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TICKETS ~~~Tropa Magica is a psychedelic cumbia rock band from East Los Angeles, formed by brothers David and Rene Pacheco. They blend alternative, grunge, and psychedelic rock with cumbia, creating a unique, danceable sound. Their music is inspired by the sounds and vibes of their 90s East LA backyard parties and incorporates elements of 60s Peruvian cumbias and punk. 

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THE P.A.S ARE CONTEMPORARY MYSTICAL PROTO-METAL BAND FROM MASSACHUSETTS. THEY ARE CHARACTERIZED BY THEIR RAW ENERGY, CRYPTIC AND PSYCHEDELIC AFFECT, WITH LYRICS THAT FOLLOW A CONCRETE AND BRUTAL FANTASY NARRATIVE.

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A GRAMMY-NOMINATED DRUMMER, PRODUCER, AND MC, KASSA’S MUSIC SITS AT THE WILD INTERSECTION OF AVANT-GARDE JAZZ, EXPERIMENTAL HIP-HOP, AND URGENT SOCIAL COMMENTARY. HIS SOUND DOESN’T JUST CROSS GENRES—IT BREAKS THEM OPEN. THINK GLITCHY MPC BEATS, VIRTUOSIC DRUMMING, RAW VERSES, AND FEARLESS IMPROVISATION.
COME SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES, PITCHFORK, AND NPR ARE CALLING KASSA OVERALL ONE OF THE MOST VITAL ARTISTS OF OUR TIME.
BE THERE EARLY. STAY LATE. TELL YOUR GRANDKIDS.

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CHARLIE CHIMI - ALTER EGO OF DOMINICAN RAISED CUBAN ARTIST CHARLES GARMENDIA - IS THE GLOBE TROTTING KALEIDOSCOPIC CREATOR OF “LA CHINA DE LA GASOLINA”, PLAYING PERCUSSIONS FOR ZAMROCK LEGENDS WITCH, JUAN WAUTERS AMONGST OTHER ARTISTS, AS WELL AS VISUAL ARTIST AND STUDIO MUSICIAN.
LIKE THE FAMOUS DOMINICAN STREET BURGERS THE PROJECT IS NAMED AFTER, HIS MUSIC IS A SPICY MELANGE OF AFRO-CUBAN RHYTHMS SPICED WITH FUNK BASS LINES AND TOPPED WITH INVENTIVE WORD PLAYS ABOUT MAKING LUNCH AND THE NATURE OF DECEPTION IN THE ANIMAL PLANET.
CHARLIE HAS ASSEMBLED AN INTERNATIONAL TEAM OF “CHIMIS” TO “RUN THE NUMBERS” FOR HIM IN A DIZZYING THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE THAT FEELS LIKE PEEPING INTO THE HAZY BACK ROOM OF A BODEGA WHERE OLD MEN ARE PLAYING DOMINOES WHILE LISTENING TO BACHATA ON BLAST THROUGH THE WORMHOLE OF A COSMIC SANDWICH.

STATE COMEDY RETURNS TO MANNY’S

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ZOH AMBA IS A SONGWRITER, COMPOSER AND MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST FROM TENNESSEE RESIDING IN NEW YORK. SHE BEGAN HER MUSICAL JOURNEY STEEPED IN THE MUSICAL TRADITIONS OF THE SOUTH AND HAS TAKEN IT FROM COAST TO COAST AND IS MAINLY KNOWN AS A SAXOPHONIST WHO BLENDS AVANT-GARDE, NOISE, AND DEVOTIONAL HYMNS, THOUGH HAS NOT SHIED FROM INCORPORATING FOLK MELODIES INTO THAT WORLD. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS AMBA HAS ALSO BEEN FOCUSING ON WRITING SONGS ON GUITAR WITH LYRICS THAT COME FROM THE HEART AND HER LOVE OF NATURE AND EXPERIENCES. SHE HAS BEEN PERFORMING HER FOLK SONGS PRIMARILY IN NYC BOTH SOLO AND WITH HER BAND CONSISTING OF ADAM BRISBEN (BUCK MEEK) ALSO ON GUITAR AND JEREMY GUSTIN (JOAN IS POLICE WOMAN) ON DRUMS BUT ALSO PERFORMS SOLO. THROUGHOUT THE YEARS ZOH HAS COLLABORATED WITH A VARIETY OF HIGH PROFILE MUSICIANS SUCH AS GLEN HANSARD, TYSHAWN SOREY, BILL ORCUTT, BRIAN CHASE (YEAH YEAH YEAHS), JIM WHITE (DIRTY THREE), ETC. AMBA HAS PERFORMED AT WELL RESPECTED VENUES AND FESTIVALS ALL OVER THE WORLD AND HAS TAUGHT WORKSHOPS AND MASTERCLASSES AT INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS NEW SCHOOL (NY), OBERLIN (OH), AND VARIOUS EUROPEAN FESTIVALS.

