THURSDAY MAY 19

DOSEONE, GUST BURNS, CRISTIN MILLER
With a nasal, rapid-fire delivery that's as instantly identifiable as any MC spraying saliva on a mic today, Adam "Doseone" Drucker has built a notorious rep for his fractured, image-rich raps and vocal circumlocutions in Subtle, Themselves, and cLOUDDEAD. With those outfits, Dose has made serious inroads into the indie-rock and IDM worlds (nerdy rapper appeals to nerdy rock and electronica fans; shockah!). Tonight, though, Dose joins forces with Seattle improvisers Gust Burns (piano, tape recorders) and Emma Zunz' Cristin Miller (vocals). Expect the unexpected and unalloyed brilliance, with Dose sending linguistic enigmas skipping out of his brainbox at the speed of thought. Gallery 1412, 1412 18th Ave, 322-1533, 8 pm, $10-$15 sliding scale, all ages.

SECRET MOMMY, SPLINTERS, CHONCEY LANGFORD
Vancouver's Secret Mommy is one of the few producers making worthwhile music from an absurdist's perspective. Remarkably, his 27-ideas-a-minute mode of composing hits with a gleeful splat more often than it misses. If you like DAT Politics, Felix Kubin, or Lesser, you'll fall for Secret Mommy's highly evolved slapsticktronica. Splinters (Bookmobile's Ben Torrence) just issued Metal Petals, a profoundly enjoyable collection of cerebral microfunk and minimalist dance music for people who don't like clubs. The intricately designed tracks here will put many lovely abstract images in your headphoned mind and increase your ability to concentrate by 67 percent. Torrence's former bandmate in the defunct Lamplighter, L.A.-based Choncey Langford, has a forthcoming album on Woodson Lateral Records that wrings profound beauty and beguiling strangeness from his computer. Langford's subtle, affecting manipulations of 0s and 1s make him one of the West Coast's most promising IDM producers. Welcome him back. With Spark, Kinoko, Smogmoth, M'Cha Teau, and Nko/Pauvs. Lo_Fi Performance Gallery, 429 Eastlake Ave E, 9 pm-2 am, www.lofiseattle.org, $3, 21+.

FRIDAY MAY 20

DECEPTIKON, VARIFORM, DAEDELUS
Portland producer Zack Wright displays a DJ Krush-like grasp of rhythm and melody on Lost Subject (Merck), his debut album as Deceptikon. The disc exhibits IDM producers' common infatuation with hiphop beats coupled with esoteric jazz, funk, and easy-listening samples. The overall vibe is smooth, sophisticated, and engaging in that 1997 Ninja Tune way. CHAC Lower Level, 1621 12th Ave, 388-0521, 10 pm, $7, 21+.