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T(X)MC @ Modern Fuel Artist Run Centre

i will be doing the first ever performance of my all night solo performance project, the (x) music conference, @ modern fuel artist run centre in kingston, ON.  details below.

if you are in the kingston area, please do come along.  i look forward to the effect that performing all night will have on the output…

Debashis Sinha: The (X) Music Conference
Solo concert, 11pm March 7 – 7am, March 8
@ Modern Fuel Artist Run Centre, 21A Queen St, Kingston
Part of Wind From the East—drawing installations of Montreal-based artists Jing Yuan Huang and Jerry Ropson

The (X) Music Conference (in this case, The Modern Fuel Artist Run Centre Music Conference), is a solo performance/social installation using traditional percussion instruments, electronics, visual projections, and tea, lasting from 11pm to 7am.  This project mirrors the tradition of all night music performances prevalent in the classical South Asian musical traditions, a practice not as prevalent as it once was.  TXMC recontextualizes the focus and
mindfulness required of the classical south Asian musician, using the form of the classical music performance, and filling it with content derived from Sinha’s own creative practice. The centuries old traditions of south Asian music are invoked through the structure of the concert and social gathering (which is part andparcel of any concert experience there), and the deeper traditions of mindfulness, focus, and improvisation are applied to modern and traditional musical tools and strategies of performance.

This will be Sinha’s first iteration of this project.  Provisions have been made for audience members are welcome to stay for the duration of the performance.
For more information on the exhibition, please see http://www.modernfuel.org/art/programming/event/272

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juno goodness!

maryem and ernie tollar have been nominated for their CD ‘cairo to toronto’, an album i had the pleasure of playing on.

also nominated in the vocal jazz category is yvette tollar for ima.  yvette did me the very great honour of choosing my song “fall down” to include on the CD of covers by canadian artists.  i originally wrote “fall down” for maza meze.

can i get a woop woop?

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montreal/toronto shruti mini tour

getting a quick coffee @ caffe art java in montreal, the day after my shruti performance @ concordia university’s annual electroacoustic music festival.  wednesday night saw me @ the night bazaar concert series in toronto.  despite a very large snowstorm, we had a respectable turnout for a 3 set evening of improvised music on a school night.

some notes about montreal:

a) the coffee is awesome.  come here and drink it.  thanks ben for hipping me to it via patrick.

b) the music at this festival is also awesome.  i haven’t spent enough time doing concentrated EA listening, and hearing it in a big room with great speakers, and other people is especially great.  there is a great lineup here, check the website and get hip to some of these people if you haven’t already!  thanks very much to eldad tsabary and max and julian stein for putting me up, putting up with me, and inviting me to the festival.

pics to follow….cheers from the sexiest city in canada.

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new

so i counted.  with any luck, there will be 4 new ds cds this year.  here’s hoping.

one of them will use a certain amount of bass.  so i thought i would celebrate this with a little video.

ta.

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