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AT A TIME WHEN THE WORLD SEEMS INTENT ON PUSHING US FURTHER INWARD AND FURTHER APART, KISS THE TIGER ARE HERE TO RATTLE OUR BONES AND BUST US OUT OF OUR COCOONS WITH SOME GOOD OLD FASHIONED ROCK AND ROLL.
FRONTED BY THE MAGNETIC AND DISARMING MEGHAN KREIDLER, WHO DRAWS ON HER BACKGROUND IN THEATER TO BREAK THE FOURTH WALL BETWEEN AUDIENCE AND BAND WITH HER RIGHTEOUS FIST PUMPS AND HIGH KICKS, THIS IS A BAND THAT DOESN’T JUST PLAY. THEY COMBUST. AND WATCHING THEM SET THE STAGE ABLAZE, IT’S HARD NOT TO FEEL THAT TENSION THAT’S BEEN BUILT UP IN ALL OF US THESE PAST FEW YEARS SLOWLY RELEASE, TOO, LIKE A COLLECTIVE EXHALE SET TO RATCHETING GUITARS, BUOYANT BASS LINES AND KREIDLER’S PERFECTLY PITCHED SCREAMS. THEIRS IS A CLEAN-BURNING FIRE. HELL, YOU MIGHT EVEN CALL IT HEALING.

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DANIEL VILLAREAL IS A MASTERFUL DRUMMER AND PERCUSSIONIST WHOSE PANAMANIAN AND LATIN ROOTS INFUSE HIS MUSIC WITH RICH RHYTHMIC TEXTURES AND VIBRANT CULTURAL ENERGY. BLENDING JAZZ, EXPERIMENTAL, AND GLOBAL INFLUENCES, VILLAREAL CREATES PERFORMANCES THAT ARE BOTH CEREBRAL AND DEEPLY VISCERAL, WEAVING POLYRHYTHMIC PATTERNS WITH SPONTANEOUS INTERPLAY. WHETHER PERFORMING SOLO OR WITH ENSEMBLES, HIS PRECISION, CREATIVITY, AND COMMANDING PRESENCE MAKE EVERY SHOW AN IMMERSIVE JOURNEY THROUGH RHYTHM, CULTURE, AND SOUND.

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SONIDO GALLO NEGRO IS A BAND FROM MEXICO CITY GOING BACK TO THE ROOTS OF PSYCHEDELIC TROPICAL MUSIC WITH GUITARS, ECCENTRIC ORGANS, ANALOG SYNTHESIZERS, THEREMIN... THEY MIX EXOTIC RARITY AND ESOTERISM WHICH WILL ALTER YOUR PERCEPTION AND FORCE YOU TO DANCE UNTIL YOU GET EXHAUSTED. ADD TO IT VISUAL HYPNOTICS AND LIVE PERFORMANCE BY DR. ALDERETE.
SINCE 2010, THEY HAVE HAD MULTIPLE TOURS AROUND EUROPE AND AMERICA, VISITED 20 COUNTRIES AND MORE THAN 50 CITIES. FIVE STUDIO ALBUMS LATER, THEY BECAME ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZED BANDS OF MEXICO CITY.

