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SUMMARY:Performance: Danny Kamins + Reed/Weldon duo + Craft/Sherrick/Cox trio
DESCRIPTION:On the evening of Sunday\, August 30 we are proud to present avant-garde multi-instrumentalist Danny Kamins (HOU) a duo between dark ambient/experimental electronic musician David Reed (CMH) and multi-instrumentalist Chris Weldon (CMH)\, and the Craft/Sherrick/Cox improv trio (CMH). In addition to a short solo set\, Danny will also engage in an improvisational set with Julie Licata\, Caleb Miller\, and Nick Weckman. Doors 7:30pm\, show begins at 8:00pm. Performance will take place at Old First (1101 Bryden Road 43205). $10.00 online\, $15 at the door. \nAbout the artists: \nDanny Kamins is an improvising saxophonist based out of Houston\, TX. His current musical endeavors include playing in various ensembles such as Sleeping Beast\, El Mantis\, Dennis Gonzalez Legacy Band\, FireLife Trio\, and Relative Dissonance as well as directing the jazz program at Rice University. Musicians he has performed/recorded with include Tatsuya Nakatani\, Alvin Fielder\, Ra Kalam Bob Moses\, LaDonna Smith\, Aaron Gonzalez\, Stefan Gonzalez\, Susan Alcorn\, Jamison Williams\, Thomas Helton\, Lisa Cameron\, Adam Goodwin\, Vinny Golia\, Antonio Borghini\, David Leon\, Jeb Bishop\, Taylor Rouss\, Sandy Ewen\, Alexander Von Schlippenbach\, Damon Smith\, Luke Stewart\, Kamila Drabek\, Marc Edwards\, Vincent Davis\, Natan Kryszk\, and Paulina Owczarek. \nDavid Reed performs as a soloist under the moniker Envenomist (CMH). Some people equate David Reed’s solo project Envenomist (CMH) with science fiction film scores; others envision solitary nocturnal travels through bleak urban settings. A fundamental strength of Envenomist is that these illusory backdrops remain open to interpretation. Taking inspiration from industrial\, ambient\, and the kosmische scenes along with altered states of consciousness\, the oceanic abyss\, and deep space\, Reed has been producing desolate soundscapes under the Envenomist moniker since 2005. \nChris Weldon has been engaging in creative endeavors for you to see\, hear\, taste and recall for several decades. \nGerard Cox is a pianist\, trumpeter\, and percussionist from Columbus with a keen interest in musical surrealism and the percussive nature of the piano. Born to a piano teacher Mom and a jazz saxophone hobbyist father\, clear “rockstar” inclinations were shown at age 8 in an appearance as J.S. Bach at an OMTA music festival and at 10 as Billy Idol in a look-a-like contest for the national pop/rock magazine Star Hits. Cox developed a love for jazz in high school on through college\, studying both jazz piano and B3 organ. While initially taken with the straight-ahead jazz of Art Blakey and Clifford Brown\, he followed John Coltrane’s discography into his later period music and this proved to be the gateway for a fascination with free jazz and all kinds of other outsider/experimental music. \nDrew Sherrick is a musician based in Columbus\, OH. He mostly plays strings and electronics. He performs solo\, as well as with Collector Of Dust\, Crone of the Wildwood\, Funque Concrète\, JNCO\, Zack Kouns’ Insatiable Orchestra\, Orch\, Snake Man!\, and others. \nDylan Craft is a local musician and student based in the Columbus\, Ohio area who plays multiple instruments including saxophone\, drums\, guitar\, and piano.
