Join us on May 17th for the forty-fourth installment of the Skin And Bones Music Series– an Okanagan Arts Award-nominated concert series dedicated to the presentation of experimental music in the Okanagan.
i.o and Pet Retina with Charlie Handsome perform at DunnEnzies Downtown as part of the Skin And Bones Music Series on May 17th. Doors open at 7:30 pm and the concert will begin at 8:00 pm. Admission at the door is $15 or $10 for students and Alternator members. Advance tickets can be purchased online at EventBrite.
Victoria, BC based drummer and percussionist Maxwell Patterson leads his two projects i.o and Pet Retina. For over a decade, Maxwell has composed and performed some of the most innovative, genre-bending work within the Canadian music scene. His compositions draw upon the most abrasive and challenging elements of jazz, noise rock, math rock, free improvisation, post-hardcore, screamo, and even South Indian Carnatic drumming. In i.o Maxwell plays solo drums accompanied by prerecorded guitar samples, mostly from live sets recorded between 2021 and 2023, also created by Maxwell. With Pet Retina Maxwell is joined by Lauren Kale on pedals and bent electronic toys, meaning that the circuitry within has been modified/interfered with so as to yield bizarre and often random results.
Also on the bill is Kelowna’s own Charlie Handsome, AKA Adam Preston. For nearly 20 years Adam has been a leading presence within the Okanagan music scene, notably as lead guitarist and vocalist in his original rock outfit Charlie Handsome and the Brats. Pulling from influences like Jeff Beck, the Wipers, and Borbetomagus, Preston as Charlie Handsome is a raw, lyrically inventive, and playfully irreverent guitarist employing pedals, drones, and a power drill.
This concert is made possible through the partnership between the Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art and the Inner Fish Theatre Society. The Inner Fish Theatre Society produces Kelowna’s annual Living Things International Arts Festival, and remains frequent collaborators with both the Alternator and Skin And Bones.
Skin and Bones is a concert series dedicated to the presentation of experimental music in the Okanagan, established in 2015. Improvisation, contemporary composition, noise, and things in between, the Skin and Bones Music Series showcases performers both local and abroad. Skin and Bones shot forth from the dreams of Mike Woodworth and Darren Williams.