Backspace is an active music venue featuring a wide variety of musical style, you can catch all sorts of different acts here seven days a week. Check out our up to date calendar below to view our upcoming events.
booking inquiries: events@backspace.bz
Please visit our friends at Cravedog and ask them about the Backspace Discount! 
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Wednesday, February 15. 9pm (doors open at 8pm). Vektor Transient Spellcaster Theories Night Nurse |
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Thursday, February 16. 9pm. $5.00 Grimble Grumble Space Waves Sundaze Souvenir Driver |
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Friday, February 17. Leaves Russell Lincoln's Beard Patina With keys, electric strings, huge vocals, acoustic/electric bass and raging drums, Leaves Russell melds rock, ragtime, electronica, folk and pop in to an atmospheric joyride. It's a sound that comes from their collective lifelong love affair with music. It's a sound that IS Leaves Russell.  |
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Saturday, February 18. 8pm (doors open at 7pm). $5.00 MUSIC IN THE SCHOOLS PRESENTS Details Coming Soon... |
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Sunday, February 19. 7:30pm. $5.00 PORTLAND POETRY SLAM Portland's most punk rawk literary show extravaganza pitting 8 poets against each other for $50 and the chance to represent PDX poetry to it's finest. all ages $5 suggested donation sign up @ 7:30 |
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Monday, February 20. 9pm. FREE! BATTERY POWERED MUSIC Every Other Monday! Not an open mic or a hippie jam sesh, more R2-D2 than RJD2, Battery Powered is "drum circle v2.0," according founding ensemble member Elias Foley. It's a new night of battery-powered electronic music and collaboration happening every other Monday (opposite Dorkbot) at 8pm. Show up and join in the battery-powered music ensemble jam and open mixer session. Inclusive, fun and inviting (and at times and epic mass of grinding handheld techno!). Certain nights will also feature solo artists, small ensembles and touring artists, all within an open space of structured improvisation and collaboration. Hear the S O U N D S |
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Tuesday, February 21. 9pm. $6.00 Eidolons Kelsey Morris |
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Wednesday, February 22. $7.00 Whitehaus Family Record Release Legendary Boston Arts Collective The Whitehaus Family Record is releasing the second volume in their acclaimed "Record" series For the first time, the Whitehaus Family Record is having bi-coastal release parties to promote their new release. 10 performances! Lindsay Clark, Hora Flora, "Peace, Loving", Erich Haygun, Mike McGee, Muscle and the Marrow, Rob Gray, Carrie Seitzinger, Robyn Bateman and Myrbeck/Schisko duo! |
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Thursday, February 23. 7:30pm. $7.00 Hands for Battle In Bloom The Brightest Stories And Soundtracks Hands For Battle, In Bloom, The Brightest, Stories And Soundtracks, & Guests |
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Friday, February 24. 7pm. $5.00 Half Way There Album release show! Alt-shanty folk~traditional with hints of funk, jazz, rock and classical. |
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Friday, February 24. 9:30pm. $5.00 CHIPTUNE Showcase! featuring Plain Flavored Mechlo Operation Mission Oven Rake Paul Owens The Portland Indie Game Squad presents Operation Mission, Plain Flavored, Paul Owens, Ovenrake, and Mechlo in an all-local, all-chiptune show on February 24th! Come dance the night away, try your hand at glitch visuals, and enjoy some sick 8bit music while in the company of PIGSquad and the artists that keep chiptune alive in our very own Portland! [According to the all-knowing Wikipedia: A chiptune, also known as chip music, is synthesized electronic music often produced with the sound chips of vintage computers and video game consoles, as well as with other methods such as emulation. In the early 1980s, personal computers became cheaper and more accessible than they had previously been. This led to a proliferation of outdated personal computers and game consoles that had been abandoned by consumers as they upgraded to newer machines. They were in low demand by consumers as a whole, and not difficult to find, making them a highly accessible and affordable method of creating sound or art.] |
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Saturday, February 25. 7:30pm (doors open at 7pm). $6.00 48 Thrills 800 Octane Burnside Heroes Mourning Bed Head
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Sunday, February 26. 5pm. FREE! PSU READING SERIES PSU students from creative writing classes reading their fiction work on stage! Every Last Sunday 5-7pm. |
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Sunday, February 26. 7:30pm. $5.00 PORTLAND POETRY SLAM Portland's most punk rawk literary show extravaganza pitting 8 poets against each other for $50 and the chance to represent PDX poetry to it's finest. all ages $5 suggested donation sign up @ 7:30 |
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Monday, February 27. 7pm. FREE! DORKBOT! Dorkbot is a group of affiliated organizations worldwide that sponsor grassroots meetings of artists, engineers, designers, scientists, inventors, and anyone else working under the very broad umbrella of electronic art. The dorkbot motto is "people doing strange things with electricity". Started by Douglas Repetto at the Columbia University Computer Music Center in 2000, dorkbot has spread around the world, with over sixty chapters either planning or actively holding meetings.
