Poster: Josh Levi

Saturday November 11 * 7pm * TICKETS

The Royal Arctic Institute is an instrumental, post-punk, cinematic jazz quintet.
Members John Leon (guitar) and Lyle Hysen (drums) combine 50+ years of experience (Das Damen, Roky Erickson’s backing band, & more). The quintet is rounded out by David Motamed (bass), Lynn Wright (guitar), and Carl Baggaley (keyboard). The group self-describe their music as “post-everything.” The new album “From Catnap To Coma To Catharsis” compiles the bands two previous cassette releases onto vinyl that Aquarium Drunkard called " a gorgeous mini-album’s worth of dreamlike compositions, like Tortoise covering Santo & Johnny."

David Barker and Chris Zogby started Ice Out in the Spring of 2018 to explore their mutual interests in instrumental ambient & electronic music. Their influences range from Tangerine Dream to Tycho. Brian “Dex” Fontaine joined the group on bass in the spring of 2021.They’ve released an EP and several singles, and are currently working on a full-length release for 2024.

Visitors is Aaron Kushner and Julian Comanda, an electronic duo from Washington DC that combines broad influences into free form performances with modular synthesis and effect-heavy electric guitar.