KALA presents a double-bill featuring Portland ambient jazz duo Negative Concord and Astoria ambient duo Before Aurora, on Friday, July 17th at 7:30pm. Tickets $20 online at kalaastoria.com and at the door. Doors open at 7:00pm.
Negative Concord is Portland’s emergent electronic and ambient jazz duo. With Richard Moore playing the ondes martenot and electronics, and Patrick McCulley on saxophone, Negative Concord seeks to measure opposing temporal and linguistic realities with sonic frameworks, flexible timbres, and nebulous rhythms. Having released their self-titled first album in September of 2024 the duo is currently working on their second album, Nokturno, smashing together influences from their heroes in the techno, dance, ambient and jazz world.
Before Aurora is an Astoria based duo of Derek Ecklund on synth, trumpet, and electronics and Gregg Skloff on double bass and objects. They create textural soundscapes that explore the potential of drones, live looping, and signal processing. They use their instruments to create continuous and spontaneous minimal sound compositions.