TRADITIONAL TOGOLESE RHYTHMS FORM THE BASE OF RISING TOGOLESE ARTIST.
THE SONGS ARE BASED ON TOGOLESE TRADITIONAL RHYTHMS WITH RITUAL MELODIES (VOODOO MELODIES), FESTIVE MELODIES, AND TALK ABOUT IMMIGRATION, SOCIAL JUSTICE...

BORN IN LOME, TOGO, DOGO PLAYED IN DIFFERENT BANDS IN THE TOGOLESE CAPITAL BEFORE MOVING TO THE UNITED STATES AND FOUNDING THE DC-BASED AFROPOP BAND, ELIKEH.

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(THIS GONNA SELL OUT!) ORB – AUSTRALIAN PSYCH ROCK VOYAGERS LAND STATESIDE
HAILING FROM GEELONG, AUSTRALIA, O.R.B HAVE CARVED OUT A CULT FOLLOWING WITH THEIR HEAVY BLEND OF FUZZ-DRENCHED PSYCHEDELIA, DOOM-SOAKED RIFFS, AND COSMIC EXPLORATION. EMERGING FROM THE SAME FERTILE AUSTRALIAN UNDERGROUND THAT BIRTHED KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD (ORB'S LABELMATES ON FLIGHTLESS RECORDS), THE TRIO BRINGS A POTENT MIX OF SABBATH-INSPIRED SLUDGE, KRAUTROCK GROOVE, AND SCI-FI FREAKOUTS TO EVERY STAGE THEY HIT.

SINCE THEIR 2016 DEBUT BIRTH, ORB HAVE CONTINUED TO PUSH SONIC BOUNDARIES ACROSS A STRING OF CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED RELEASES (NATURALITY, THE SPACE BETWEEN, AND 2024’S TAILEM BEND), COMBINING HYPNOTIC REPETITION WITH UNPREDICTABLE TURNS. THEIR SOUND IS BOTH RETRO-FUTURISTIC AND DEFIANTLY ANALOG, WHERE THUNDEROUS LOW END MEETS INTERSTELLAR AMBITION.

NOW, O.R.B ARE GEARING UP FOR THEIR LONG-AWAITED RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES. THIS TOUR MARKS A RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR NORTH AMERICAN AUDIENCES TO WITNESS THE BAND’S IMMERSIVE LIVE SHOW—EQUAL PARTS RITUAL AND REVELATION. EXPECT THICK RIFFS, DEEP JAMS, AND THE KIND OF PSYCHIC ENERGY THAT ONLY COMES FROM YEARS OF ROAD-TESTED CHEMISTRY.

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MISSMITHS: THE UNHOLY LOVECHILD OF THE MISFITS AND THE SMITHS. SCREAM ALONG TO HORROR PUNK ANTHEMS, CRY TO MOODY GOTH BALLADS.
HAILING FROM LOS ANGELES, MISSMITHS STARTED AS A COVER BAND PAYING HOMAGE TO THE ICONIC SOUNDS OF THE MISFITS AND THE SMITHS. NOW, THEY'VE EVOLVED INTO A FORMIDABLE FORCE, CRAFTING ORIGINAL SONGS THAT BLEND THE RAW POWER OF HORROR PUNK WITH THE MELANCHOLIC CHARM OF INDIE ROCK AND GOTH. THEY DELIVER A CAPTIVATING LIVE EXPERIENCE, WITH TWO LEAD VOCALISTS EMBODYING THE ICONIC STYLES OF GLENN DANZIG AND MORRISSEY, BACKED BY A TIGHT BAND THAT INCLUDES NODS TO OTHER LEGENDARY FIGURES LIKE JOHNNY MARR. MISSMITHS PROMISE A GHOULISH NIGHT TO REMEMBER FOR PUNK FANS AND SAD GHOULS ALIKE.

