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.

In front of the dance floor’s DJ booth sat the gadget array Nehil would be manning. Overlooking everything from just behind the railing was Block’s own console, equipped with her very own glowing orb. “Just what every show needs!” declared a friend, who sat knitting a marvelous hat in the second row.

Behind the DJ booth, stood Swanson, unassu

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