URL:https://thefusefactory.org/event/performance-danny-kamins-reed-weldon-duo/
LOCATION:The Old First Presbyterian Church\, 1101 Bryden Road\, Columbus\, OH\, 43205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performance
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SUMMARY:Performance: Almost Music
DESCRIPTION:On the evening of Wednesday\, September 30 we are proud to present avant-garde improvisational trio Almost Music (NYC/PA)\, featuring saxophonist Jack Wright\, double bassist Evan Lipson\, and trumpeter Jonah Gelbart. Opening for Almost Music is percussionist/improviser Troy Kunkler (CMH). Doors 7:30pm\, show begins at 8:00pm. Performance will take place at Old First (1101 Bryden Road 43205). $8.00 online\, $10 at the door. \nAbout the artists: \nJack Wright (b. 1942) is a musician described as playing “post-electronic saxophone\, and dedicated to to free playing since 1979. Described thirty years ago as an “undergrounder by design\,” he is a veteran improviser based mainly in Philadelphia. He has played mostly on tour through the US and Europe since the early 80s in search of interesting partners and playing situations. Now at 83 he is still the “Johnny Appleseed of Free Improvisation\,” as guitarist Davey Williams called him in the 80s\, on the road as much as ever. He continues to inspire players outside music-school careerdom\, playing sessions with visiting and resident players old and new. He’s said to have the widest vocabulary of any saxophonist\, including leaping pitches\, punchy\, precise timing\, sharp and intrusive multiphonics\, surprising gaps of silence\, and obscene animalistic sounds. Apart from interviews\, for a true assessment of his and his partners music and for links to his writings (including The Free Musics) go here: Spring Garden Music. \nEvan Lipson (b. 1981) has lived with the incurable disease of music since early adolescence\, seeking the liminal realms in which intellect and instinct\, history and myth\, and creative and destructive force intersect. Drawn towards aberrant perspectives at an early age\, his formative activities were primarily rooted in extreme and discordant forms stemming from various traditions of “underground” and ancient musics. He may or may not have some degree of affiliation with Rev. Fred Lane in addition to a social scientific think tank known as MEINSCHAFT. \nJonah Gelbart is an improviser\, composer\, system-builder based in the greater Philadelphia area\, playing trumpet and shofar. He plays everything from classical\, straight-ahead jazz\, new music\, to free improvisation. He is currently a member of the Hansen-Protasi Group\, the Kitchen Sink ensemble\, the (Toshi) Makihara/Allen/Gelbart Trio\, and various other temporary musical arrangements. Playing sessions regularly since June 2025 at the Spring Garden Music House in Philadelphia with Jack Wright\, saxes\, and Henry Allen\, guitar.
URL:https://thefusefactory.org/event/performance-almost-music/
LOCATION:The Old First Presbyterian Church\, 1101 Bryden Road\, Columbus\, OH\, 43205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performance
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SUMMARY:October 2026 Frequency Fridays
DESCRIPTION:On the evening of Friday\, October 2\, we are thrilled and delighted to feature saxophonist/composer Caroline Davis (NYC)\, experimental musician/mixed-media artist Christa Ebert’s solo project Uno Lady (CLE)\, experimental electronic musician Adam Crawley’s solo project crawlinggiants (IND)\, and electronic musician/modular synthesist Eden Grey (CMH) w/visuals by ElectronFlow (CMH). Doors 7:30pm\, show begins at 8:00pm sharp. $10.00 prepaid\, $15 at the door. \nSupporters of our 2026-2027 season include the Greater Columbus Arts Council\, the Ohio Arts Council\, the Columbus Foundation\, and the Johnstone Fund for New Music. \nAbout the artists: \nCaroline Davis is a Brooklyn-based saxophonist\, composer\, and activist\, whose work is driven by a desire for connection and a belief in music’s capacity to expand listeners’ ears\, minds\, and hearts. A 2025 Guggenheim Fellow in Composition\, she is the recipient of the DownBeat Critics Poll Alto Saxophone Rising Star Award\, as well as fellowships from NYFA\, the Jerome Foundation\, Chamber Music America\, and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts. Her residencies include MacDowell\, The Jazz Gallery\, Civitella\, and the Rockefeller Estate\, and she has served as a mentor for New Music USA’s Next Jazz Legacy program. \nDavis’s work spans a wide range of creative contexts\, rooted in improvisation and social inquiry. She has released eight albums as a leader and collaborated with artists such as Allison Miller\, Lee Konitz\, John Zorn\, Angelica Sanchez\, The Femme Jam\, Miles Okazaki\, Nicole Mitchell\, Rajna Swaminathan\, and Matt Mitchell. Her most