Secret Planet Presents El Mantis with Mark Cisneros Space Fire Truth and Sarah Hughes at Rhizome

Name: Secret Planet Presents El Mantis with Mark Cisneros Space Fire Truth and Sarah Hughes at Rhizome
Start: 2025-12-15T19:00:00-05:00
Location: Rhizome DC

Schedule

Mon, 15 Dec, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Rhizome DC | Takoma Park, MD

Monday December 15 Secret Planet presents an exquisite evening of otherworldly, astonishing (and quite bonkers) sound sculptures that redefine the frontiers of modern jazz featuring El Mantis from Houston, Texas with Mark Cisneros’ Space-Fire-Truth and Sarah Hughes! Ticket link in bio 👀
El Mantis is a heavy psychedelic jazz band formed 2021 in Houston by Danny Kamins (alto saxophone), Andrew Martinez (guitar, vocals) and Angel Garcia (drums, vocals). Influences include King Crimson, Sonny Sharrock, John Coltrane, Magma, and The Mars Volta. Onstage El Mantis channel the spiritual intensity of Albert Ayler, Orbette Coleman, and Eric Dolphy, reshaping those influences into something urgent and unmistakably their own.
Mark Cisneros’ Space-Fire-Truth - led by Chicano/Indigenous-American artist and multi-instrumentalist Mark Cisneros. Des Demonas, Hammered Hulls, Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds, The Make-Up, WE WERE HERE BEFORE.
Sarah Hughes is a performing and visual artist. She has 26 years of experience playing the alto saxophone and also doubles on the soprano saxophone, flute, and clarinet. Hughes’ music is is intuitive and genre-liberated while displaying an unquestionable command of her instrument and musical vocabulary. Her improvisations and compositions are infused with knowledge of both traditional and contemporary approaches and combine a love for “The Greats” with a drive to innovate.