Timothy McCormack, Laura Steenberge, Wolfgang von Schweinitz, Lester St. Louis, Katherine Young, and British pop maverick Scott Walker. They have fulfilled residencies in the composition departments at Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, Princeton (in progress), and New York Universities, recorded for HatHut and Populist Records, and are best friends. Weston lives in New York City and Matt lives in Los Angeles.
Matt Barbier and Weston Olenicki, trombones and other gear
Jeb Bishop, trombone and electronics
Forbes Graham, trumpet and electronics
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Jeb Bishop
Jeb Bishop, based in Boston since 2016, has been active in improvised music and new jazz since the mid 1990s. He has performed, toured and recorded with groups including the Vandermark Five, the Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls, Terminal Four, School Days, Ken Vandermark's Territory Band, Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra, Globe Unity Orchestra, and his own Jeb Bishop Trio. In Boston, he is a member of the ongoing collaborative group Cutout and of Charlie Kohlhase's Explorers Club, and frequently performs in freely improvised settings.
Forbes Graham
Forbes Graham is a trumpet player, electronic musician, and composer living and working in Boston, Massachusetts. He is the founder of the Rock Flint Artists Retreat, and has appeared at numerous festivals including High Zero, Full Force, and Vision.