enjoy a set from YAMAGUCHI RADIO while you read:
Yamaguchi Radio is a Rozz-Tox production of deejay sets that happen live in both our Rock Island & Guangzhou locations.
HOURS
wednesday 5pm-12am
thursday 5pm-12am
friday 5pm-12am
saturday 10am-12am
sunday 10am-10pm
CLOSED MONDAY+TUESDAY
wednesday 5pm-12am
thursday 5pm-12am
friday 5pm-12am
saturday 10am-12am
sunday 10am-10pm
CLOSED MONDAY+TUESDAY
PROGRAMME
thursday 08 june
JUAN WAUTERS + MOUNTAIN SWALLOWER
JUAN WAUTERS + MOUNTAIN SWALLOWER
JUAN WAUTERS (queens NY/ uruguay)
https://juanwauters.bandcamp.com/
co-founder of brooklyn garage band The Beets, and an impressive solo career with a prolific amount of songs in spanish and english, juan brings a jonathan richman style energy to the stage, and will be touring with a 5-piece band for this tour. we can't wait to have him back at rozz-tox! you won't regret coming to this show. promise.
MOUNTAIN SWALLOWER (quad cities)
https://mountainswallower.bandcamp.com/
alt-rock wizards melt genres down to a tasty mind-meal of hooks and melodies.
$15 advance, $20 at the door - ON SALE NOW
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
https://juanwauters.bandcamp.com/
co-founder of brooklyn garage band The Beets, and an impressive solo career with a prolific amount of songs in spanish and english, juan brings a jonathan richman style energy to the stage, and will be touring with a 5-piece band for this tour. we can't wait to have him back at rozz-tox! you won't regret coming to this show. promise.
MOUNTAIN SWALLOWER (quad cities)
https://mountainswallower.bandcamp.com/
alt-rock wizards melt genres down to a tasty mind-meal of hooks and melodies.
$15 advance, $20 at the door - ON SALE NOW
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
friday 09 june
(OPEN [MIKE) INTERRUPTION]: INVITAIONAL
(OPEN [MIKE) INTERRUPTION]: INVITAIONAL
hosted & interrupted by mike steele
the players:
janice chapman
james draper
wayne lyter
chris schlichting
aaron thompson
donny townsend
$8 admission
8pm-10pm
* this is a comedy event
the players:
janice chapman
james draper
wayne lyter
chris schlichting
aaron thompson
donny townsend
$8 admission
8pm-10pm
* this is a comedy event
saturday 10 june
OUTLETPROGRAMME PRESENTS: DEREK MONYPENY + AK'CHAMEL + FLOATING CAVE
OUTLETPROGRAMME PRESENTS: DEREK MONYPENY + AK'CHAMEL + FLOATING CAVE
DEREK MONYPENY (joshua tree)
http://derekmonypeny.bandcamp.com
Born in the Arizona desert, a veteran of multiple explorations into the Sahara desert via Morocco and Western Sahara, and now a resident of the Mojave, Derek Monypeny sees his musical mission as adding to and expanding on what he calls the "desert continuum;" the psychedelic sirocco swirl of desert-based stringed instruments played with utter abandon by musicians the world over.
Derek’s “desert continuum” concept takes great inspiration from desert guitarists whose playing so perfectly reflects their surroundings in its gnarled beauty and all-pervasive individualism: Richard Bishop, Zoot Horn Rollo, Curt Kirkwood, Jesus Acedo, Bob Log III, and Howe Gelb to name a few. In his travels in North Africa, Derek discovered that same spirit in Saharan guitar playing, in artists such as Seddoum ould Eide, Hammadi ould Nana, and Luleide ould Dendenni.
Derek uses a variety of instruments to achieve these ends. In addition to guitar, he has recorded an album of solo oud recordings (Don't Bring Me Down, Bruce) and is currently performing and recording using the 15-string electric shahi baaja (Indian electric banjo).
Derek is a former member of the bands Oaxacan (Oakland, CA), ALTO! (Portland, OR), and Sir Richard Bishop's Freak Of Araby Ensemble. In addition to his solo work, he has an ongoing duo project with Bryan Hillebrandt, OAE (Oakland Afternoon Ensemble). He has performed and
toured with artists such as Bill Orcutt, Jozef van Wissem, Eva Aguila/Kevin Shields, Arrington de Dionyso, and many others.
