Tuesday, October 28th
No fun
$15-30
8pm
Ozkat Ozkat
Duolant & Chris Rorrer
Electric Palace Ensemble

Okzat-Ozkat is a new collaborative project from Andre Burgos (Brown Calculus, Be Present Art Group), Chris Frank (Frank Irwin Quintet), Alex Meltzer (Korgy and Bass), Jessie Smith (Jessie Smith Big Band, Frank Irwin Quintet), Alexander Thomas (Frank Irwin Quintet, Isabeau Waia’u Walker), and Reed Wallsmith (Blue Cranes, Battle Hymns and Gardens).

The driving force behind Okzat-Ozkat is conversation — finding common ground through listening. It is about empathizing and being open to changing your point of view. It is about rhythmic, melodic, and textural diversity. It’s tension and release. It’s music to write or sketch to. Music to nod your head to. Okzat-Ozkat’s improvised pieces are for the creative and curious listener.

Duolant is the electronic music project of Portland-based producer, Jeff Mettlewsky. Introduced to the synthesizer at an early age, and eventually leading to years of taking piano lessons, the instrument remains a fixture and unifying element in both his composition and recordings. As an artist, Mettlewsky takes inspiration from the natural surroundings found in the Pacific Northwest, following an impulse that drives creativity and curiosity with sound and his music-making in its entirety. His works often explore the combination of traditional instruments with the more experimental elements of the studio. He has designed his own hardware effects that he regularly employs in his music. In 2023, Duolant released a pair of albums on two niche-paving English labels: Waxing Crescent and Woodford Halse.

Cellist Chris Rorrer is a session musician and educator, dividing his time between Southern California and Oregon. When asked to collaborate with other musicians in unfamiliar contexts, he is excited to offer a diverse skill set that complements any musical project in a very immediate way. Chris transitioned from violin to cello at age ten, being fascinated by its characteristic resonance and versatility. His work features an unmistakable attention to nuance that can be heard through unique phrasing and melodic choices. Rorrer seeks to build community, promote peace, and foster healing through his performances and recordings, contributing music that tells a shared human experience to a diverse audience. Chris earned his Master’s degree in cello performance from the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at California State University, Long Beach, in 2020.

In 2020, the historic Skyline Tavern closed its doors to the public and quietly re-opened them to nature & improvisation. Amid wildfires and racial justice protests, Skyline Tavern Project obscured the western saloon facade of the Tavern by covering it in black fabric and forming The Electric ⚡️Palace Ensemble. (E⚡️P E)
Inspired by the spiritual music of John Coltrane’s 1965 “A Love Supreme”, the Electric ⚡️Palace Ensemble composed their 4-part “Transfiguration Suite” in tender response to Coltrane’s original prayer; crafted with love, played with hellfire.
In 2022, E⚡️PE filmed their first performance of the Suite during sunset to a rapt audience of Northern Red Legged Frogs, Great Horned Owls & Lichen.
Today that performance is projected onto the exterior windows of the Skyline Tavern Project every Wednesday evening for the public. And the forest.

“The Transfiguration of the Electric Palace”
Composed by Tate Peterson, Kris Stuart & Matt Cadenelli. Commissioned by Skyline Tavern Project. Creative Commons License 2022.
Performed for Improvisation Summit by Tate Peterson, Chelsea Luker, Jeffrey Langston, Edwin Coleman, Scott ray Becker.
Tate Peterson-Guitar, Effects
Resolectrics, Big E & the Stomp, Asher Fulero, Black Dogs of Skyline
Chelsea Luker-Saxophone, Flute.
The Quadraphonnes, Scott Law Band, Moon Music, Asher Fulero Band
Jeffrey Langston-Electric Bass
Antony & the Johnsons, Kivett Bednar Band
Edwin Coleman -Drums
Three Kings Trio, Lloyd Jones Trio, Kivett Bednar Band
Scott ray Becker- Percussion
Garbage Gurus, Black Dogs of Skyline