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COYOTE ISLAND IS THE MUSICAL VISION OF PRODUCER, SONGWRITER, AND MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST MIKE O’HEHIR. FOR MANY YEARS, MIKE TRAVELED THE COUNTRY WITH A GUITAR IN HAND, COLLECTING SOUNDS AND IDEAS. UPON RETURNING HOME TO MAINE, HE BEGAN THE PROCESS OF POURING HIS HEART INTO RECORDINGS.
WITH ROOTS IN FOLK MUSIC, THE SOUND QUICKLY EXPANDED INTO A NEW GENRE-BENDING REALM OF PSYCHEDELIC INDIE. MIKE ASSEMBLED A BAND OF BROTHERS TO CAPTURE THE EXPANSIVE SOUNDSCAPE IN A LIVE SETTING, AND FROM THIS, COYOTE ISLAND WAS BORN. WITH THE RELEASE OF THEIR FIRST HIT SINGLE, “HERE BEFORE,” THE BAND QUICKLY GAINED FANS AROUND THE GLOBE. THEIR LIVE PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS BOTH “ELECTRIC” AND “TRANSPORTIVE.”
WITH GOOD VIBRATIONS, DANCEABLE GROOVES, AND TROPICAL PSYCHEDELIA, COYOTE ISLAND OFFERS A SONIC VACATION FROM THE DOLDRUMS OF EXISTENCE.

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Born of Haiti's mizik rasin movement, Rasin Okan is the only Brooklyn-based rasin sèch band. In the spirit of rasin sèch (directly translated to dry roots), Rasin Okan emphasizes the sounds and songs of traditional Haitian Vodou ceremonial music without much electric accompaniment. Led and co-founded by Jean E. Montina, Sanba Mayombe, the group writes original songs and evocative folk music to insight the revolutionary spirit of Haiti's freedom fighters, to a pulsating rhythm.

LOS MICROWAVES IS A SYNTHESIZER DRIVEN POP, TECHNO-PUNK NEW WAVE TRIO FORMED IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA IN 1978. THE BAND CONSISTED OF MEG BRAZILL, DAVID JAVELOSA, AND TODD “ROSA” ROSENCRANS. THE BAND RELEASED THEIR FIRST ALBUM, RECORDED IN 1981, "LIFE AFTER BREAKFAST."

DAMIR IMAMOVIĆ STANDS AS A LUMINARY FIGURE IN THE REALM OF BOSNIAN MUSIC, WIELDING EXPERTISE AS A MUSICIAN, SINGER, COMPOSER, AND PREEMINENT AUTHORITY ON THE TRADITIONAL MELODIES OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, SPECIFICALLY THE EVOCATIVE "SEVDALINKA" OR "SEVDAH".

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RUMBO TUMBA IS THE ELECTROACOUSTIC MUSIC PROJECT OF ARGENTINE MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST, COMPOSER, AND PRODUCER FACUNDO SALGADO, WHO HAS CAPTIVATED AUDIENCES WORLDWIDE FOR OVER 12 YEARS, TOURING MORE THAN 30 COUNTRIES ON ALL CONTINENTS.
A CRAFTSMAN OF ORGANIC LOOPS, A ONE-MAN BAND; PERFORMING, RECORDING, AND MIXING A VARIETY OF HANDCRAFTED SOUTH AMERICAN INSTRUMENTS IN REAL TIME. RUMBO TUMBA'S LIVE SETS FEATURE AN IMPRESSIVE ARRAY OF WOODEN INSTRUMENTS WITH WHICH HE CONSTRUCTS A UNIQUE NATURAL SOUND AND AN ATMOSPHERE THAT TRANSPORTS LISTENERS TO THE PUREST PLACES IN NATURE. LOOP-BASED COMPOSITIONS HIGHLIGHT THE BEAUTY OF TRADITIONAL FOLK ROOTS AND DELICATELY EMPLOY CUTTING-EDGE DIGITAL TOOLS TO PROJECT SOUTH AMERICAN FOLKLORE INTO THE FUTURE.

