We’re thrilled to present amercian musician Alan Bishop, known for being bassist and vocalist of Sun City Girls, performing his Infamous “Alvarius B” show at Morphine Raum.

Alan Bishop is a founding member of Seattle’s avant-garde and genre-defying Sun City Girls, whose career spanned 27 years and over fifty releases. His work in Sun City Girls, with Richard Bishop and Charles Gocher, alone stands as a testament to his fearless exploration of the outer reaches of improvisation and composition. And as Alvarius B., Bishop has penned hundreds of his own original folk songs in a primitive “out” style that is extremely unique. And as an interpreter of other people’s work, his songbook also includes hundreds of cover songs from the obscure to the very familiar. Over much of the past 13 years, Bishop has been based in Cairo, composing & recording new Alvarius B. material while simultaneously establishing his own Egyptian-based band, The Invisible Hands and joining forces with Sam Shalabi and Maurice Louca in the trio Dwarfs of East Agouza. Bishop is also the co-founder of the Sublime Frequencies record label and he owns and operates Abduction Records.