Afrorack (Uganda) – POSTPONED
Presented in partnership with Red Gate Arts Society
Saturday, April 20, 2024; 8pm – POSTPONED
Red Gate (1965 Main Street) [map]
Doors open at 7:30pm
w/ Adam 2, Goo and Jacob Audrey Taves
Due to circumstances beyond our control this event has been postponed to a later date TBD.
If you have purchased a ticket for this event it will remain valid for the new date and no action is required on your part. If you would prefer to receive a refund please contact us at info@newmusic.org
Bamanya Brian (aka Afrorack) takes modular synths in an entirely new direction with his DIY Afrorack synth, which he built by hand after patiently scouring computer repair shops in his hometown of Kampala, Uganda in 2018.
A free workshop with Bamanya Brian will take place on April 19. Space is limited; registration required. Registration details TBA.
Bamanya Brian
Bamanya Brian is an experimental multidisciplinary artist from Uganda and performs and records under the name Afrorack. He is one of the people pioneering the making of electronic music instruments in Africa. He has always found fascination in tinkering with electronics, building circuits, hacking devices and messing around with microcontrollers. He has done projects in sound art, electronic music, experimental visuals, renewable energy and kinetic sculptures. He has appeared at several international festivals which include Atlas Electronic, Nyege Nyege, Elevate, Dakar Art Biennale and Sonar among others. In May 2022, Brian released his debut self-titled album –The Afrorack – which was received with popular acclaim making it to several music writers’ best albums of 2022 including The Wire Magazine top 50 albums of 2022. He has also been featured on the BBC world service.
Adam 2. Photo by Michael Benz.
For Adam 2, electronic music has always provided an opportunity for self-discovery, creative exploration, and personal liberation. Since 2016, the Vancouver-based producer and DJ has worn multiple hats in the city’s growing scene, fulfilling the roles of promoter, music curator, and co-founder of Techno label PPRZ. 2020 saw the release of featured mixes on Honcho, Techno Hour of Power, and the creation of Afrofuturism is Now – a mix series amplifying the music of Black artists. In 2022/23 Adam 2 maintained their stride sharing the bill with Carlos Souffront, Shanti Celeste, and Objekt, had high profile performances at Basscoast and Domesicle in Montreal and recently released their debut EP ‘Jungle Dreams’ on Toronto based label Model Future. As Adam 2’s career gains momentum, they continue to build their reputation by transfixing audiences with evocative, experimental techno that intersects dynamic physicality and playful cerebralism.
Max Ammo. Photo by Chieh Huang.
Max Ammo (they/them) is a non-binary audiovisual artist from Mexico City who currently lives and works on the unceded and traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. Their work expands across different mediums such as illustration, graphic design, music production, animation, 3D and more.
Goo is their experimental thriller-electronic solo project, with a focus on drone, noise and spectral latin american influences.
Their sound ranges from sleazy, swampy beats accompanied by haunting lyrics in Spanish to lush & soothing melodies with entrancing percussion. You never really know what you are going to get as they are constantly exploring and shedding their own sounds and limits.
Jacob Audrey Taves.
Communicating in a language of errors, hum, crackle, feedback, found sounds and images, audio and visual artist Jacob Audrey Taves is best known for their ongoing plunderphonic industrial project HOLZKOPF. They are also a member of ORGANS WITHOUT BODIES (with percussionist John Brennan) as well as ASSAULT CHARGE (a punk/digital hardcore band with songwriter and author Eamon McGrath). Taves was the guitar player for the short lived no-wave three piece OTHER JESUS. They are curator of the audio/video collage series INTERIOR NETWORK and host of OFF-WORLD, Mondays at 8pm local time, on CJSR 88.5FM in Edmonton, Canada.
Using a combination of analogue and digital no-input mixing, chance and juggled and cut-up corrupted audio artifacts, Jacob Audrey Taves performs work that channels the cassette DJ techniques they became known for in previous projects while taking full advantage of the extreme possibilities of digital processing.
Top photo: Afrorack by Lorenzo Palmieri.