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CROSSING HIIU KANNEL WITH ELECTRONICS, PUULUUP OSCILLATES ON THE BORDER OF TRADITION AND MODERN MUSIC STYLES, FLIRTING WITH WORLD MUSIC, UNDERGROUND AND POP. PUULUUP CONTROLS THE VIBRATIONS OF HIIU KANNEL’S STRINGS THROUGH EFFECT BLOCKS AND THE LOOPER AND USES ALTERNATIVE PLAYING TECHNIQUES AND SOUND GENERATION OPTIONS. ELECTRONICALLY AMPLIFIED ECHOES, KNOCKS, SQUEAKS AND SCRAPES ARE ADDED TO THE SOFT HISS OF HIIU KANNEL. THE MUSIC IS AT TIMES DANCE-PULSATING AND AT TIMES CINEMATIC AND DARK, CREEPING IN AND CARRIED OVER FROM THE CHAMBERS OF THE ANCIENT VORMSI TALHARPISTS. IT SOUNDS LIKE ORIGINAL CREATIONS IMPREGNATED WITH TRADITION, REFERENCES TO PUNK CLASSICS AND ROMANTIC NEO-ZOMBIE POST-FOLK WITH EDUCATIONAL CONTENT.

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BORN IN OKLAHOMA, RAISED IN PARIS, JW FRANCIS IS A NEW YORK BASED SINGER SONGWRITER WHO HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A “LO-FI SLACKER” AND WHOSE MUSIC HAS BEEN LABELED “GOOEY, DREAMY, WARMING BEDROOM POP”. HE NAMED HIMSELF IN THE STYLE OF AUTHORS FROM HIS CHILDHOOD, SUCH AS C.S. LEWIS.

THIS IS NOT YOUR DAD’S COVER BAND.
COCA LEAVES AND PEARLS
LED BY GUITAR CONJURER CHRIS FORSYTH
COCA LEAVES AND PEARLS DIG DEEP INTO NEIL’S RAWEST, DARKEST, AND MOST BEAUTIFUL ERA — THE LEGENDARY DITCH TRILOGY:
TIME FADES AWAY
ON THE BEACH
TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT
SONGS OF UNRAVELING, LONGING, AND DEFIANCE — PLAYED WITH REVERENCE AND GRIT BY A CREW THAT KNOWS HOW TO GO THERE.
EXPECT WOOZY BALLADS, UNHINGED ROCKERS, AND FULL-BODY GOOSEBUMPS.

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MIRAMAR IS A RICHMOND, VA-BASED GROUP REIMAGINING THE LATIN BOLERO THROUGH THE LENS OF PSYCHEDELIC ROCK, BOSSA NOVA, FUNK, AND JAZZ. ANCHORED BY THE POWERFUL VOCAL DUO OF REI ÁLVAREZ AND LAURA ANN SINGH, THEIR HARMONIES ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR GRACE AND PRECISION. THE BAND IS LED BY MARLYSSE SIMMONS-ARGANDOÑA ON PIANO AND ORGAN, WITH ÁLVAREZ AND SIMMONS-ARGANDOÑA ALSO KNOWN FOR THEIR WORK IN CULT SALSA BAND BIO RITMO.

WHILE A TRIO FORMS THE CORE, MIRAMAR OFTEN EXPANDS TO A FULL BAND AND COLLABORATES WITH STRING QUARTETS AND SYMPHONIES, BRINGING LUSH, ORCHESTRAL TEXTURES TO THEIR SOUND. THEIR MUSIC PAYS HOMAGE TO THE BOLERO—AN EMOTIVE GENRE BORN IN 19TH-CENTURY CUBA—WHILE BREATHING NEW LIFE INTO IT WITH ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS AND GLOBAL INFLUENCES.

