SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2026
High Line Brewing: 1318 9 Ave SE, Unit #113
(access via Minh Chau parking lot off 9th Ave SE)
7-10pm, 18+, $20 cover at the door, CASH ONLY

H ii Regions (from Montreal)
(Aaron Leaney, Nicolas Caloia, Jahsun Promesse)
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Way Ahead Trio
(David Lavoie, Adam Pettigrew, Jon May)
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Quit Music
(Nate Waters, Eric Hamelin)

An absolutely stacked night of fresh, forward-thinking groups traversing the crossover between free improvised music, jazz, and electronic textures.

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H ii Regions

H ii REGIONS is a Tiohtià:ke (Montréal, Québec) based trio formed in 2021, composed of saxophonist Aaron Leaney, percussionist Jahsun Promesse (Kalmunity) and bassist Nicolas Caloia (Ratchet Orchestra). Their music flows organically with influences in spiritual-jazz, dub, Afro-Caribbean rooted grooves and spontaneous improvised music. Fresh off a tour in Mexico (feb.'26) the group's upcoming sophomore release, "Dissolve" is steeped in trance and avant-garde jazz combining lyricism, crunch and broken j-dilla style pocket improvisations.

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Way Ahead Trio is a coming together of composer/multi-instrumentalist David Lavoie, bassist Adam Pettigrew, and drummer Jon May. David can be found playing in a bewildering array of different projects, including singing and playing guitar in his post-punk band Temps, drumming in Aidan O'Reilly's (also of Temps) project Bluffing, and even playing double bass in a bluegrass combo. Here he is found playing the electronic valve instrument - EVI - a tool that translates his prowess on the traditional trumpet to an endless supply of electronic sound sources. The synth-like textures he conjures recall certain corners of '70s jazz/fusion such as Bob James' Touchdown album and certain strands of Weather Report. He is ably backed by the fluid and flexible rhythm section of Pettigrew and May, who are also insanely busy, in-demand Calgary players who collectively cover stylistic ground from jazz to ska to rock to funk and beyond. Their debut album Strays was released last year.

 

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Quit Music is a new project from the duo of Nate Waters and Eric Hamelin. Both of these fellows are no stranger to the Bug Incision world; Hamelin first performed at a proto-Bug Incision concert at the Mutton Busting Festival in 2005, as part of an 8-piece group called The Whistleburn Ensemble. And for the better part of the last decade, Waters has been seen in a variety of ad hoc groupings, focused projects, and finely detailed solo performances at the series. When not quitting music, Hamelin also plays in Ghostkeeper, free jazz trio Eating Speed (with Jonathon Wilcke and Rob Oxoby), and maintains an ongoing musical rapport with composer, guitarist and instrument-builder Jay Crocker, mostly through their longrunning Nomoreshapes project. Waters is highly in demand, fronting his own art-pop project Eye of Newt, leading a jazz trio with Jeff Gammon and Afo Fapojuwo, co-leading Secreted Language (with Brock Geiger, Keith Rodger, and Chris Dadge), and playing bass and guitar with Samantha Savage Smith, Bennett Mitchell, and Brock Geiger.