Otolithia + María Dolores A. Matienzo + Ruth Davidson

Doors are at 7:30 PM, show at 8:00 PM

A serene evening balancing electronic and string sounds. Otolithia from Portland will make their Seattle debut. Relax in ambient immersive layers of shifting textures and tones. Bring a pillow, mat, or blanket to make yourself comfortable while listening.

Otolithia is an experimental, ambient, and improvisational duo featuring Tatiana Muzica (vocals, flute, electronics) and Josh Faber-Hammond (koto). The name is a fusion of the words ‘otolith’, a calcium carbonate structure in the inner ear imparting equilibrium, and ‘lithia’, or lithium water, which reduces depression and stabilizes moods in those who drink it. They hope their music can help the listener feel more balanced as well.

María Dolores A. Matienzo is a composer, poet, and archivist living on Duwamish land. Her recent works explore ritual, sensory experience, immaterial labor, and memory and memorialization. She has performed experimental music for over 20 years under her own name and as Black Tent and maría de los dolores. She publishes her work on her imprint, Imprecision Art. Her work has also been published by Travesties?!, Fantômes, and American Tapes. she’s buoyant, her first score for ensemble performance, premiered October 24 at Base: Experimental Arts & Space in South Seattle.

Ruth Davidson has been performing on their own and as part of Moraine, in addition to numerous other projects. They will be presenting solo cello.

Host or Publisher Mark Kerrigan