AK'CHAMEL (fourth world)
https://akchamel.bandcamp.com/album/the-totemist
Ak’chamel (pictured above), have developed a small but dedicated cult-following over the past decade. Releasing a myriad of limited cassettes, VHS films, and records that drive collector completists nuts trying to track down. They perform in strange shamanistic costumes to invoke ritual-like trance with their otherworldly world music.
“To see Ak’chamel is to have a weird sensory experience. Performed in full costume, they’re about as weird as we all thought the first season of True Detective was supposed to be.”
-VICE
"Ak'chamel's deliberately lo-fi, murky temple music conjures not only the post-industrial rituals lusting for the pagan days of Druidic Britain but also the pantheistic, impishly playful rhythms from Thai temple music as well as some choice nods to the occult ethnomusicology of their professed influences, The Sun City Girls". -aQuarius Records
FLOATING CAVE (iowa)
https://floatingcave.bandcamp.com/album/a-tuning
experiments in meditative drone and dark ambient sounds
$15 advance ($20 at the door) - ON SALE NOW
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
* if you cannot make it to the show and would still like to contribute, you can help us continue to bring these incredible artsits to rock island by making a tax-deductible donation to the OUTLETProgramme arts & culture nonprofit HERE.
this is an OUTLETProgramme presentation
http://derekmonypeny.bandcamp.com
Born in the Arizona desert, a veteran of multiple explorations into the Sahara desert via Morocco and Western Sahara, and now a resident of the Mojave, Derek Monypeny sees his musical mission as adding to and expanding on what he calls the "desert continuum;" the psychedelic sirocco swirl of desert-based stringed instruments played with utter abandon by musicians the world over.
Derek’s “desert continuum” concept takes great inspiration from desert guitarists whose playing so perfectly reflects their surroundings in its gnarled beauty and all-pervasive individualism: Richard Bishop, Zoot Horn Rollo, Curt Kirkwood, Jesus Acedo, Bob Log III, and Howe Gelb to name a few. In his travels in North Africa, Derek discovered that same spirit in Saharan guitar playing, in artists such as Seddoum ould Eide, Hammadi ould Nana, and Luleide ould Dendenni.
Derek uses a variety of instruments to achieve these ends. In addition to guitar, he has recorded an album of solo oud recordings (Don't Bring Me Down, Bruce) and is currently performing and recording using the 15-string electric shahi baaja (Indian electric banjo).
Derek is a former member of the bands Oaxacan (Oakland, CA), ALTO! (Portland, OR), and Sir Richard Bishop's Freak Of Araby Ensemble. In addition to his solo work, he has an ongoing duo project with Bryan Hillebrandt, OAE (Oakland Afternoon Ensemble). He has performed and
toured with artists such as Bill Orcutt, Jozef van Wissem, Eva Aguila/Kevin Shields, Arrington de Dionyso, and many others.
AK'CHAMEL (fourth world)
https://akchamel.bandcamp.com/album/the-totemist
Ak’chamel (pictured above), have developed a small but dedicated cult-following over the past decade. Releasing a myriad of limited cassettes, VHS films, and records that drive collector completists nuts trying to track down. They perform in strange shamanistic costumes to invoke ritual-like trance with their otherworldly world music.
“To see Ak’chamel is to have a weird sensory experience. Performed in full costume, they’re about as weird as we all thought the first season of True Detective was supposed to be.”
-VICE
"Ak'chamel's deliberately lo-fi, murky temple music conjures not only the post-industrial rituals lusting for the pagan days of Druidic Britain but also the pantheistic, impishly playful rhythms from Thai temple music as well as some choice nods to the occult ethnomusicology of their professed influences, The Sun City Girls". -aQuarius Records
FLOATING CAVE (iowa)
https://floatingcave.bandcamp.com/album/a-tuning
experiments in meditative drone and dark ambient sounds
$15 advance ($20 at the door) - ON SALE NOW
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
* if you cannot make it to the show and would still like to contribute, you can help us continue to bring these incredible artsits to rock island by making a tax-deductible donation to the OUTLETProgramme arts & culture nonprofit HERE.