recent release\, Portals\, explores themes of grief and memory\, and she is also a contributor to Terri Lyne Carrington’s New Standards\, a landmark collection of jazz compositions by female-identifying composers. \nIn addition to her work as a performer and composer\, Davis is a dedicated educator\, teaching courses on gender in jazz at The New School and maintaining a private studio at the Manhattan School of Music. Her artistic practice is deeply intertwined with advocacy\, including work for gender equity through This Is A Movement\, and for current and formerly incarcerated individuals through initiatives such as Justice for Keith LaMar\, Freer Records\, Keys Beats Bars\, and Creative Beyond Incarceration. \nCaroline Davis’ solo performances are chosen spontaneously\, given the atmosphere of the room and the people present. She explores sonic textures offered by interactive technologies\, sharing sounds from the saxophone that she considers to be distinctive and quirky. She makes use of Pure Data patches developed by the open source community surrounding the Organelle (the technobear\, shreeswifty\, critterandguitari\, tony j morton\, nobuyasu sakonda\, soxsa\, varicela\, nicky-system\, samesimilar\, and chrisk). The music during this performance will pull from Caroline’s recent solo album\, Fallows\, created during a time of rest on land in Ucross Wyoming. bell hooks was a constant source of inspiration during this time\, through the following ideas: love as a practice of freedom\, radical openness\, maintenance of commitment\, using community as a means of escape\, belief in one’s capacity to transform\, what it means to listen\, and eliminating elimination. \nUno Lady is the musical persona of Cleveland\, Ohio-based musician and mixed-media artist Christa Ebert. She creates dream-like sonic worlds using her voice\, nature sounds\, and electronic tools. Performing as a one-woman choir\, she layers live-looped vocals and ethereal tones to create immersive compositions. Christa also creates nature-inspired stop-motion music videos that explores our connection to the natural world. Explore her releases at https://unolady.com/albums/. \nHer work has been supported by the Ohio Arts Council\, Creative Impact Fund\,  Akron Soul Train\, and numerous artist residencies and fellowships with Bloedel Reserve in Washington\, Chulitna Lodge in Alaska\, The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation in Maine\, Foundation House in Connecticut\, and Chateau Orquevaux in France. \nAdam Crawley (crawlinggiants) is a composer\, performer\, dance accompanist\, educator\, and instrument builder from Muncie\, IN\, where on faculty at Ball State University in the Department of Theatre and Dance. Crawley works extensively in music for dance including the American Dance Festival and Bates Dance Festival as well as composing and performing for choreographers and improvisors in many settings. crawlinggiants is focused around but not limited to creating music with modular systems built by hand by Crawley\, who has always enjoyed building and modifying musical instruments and using any objects at hand to produce sound.  \nEden Grey\, the artistic alias of Dr. Chelsea Bruno\, is an innovative electronic musician and modular synthesist renowned for crafting immersive\, evolving sonic landscapes. Blending deep ambient textures with complex\, leftfield rhythmic structures\, her distinct sound world bridges vintage-style electronic music with modern electronica. Grounded in extensive piano training from her youth\, she went on to earn a PhD in Music Composition from the Royal Holloway\, University of London. Beyond her solo studio work and consistent album releases\, she is highly active in the synthesis community as an active author for the German publication beat.de and the organizer of CV FREQS\, an international event network for hardware synthesis enthusiasts. \nElectronFlow is a visual artist working primarily with analog video synthesis and experimental electronics. Their work explores the hidden fundamentals of electronic images\, using waveforms\, scanning signals\, and video standards as creative material. Rather than starting with a specific subject\, they let the synthesizer and the electronics guide the work; creating shifting fields of color\, texture\, and movement. They are interested not only in what these systems can produce\, but in how they work\, how they can be pushed beyond their intended use\, and how the knowledge behind them can be preserved and passed on. Their practice is an ongoing exploration of a niche but important part of electronic and visual history.
URL:https://thefusefactory.org/event/october-2026-frequency-fridays/
LOCATION:The Old First Presbyterian Church\, 1101 Bryden Road\, Columbus\, OH\, 43205\, United States
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