Christos Koulendro[u]s

Christos Koulendrous = Christos Koulendros

Christos Koulendros is a sound sculptor from Lowell Massachusetts and the island of Cyprus, engaged in a life long struggle to unlearn the propaganda of academic study as a means to spiritual freedom. He studied both western and eastern styles with amazing and illuminated teachers, then abandoned writing for the sake of building a One… Continue reading Christos Koulendro[u]s

Membrane Channel presents: Jesse Kudler + Ethan Tripp at Vox Populi

Jesse Kudler + Ethan Tripp at Vox Populi

The Philadelphia duo performed a set of their improvised electronic music at Vox Populi. Jesse Kudler is a musician, composer and sound artist working in improvisation, collaboration, and site-specificity. Guitar, electronics, radios, tapes, recordings and text. Ethan Tripp loves music and listens to loads of it, especially audio phenomena that are not as easily categorized.… Continue reading Membrane Channel presents: Jesse Kudler + Ethan Tripp at Vox Populi

Graffito Works at Grounds For Sculpture

Graffito Works at Grounds For Sculpture

Graffito Works Presents a Performance inspired by Robert Lobe’s “In the Forest Drawn of Metal” featuring Forest Projects, Collaborative Works with Kathleen Gilje. The performance took place at the West Gallery, Grounds For Sculpture. Steven Weisz’s brainchild, Graffito Works, is a unique platform for dancers and performing artists to create site-specific work and to make… Continue reading Graffito Works at Grounds For Sculpture

Vervet Dance presents: Boing! (preview)

Vervet Dance presents Boing! (preview)

Boing! is an exploration of bouncing and swirling, created as a fusion of music, dance, performance, and installation. A kinesthetically playful and aurally rich experience, Boing! delivers child-like fun with sophisticated composition. This work features an ensemble of crafty performers moving and sounding within thousands of ping-pong balls and an array of cooking pots, forming… Continue reading Vervet Dance presents: Boing! (preview)

Garguad + Gomez + Wright

A trio of: Guillaume Garaud. Guitar + Objects Jack Wright, Saxophone and Jean-Philippe Gomez, Synthesizer Analog + Voice Performed at Pageant: Soloveev Gallery in Philadelphia, PA.

A trio of: Guillaume Garaud. Guitar + Objects Jack Wright, Saxophone and Jean-Philippe Gomez, Synthesizer Analog + Voice Performed at Pageant: Soloveev Gallery in Philadelphia, PA.

Shh! Shh! Flandrew Fleisenberg

Flandrew Fleisenberg

Flandrew Fleisenberg plays percussion on an assortment of everyday ephemera and modified drum parts that he has reduced and eroded through a process of playing and breaking. A graduate of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston with a focus on conceptual art, he is musically self-taught and has developed a cadre of… Continue reading Shh! Shh! Flandrew Fleisenberg

Ben Holmes & Patrick Farrell at The Little Shul

Ben Holmes & Patrick Farrell at The Little Shul

Ben Holmes & Patrick Farrell are a one-of-a-kind trumpet and accordion duo whose performances find the common thread in klezmer, original concert music, and improvisation, interpretations of Romantic-era composers, pop music and more. Accordionist Patrick Farrell (Yo-Yo Ma, Frank London, Yiddish Art Trio) and trumpeter Ben Holmes (Slavic Soul Party!, Ben Holmes Quartet, Brooklyn Qawwali… Continue reading Ben Holmes & Patrick Farrell at The Little Shul

Fire Museum Presents: Antti Tolvi

Antti Tolvi

Antti Tolvi is a self-taught, multi-talented musician. Born in Panelia on the west coast of Finland, he began making music with his brothers, untutored. From 2000-2001 he studied classical Indian music in Varanasi, and this marked a turning point in his perception of music. On returning to his native Finland, Tolvi became embroiled in Free… Continue reading Fire Museum Presents: Antti Tolvi

Fire Museum Presents: Fursaxa

Fursaxa

Fursaxa is a USA-based acid folk or freak folk project led by Tara Burke of Pennsylvania.. Her home-recordings feature many instruments in addition to her heavily overdubbed vocals on a 4-track recorder. The writings of Medieval mystic Hildegard von Bingen, Vladimir Nabokov, and Mircea Eliade have influenced the lyrics and mood of Burke’s work. This… Continue reading Fire Museum Presents: Fursaxa

Toshimaru Nakamura et al

Amy Cimini improvising with Archer Spade

Toshimaru Nakamura, Tokyo’s experimental music artist, is visiting the United States for a week of performances with Many Arms. Nakamura was joined by a collection of Archer Spade musicians for his first show: Keir Neuringer Amy Cimini Julius Masri Jesse Kudler Ian Fraser Nick Millevoi and Dan Blacksberg Nakamaru and Many Arms’ show schedule is… Continue reading Toshimaru Nakamura et al