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Tentet/Octet

Tentet/Octet is a Buffalo-based experimental ensemble formed in the spring of 2007 to explore rock-inflected improvisation that transcends typical drone sludge and blustery noise excursions. Featuring Kyle Price and Tristan Trump, the group’s articulate, tightly hewn fragments of splintered sound interlace electronic abstraction, guitar noise, simmering drums and dubbed out vocal textures. The effect—abstract but not overwhelming—invokes free jazz, improv and modern classical composition. This weekend, two unique incarnations of this decidedly amorphous project perform in two different venues in support of two different but equally intriguing acts. At Squeaky Wheel on Saturday the Tentet/Octet “Reactionary Ensemble,” an expanded version of the group which plays unscripted responses to video scores, opens for Cincinnati ambient rock outfit Johnnytwentythree. Featuring guitar, bass, drums and violin accompanied by projections, Johnnytwentythree is an easy read for fans of the likes of Godspeed! You Black Emperor and Explosions in the Sky. On Sunday, Tentet/Octet returns to the stage at Soundlab with an entirely different set, in support of Boston noisemakers Neptune. Legendary for wielding instruments created from found objects and random junk (welded sheet metal guitars, intricately wired electronics, dumpster dive drums), Neptune’s sculptural visuals are a sight to be seen even before the music—a thunderous cacophony of sputtering electronics, jack-hammer guitar and monster beats—begins. DJ sets by the MJB Corporation (No Wave, experimental, mutant disco and indie-noise) fill out the night.

8pm Saturday, Squeaky Wheel, 712 Main St. $6; 9pm Sunday, Soundlab, 110 Pearl St. $6.