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Monday, February 27. 9pm. FREE! BATTERY POWERED MUSIC Every Other Monday! Not an open mic or a hippie jam sesh, more R2-D2 than RJD2, Battery Powered is "drum circle v2.0," according founding ensemble member Elias Foley. It's a new night of battery-powered electronic music and collaboration happening every other Monday (opposite Dorkbot) at 8pm. Show up and join in the battery-powered music ensemble jam and open mixer session. Inclusive, fun and inviting (and at times and epic mass of grinding handheld techno!). Certain nights will also feature solo artists, small ensembles and touring artists, all within an open space of structured improvisation and collaboration. Hear the S O U N D S |
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Tuesday, February 28. 8pm. $5.00 Josh Tatum + guests The Martyrs Josh Tatum is a singer/songwriter from Ft. Worth, Texas. Having played and written in many genres of music, Josh's style is a vast composite of influences. If you ask Josh, he will tell you, "I've always done my best to steer clear of being labeled a certain type of artist. I want each song to resonate with the listener individually. The way a good movie makes you feel". Josh's lyrics have always told a story based on personal experience and emotion. This honest energy is never shown more than in the live venue. From playing empty roadhouses in Texas, to sold-out shows at the House of Blues, Josh is no stranger to connecting with his audience. Backed with a core line-up of electric musicians consisting of bass player, Slayde Martin, drummer, Richard Millsap and guitar player, Trevor Jones, Josh Tatum is a live band you won't soon forget. Josh recently released his debut album, Everything I Need. |
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Wednesday, February 29. 8pm. $5.00 Josh Tatum Frame By Frame Josh Tatum is a singer/songwriter from Ft. Worth, Texas. Having played and written in many genres of music, Josh's style is a vast composite of influences. If you ask Josh, he will tell you, "I've always done my best to steer clear of being labeled a certain type of artist. I want each song to resonate with the listener individually. The way a good movie makes you feel". Josh's lyrics have always told a story based on personal experience and emotion. This honest energy is never shown more than in the live venue. From playing empty roadhouses in Texas, to sold-out shows at the House of Blues, Josh is no stranger to connecting with his audience. Backed with a core line-up of electric musicians consisting of bass player, Slayde Martin, drummer, Richard Millsap and guitar player, Trevor Jones, Josh Tatum is a live band you won't soon forget. Josh recently released his debut album, Everything I Need. |
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Thursday, March 1. First Thursday |
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Friday, March 2. 9pm. $7.00 The Shivas Orca Team Pleassure |
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Sunday, March 4. 7:30pm. $5.00 PORTLAND POETRY SLAM Portland's most punk rawk literary show extravaganza pitting 8 poets against each other for $50 and the chance to represent PDX poetry to it's finest. all ages $5 suggested donation sign up @ 7:30 |
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Monday, March 5. 7pm. FREE! DORKBOT! Dorkbot is a group of affiliated organizations worldwide that sponsor grassroots meetings of artists, engineers, designers, scientists, inventors, and anyone else working under the very broad umbrella of electronic art. The dorkbot motto is "people doing strange things with electricity". Started by Douglas Repetto at the Columbia University Computer Music Center in 2000, dorkbot has spread around the world, with over sixty chapters either planning or actively holding meetings.