this is an OUTLETProgramme presentation
saturday 17 june
AMATEUR SELECTORS: VINYL DEEJAY NIGHTS
AMATEUR SELECTORS: VINYL DEEJAY NIGHTS
POP GIRL SUMMER W/ DJ MAYHEM & DJ JOSIE
[earworm pop] [club pop] [pop hip-hop] [sweetheart pop] [synth pop]
tara & jocelyn are going b2b on a summer pop trip.
free, all ages
8pm - midnight
[earworm pop] [club pop] [pop hip-hop] [sweetheart pop] [synth pop]
tara & jocelyn are going b2b on a summer pop trip.
free, all ages
8pm - midnight
friday 23 june
MWC PRESENTS: DAVID R. COLLINS WRITERS' CONFERENCE
MWC PRESENTS: DAVID R. COLLINS WRITERS' CONFERENCE
Conference Faculty Reading and Participant Open Mic
Social at 6pm
Faculty Reading at 7pm
Participant Open Mic at 8pm
Join us to hear Kali White VanBaale, Keith Pilapil Lesmeister, Jesus “Chuy” Renteria, and Rebecca Wee reading their work. Faculty reading followed by an open mic for Conference participants.
Free and open to the public.
The 2023 David R. Collins Writers’ Conference is made possible thanks to the generous support of our sponsors and grantors: Modern Woodmen of America, Founding Sponsor; Illinois Humanities; the Illinois Arts Council Agency; Augustana College; the Figge Art Museum; and Rozz-Tox
Social at 6pm
Faculty Reading at 7pm
Participant Open Mic at 8pm
Join us to hear Kali White VanBaale, Keith Pilapil Lesmeister, Jesus “Chuy” Renteria, and Rebecca Wee reading their work. Faculty reading followed by an open mic for Conference participants.
Free and open to the public.
The 2023 David R. Collins Writers’ Conference is made possible thanks to the generous support of our sponsors and grantors: Modern Woodmen of America, Founding Sponsor; Illinois Humanities; the Illinois Arts Council Agency; Augustana College; the Figge Art Museum; and Rozz-Tox
saturday 24 june
AMATEUR SELECTORS: VINYL DEEJAY NIGHTS
AMATEUR SELECTORS: VINYL DEEJAY NIGHTS
DJ DESMOND DREKKA
[dub] [nyahbinghi] [discomix] [roots] [dancehall]
Drekka Soundsystem spins the choicest deep-cut dub, nyahbinghi, discomix and roots tracks from 1960s - early 80s Jamaica.
free, all ages
8pm - midnight
[dub] [nyahbinghi] [discomix] [roots] [dancehall]
Drekka Soundsystem spins the choicest deep-cut dub, nyahbinghi, discomix and roots tracks from 1960s - early 80s Jamaica.
free, all ages
8pm - midnight
sunday 25 june - CLOSED
monday 26 june
OUTLETPROGRAMME PRESENTS: JUSTICE YELDHAM + NICK Y-S
OUTLETPROGRAMME PRESENTS: JUSTICE YELDHAM + NICK Y-S
JUSTICE YELDHAM (australia)
dualplover.com/yeldham/
granpa.bandcamp.com/
instagram.com/justice_yeldham/
youtube.com/@yeldham
20th anniversary of the glass Tour 2023
"One moment you hear John Coltrane playing a volcano, the next you hear a string section being squeezed through a toothpaste tube" - The New York Times.
"Lucas is just captivating. It's incredible how he can flip the feeling of a room upside down & sonically there’s just no other sound like his" - Zach Hill - Death Grips
"the most exciting performer I have seen in the last three years – in fact, since I first saw Iggy Pop" - Bruce Russell - WIRE magazine.
Maverick improviser Lucas Granpa Abela (aka Justice Yeldham) has been performing their signature instrument; shards of amplified glass for the past 20 years. Their singular practice spawned from within the international noise music underground, where the glass evolved from a means to create free-noise cacophonies into an oddly versatile instrument producing an organic form of outsider electronica. Abela performs the shards like a bell-less saxophone, their lips subtly transmitting micro-sonic vibrations into the pane. This signal feeds a complex modular patch producing both raw audio & control voltages, so the dynamics & frequency of their performance modulates itself within varying parallel effects chains. Mixed together they create the illusion of a ghostly accompaniment, forming dense layers of anomalous music. Their unorthodox approach has attracted the attention of some of the world’s most adventurous musicians, resulting in serendipitous collaborations with the likes of; Lou Reed, Yamatsuka Eye (Boredoms), Dave Grohl (Nirvana), Flaming Lips (Peel Session), Trey Spruance (Mr Bungle), Deerhoof, Merzbow, Chris Abrahams, Oren Ambarchi, Senyawa, Death Grips etc.
