Come celebrate the Drone Day May 24th
The annual Drone Day is an annual celebration of drone, community, and experimental sounds!
To awaken tiny vibrations in our skin and between all our bones.
Doors at 10:00am
Shows at 10:30am
End around 3pm
Tickets are $20 or PWYC
https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/drone-day-may-24th
Come soak in and be absorbed by sounds while you drink our complimentary tulsi tea
8 acts, 12 artists, spanning everywhere from
Indian Classical
Gamelan
Modular Synth
Electroacoustic
Acoustic Instruments
Gongs
and live electronics.
Featuring:
Putu Swaryandana Ichi Oka, aka Ryan,
is originally from Tabanan, and grew up in Ubud, Bali. Since he was young, he studied Balinese gamelan music, culminating in a B.A. (2019) and M.A. (2022) from the Indonesian Institute of the Arts in Denpasar.
He is also a member of Cudamani, a well-known performing arts group based in Pengosekan, Ubud. As a Balinese musician, teacher, and composer, he has taught and composed actively all over the island, and toured abroad several times. His last two compositions are “Legong Swatika” for Cudamani East Coast tour 2021 and “Anglelana Lamuk” for Bali Arts Festival 2022. He received UBC’s 2022/2023 Andrew Fellowship in Creative and Performing Arts
https://music.ubc.ca/profile/ryan-swaryandana/
Akhil Jobanputra,
born and raised in Burnaby, BC, is a student, performer, teacher, and curator of Indian classical music. He currently trains with veteran vocalists Pandit Arun Dravid and Pandit Arijit Mahalanabis. His music encapsulates elements of self-introspection, personal narratives, metaphysical beliefs, and artistic expression.
Akhil’s repertoire features a mix of centuries-old traditional compositions as well as a range of contemporary pieces, including his own, and is informed from the Jaipur-Atrauli, Agra-Atrauli, Mewati, Dagarbani, and Gwalior gharanas (traditional socio-musical lineage systems). He has performed across Canada, the US, India, and the U.K. including recent performances for the ‘Chaar Prahar Festival 2020’ (Viewcy.com), and for 'Parāśakti: The Flame Within' (Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, Canada) - a unique production conceptualized and co-directed by Akhil. As an educator, he teaches students of diverse backgrounds under the Kalāvāṇī Institute, enriching Vancouver’s South Asian traditional arts and culture ecosystem.
souns
is an ambient music project from Vancouver based artist Michael Red.
Releases with: New Kanada, ISLA, Hotham Sound, Subtempo, Deep Sea Mining Syndicate, Panospria, Kikapu, Sensing Waves, Breaking Tension.
Live collaborations with: Tanya Tagaq, Gabriel Saloman, Loscil, Rafael Anton Irisarri, Steve Roden, DJ Olive, Marina Rosenfeld, Lawrence English, FLUX Quartet, Mei Han, Randy Raine-Reusch, Rachel Iwaasa, scant.intone, Lee Hutzulak, Giorgio Magnanensi, Anomalous Disturbances, Tusk, hawah, inter_mission.
Common themes are sounds and resonances of the natural world, the unseen world, outer space, and transcendence. Performances are largely intuitive and improvised, often guided.
https://www.michael-red.com/souns
how to survive a high rise hotel fire
is a collective started by bassist Nikko Whitworth and oboist Haley Bird that strives to create community around co-regulation, meaning-making and nonsense-making through sound.
https://howtosurviveahighrisehotelfire.bandcamp.com/
J.T. Gladysz
Vancouver based experimental electronic musician, producer, and performer J.T. Gladysz uses a modular synth and performs, often longer format, semi improvised ambient soundscapes. Incorporating field recordings of the natural world, he creates subtly melodic sonic meditations.
https://www.jtgladysz.com/home
Screens
https://listentoscreens.bandcamp.com/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAacfw8MSQ-LXtcnNHb1KkDUPWhwM3pcv_zhuGnRSVfOwfeCzAa5vM6mWnim7_Q_aem_0cLi8yDVKJD3AtcKcBJHJw.
iAMi SoundSystem
founded in 2023 by Vancouver-based artist and curator Jacob Oudshoorn, A Channel for WE.
Gong Library Resource
a new and growing project of a collective of musicians and artists (Irene Senent, Matthew Ariaratnam , and Raj Gill) united by a shared passion for sonic exploration, improvisation, and play. Drawing on an eclectic array of backgrounds, ranging from experimental music and classical training to avant-garde minimalism, sound art and trance-inducing rhythms, this ensemble forges new, uncharted sonic territory.
Anchored by resonant metals, gongs, and an ever-evolving arsenal of instruments such as guitar, violin, cello and percussion, The group creates immersive experiences that move listeners from high-intensity crescendos to sweet, melodic hues. Their performances invite audiences to sink deeply into shifting themes, transforming energy in much the same way metal is forged under high heat—consistently renewing both the players and the listeners in an alchemical cycle of sound.
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