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Monday, March 5. 9pm. FREE! BATTERY POWERED MUSIC Every Other Monday! Not an open mic or a hippie jam sesh, more R2-D2 than RJD2, Battery Powered is "drum circle v2.0," according founding ensemble member Elias Foley. It's a new night of battery-powered electronic music and collaboration happening every other Monday (opposite Dorkbot) at 8pm. Show up and join in the battery-powered music ensemble jam and open mixer session. Inclusive, fun and inviting (and at times and epic mass of grinding handheld techno!). Certain nights will also feature solo artists, small ensembles and touring artists, all within an open space of structured improvisation and collaboration. Hear the S O U N D S |
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Tuesday, March 6. 9pm. $6.00 Young Turks Sweet Weapons (ABQ) Blackheath Saints |
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Thursday, March 8. 9pm. $5.00 Sundaze Pataha Hiss The Suicide Notes |
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Friday, March 9. 7:30pm. $12.00 Andrew Jackson Jihad Laura Stevenson and The Cans Roar Kind of Like Spitting
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Saturday, March 10. 7:30pm. $6.00 Nether Regions Lord Dying Sloths Grenades |
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Sunday, March 11. 7:30pm. $5.00 PORTLAND POETRY SLAM Portland's most punk rawk literary show extravaganza pitting 8 poets against each other for the chance to represent PDX poetry to it's finest. all ages $5 suggested donation sign up @ 7:30 |
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Monday, March 12. 7pm. FREE! DORKBOT! Dorkbot is a group of affiliated organizations worldwide that sponsor grassroots meetings of artists, engineers, designers, scientists, inventors, and anyone else working under the very broad umbrella of electronic art. The dorkbot motto is "people doing strange things with electricity". Started by Douglas Repetto at the Columbia University Computer Music Center in 2000, dorkbot has spread around the world, with over sixty chapters either planning or actively holding meetings.
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Monday, March 12. 9pm. FREE! BATTERY POWERED MUSIC Every Other Monday! Not an open mic or a hippie jam sesh, more R2-D2 than RJD2, Battery Powered is "drum circle v2.0," according founding ensemble member Elias Foley. It's a new night of battery-powered electronic music and collaboration happening every other Monday (opposite Dorkbot) at 8pm. Show up and join in the battery-powered music ensemble jam and open mixer session. Inclusive, fun and inviting (and at times and epic mass of grinding handheld techno!). Certain nights will also feature solo artists, small ensembles and touring artists, all within an open space of structured improvisation and collaboration. Hear the S O U N D S |
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Friday, March 16. 9pm (doors open at 8pm). $5.00 Tope Liv Warfield The Angry Orts TOPE ALBUM RELEASE ! |
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Saturday, March 17. 9pm. Wizard Rifle WIZARD RIFLE ALBUM RELEASE ! |
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Sunday, March 18. 7:30pm. $5.00 PORTLAND POETRY SLAM Portland's most punk rawk literary show extravaganza pitting 8 poets against each other for the chance to represent PDX poetry to it's finest. all ages $5 suggested donation sign up @ 7:30 |
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Monday, March 19. 7pm. FREE! DORKBOT! Dorkbot is a group of affiliated organizations worldwide that sponsor grassroots meetings of artists, engineers, designers, scientists, inventors, and anyone else working under the very broad umbrella of electronic art. The dorkbot motto is "people doing strange things with electricity". Started by Douglas Repetto at the Columbia University Computer Music Center in 2000, dorkbot has spread around the world, with over sixty chapters either planning or actively holding meetings.
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Monday, March 19. 9pm. FREE! BATTERY POWERED MUSIC Every Other Monday! Not an open mic or a hippie jam sesh, more R2-D2 than RJD2, Battery Powered is "drum circle v2.0," according founding ensemble member Elias Foley. It's a new night of battery-powered electronic music and collaboration happening every other Monday (opposite Dorkbot) at 8pm. Show up and join in the battery-powered music ensemble jam and open mixer session. Inclusive, fun and inviting (and at times and epic mass of grinding handheld techno!). Certain nights will also feature solo artists, small ensembles and touring artists, all within an open space of structured improvisation and collaboration. Hear the S O U N D S |
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Sunday, March 25. 7:30pm. $5.00 PORTLAND POETRY SLAM Portland's most punk rawk literary show extravaganza pitting 8 poets against each other for the chance to represent PDX poetry to it's finest. all ages $5 suggested donation sign up @ 7:30 |
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Monday, March 26. 7pm. FREE! DORKBOT! Dorkbot is a group of affiliated organizations worldwide that sponsor grassroots meetings of artists, engineers, designers, scientists, inventors, and anyone else working under the very broad umbrella of electronic art. The dorkbot motto is "people doing strange things with electricity". Started by Douglas Repetto at the Columbia University Computer Music Center in 2000, dorkbot has spread around the world, with over sixty chapters either planning or actively holding meetings.