Lucas is the only artist to play both our Guangzhou and Rock Island spaces, so this is a special show for us. It will be their second time playing at the Rock Island Rozz-Tox.
NICK Y-S (chicago)
https://swampcircle.bandcamp.com/track/muvement-ii
chicago-based trumpeter & experimental noise musician Nick Yeck-Stauffer (midwaste space peoples, white fungus, signal decay, crazy doberman) is a long-time friend of Rozz-Tox and was one of the first artist residencies we've had here back in 2016.
$15 advance ($20 at the door) - ON SALE NOW
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
* if you cannot make it to the show and would still like to contribute, you can help us continue to bring these incredible artsits to rock island by making a tax-deductible donation to the OUTLETProgramme arts & culture nonprofit HERE.
this is an OUTLETProgramme presentation
dualplover.com/yeldham/
granpa.bandcamp.com/
instagram.com/justice_yeldham/
youtube.com/@yeldham
20th anniversary of the glass Tour 2023
"One moment you hear John Coltrane playing a volcano, the next you hear a string section being squeezed through a toothpaste tube" - The New York Times.
"Lucas is just captivating. It's incredible how he can flip the feeling of a room upside down & sonically there’s just no other sound like his" - Zach Hill - Death Grips
"the most exciting performer I have seen in the last three years – in fact, since I first saw Iggy Pop" - Bruce Russell - WIRE magazine.
Maverick improviser Lucas Granpa Abela (aka Justice Yeldham) has been performing their signature instrument; shards of amplified glass for the past 20 years. Their singular practice spawned from within the international noise music underground, where the glass evolved from a means to create free-noise cacophonies into an oddly versatile instrument producing an organic form of outsider electronica. Abela performs the shards like a bell-less saxophone, their lips subtly transmitting micro-sonic vibrations into the pane. This signal feeds a complex modular patch producing both raw audio & control voltages, so the dynamics & frequency of their performance modulates itself within varying parallel effects chains. Mixed together they create the illusion of a ghostly accompaniment, forming dense layers of anomalous music. Their unorthodox approach has attracted the attention of some of the world’s most adventurous musicians, resulting in serendipitous collaborations with the likes of; Lou Reed, Yamatsuka Eye (Boredoms), Dave Grohl (Nirvana), Flaming Lips (Peel Session), Trey Spruance (Mr Bungle), Deerhoof, Merzbow, Chris Abrahams, Oren Ambarchi, Senyawa, Death Grips etc.
Lucas is the only artist to play both our Guangzhou and Rock Island spaces, so this is a special show for us. It will be their second time playing at the Rock Island Rozz-Tox.
NICK Y-S (chicago)
https://swampcircle.bandcamp.com/track/muvement-ii
chicago-based trumpeter & experimental noise musician Nick Yeck-Stauffer (midwaste space peoples, white fungus, signal decay, crazy doberman) is a long-time friend of Rozz-Tox and was one of the first artist residencies we've had here back in 2016.
$15 advance ($20 at the door) - ON SALE NOW
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
* if you cannot make it to the show and would still like to contribute, you can help us continue to bring these incredible artsits to rock island by making a tax-deductible donation to the OUTLETProgramme arts & culture nonprofit HERE.
