Now 17, Chris Cogburn’s No Idea Festival remains the premier local gathering for the sonic avant-garde. In agreement are Japanese sonic explorers Takahiro Kawaguchi and Makoto Oshiro, who employ altered everyday objects in making the mundane sound ethereal. More overtly musical, jazz violist Mat Maneri joins drummer Randy Peterson, Norwegian accordionist Kalle Moberg, and local bass ace Ingebrigt Håker Flaten. German saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock, Mexican double bassist Juan García, locals Jonathan Horne (guitar) and Bob Hoffnar (pedal steel) and more travel to the fringes as well.
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