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Monday, March 26. 9pm. FREE! BATTERY POWERED MUSIC Every Other Monday! Not an open mic or a hippie jam sesh, more R2-D2 than RJD2, Battery Powered is "drum circle v2.0," according founding ensemble member Elias Foley. It's a new night of battery-powered electronic music and collaboration happening every other Monday (opposite Dorkbot) at 8pm. Show up and join in the battery-powered music ensemble jam and open mixer session. Inclusive, fun and inviting (and at times and epic mass of grinding handheld techno!). Certain nights will also feature solo artists, small ensembles and touring artists, all within an open space of structured improvisation and collaboration. Hear the S O U N D S |
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Friday, March 30. 7:30pm. $12.00 The Menzingers Cheap Girls The Sidekicks Ninjas with Syringes $10.00 advanced tickets at www.PortlandMercury.com The Menzingers create a rousing sound featuring crashing power chords, rock steady drumming and anthemic sing-along choruses alongside powerfully poetic everyman lyrics. |
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Sunday, April 1. 7:30pm. $5.00 PORTLAND POETRY SLAM Portland's most punk rawk literary show extravaganza pitting 8 poets against each other for the chance to represent PDX poetry to it's finest. all ages $5 suggested donation sign up @ 7:30 |
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Monday, April 2. 7pm. FREE! DORKBOT! Dorkbot is a group of affiliated organizations worldwide that sponsor grassroots meetings of artists, engineers, designers, scientists, inventors, and anyone else working under the very broad umbrella of electronic art. The dorkbot motto is "people doing strange things with electricity". Started by Douglas Repetto at the Columbia University Computer Music Center in 2000, dorkbot has spread around the world, with over sixty chapters either planning or actively holding meetings.
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Monday, April 2. 9pm. FREE! BATTERY POWERED MUSIC Every Other Monday! Not an open mic or a hippie jam sesh, more R2-D2 than RJD2, Battery Powered is "drum circle v2.0," according founding ensemble member Elias Foley. It's a new night of battery-powered electronic music and collaboration happening every other Monday (opposite Dorkbot) at 8pm. Show up and join in the battery-powered music ensemble jam and open mixer session. Inclusive, fun and inviting (and at times and epic mass of grinding handheld techno!). Certain nights will also feature solo artists, small ensembles and touring artists, all within an open space of structured improvisation and collaboration. Hear the S O U N D S |
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Sunday, April 8. 7:30pm. $5.00 PORTLAND POETRY SLAM Portland's most punk rawk literary show extravaganza pitting 8 poets against each other for the chance to represent PDX poetry to it's finest. all ages $5 suggested donation sign up @ 7:30 |
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Monday, April 9. 7pm. FREE! DORKBOT! Dorkbot is a group of affiliated organizations worldwide that sponsor grassroots meetings of artists, engineers, designers, scientists, inventors, and anyone else working under the very broad umbrella of electronic art. The dorkbot motto is "people doing strange things with electricity". Started by Douglas Repetto at the Columbia University Computer Music Center in 2000, dorkbot has spread around the world, with over sixty chapters either planning or actively holding meetings.
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Monday, April 9. 9pm. FREE! BATTERY POWERED MUSIC Every Other Monday! Not an open mic or a hippie jam sesh, more R2-D2 than RJD2, Battery Powered is "drum circle v2.0," according founding ensemble member Elias Foley. It's a new night of battery-powered electronic music and collaboration happening every other Monday (opposite Dorkbot) at 8pm. Show up and join in the battery-powered music ensemble jam and open mixer session. Inclusive, fun and inviting (and at times and epic mass of grinding handheld techno!). Certain nights will also feature solo artists, small ensembles and touring artists, all within an open space of structured improvisation and collaboration. Hear the S O U N D S |
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Sunday, April 15. 7:30pm. $5.00 PORTLAND POETRY SLAM Portland's most punk rawk literary show extravaganza pitting 8 poets against each other for the chance to represent PDX poetry to it's finest. all ages $5 suggested donation sign up @ 7:30 |
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Monday, April 16. 7pm. FREE! DORKBOT! Dorkbot is a group of affiliated organizations worldwide that sponsor grassroots meetings of artists, engineers, designers, scientists, inventors, and anyone else working under the very broad umbrella of electronic art. The dorkbot motto is "people doing strange things with electricity". Started by Douglas Repetto at the Columbia University Computer Music Center in 2000, dorkbot has spread around the world, with over sixty chapters either planning or actively holding meetings.
