Please join us on Saturday, May 23rd at 8pm at the wonderful Black Dots Records & Bar for an evening of ecstatic improvisations, original tunes and obscure covers, with myself on baritone saxophone and other winds, Ravi Padmanabha on drums and percussion and Brian DeJesus on contrabass. Hope to see you there!
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#improvisedmusic #experimentalmusic #saxophone #drums #bass
Natural Information Society arrives in Buffalo tomorrow Tuesday, 5/12 to share their transcendental sounds in the 9th Ward at 8:00pm. Please join us in celebration of life’s great mystery! More info/tickets at
Joshua Abrams leads the Natural Information Society quartet into battle, or at least toward it, on the joyfully meandering instrumental album Perseverance Flow. Proceeding in a march of trancelike, intoxicating repetition, Abrams and his bandmates embark on a 35-minute pilgrimage to the place where jazz, contemporary classical, and multinational folk convene, achieving singularity in a state of ritual rhythm.” —Pitchfork
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#trancemusic #minimalism #drone #rhythm #psychedelic
Natural Information Society:
Joshua Abrams - guembri
Lisa Alvarado - harmonium
Jason Stein - bass clarinet
Mikel Patrick Avery - drums, percussion
Hallwalls welcomes the hypnotic “ecstatic minimalism” of Natural Information Society back to Buffalo for a very special evening of transcendental music in the 9th Ward! more info/tickets at
“Aficionados of transcendental music often have to choose between spiritual jazz & minimalist drone for their perfect hit, but the records of Joshua Abrams and his Natural Information Society essentially unite the best of both worlds.” -Mojo
artwork by Paul Sharits
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#minimalism #transcendental #drone #groove #psychedelicmusic
Beisel’s unique approach to the bass clarinet is beautifully brutal... ‘timbral effects’ that push the clarinet to its tonal and sonic limits, at times sounding like a guitar feeding back, an overamped cello, a set of bagpipes, even a clarinet...” - Dave Foxall - A Jazz Noise
Beisel’s music centers on the bass clarinet and incorporates voice, electronics, extended techniques, and other wind instruments creating a complex and nuanced soundscape in which the origins of sounds are often obscured. More info at:
Bill Sack is a multimedia and electronic artist, musician, guitarist, composer, computer manipulator, and programmer. He is the former Technical Director at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center in Buffalo, New York, and is currently an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Media Studies Department at the University at Buffalo. He has been an active part of the arts and electronics community in Buffalo for many years.
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#improvisedmusic #newmusic #bassclarinet #guitar #electronics
Emily Rach Beisel is a Chicago-based improviser, composer, educator, curator, and woodwind specialist whose work is celebrated for its visceral intensity and innovative blend of techniques. Beisel’s 2023 solo album, Particle of Organs, has been described as “heavy stuff, sounds retrieved from the deeper places - the underworlds, the lightless subterranea... a raw, abrasive, oppressive, and thrilling journey.”
Bill Sack is a multimedia and electronic artist, musician, guitarist, composer, computer manipulator, and programmer. He is the former Technical Director at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center in Buffalo, New York, and is currently an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Media Studies Department at the University at Buffalo. He has been an active part of the arts and electronics community in Buffalo for many years.
Hallwalls is excited to welcome two of Buffalo’s most unique and accomplished musicians in an intimate duo setting. Percussion wizard Ravi Padmanabha and throat-singing trumpet master Alex Glenfield create an ethereal sonic palette infused with a broad range of multicultural influences in a voice that is distinctly their own. With a sound reminiscent of Codona, the brilliant world-fusion trio of Don Cherry, Colin Walcott & Nana Vasconcelos, Ravi & Alex conjure the spirit of ancient practitioners of sonic mysticism in the 21st century. Come join us at Hallwalls on Thursday, April 23rd at 8:00pm in celebration of their new album “Time Capsule”. more info/tickets at
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#percussion #drums #trumpet #throatsinging #improvisedmusic
“This trio, comprised of three prolific journeymen improvisers whose work has been recognized across the globe, is a band of down-to-earth, hard-working musicians, whose focus and dedication to the music is exceptional. That’s not to say that these three don’t have a combined CV that straddles a who’s who list of contemporary music across multiple scenes. But their ethos is one that emanates from their midwestern locale – a heads down approach to collaborative work.”
Join us Thursday night at Hallwalls and experience this visceral ensemble of some of the best improvisers working today!
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#improvisedmusic #freejazz #saxophone #vibraphone #drums
Hallwalls and the UB Music Department are pleased to present a performance by the dynamic Solstice Reed Quintet featuring new music by UB graduate composers on Monday, April 6th at 7:30pm. Admission is free, (donations encouraged) beer & wine available, join us!
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#newmusic #originalmusic #contemporarymusic #reedquintet #woodwinds
The 12/8 Path Band subverts anxiety and malaise at Duende Saturday afternoon, bringing lasting joy and peace for all… join us and celebrate the Great Mystery!
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#ecstaticmusic #ritual #rhythm #brassband
