Gyan RileyĮXO-TECH is large ensemble collective formed in New York by vocalist and director Sophia Brous and New Zealand pop innovator Kimbra in 2016. Beauty underlies their sound but mixes with a sense of unease. The group works with and against the grain of tradition, mining intensity through alternate tunings, strange harmonies, and dream-state operatic-like vocals. LEYA – Harpist Marilu Donovan and violinist/vocalist Adam Markiewicz are NYC-based duo LEYA. Elverum has never shied from exploring the high mountain passes, finding new ways to sculpt with sound, and trying to communicate the momentary experience of being human as clearly as the water from freshly melted snow. But it is for his stunningly original music that he is known best, from the earliest tape experiments of the ’90s to the immersive sound-diary of Microphones in 2020. His recordings, released variously as The Microphones and Mount Eerie, represent just a portion of his artistic output, which has ranged from running a label and co-organizing festivals to self-publishing books, photography, and painting. Phil Elverum is an artist and human being from the Pacific Northwest town of Anacortes. greyfade showcase: Joseph Branciforte & Taylor Deupree Their Little Big Band is a multigenerational, multicultural orchestra that includes old friends and collaborators Sue Garner (bass), Cheryl Kingan (saxophones), Talice Lee (violin/keyboard), Steve Maing (guitar), Jim Pugliese (percussion), Karen Waltuch (viola), Barry Weisblat (percussion/electronics) and others. While Brown and Chen are always at the band’s core, the band frequently expands into different configurations live and on record. The group’s electric, richly patterned music can shape shift from joyful dance tunes to slowly changing trance minimalism, an uncategorizable hybrid which draws on the modal traditions of Africa, Asia and the Middle East, Sun Ra’s space chords and the minimalist and No Wave histories of their hometown.
Played on a deeply resonant plywood crate, Brown’s earthy, elemental rhythms are both the foundation and foil for Chen’s ecstatic, modal guitar style. 75 Dollar Bill was formed in 2012 in New York City by percussionist Rick Brown and guitarist Che Chen.
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