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🎥 Very happy to share this music video that I directed for Deutsche Grammophon @dgclassics , set to an original composition "Habari Gani" by the precocious talent and all around cool guy @qblache . This track is one of the lead singles from a brilliant new album by @sphinxvirtuosi , "American Mirror." Unbelievable choreography from @jaredallan and @tetheredresidents , who I can only describe as dance savants and masters of movement. We filmed this sequence in Cortlandt Alley, a liminal zone where you might pick up a counterfeit handbag on your way to Chinatown. Thank you to @sphinxorg , @just_b.creative and @bassplayaplaya for making this happen. Go to @dgclassics to view on their channel. Directed by me (Huei) Steadicam Op: @shot.by.malcolm 1st AC: @ewaymk Lighting design: @adrian.yuen.lighting Gaffer: @benfree73 Location manager: @saharathecellist #musicvideo #dance #classicalmusic #deutschegrammophon

👀 Sneak peek alert 👀 What happens when strings meet dance in Quenton Blache’s Habari Gani? Joy. Rhythm. Community. ✨ Inspired by the Swahili greeting of Kwanzaa, this work bursts with vibrant meter, pentatonic color, and unstoppable energy. Full release coming soon. For now, enjoy this behind-the-scenes look! 🎶🩰 #SphinxVirtuosi #HabariGani #QuentonBlache #DanceAndMusic #VisionsOfPeace

📸 of our Il Teatro Rosso performance at @timespansfestival in NYC this past Saturday! Many thanks to Thomas Fichter and the TIME:SPANS team for putting this all together, to the wonderful and energetic audience, and to the entire Il Teatro Rosso crew: @steventakasugi @phuctoot @gab.duflap @thisguysonfire @sopranoise @gen_liboiron @emiliegirardcharest Lori Freedman @felixonethree @danielanez @noambierstone This wraps up our summer 2025 festival performances, stay tuned in the next few days as we announce the opening show of 10th anniversary 2025-26 season in Montreal! We’ve got some very exciting things planned and some BIG news to share later this fall 👀 📸 @phuctoot

@timespansfestival kicked off a few days ago, and we are super excited to be bringing Il Teatro Rosso to NYC for the festival’s closing night on August 23! There are only a few tickets left, so head over to the TIME:SPANS website to get yours before it’s sold out. And make sure to check out all the great concerts they have on this week! 📸 @phuctoot at @imd_darmstadt in July

What a trip! It’s been an absolute pleasure to be at @imd_darmstadt this week, performing the wild ride of @steventakasugi & @phuctoot ‘s Il Teatro Rosso twice, followed by @sarahdavachi ‘s beautiful Three Unisons for Four Voices! Huge thank you to @deleuze.guattari and the entire festival team, the wonderful and enthusiastic audiences, and all the artists for creating such an inspiring and welcoming environment. And similarly, much gratitude to the entire @nohaybanda.mtl crew for the dedication, energy, and incredible performances: @gen_liboiron @emiliegirardcharest @sopranoise Lori Freedman @felixonethree @danielanez @gab.duflap @amundendixon @vain.birkin @kalun_____ @thisguysonfire @noambierstone @phuctoot @steventakasugi Special shoutout to @vain.birkin @amundendixon @tatahoroshun for the sparkly makeup! We’ll surely have more photos and clips to share soon, and for those in/around NYC, we hope to catch you on Aug 23 for Il Teatro Rosso at @timespansfestival !

NO HAY BANDA is soon off to Germany for @imd_darmstadt , and we could not be more excited! We’ll be performing Il Teatro Rosso @steventakasugi & @phuctoot twice, as well as @sarahdavachi ‘s Three Unisons for Four Voices, on July 20 + 21 @centralstationdarmstadt . Hope to see you there!