this is an OUTLETProgramme presentation
saturday 08 july
CAMP REGRET + BLASTER + CORY & MOLLIE P (dj set)
CAMP REGRET + BLASTER + CORY & MOLLIE P (dj set)
CAMP REGRET
new QC post punk band featuring ex members of Ice Hockey, Meth & Goats, and Lazer Mountain
BLASTER
quad city fast hardcore punk members of The Aftetdarks
CORY & MOLLIE P
Closet Witch / Baby Alchemy duo spinning an eclectic mix of vinyl
$10 at the door
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
new QC post punk band featuring ex members of Ice Hockey, Meth & Goats, and Lazer Mountain
BLASTER
quad city fast hardcore punk members of The Aftetdarks
CORY & MOLLIE P
Closet Witch / Baby Alchemy duo spinning an eclectic mix of vinyl
$10 at the door
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
saturday 22 july
HAYNES NOBLE + GOOGOLPLEXIA + HAPLOID
HAYNES NOBLE + GOOGOLPLEXIA + HAPLOID
HAPLOID
https://hapl0id.bandcamp.com/
des moines progressive dad rock
GOOGOLPLEXIA
https://googolplexia.bandcamp.com/album/the-big-cd-little-cd
st. louis vaudeville pancake production
HAYES NOBLE
https://hayesnoblemusic.com/album/head-cleaner
galena punk 23rd avenue mid 90s nostalgia
$10 at the door
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
https://hapl0id.bandcamp.com/
des moines progressive dad rock
GOOGOLPLEXIA
https://googolplexia.bandcamp.com/album/the-big-cd-little-cd
st. louis vaudeville pancake production
HAYES NOBLE
https://hayesnoblemusic.com/album/head-cleaner
galena punk 23rd avenue mid 90s nostalgia
$10 at the door
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
friday 28 july
OUTLETPROGRAMME PRESENTS: ELI WALLACE + GLURGE
OUTLETPROGRAMME PRESENTS: ELI WALLACE + GLURGE
ELI WALLACE (brooklyn, NY)
https://eliwallace.bandcamp.com/album/pieces-interludes
Eli Wallace’s first studio solo piano album - pieces & interludes - is a collection of four pieces (compositions) and three interludes in juxtaposition with each other. The pieces materialized from intentional experimentation with specific piano preparations that came to define the content and generate the morphology. However, the entire album is improvised; there’s no score. These compositions are a framework for spontaneity. The interludes are spliced contiguously from a much longer work and provide contrast to the intense intimacy of the pieces, taking the listener out for a few minutes before dropping them back into the intensity of the next piece. The music directs the listener into the piano, inviting them to share not only the cochlear experience but also the kinesthetic experience of the performer. Therefore, this work is an intimate expression of Wallace’s relationship to the piano, an uncompromisingly personal manifesto that encapsulates his lifelong love of the instrument.
For this concert, Wallace will play one extended uninterrupted improvisation utilizing the same concepts in terms of approach to sound and form employed in the preparation and construction of the album. However, the music presented in this concert will transpire according to visceral improvisational whim from beginning to end.
Eli Wallace is a pianist, improviser, and composer who resides in Brooklyn, NY, leading his own projects, collaborating with other like-minded artists, and co-curating the interdisciplinary performance series Invocation. His work as a pianist displays his vast milieu of experiences from classical, jazz, and free improvisation, incorporating elaborate piano preparations that John Lewis (The Guardian) says is "...pushing the boundaries of the prepared piano." His compositions employ notational strategies to broaden how musicians produce sound and the ways in which they interact. Over the past decade, he has appeared on dozens of albums and performed at esteemed venues such as The Stone, New York, NY, Roulette, Brooklyn, NY, and Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago, IL.
GLURGE (qc)
https://glurge.bandcamp.com/album/glurge-ep
stu's solo experimental post-punk project that used to be called aqualife.
$10 at the door
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
* if you cannot make it to the show and would still like to contribute, you can help us continue to bring these incredible artsits to rock island by making a tax-deductible donation to the OUTLETProgramme arts & culture nonprofit HERE.
this is an OUTLETProgramme presentation
https://eliwallace.bandcamp.com/album/pieces-interludes
Eli Wallace’s first studio solo piano album - pieces & interludes - is a collection of four pieces (compositions) and three interludes in juxtaposition with each other. The pieces materialized from intentional experimentation with specific piano preparations that came to define the content and generate the morphology. However, the entire album is improvised; there’s no score. These compositions are a framework for spontaneity. The interludes are spliced contiguously from a much longer work and provide contrast to the intense intimacy of the pieces, taking the listener out for a few minutes before dropping them back into the intensity of the next piece. The music directs the listener into the piano, inviting them to share not only the cochlear experience but also the kinesthetic experience of the performer. Therefore, this work is an intimate expression of Wallace’s relationship to the piano, an uncompromisingly personal manifesto that encapsulates his lifelong love of the instrument.
