"Southeast Morrison's Holocene is easily one of the best places in Portland for music that feels like Capital-A "Art." Artists like Chicago's greatest unsung avant-garde pioneer Olivia Block, former Yellow Swans synth maestro Pete Swanson, and Hopscotch art installation contributor Seth Nehil are perfect for a space like this. Will you get to dance? Maybe-but tonight, the rows of chairs signaled that this was going to be a performance, not a concert."
"Behind the DJ booth, stood Swanson, unassuming in a baseball cap and a Universal Order of Armageddon T-shirt as he spun records. To the nerds that knew who they were looking at- which, statistically speaking, was likely everyone at Holocene-it was a mind-bending treat to enter the space and see one of Portland's great synth pioneers, performing live in Portland for the first time in 12 years."
Holocene on Southeast Morrison hosts an intimate, art-focused evening of experimental electronic music featuring Olivia Block, Pete Swanson, and Seth Nehil. Rows of chairs framed a performance-focused atmosphere where dancing was optional. Nehil performed with a laptop, an Arturia synth keyboard, and a densely patched modular synth, producing minimalist, IDM-adjacent soundscapes beneath nature and spider projections. Block positioned a glowing orb on her console, adding visual presence. Swanson spun records in casual attire, marking his first live Portland appearance in twelve years. The overall mood emphasized attentive listening, immersive textures, and subtle rhythmic ambiguity rather than club-style dancing.
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