Some more shots from the Il Teatro Rosso premiere at @theatre_plaza , presented as part of @smcq.qc.ca ‘s Festival MNM! In case you missed it, the Il Teatro Rosso album is now available for preorder, head over to our Bandcamp to get your copy! @juliette.moal ‘s design is absolutely incredible, just wait until you open it… 📸 Jerome Bertrand

It’s Bandcamp Friday, and we just received our Il Teatro Rosso CDs!! Beautifully designed by @juliette.moal , the printed digipack includes a stunning poster booklet and a sticker (!!!), and features video stills from @phuctoot ‘s film. The album officially releases on April 18, preorders are now available via bandcamp through the link in our bio! @steventakasugi composer, musical director @gab.duflap sound director, recording & mixing @muratcolak.nyc mastering @geryonsound Performed by @sopranoise @gen_liboiron @emiliegirardcharest Lori Freedman @felixonethree @danielanez @noambierstone Recorded at @studiopierremarchand

It’s been a week since we premiered Il Teatro Rosso, here are some shots of the show! Huge thank you to everyone who came out to fill Theatre Plaza, to @smcq.qc.ca for coproducing the show as part of Festival MNM, to the @theatre_plaza crew, and to the entire Il Teatro Rosso team: Lori Freedman, @felixonethree @amundendixon @emiliegirardcharest @sopranoise @danielanez @gen_liboiron @noambierstone @gab.duflap @steventakasugi @phuctoot @thisguysonfire , + @arahkwente.hair.loft & Chanty Tang Tremblay on hair & makeup. More news on the Il Teatro Rosso album, film, and summer performances coming soon… And in the meantime, see you in 3 weeks for Maria Chávez + Victoria Shen + Mariam Rezaei / Lori Freedman at @lasalarossa ! 📸 @phuctoot

Huei Lin - film director of Il Teatro Rosso, Huei’s creativity and imagination have been a driving force behind this project! Il Teatro Rosso premieres on Feb 25 at @theatre_plaza - link in bio for tickets! Huei aka @phuctoot is a filmmaker and author from New York City. His work is known for its blending of the abstract and the deconstructed; his images are often crafted from street scenes, fragments of light beams and the raw expressions of his subjects. About Il Teatro Rosso, he says: “For Il Teatro Rosso, I wanted to create a timeless visual universe for the musicians of No Hay Banda to inhabit. Unrestrained colors, theatrical stagings and video fragments. The musicians are the cast, performing Takasugi’s musical epic from a vaudevillian showroom. The result is a “visual soundtrack” which follows the music; an inversion of the relationship between film and film score. The images contained in this film are woven into a fictional world both familiar and remote, nostalgic but askew. Our world is a “red theater”- but when we pull back the curtain, what will be see? Huei Lin est un cinéaste et auteur de New York. Son travail est connu pour son mélange d’abstraction et de déconstruction ; ses images sont souvent façonnées à partir de scènes de rue, de fragments de faisceaux lumineux et d’expressions brutes de ses sujets. “Pour Il Teatro Rosso, j’ai voulu créer un univers visuel intemporel dans lequel évoluent les musiciens de No Hay Banda. Couleurs débridées, mises en scène théâtrales et fragments vidéo. Les musiciens sont les acteurs, interprétant l’épopée musicale de Takasugi dans une salle de spectacle vaudevillesque. Le résultat est une « bande sonore visuelle » qui suit la musique ; une inversion de la relation entre le film et la musique de film. Les images présentées dans ce film sont tissées dans un monde fictif à la fois familier et lointain, nostalgique mais décalé. Notre monde est un « théâtre rouge » - mais lorsque nous retirerons le rideau, que verrons-nous ? “ - Huei Lin Photos by @benthezion

IL TEATRO ROSSO | Grande première le 25 février 2025 au Théâtre Plaza, pour le Festival MNM de la @smcq.qc.ca ! Not only are we absolutely thrilled to premiere Il Teatro Rosso in just over a week, but we are also delighted to announce that we’ll be releasing an album of the work this spring! Pre-orders available soon, and perhaps we’ll just have some pre-release copies available at the premiere… Stunning album and poster design by @juliette.moal , we can’t wait for you to see the rest!! Get your show tickets now via the link in our bio - tickets are going fast!

Il Teatro Rosso is two weeks away, so we’re digging up some shots from our first film shoot in summer 2023 at the @monumentnational ! Hair & makeup beautifully done by @daysielam , and most costumes from @thelittleshopmtl ! Il Teatro Rosso premieres on February 25 at @theatre_plaza , presented as part of Festival MNM by @smcq.qc.ca Ticket link in bio - and 2-show passes for Il Teatro Rosso + Mystery of Clock by @aiyunhuangpercussion & @markfewer_violin on Feb 27 are available as well!