For this concert, Wallace will play one extended uninterrupted improvisation utilizing the same concepts in terms of approach to sound and form employed in the preparation and construction of the album. However, the music presented in this concert will transpire according to visceral improvisational whim from beginning to end.
Eli Wallace is a pianist, improviser, and composer who resides in Brooklyn, NY, leading his own projects, collaborating with other like-minded artists, and co-curating the interdisciplinary performance series Invocation. His work as a pianist displays his vast milieu of experiences from classical, jazz, and free improvisation, incorporating elaborate piano preparations that John Lewis (The Guardian) says is "...pushing the boundaries of the prepared piano." His compositions employ notational strategies to broaden how musicians produce sound and the ways in which they interact. Over the past decade, he has appeared on dozens of albums and performed at esteemed venues such as The Stone, New York, NY, Roulette, Brooklyn, NY, and Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago, IL.
GLURGE (qc)
https://glurge.bandcamp.com/album/glurge-ep
stu's solo experimental post-punk project that used to be called aqualife.
$10 at the door
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
* if you cannot make it to the show and would still like to contribute, you can help us continue to bring these incredible artsits to rock island by making a tax-deductible donation to the OUTLETProgramme arts & culture nonprofit HERE.
this is an OUTLETProgramme presentation
thursday 21 september
OUTLETPROGRAMME PRESENTS: BABA COMMANDANT AND THE MANDINGO BAND
OUTLETPROGRAMME PRESENTS: BABA COMMANDANT AND THE MANDINGO BAND
BABA COMMANDANT AND THE MANDINGO BAND (burkina faso - west africa)
https://sublime-frequencies.bandcamp.com/album/baba-commandant-and-the-mandingo-band-sonbonbela
Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band are a contemporary group from Burkina Faso. Coming from Bobo-Dioulasso, the group is steeped in the Mandingue musical traditions of their ancestral legacy. The enigmatic lead singer Baba Commandant (Mamadou Sanou) is an original and eccentric character who is well respected in the Burkinabé musical community. A sort of punk Faso Dan Fani activist for traditional Mandingo music, Baba continues to redefine the boundaries between traditional and modern. In 1981, he joined the Koule Dafourou troupe as a dancer. Later, he embarked on his current musical direction as a singer first in Dounia and then in the Afromandingo Band.
His current band — when he’s not playing with the now-famous Burkinabé musician Victor Démé — is the Mandingo Band. At present, he is a practitioner of the Afrobeat style, drawing inspiration from the golden era of Nigerian music. Fela Kuti/Africa 70 and King Sunny Adé are big influences, as is the legendary Malian growler Moussa Doumbia.
Baba Commandant plays the ngoni, the instrument of the Donso (the traditional hunters in this region of Burkina Faso and Mali). His audience comprises multiple generations and strata of Burkinabé society; he accordingly adapts his repertoire to his surroundings, which range from cabaret Sundays in Bobo-Dioulasso to the sound systems of Ouagadougou. Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band are a formidable force steeped in Ouagadougou’s DIY underground musical culture.
support TBA
$20 advance ($25 at the door) - ticket link coming soon
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
* if you cannot make it to the show and would still like to contribute, you can help us continue to bring these incredible artsits to rock island by making a tax-deductible donation to the OUTLETProgramme arts & culture nonprofit HERE.
this is an OUTLETProgramme presentation
https://sublime-frequencies.bandcamp.com/album/baba-commandant-and-the-mandingo-band-sonbonbela
Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band are a contemporary group from Burkina Faso. Coming from Bobo-Dioulasso, the group is steeped in the Mandingue musical traditions of their ancestral legacy. The enigmatic lead singer Baba Commandant (Mamadou Sanou) is an original and eccentric character who is well respected in the Burkinabé musical community. A sort of punk Faso Dan Fani activist for traditional Mandingo music, Baba continues to redefine the boundaries between traditional and modern. In 1981, he joined the Koule Dafourou troupe as a dancer. Later, he embarked on his current musical direction as a singer first in Dounia and then in the Afromandingo Band.
His current band — when he’s not playing with the now-famous Burkinabé musician Victor Démé — is the Mandingo Band. At present, he is a practitioner of the Afrobeat style, drawing inspiration from the golden era of Nigerian music. Fela Kuti/Africa 70 and King Sunny Adé are big influences, as is the legendary Malian growler Moussa Doumbia.
