Hsien

"sketches of the hand of God" is out today. Bandcamp link in bio! Here are some scenes from a forthcoming video that @nik_jewell shot for us of the final track on the EP, which features a very special guest vocal from @ragnar.rigatoni . Recorded and mixed by me, with Ky Brooks. Mastered by @markus.floats . Performed by me with Markus, @princess.towers , @no0o0o0omi , and of course Tony.

We're back in Montreal on May 28th at @casadelpopolo2 !!!! So psyched for this dream bill 😍😍😍 // 8pm // $15/20 // Ticket link in bio // Poster design by @everly.lux #livemusic #triples

Closing out Guest Slippers is @h5ien , who will bring the festival to a gentle and meditative end at our Skeleton Park stage on Saturday, May 16th! Hsien (仙), formerly known as Old Haunt, makes sparse and meditative music that draws from drone, traditional pop, singer-songwriter, and hymnody. For Guest Slippers he'll be joined by Markus Lake (Markus Floats, Egyptian Cotton Arkestra) and Arden Rogalsky (Princess Towers), in an acoustic trio inspired by the slow minimalism of Low and Andy Shauf. Saturday, May 16th @ Skeleton Park (rsvp at link in bio for address) Doors: 7:30pm / Show: 8-10pm

For your Bandcamp Friday consideration: "sketches of the hand of God", a 4-song EP of demos. I've been sitting on some of these songs for close to a decade. I am very proud of them and dreamed of building a masterpiece around them, a magnum opus. I think that ambition immobilized me, and I never did anything with them. It is better for them to exist than not, so here you are: some songs (1 now, the rest in 2 weeks), recorded on my own (with some help), unadorned. To bring them into the world in any form, to let go of my attachment to the dream of what they could be. Thank you to everyone who has listened and encouraged over the years. All proceeds will be donated to @animalslebanon . Link in the usual place.

Dimanche matin chez @la_mere_couveuse 💕

Samedi le 21 mars 2026 // Saturday the 21st of March 2026 Lancement d’album « Time & Place » // “Time & Place” album launch Portes 21h00 // Doors 9PM Musique 21h30 // Music 930PM Vinyle dispo jusqu’à minuit // records available til midnight Entrée libre avec l’achat d’un disque sinon selon vos moyens // Free entry with a record purchase otherwise PWYC Egyptian Cotton Arkestra Sun Ra tells us “it’s all about people doing something else other than what they have done” and each time Egyptian Cotton Arkestra plays they do something they haven’t done before. The group fits loosely under the umbrellas of free jazz, spiritual jazz, and free improvisation. But we’re defined by nothing other than our bodies and minds and instruments, our responses to each other and to the sound bouncing around the room, our musical language constructing itself in the moment at a given time and place. https://www.eca.place/ Lump of Clay Lump of Clay is a new offering from Naomi McCarroll-Butler, Fahmid Nibesh, and Christelle Saint-Julien. A meeting of minds, a melding of sounds, something for us to discover together.

NEW SONG DROP! Today we are pre-releasing another track from Musicians For Palestine Montreal Vol. 1. Hsien offers the sparse and contemplative “Cold Water,” which features a special guest appearance from violinist Jessica Moss. In Hsien’s words, the song is “a slice-of-life, real time document of the strongest beliefs from my upbringing being challenged and changed. It was not written about Palestine, but it could have been.” Hsien is the solo project of Lucas Huang (Egyptian Cotton Arkestra, Nennen). For this track, the band consists of Markus Lake (Markus Floats), Tasy Hudson (Mara Wild, Big Brave), and Naomi McCarroll-Butler (Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Jeremy Dutcher), as well as a special guest appearance from Jessica Moss (Black Ox Orkestar, Silver Mt. Zion). Musicians For Palestine Montreal Vol. 1 launches this Friday at La Sala Rossa! Link in our bio for tickets and to listen to the pre-released tracks.

27 FEVRIER 2026: spectacle de lancement d’album compilation Death As It Shook You Ky Brooks and Amy Macdonald Eve Parker Finley Kahero:ton Ring Hollow Trio Grim Beverage Robin Wattie Sala Rossa - 4848 boul St. Laurent portes 19h / spectacle 19h30 15-20$ don suggéré collecte de fonds pour le Sameer Project billets au lien en bio images par Nadia Moss (@mt.nadiamoss )

Egyptian Cotton Arkestra’s Time & Place vinyls have arrived and we are shipping out pre-orders. Thanks to @foxy.digitalis for this lovely review of this magnificent record. Expect a release performance sometime in 2026. Cover art by the @markus.floats Design by @bnelsonartdesign

Patsy, Tony, & me

Egyptian Cotton Arkestra are a gift and today they manifest this gift with the surprise release of their long-awaited debut album ‘Time & Place’. Get your ears on a digital copy today and pre-order vinyl coming later this fall. Tipped for lovers of Sun Ra Arkestra; Henry Grimes; Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre; Ravel; Susan Alcorn; post-reunion Earth. Music and vibes like none other. This is the Time & Place. Egyptian Cotton Arkestra was started in 2017 in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal by James Goddard (mbira, saxophone), who invited three mutually unfamiliar collaborators—Ari Swan (violin), Markus Lake (bass), Lucas Huang (drums)—to join him for what was supposed to be a one-off ensemble. With no plan and no rehearsal, we played a sparse, hesitant, meditative set of abstract jazz, punctuated by swelling crescendos and bursts of grindcore-style chaos. We stumbled onto our signature sound on the first swing. We have played together, occasionally and locally, ever since. spontaneously composed & performed by Egyptian Cotton Arkestra: Ari Swan - violin @ari_swan James Goddard - saxophone, mbira @skin0tone Lucas Huang - drums @h5ien Markus Lake - bass @markus.floats vocals on track 7 by Pan tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 recorded December 22, 2023 by Ky Brooks at Error 403 tracks 4, 5 recorded May 5, 2024 by Sébastien Fournier at Casa del Popolo sequenced by James Goddard produced by Ky Brooks and Egyptian Cotton Arkestra mixed by Ky Brooks @hidden_attachment mastered by Sandro Perri @sandro__perri cover painting by Markus Lake WTETN0009 @watchthatendsthenightrecords

Montreal! Saturday, Sept. 6th @le_ptitours ! Celebrating a brand new PT release, and featuring the excellent @michael_antelope from Hamilton and the beautiful sounds of @h5ien ! P’tit Ours Saturday Sept. 6th 7:30 doors / 8:00 show $15 / pwyc You can find tickets at the hyperlink in the bio!