sinonó & TR7/Jair-Rôhm Parker Wells duo

sinonó:

Explosive and wistful, sinonó draws on Latin American folk and free improvisation to create a space of crackling aliveness. Described as “middle-of-the-night music” (Dada Strain), the trio features vocalist and composer isabel crespo pardo, cellist Lester St. Louis, and bassist Henry Fraser.

TR7 & Jair-Rohm Parker Wells duo:

TR7 is Taji Ra’oof Nahl an interdisciplinary artist who’s a vessel for audio /visual stage productions. TR7 has projects and/or performed with ; Terry Adkins, Jason Carr, Pete Dennis, Embarker, Mighty Farooq, Shakoor Hakeem, Hezekiah, Hprizm, Eliot Levin , June Lopez, Billy Martin, Julius Masri, Tara Middleton, Vernon Reed, Harold E. Smith, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Nate Totushek, Yoichi Uzeki, G. Calvin Weston, among others.

TR7 Spearheads a sonic collective, The Other Sounds of Philadelphia, which consists of musicians, sound designers & poets whose sonic palette flows from avant-garde & improvisational frequencies.

Jair-Rohm Parker Wells is an American electric bassist, sound sculptor, and experimental music artist. He is a pioneering figure in the world of free jazz and improvised music, with a career spanning over four decades. In the 1970s, Wells played with the seminal German band Embryo, solidifying his presence in the avant-garde music scene. Over the years he has collaborated with prominent experimental musicians like Bob Belden, Jaron Lanier, Tony Scott, and Karl Berger, and was a founding member of the improvising band Machine Gun. Wells also founded the Meeting Interdisciplinary Arts Festival in Stockholm, Sweden. Born on October 13, 1958 in Tacoma, Washington USA and raised in southern Germany. He moved to New York in 1978, where he attended Tulane University in New Orleans, performing with local jazz and rhythm and blues musicians. He also studied with Richard Payne and discovered the music of Harry Partch. In 1980, he returned to New York and began work-study with saxophonist Ken Simon, meeting Anthony Braxton and studying his music.

Jair-Rohm is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of musical expression. His artistic pursuits encompass various paths, including the Chapman Stick, computer aided composition and ambisonic mixing. Notably, he was in residence at EMS in Stockholm in 2017, where he embarked on composing his avant-garde music opera, #blacbuc, using the Buchla and Serge modular systems.

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