Baba Commandant plays the ngoni, the instrument of the Donso (the traditional hunters in this region of Burkina Faso and Mali). His audience comprises multiple generations and strata of Burkinabé society; he accordingly adapts his repertoire to his surroundings, which range from cabaret Sundays in Bobo-Dioulasso to the sound systems of Ouagadougou. Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band are a formidable force steeped in Ouagadougou’s DIY underground musical culture.
support TBA
$20 advance ($25 at the door) - ticket link coming soon
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
* if you cannot make it to the show and would still like to contribute, you can help us continue to bring these incredible artsits to rock island by making a tax-deductible donation to the OUTLETProgramme arts & culture nonprofit HERE.
this is an OUTLETProgramme presentation
wednesday 27 september
OUTLETPROGRAMME PRESENTS: MEITEI + IDPRYAMID
OUTLETPROGRAMME PRESENTS: MEITEI + IDPRYAMID
MEITEI / 冥丁 (japan)
https://meitei.bandcamp.com/
Blending contemporary sound techniques with profound reverence for Japanese folklore, Meitei is a Hiroshima-based composer driven by a concept he refers to as “lost Japanese mood”: on aesthetics from a bygone era that are gradually dissipating from Japan’s cultures. This led to the creation of Meitei’s musical art, which exists between the temporal gap between past and present, with his unmistakable blend of ambient, hip-hop and experimental musical sensibilities.
With his groundbreaking and iconic trilogy series – ‘Kwaidan’ (Evening Chants), ‘Komachi’ (Métron Records) and ‘Kofū’ (Part I & II) (KITCHEN. LABEL), all of which possess their own musical themes and energies; Meitei has quickly become one of the recent trailblazers in ambient music. Championing and reframing the rich history and diversity of Japanese music and culture to global listeners, Meitei has garnered the highest accolades from The Wire, Pitchfork and has performed in music festivals such as MUTEK Barcelona 2020, SWEET LOVE SHOWER SPRING 2022 as well as completing his first Japan and Europe release tour in 2022. Beside his solo works, Meitei was commissioned by world renowned brands such as Cartier and Shiseido’s IPSA to create original music for their campaigns.
IDPYRAMID (qc)
https://idpyramid.bandcamp.com/album/dawn-rider-ii
local multi-instrumentalist and producer dennis hockaday's solo electronic/ambient project. dennis has been in many bands over the years, and continues to play an integral role in the QC music scene. he's a pillar, and this solo project just gets better with each show.
$15 advance ($20 at the door) - ON SALE NOW
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
* if you cannot make it to the show and would still like to contribute, you can help us continue to bring these incredible artsits to rock island by making a tax-deductible donation to the OUTLETProgramme arts & culture nonprofit HERE.
this is an OUTLETProgramme presentation
https://meitei.bandcamp.com/
Blending contemporary sound techniques with profound reverence for Japanese folklore, Meitei is a Hiroshima-based composer driven by a concept he refers to as “lost Japanese mood”: on aesthetics from a bygone era that are gradually dissipating from Japan’s cultures. This led to the creation of Meitei’s musical art, which exists between the temporal gap between past and present, with his unmistakable blend of ambient, hip-hop and experimental musical sensibilities.
With his groundbreaking and iconic trilogy series – ‘Kwaidan’ (Evening Chants), ‘Komachi’ (Métron Records) and ‘Kofū’ (Part I & II) (KITCHEN. LABEL), all of which possess their own musical themes and energies; Meitei has quickly become one of the recent trailblazers in ambient music. Championing and reframing the rich history and diversity of Japanese music and culture to global listeners, Meitei has garnered the highest accolades from The Wire, Pitchfork and has performed in music festivals such as MUTEK Barcelona 2020, SWEET LOVE SHOWER SPRING 2022 as well as completing his first Japan and Europe release tour in 2022. Beside his solo works, Meitei was commissioned by world renowned brands such as Cartier and Shiseido’s IPSA to create original music for their campaigns.
IDPYRAMID (qc)
https://idpyramid.bandcamp.com/album/dawn-rider-ii
local multi-instrumentalist and producer dennis hockaday's solo electronic/ambient project. dennis has been in many bands over the years, and continues to play an integral role in the QC music scene. he's a pillar, and this solo project just gets better with each show.
$15 advance ($20 at the door) - ON SALE NOW
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
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