chart1 copy (1)From Sydney is miJ yelneD, with Chris Penalosa and Joe Hertenstein.
Martín Escalante (from Los Angeles) with Matt Mottel, and joined by special guest Luis Toto Alvarez (Valparaiso Chile)
And also, the return of God Is My Co-Pilot .

miJ yelneD alto sax, prepared bass flute
A wonderfully smart and tasteful player, one of Australia’s foremost improvisers, Mij was a true force in creating the Aussie improvisation scene of the 1980’s, and then on to environmental performance, and then to being a substantial influence on current scene there through curating festivals and an improvising big band. A veteran of Derek Bailey’s Company, Mij co-founded the renowned ensemble “Machine For Making Sense” that bridged improvisation, composition and new-music. His extended technique on flutes and alto saxophone, his acute listening skills, and his refusal to get stuck into a format make him a first-rate musician.

Chris Penalosa (they/them) is an American artist & interdisciplinary designer based in New York. Their work primarily focuses on performance with modular electronics, utilizing signal processing & capacitive circuits as a collaborative tool to sculpt sounds in real-time. Penalosa has performed collaboratively and solo in New York at Issue Project Room, Microscope Gallery, Sediment Gallery, MoMA PS1, Experimental Intermedia, and at Spektrum in Berlin. They currently work with the veteran underground record label Generations Unlimited.

When I first heard drummer Joe Hertenstein, I couldn’t believe I didn’t already know about him. Acute, smart and skilled. He has released five albums as a leader with the bands HNH, POLYLEMMA, Future Drone and TØRN and many more as a sideman on labels such as MoersMusic, Cleanfeed, Red Toucan, jazzwerkstatt Berlin, Creative Sources, 2nd Floor/Loft-Cologne, Skirl, Leo, Engine, EvilRabbit, FMR, Konnex and others. He has played music with Butch Morris, Matthew Shipp, Ivo Perelman, Alvin Fielder, Karl Berger, Tim Hagans, Andy Rourke of TheSmiths and many more.www.joehertenstein.com

Martín Escalante with Matt Mottel
Martín Escalante – His main instrument is the alto saxophone which he has slightly modified in order to produce a wide variety of noises, multi-phonics and voice extensions. In 2012 he started his record label Sploosh Records where he releases his solo work and collaborations as well as that of other artists from México, USA, Chile, Norway and Perú.

Matthew Mottel performing most notably with Talibam! since 2003. He has worked with Karole Armitage, Rhys Chatham, Cooper-Moore, Yasuano Tone and many others. Www.talibam.bandcamp.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z6iNuHEhE0

And in a stunning development, we are thrilled have the return of the legendary God is my Co-Pilot. They’ll be playing a show for us before departing for their UK tour.
No-wave standard-bearers God-Co will with this concert concentrate their ecstatic expertise on temporizing various themes in a concerted attempt to experimentally test a series of serious temporary hypotheses. They say.
Expect some blue smoke to come out of the test-tube. I think.
Blow your socks off. Probably.
Read all about it:
http://louderthanwar.com/god-is-my-co-pilot-reform-and-announce-uk-tour/#.WnuLw0QTjGQ.twitter

God Is My Co-Pilot is Normandy Sherwood, Craig Flanagin, Kate Gentile, Jason Blackkat, and Kevin Shea.