02/18/2026
Chris Corsano & John Brennan
With visuals by Kim Alpert
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Open Space, 510 Fort St, 2nd Floor
7pm (doors open at 6:30pm)
$20 suggested donation
Celebrate their new record
Buzzing With Rumors
With a live improvised performance
Two drum kits + electronics
Buzzing With Rumors Vinyl Records will be available for purchase at the event $30 along with other merchandise.
The new record is released by Mint Records.
Chris Corsano & John Brennan are a percussion duo focused on improvisation, resonance, and rhythm through collaboration. Since 2016, they have developed a working relationship that began when Brennan invited Corsano to contribute to The Temporal Drum Set (2016–2018), a sound installation and performance project examining the sonic memory and agency of the drum set. In May 2024, Corsano joined Brennan’s group Earth Ball for a two-week UK tour, which included a collaborative performance with pianist Steve Beresford at Café Oto in London.
Their work together bridges extended techniques, instrument modification, experimentation, and free improvisation. They have performed as a duo and in a trio with Elisa Ferrari at Open Space, Victoria BC, with recent appearances including Vancouver’s long-running Fake Jazz concert series (2024). In January 2024, Corsano and Brennan recorded their debut duo album Buzzing With Rumours, released by Mint Records in February 2026.
Chris Corsano (b. 1975, USA) is a New York–based drummer known for his innovations across free jazz, avant-rock, and experimental music. Described by The Guardian as “one of the world’s great drummers,” he has performed with Björk, Joe McPhee, Paul Flaherty, Okkyung Lee, Bill Orcutt, and many others.
John Brennan is a drummer, sound artist, and improviser based in Vancouver, on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. His work spans installation, sonic sculpture, and performance, focusing on the acoustic memory of instruments and the extended potential of the drum set. He is a member of Earth Ball, whose recent LP Actual Earth Music Vol. 1 & 2 (Upset The Rhythm) follows collaborations with Steve Beresford and Corsano. Brennan has also collaborated with Victoria Shen, John Dieterich, Greg Saunier, Raven Chacon, and many others.
Kim Alpert combines analog and digital technologies, movement, music, and interactivity, to create sculptural and performance-based video systems. Kim's visual practice centers on humanism with inquisitions into psychology and spirituality - understanding and translating the impact of visual language to create meaning.
