High Zero 2018


The High Zero Festival celebrated its 20th year by touring to Chicago and New York City. Although it is impossible to capture the true nature of the live experience, this documentation site conveys the variety, energy, non-conformity and inspiration that makes the whole thing one of a kind. With visits to other vital music communities, 2018 was a year of striking sounds and visuals.

Chicago
September 14th

Set 1
Jim Baker (synthesizer, piano)
John Berndt (reeds, computer, invented instruments)
Tom Boram (synthesizer, computer, harpsichord)
Michael Zerang (percussion)

Set 2
Angel Bat Dawid (clarinet, piano)
Jamal Moore (reeds)

Set 3
Rose Hammer Burt (reeds)
Carol Genetti (vocals)
Shelly Purdy (percussion)

Set 4
Ben Baker Billington (drums, electronics)
Jeff Carey (computer, lights)
Owen Gardner (guitar, cello


Chicago
September 15th

Set 1
Samuel Burt (daxophone, bass clarinet)
Eric Leonardson (springboard)
Stewart Mostofsky (electronics)
Cristal Sabbagh (dance)


Set 2
CK Barlow (electronics, sampling)
Julie Pomerleau (violin, viola)
Jason Soliday (electronics)


Set 3
Jen Hill (miscellaneous)
M.C. Schmidt (electronics, balloon)


Set 4
Andrew Bernstein (saxophone)
Tomeka Reid (violoncello)
Katherine Young (bassoon, electronics)


New York
September 19th

Set 1
Tom Boram (synthesizer, computer, harpsichord)
Ikue Mori (electronics)
C Spencer Yeh (voice, violin)


Set 2
Owen Gardner (guitar, cello)
Shelly Purdy (percussion)
Margaret Schedel (violoncello, electronics)


Set 3
Andrew Bernstein (saxophone)
Jeff Carey (computer, lights)
Jamal Moore (reeds)
Ras Moshe (sax)
JD Parran (woodwinds)


Set 4
Lea Bertucci (bass clarinet, alto sax, electronics)
Samuel Burt (daxophone, bass clarinet
Michael Evans (percussion, theremin)


New York
September 20th

Set 1
Bonnie Jones (electronics)
Laura Ortman (amplified violin)


Set 2
Rose Hammer Burt (reeds)
Sandy Ewen (guitar)
M.C. Schmidt (electronics, balloon)


Set 3
CK Barlow (electronics, sampling)
John Berndt (reeds, computer, invented instruments)
Tom Hamilton (electronics)
Amirtha Kidambi (voice)


Set 4
Chuck Bettis (electronics, vocals)
Jaimie Branch (trumpet)
Stewart Mostofsky (electronics)


Baltimore
September 28th

Set 1
John Berndt (reeds, computer, invented instruments)
Neil Feather (invented instruments)
Wendel Patrick (electronics, keyboards)


Set 2
Stephanie Barber (performance, spoken word)
Shelly Blake-Plock (electric guitar)
Samuel Burt (daxophone, bass clarinet
Jimmy Joe Roche (electronics)


Set 3
Jeff Carey (computer, lights)
Allison Clendaniel (voice, piano, cello)
Stewart Mostofsky (electronics)


Set 4
Andrew Bernstein (saxophone)
Tom Boram (synthesizer, computer, harpsichord)
Rose Hammer Burt (reeds)
April Camlin (drums)


Baltimore
September 29th

Set 1
Susan Alcorn (pedal steel)
CK Barlow (electronics, sampling)
Orlando Johnson (mandolin, found objects)
M.C. Schmidt (electronics, balloon)


Set 2
Carrie Fucile (objects)
Jamal Moore (reeds, percussion)
Ada Pinkston (dance)
Peter Redgrave (dance)


Set 3
Patrick Crossland (trombone)
Owen Gardner (guitar, cello)
Sarah Hughes (reeds, flute, loops)
Bonnie Jones (electronics)
Paul Neidhardt (percussion)


Set 4
Shelly Purdy (percussion)
Bob Wagner (drums)
Dan Conrad (flute)