Motoko Honda ~ piano/sound artist

Brad Dutz ~ percussion

Wayne Peet ~ hammond organ

Emily Hay ~ flute/vocals, electronic effects
  
 
POLARITY TASKMASTERS, the group seamlessly weaves improvisations with  virtuoso technique into strange soundscapes, stream of consciousness  stories, shocking operatic displays and intense grooves which melt into
images of film noir and sci-fi creatures. Greg Burke from Metaljazz  describes the scene:
  
"The three score instant chemistry, as Honda and Hay tiptoe into a
delicate call-and-response before Dutz launches a tri-tone mantra on the
steel-drum head he’s thoughtfully brought along, and Honda picks up on
it, and she and Dutz knock notes back and forth with increasing
vibratory similarity across the net of Hay, who finds herself roughly
framed like an intense self-portrait, switching off in quick dialectic
between her mini-operatic vocal commentary and the soft arguments of her
big alto flute (ace technique on both voice and wind). Then Honda
soundtracks some noir as Dutz thumps his shallow kick and crish-crashes
on his Dr. Seuss Xmas tree of little cymbals. Hay sneaks in some
suggestive physical performance art with her flutes; Honda complements
the mood with insouciant Satie-like plinks; they all get together for a
spooky nighttime walk in tribute to the nearly full moon that’s
outshining the downtown streetlamps outside."

Tickets $20