Good Grief
MEROPE, Shahzad Ismaily, Laraaji + QOA + Primeiro + Fedra
1.23.26
6pm - 11pm
MEROPE, Shahzad Ismaily, Laraaji + QOA + Primeiro + Fedra
1.23.26
6pm - 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
MEROPE’s roots lie deep in the soil of Lithuania’s folk songs, vividly evoked through the resonant sound of the kanklės (a traditional string instrument) and their ancestral singing. Joined by experimental guitar and electronics, their celestial ambient folk reinterpretations offer a contemporary vision of ancient Baltic music. The duo crafts an intimate soundscape, gently intertwining elements of jazz, ambient, 20th century minimalism and kosmische musik, creating a stirring soundtrack for the contemporary international landscape. Merope’s live performance radiates a palpable sense of spontaneity and playfulness, embodying an openness for connection and collaboration. On Jan 23 they will perform an extended set with legendary bassist and multi-instrumentalist Shahzad Ismaily, who is also featured on their latest album Vėjula.
*Special guest Laraaji will be joining the duo*
Nina Corti (QOA) and Segundo Bercetche (Primeiro) are Argentine artists whose collaborative work explores sound, space, and territoriality through immersive audiovisual practices and experimental performance. Their research connects ecological narratives with embodied listening practices, investigating the materiality of sound as a form of vibrant existence.
They have participated in residencies where they developed compositions for specialized audio systems such as EMS (Stockholm), GMEM (Marseille), and 4DSOUND (London). Their work includes immersive performances and installations that link sonic ecologies with expanded collective perception.
They co-direct the festival Feed the River, focused on the sonic relationship with water through community-based collective spatial sound interventions. Their work has been presented at major international festivals including Fusion Festival (Germany), La Nature (France), Each Story (Japan), and Niansa (Slovenia).
Nina Corti (QOA) and Segundo Bercetche (Primeiro) are Argentine artists whose collaborative work explores sound, space, and territoriality through immersive audiovisual practices and experimental performance. Their research connects ecological narratives with embodied listening practices, investigating the materiality of sound as a form of vibrant existence.
They have participated in residencies where they developed compositions for specialized audio systems such as EMS (Stockholm), GMEM (Marseille), and 4DSOUND (London). Their work includes immersive performances and installations that link sonic ecologies with expanded collective perception.
They co-direct the festival Feed the River, focused on the sonic relationship with water through community-based collective spatial sound interventions. Their work has been presented at major international festivals including Fusion Festival (Germany), La Nature (France), Each Story (Japan), and Niansa (Slovenia).
FEDRA is a multidisciplinary artist, DJ and producer from Buenos Aires and Bogotá based in Brooklyn, New York. She’s one of the founding members of Internacional Bailable, an electronic music collective from Argentina. Her sets combine a wide spectrum of rhythms and sounds that honor her multicultural heritage, mixing latin american percussions with music from the global south and its diaspora. The intention behind her productions and DJ sets is to blur the barriers between genres, open the space for diversity and foster movement to create community on the dancefloor.