Roulette presents a special two-night installation centered around legendary guitarist Bill Orcutt and performers/collaborators from his eclectic Palilalia record label. Night two includes the East Coast premiere of the Orcutt’s minimalist mashup The Four Louies (featuring William Winant, Mari Maurice, Chris Corsano, Wendy Eisenberg, Alan Licht and many others); solo guitar sets by Cyrus Pireh and Ava Mendoza; and a duet by Chris Corsano and Bill Orcutt.

SCHEDULE
8pm Ava Mendoza solo guitar: Ava plays music from her 2024 Palilalia LP.
8:40pm Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt drums/guitar duo: Chris & Bill play a selection of music from their thirteen Palilalia albums.
9:20pm INTERMISSION
9:40pm Cyrus Pireh solo guitar: Cyrus performs music from his 2025 LP Thank You, Guitar
10:15pm The Four Louies: US East Coast premiere of The Four Louies.
Bill Orcutt guitar
William Winant maracas
Chris Corsano drums
Wendy Eisenberg organ
Mari Maurice organ
Alan Licht organ
Cyrus Pireh organ
Eli Knowles organ
David Golightly organ
Bryan Day noise table
Jas Stade guitar
Emmalee Johnson-Kao bass
Eli Streich drums

“The San Francisco-based guitarist has been on one of the great creative tears in his chosen instrument’s vaunted history.” –Pitchfork

“Quite awe-inspiring, and unlike anything else I can think of.” –The Wire Magazine

A livestream will be available free of charge at 8pm on the day of the performance and archived for future viewing.

San Francisco guitarist and composer Bill Orcutt has been described as “thrillingly original” (Will Ainsley, Bandcamp Daily), “a go-for-broke guitar improviser,” (Ben Ratliff, New York Times) “creating a new language” (Mark Masters, Pitchfork) whose playing would “make Derek Bailey do a double-take” (Lars Gotrich, NPR). Orcutt tours actively, appearing at festivals worldwide, including Rewire (The Hague), Presences Electronique (Paris), Jazz em Agosto (Lisbon), Goner Fest (Memphis), Musique Actuelle (Victoriaville), Big Ears (Knoxville), Music Unlimited (Wels), Le Guess Who? (Utrecht), Nouveau Festival du Centre Pompidou (Paris), Unsound (Krakow), a Maida Vale session for BBC 3 (London) and a Tiny Desk concert for NPR.