DAWSHA: Secret Artist (Live), slipnat, Solofan, S!NA
6.9.26
7pm - 11pm
'vienna', a new release on Small Forms Records w FIM Basel Concert March 2023 Hypersurface is a NYC-based trio consisting of Drew Wesely (guitar/objects), Lester St. Louis (cello), and Carlo Costa (percussion). Hypersurface explores timbral, durational, and formal aspects of improvisation with lenses focused on their instruments' acoustic particularities alongside employing tiles, railroad spikes, ceramic plates and other objects to expand them further. In coming together Carlo, Drew and Lester wanted to create a music that puts emphasis on the erasure of sonic boundaries, embracing the liminal spaces between their instruments, their sounds and the greater sonic environment. Timbre, gesture, duration, particles, layers… a real time tapestry of its own. The trio has given performances throughout the United States and Europe in a diversity of concert settings from clubs to large halls and galleries; with each utilizing the acoustics to follow potent musical pathways. Kamau Amu Patton is an interdisciplinary artist and educator whose work examines history and culture through engagement with archives, documents, stories, and sites. Patton’s projects are dialogic and take form as expanded field conversations. http://kamaupatton.com
Chaotic Rhythms. Commotion. Ethereal noise. Join us for a night of dancing to dawsha (دوشة).
Come early for a vegetarian dinner of Egyptian koshary and Libyan shorba.
The night begins with slipnat, a DJ whose mixes embody the combination of introspection with unpredictability. Tracks are seamlessly tied together by emotion rather than genre. Tabla meets dream pop meets breaks meets late night hip hop meets anything and everything in between.
S!NA returns to L&SD for another hypnotic session. She explores the space between weight and atmosphere, weaving dubby low-end, textured soundscapes, and sharp percussion into deep, evolving sets. Drawing from her Syrian and Sudanese heritage, she creates immersive journeys where rhythm becomes ritual and emotion lingers beneath the surface.
Solofan traverses culture, genre, and feeling to consistently bring psychedelic dance floor heat. His El Commodino show on Radio Flouka has been an inspiration for artists looking to blend their upbringings with left-field electronic music. Solofan’s sets are a heady tease that will pull your heartstrings and throw you into a sweaty dancefloor euphoria.
Lastly, we close out the night with a secret set from out-of-town guests. Their live hardware acid techno goes beyond music into the realm of performance art. Come see for yourself.