MIRAMAR HAS EARNED ACCLAIM FOR THEIR DEEPLY MOVING LIVE SHOWS AND HIGH-PROFILE PERFORMANCES, INCLUDING NPR'S TINY DESK, GLOBALFEST, LINCOLN CENTER, THE KENNEDY CENTER, AND TOURS AS FAR AS RUSSIA WITH SUPPORT FROM THE U.S. EMBASSY. THEY'VE RELEASED MUSIC ON BARBÈS, DAPTONE, AND ANSONIA RECORDS, WITH THEIR LATEST ALBUM ENTRE TUS FLORES DRAWING PRAISE FROM INTERNATIONAL OUTLETS LIKE STAF MAGAZINE AND LIRA MAGAZINE.

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SINCE 2005, THE CLEVELAND DUO, MR. GNOME, HAVE BEEN CRAFTING A VISION OF EXPANSIVE, TECHNICOLOR ART-ROCK, PUSHING THE LIMITS OF SONIC EXPLORATION, THROUGH THEIR LIVING-BREATHING, SHAPESHIFTING REALM OF PSYCHEDELIC ORCHESTRATION. MR. GNOME HAS LONG HELD A STRONG CULT FOLLOWING ACROSS NORTH AMERICA FOR THEIR CATHARTIC, RAUCOUS, LIVE PERFORMANCES, AND ALBUM RELEASES HAVE RECEIVED CRITICAL ACCLAIM FROM THE LIKES OF ROLLING STONE (NAMED "BAND TO WATCH" IN A SPOTLIGHT REVIEW), PITCHFORK, NPR, PASTE, ESQUIRE, SPIN, MAGNET, MTV, KEXP, AND AMERICAN SONGWRITER, AMONG OTHERS.

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IF YOU’VE EVER SEEN JONATHAN PERFORM, YOU KNOW IT’S SOMETHING SPECIAL — FUNNY, WARM, OFF-THE-CUFF, AND TOTALLY ONE-OF-A-KIND. HE’S BEEN DOING IT HIS WAY SINCE THE MODERN LOVERS, AND SOMEHOW IT STILL FEELS FRESH EVERY TIME.

WE’RE STOKED TO HOST HIM IN A SPACE AS COZY AND CURIOUS AS MANNY’S — IT’S A PERFECT FIT.

DANBERT NOBACON OF CHUMBAWAMBA STARDOM IS COMING TO MANNY'S IN STATE COLLEGE, PA AS PART OF HIS POLITICALLY CHARGED "EAST-O-WEEN" TOUR!
THIS PACKED LINE UP OF PUNK ROCK AGGRESSION ALSO INCLUDES:
JUNK PUNK - ACOUSTIC PUNK FROM WAYNESBORO, PA
OWNED BY ASSHOLES - STATE COLLEGE PUNK ROCK ROYALTY!
SUBURBAN DOWNGRADE - LOCK HAVEN HARDCORE PUNK/THRASH/CROSSOVER WITH A HINT OF SKACORE THROWN IN FOR LEVERAGE.
RED DIE NUMBER NINE - BALTIMORE, MD GRITTY HARD ROCK PUNK N' ROLL WHO HAVE BEEN HOLDING IT DOWN SINCE '86!

FEW BANDS ARE AS INSCRUTABLE AS THE MYSTERIOUS TEXAS DUO AK'CHAMEL. THE PAIR ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR COUNTLESS CASSETTES, FILMS, AND FULL-LENGTH RECORDS (SUCH AS THE PUBLICLY AND CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED 'THE TOTEMIST'), AS WELL AS FOR PERFORMING THEIR RITUALISTIC SOUNDS IN HOMESPUN COSTUMES WITH SELF-MADE INSTRUMENTS.

