Sunday June 22 * 7pm * $15-25 * TICKETS
In their debut album, Lily Finnegan (drums) and gabby fluke-mogul (violin and vocals) give their respects to the queer punk rock & avant jazz musicians of the expansive continuum past, present, future. A prayer, a scream, a steadfast commitment - Finnegan and fluke-mogul weave improvised song, solo, and laughter in this music, recorded in the depths of July 2023 in Chicago.
Lily Glick Finnegan is a Chicago born and based drummer, composer, improviser and organizer. She currently plays in her own self led quartet along with Ken Vandermark’s Edition Redux and punk band Cucuy. Lily collaborates with a wide range of artists including Nicole Mitchell, Fay Victor, James Brandon Lewis, gabby fluke-mogul, Shanta Narullah, Ed Wilkerson Jr., Devon Gates, Dave Rempis, Macie Stewart, Lia Kohl, Christof Kurzmann and Jason Stein. This is her second year curating the Experimental Sound Studio Option Series and Catalytic Sound Festival.
gabby fluke-mogul is a New York-based violinist, improviser, composer, educator, organizer and doula. Weaving within the threads of avant and free jazz, with deep roots in improvised and experimental music, their music has been described as “embodied, visceral and virtuosic” and “the most striking sound in improvised music in years”. gabby is humbled to have collaborated with Nava Dunkelman, Joanna Mattrey, Ava Mendoza, Charles Burnham, Fred Frith, Luke Stewart, Zeena Parkins, Tcheser Holmes, Lester St. Louis, William Parker, and Pauline Oliveros among many other musicians, poets, dancers and visual artists.
Ollie Becker is a guitarist/vocalist/composer/improvisor based out of Boston. Current projects include: solo guitar, noise rock band Rong, experimental grind band Obsolescence Technician, ensemble Premium Velvet Headache Pillow, and composition for chamber groups including Ghost Weight, a piece for violin duo that was premiered at San Francisco Conservatory in February 2024, as well as a suite for string quartet to be premiered by Non-Event in Boston this April 13, 2025. Their solo guitar combines their self-taught background with more recent studies in composition, with influences ranging from “American primitive” guitar to experimental metal, free improvisation, impressionism, and brutalism. Approaching solo guitar like a piano reduction of a larger score, each piece regularly shifts in meter, tempo, harmony, and texture – a review of their acoustic trio album minis said that it “hits like freak-lounge jazz, acoustic metal and hardcore riffing off art pop ... each influence in style and tone holds its place within each song” (Post-Trash, 2021).
4CASSETTES:1DRUM is a surround sound performance piece written and performed by experimental musician Will Hicks. This piece is written for 4 tape players and one floor tom. It takes you on a confusing journey from experimental electronics to a wall of noise to a heartfelt string arrangement that appears to circle the audience while Hicks plays a repetitive pattern on the drum positioned in the center of the room. A classically trained musician and accomplished experimental percussionist, Will Hicks continues to push boundaries through experimental and noise-driven performance. With over a decade of experience touring across the United States, Will has performed as the creative force behind the solo audiovisual project Bl_ank, the solo electro-acoustic pianist William Todd as well as a drummer for a wide array of acclaimed acts, including Ed Schrader's Music Beat, Alex Silva, Linear Downfall, Electric Würms, and R. Stevie Moore, among others.