World In Collusion @ Artscape 7/15-7/17
by Adam Hopkins on July 13, 2011
Our friends at the High Zero Foundation are at it again, presenting experimental and improvised music at this year’s Artscape Festival. For the past five years they’ve presented music under the title Exotic Hipnotic in the University of Baltimore Student Center (5th floor). The concept is the same this year but the name has changed to Worlds In Collusion. It is, in my opinion, one of THE things to check out at Artscape, and it doesn’t hurt that the Student Center is air conditioned. So get out of the heat and check out something a little different. Full lineup:
Friday July 15:
2pm K. S. Resmi • Indian Carnatic Singing
3pm Alex Strama • Theatrical Apocalyptic Rock
4pm Effervescent Collective • Experimental dance & music
5pm Ear Monsters • Free Jazz by Elementary Schoolers
6pm N. Scott Robinson • World Percussion
7pm The Westsiders (Baltimore Marching Band) • Exalted Baltimore spirit
8pm Sam Garrett • Modern Classical compositions
9pm Andy Hayleck and Dan Conrad • Hypnotic light performance with experimental music
Saturday July 16:
12pm Holy Ghost Party • Chillingly weird pop music
1pm Rum Raisin • Cathartic noise music
2pm Spaceships and Insects (Liz Downing and Nathan Bell) • Cosmic Banjos & Songs
3pm HEARTON (Dan Bren and Friends) • Unpredictable improvised madness
4pm Neil Feather • Visionary invented instruments
5pm Peabody Early Music Ensemble • Music from Ancient Times to the Renaissance
6pm Geist • Japanese Heavy Metal
7pm Samuel Burt Ensemble • Contemporary Compositions for Reeds, Strings, and Electronics
8pm Soumya Chakraverty • Gorgeous Indian Classical Music
Sunday July 17:
12pm Parallel Octave • Experimental Greek chorus sings unusual texts
1pm Jesse Heffler & Allen Mozek • Spoken Word / Experimental Performance
2pm Whoarfrost • Explosive experimental rock
3pm Composer Will Redman • Avant-garde classical music featuring improvisation
4pm Ahmed Borhani • Persian Classical Music
5pm Horselords • Hypnotic rock influenced by North African music
6pm Jimmy Joe Roche • Live electronic music
7pm Wrhatnala USA Gamelan Ensemble • Traditional Balinese music