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ALASH ENSEMBLE IS A QUARTET OF MASTER THROAT SINGERS (XÖÖMEIZHI) FROM TUVA, A TINY REPUBLIC IN THE HEART OF INNER ASIA. THE ANCIENT ART OF THROAT SINGING (XÖÖMEI) DEVELOPED AMONG THE NOMADIC HERDSMEN OF THIS REGION. ALASH REMAINS GROUNDED IN THIS TRADITION WHILE EXPANDING ITS MUSICAL VOCABULARY WITH NEW IDEAS FROM THE WEST.
ALL MEMBERS OF ALASH WERE TRAINED IN TRADITIONAL TUVAN MUSIC SINCE CHILDHOOD, FIRST LEARNING FROM THEIR FAMILIES, AND LATER BECOMING STUDENTS OF MASTER THROAT SINGERS. IN 1999, AS STUDENTS AT KYZYL ARTS COLLEGE, THEY FORMED A GROUP CALLED CHANGY-XAYA AND SOON BECAME THE RESIDENT TRADITIONAL ENSEMBLE ON CAMPUS. AT THE SAME TIME THEY LEARNED ABOUT WESTERN MUSIC, PRACTICED ON HYBRID TUVAN-EUROPEAN INSTRUMENTS, AND LISTENED TO NEW TRENDS COMING OUT OF AMERICA.

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BROOKLYN VIOLINIST ARUN RAMAMURTHY IS AN INDO-JAZZ EXPLORER WHO CREATES STRIKINGLY BEAUTIFUL MUSIC FUSING THE SPIRIT OF RAGA MUSIC AND JAZZ. STEEPED IN THE CARNATIC MUSICAL TRADITION OF SOUTH INDIA, BUT ALSO VERSED IN NORTH INDIAN HINDUSTANI FORMS, HE'S A PROLIFIC COMPOSER WHO HAS CREATED SCORES FOR PLAYS, DANCE PRODUCTIONS, AND OTHER FELLOW MUSICIANS. HIS POWERHOUSE TRIO FEATURES ELECTRIC BASSIST DAMON BANKS, A GLOBAL FORCE ALSO VERSED IN WEST AND NORTH AFRICAN RHYTHMS, AND DRUMMER SAMEER GUPTA. ALTHOUGH HE'S NOW BASED IN THE EAST BAY, GUPTA SPENT NEARLY TWO DECADES IN NEW YORK CITY, WHERE HE AND RAMAMURTHY CO-FOUNDED THE WIDELY INFLUENTIAL COLLECTIVE BROOKLYN RAGA MASSIVE, WHICH CONTINUES TO SERVE AS A HUB FOR A CREATIVELY CHARGED CADRE OF ARTISTS INSPIRED BY CARNATIC MUSIC.

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MASMA DREAM WORLD IS THE EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC PROJECT OF DEVI MAMBOUKA, A MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST AND SOUND THERAPIST. BORN TO A GABONESE FATHER AND A SINGAPOREAN MOTHER, MAMBOUKA DRAWS INSPIRATION FROM HER DIVERSE BACKGROUND AND SPIRITUAL JOURNEY, INCORPORATING ELEMENTS LIKE RITUALISTIC CHANTING, FIELD RECORDINGS, AND ELECTRONIC MUSIC INTO HER SOUND. HER WORK HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS IMMERSIVE, OTHERWORLDLY, AND DEEPLY EMOTIONAL.
THE DUO OF PERCUSSIONIST/ELECTRONIC MUSICIAN RAVISH MOMIN (AKA SUNKEN CAGES) AND DANCER ISHITA MILI SEEKS TO BLEND ANCIENT TRADITIONS WITH CONTEMPORARY INFLUENCES. THEIR COLLABORATION WEAVES NARRATIVES OF FORGOTTEN HISTORIES, RESISTANCE AND HEALING RITUALS. THEY DRAW ON STREET-RHYTHMS FROM MUMBAI TO CAIRO, AND DANCE STYLES THAT BLEND TRADITIONAL INDIAN CLASSICAL (BHARATNATYAM) AND TRIBAL STYLES (CHHAU) WITH HIP-HOP AND BEYOND.