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Monday, April 16. 9pm. FREE! BATTERY POWERED MUSIC Every Other Monday! Not an open mic or a hippie jam sesh, more R2-D2 than RJD2, Battery Powered is "drum circle v2.0," according founding ensemble member Elias Foley. It's a new night of battery-powered electronic music and collaboration happening every other Monday (opposite Dorkbot) at 8pm. Show up and join in the battery-powered music ensemble jam and open mixer session. Inclusive, fun and inviting (and at times and epic mass of grinding handheld techno!). Certain nights will also feature solo artists, small ensembles and touring artists, all within an open space of structured improvisation and collaboration. Hear the S O U N D S |
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Sunday, April 22. 7:30pm. $5.00 PORTLAND POETRY SLAM Portland's most punk rawk literary show extravaganza pitting 8 poets against each other for the chance to represent PDX poetry to it's finest. all ages $5 suggested donation sign up @ 7:30 |
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Monday, April 23. 7pm. FREE! DORKBOT! Dorkbot is a group of affiliated organizations worldwide that sponsor grassroots meetings of artists, engineers, designers, scientists, inventors, and anyone else working under the very broad umbrella of electronic art. The dorkbot motto is "people doing strange things with electricity". Started by Douglas Repetto at the Columbia University Computer Music Center in 2000, dorkbot has spread around the world, with over sixty chapters either planning or actively holding meetings.
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Monday, April 23. 9pm. FREE! BATTERY POWERED MUSIC Every Other Monday! Not an open mic or a hippie jam sesh, more R2-D2 than RJD2, Battery Powered is "drum circle v2.0," according founding ensemble member Elias Foley. It's a new night of battery-powered electronic music and collaboration happening every other Monday (opposite Dorkbot) at 8pm. Show up and join in the battery-powered music ensemble jam and open mixer session. Inclusive, fun and inviting (and at times and epic mass of grinding handheld techno!). Certain nights will also feature solo artists, small ensembles and touring artists, all within an open space of structured improvisation and collaboration. Hear the S O U N D S |
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Wednesday, April 25. 8:30pm (doors open at 7:30pm). $6.00 Ask You In Gray Little Rascalz SuckerForLights Ask You In Gray Is a high-energy Electro-Pop band, who does the best electro-cyndi-lauper cover we've ever heard. This is a SUPERELECTRO showwww! |
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Sunday, April 29. 7:30pm. $5.00 PORTLAND POETRY SLAM Portland's most punk rawk literary show extravaganza pitting 8 poets against each other for the chance to represent PDX poetry to it's finest. all ages $5 suggested donation sign up @ 7:30 |
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Monday, April 30. 7pm. FREE! DORKBOT! Dorkbot is a group of affiliated organizations worldwide that sponsor grassroots meetings of artists, engineers, designers, scientists, inventors, and anyone else working under the very broad umbrella of electronic art. The dorkbot motto is "people doing strange things with electricity". Started by Douglas Repetto at the Columbia University Computer Music Center in 2000, dorkbot has spread around the world, with over sixty chapters either planning or actively holding meetings.
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Monday, April 30. 9pm. FREE! BATTERY POWERED MUSIC Every Other Monday! Not an open mic or a hippie jam sesh, more R2-D2 than RJD2, Battery Powered is "drum circle v2.0," according founding ensemble member Elias Foley. It's a new night of battery-powered electronic music and collaboration happening every other Monday (opposite Dorkbot) at 8pm. Show up and join in the battery-powered music ensemble jam and open mixer session. Inclusive, fun and inviting (and at times and epic mass of grinding handheld techno!). Certain nights will also feature solo artists, small ensembles and touring artists, all within an open space of structured improvisation and collaboration. Hear the S O U N D S |
