SIMM Series
Musicians Union Hall 116 9th St @ Mission SF
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On the Edge of Dark
New works about desert planets, novi, space, and interstellar sonic mind travel with Rent Romus with the Lords of Outland featuring multi-instrumentalist Vinny Golia
opening set Mutual Aid Project Trio:
Tracy Hui - electric guitar, Nick Obando - alto sax, Marshall Trammell - drums

The Lords of Outland:
CJ Borosque electronics/trumpet, Philip Everett drums/electric autoharp, Ray Scheaffer electric bass/effects, Rent Romus saxophones

On the Edge of Dark is a series of original compositions and improvisations inspired by the writings of Frank Herbert's epic Dune series of books, Phil K. Dick's rantings and H.P. Lovecraft's darkest fears.

Vinny Golia, the internationally noted multi-instrumentalist, composer and bandleader has become an important contributor to the vanguard of creative music.
As a composer he fuses the rich heritage of jazz, contemporary classical and world music into his own unique compositions.
As a performer, Golia has presented his music to concert audiences in Europe, Canada, Japan and the United States in ensembles varying dramatically in size and instrumentation. Putting down the paint brushes of a visual artist in 1971, Golia devoted himself full-time to music and has since evolved into one of the world's most celebrated creative jazz artists. At the forefront of improvised music, he plays twenty different woodwinds, plus various ethnic aerophones.

Throughout the Lords of Outland fifteen year history its core roster has changed numerous times featuring guests John Tchicai, James Zitro, Kash Killion, and many others. The group released two recordings in the ninties “You’ll Never Be the Same” in 1995 and, “Adapt...or Die!” in 1997. In 2000, Romus produced a dedication to Albert Ayler, “Avatar in the Field” and in 2002 along side his partner and wife CJ Borosque, the group released music to her book of poetry entitled The Metal Quan Yin. Continuing to perform and record live shows up and down the West Coast through the latter half of the decade, Romus discovered he and the Lords had fallen into a realm known to some as "Free Jazz Metal" (or some variation thereof). This back alley sub-genre seems to have metamorphosed from the seeds of free jazz mixed with the fires of a new generation of instrumentalists who were influenced by 60's and 70's rock as well as punk, metal and noise. This incubation and virulent growth of the sub-genre spurred The Lords’ last three recent releases aptly named “Culture of Pain” in 2005, “You can sleep when you're dead!” in 2007, and “The Pit “ in 2009.
Currently the group features drummer Philip Everett, bassist Ray Schaeffer (of Tri-Cornered-Tent-Show), and noise artist CJ Borosque.

Mutual Aid Project Trio is a Bay Area based collective comprised of Trammell, Tracy Hui (guitar/objects), and Nick Obando (tenor/alto saxophone). Trammell began this collective out of his deep need for his art and life’s work to be a part of social justice movements in his surrounding communities. He is a student of Afro-Cuban and Haitian drumming styles. Through his drumming teacher, Trammell met a prolific Haitian drummer from New York City who worked with Obando. At the time, Obando already was in a duo with Hui. However, Trammell soon joined them to start "something fresh" - the Mutual Aid Project Trio. - Jen Verzosa, SF Local Music Examiner

Cost: $10/8

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