EL MANTIS DELIVERS A WHIRLWIND OF SOUND THAT’S AS ELECTRIFYING AS IT IS UNPREDICTABLE. EMERGING FROM HOUSTON’S EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC SCENE, THE BAND BLENDS HEAVY PSYCHEDELIC JAZZ WITH AFRO-CUBAN RHYTHMS, FREE IMPROVISATION, AND OPERATIC VOCALS TO CREATE A SOUND BOTH VISCERAL AND TRANSCENDENT. THEIR PERFORMANCES CHANNEL AVANT-GARDE JAZZ ENERGY WHILE PULLING FROM PROG ROCK, SALSA, AND DUB TRADITIONS, RESULTING IN AN ECSTATIC, GENRE-DEFYING EXPERIENCE. WITH DRUMS, SAXOPHONE, GUITAR, KEYBOARDS, PERCUSSION, AND EVEN OUD AND SITAR IN THE MIX, EL MANTIS TRANSFORMS THE STAGE INTO A COSMIC RITUAL—EQUAL PARTS FIRE AND FINESSE.

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THE NEXT ALBUM FROM BITCHIN BAJAS — THE TRIO OF COOPER CRAIN, ROB FRYE AND DANIEL QUINLIVAN — IS NEAR! THE SUCCESSOR TO 2022’S BAJASCILLATORS GLIDES EASILY INTO FRAME, BUT ONCE THERE, INLAND SEE IS DECEPTIVELY IMMEDIATE: FOUR SONGS, ENTIRELY WITHIN THEMSELVES, ALL TOGETHER FORMING AN ESSENTIAL WHOLE. INLAND SEE IS OUT SEPTEMBER 26; THE LEAD SINGLE "SKYLARKING" ARRIVES TODAY WITH A NEW VISUALIZER FEATURING VISUALS BY NICK CIONTEA.

WITH EVERY SUCCESSIVE BITCHIN BAJAS RELEASE, WE SEE THAT THE REAL KEY FOR THEM IS A SENSE OF DISCOVERY, THAT TINGLE THAT COMES WHEN YOU FEEL SOMETHING BREAKING THROUGH. THE SKY OPENING UP. TAKE "SKYLARKING": A REMARKABLE CONSTRUCTION, BUILT TO AND FRO IN THE ETHER, BUT WITH A DECEPTIVE GRASP OF FOUR-ON-THE-FLOOR RHYTHM. A SPACE DANCE THAT ACHIEVES COMPLETION IN ALMOST AGGRESSIVE TERMS — AGGRESSIVE LIKE AN OXYGEN BATH! — SHOWCASING JEWELS FROM THEIR WORLD MUSIC AND JAZZ ARCHIVES, THEN RETURNING TO THEIR UNDULOUS SOURCE DRONE, RIDING SMOOTHLY BACK INTO SILENCE. THE STUFF THAT FILLS THIS INLAND SEE HOLDS YOU UP POWERFULLY, AS IF YOU’RE FLOATING, SALTWATER OR HELIUM-WISE — EFFERVESCENT, EFFORTLESS, ELEMENTAL.

THIS MUSIC WAS MOSTLY WRITTEN ON THE ROAD. IT’S AN UNUSUAL HAPPENING FOR BITCHIN BAJAS! THEY WERE OPEN FOR IT, THOUGH — THE LANDMARKED BAJASCILLATORS KEPT THEM OUT THERE FOR A WHILE, AND WHEN INSPIRATION STRUCK, THERE THEY'RE ROLLING. WHEN IT WAS TIME TO RENDER IT TO TAPE AND FIND THE RECORD THERE, THEY DID THE WHOLE THING AT ELECTRICAL AUDIO, RECORDED IN STUDIO B BY COOPER. RECORDING ALL TOGETHER IN THE ROOM THERE LENT A SENSE OF SPACE, WHICH THEY DUG AND CAPTURED AS NATURAL AS POSSIBLE. NO REVERB AT ALL ADDED AFTER THE FACT. SOME ADDITIONAL RECORDING AND MIXING WAS DONE AT HOME BY THE BAJAS, THEN PHIL BALJEU DID UP THE ART. SOON ENOUGH, INLAND SEE IS FLOWING TOWARD YOU, THROUGH THE HI-FI — AND YOU'LL FEEL IT ALL IN THE AIR.