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GroundUP Music Festival (Miami Beach, Florida), May 7, 2022
Space Jam with Kimbra and Friends (improvised set). Drums: Louis Cole. Bass:
Dana Hawkins. Keyboard: Jacob Mann. Guitar: Pedro Martins.
Kimbra later joined Antonio Sánchez, Michael League, and Thana Alexa for a
late-night improvised session:
Exo-Tech ensemble at Public Records (NYC), July 2, 2022
Musicians: Kimbra, Sophia Brous, Mike Haldeman, Yuka Honda, Jeremy Gustin,
Aaron Roche, Cleek Schrey, Alex Toth, Kenny Wollesen, Will Graefe, Doug
Wieselman, Spencer Zahn, Mauro Refosco, Darian Donovan.
"This was one of my favorite live music experiences to date. And we made it
all up on the spot.
Improvisation is where I face my fears. It’s where I lean on everything I
have within while simultaneously trustfalling into the arms of strangers and
best friends. Though some of us had never met on this night, no-one is a
stranger in this collective we call, Exotech.
Because we’re all speaking the dialect of music.
And just like talking in real life, sometimes it’s awkward and clumsy and we
forget what we were saying and stumble over our words, and then suddenly we
find a connection point and see in each other, ourselves. It’s all the
things. Everything everywhere (all at once:)
If you have the patience, just watch how this whole jam blooms [BELOW]. Let that
inspire you for how life can take chaos and create order, how g-o-d can move
through wind to arrange the elements for transcendence.
When people GATHER to improvise (I include the audience as integral to this
act. The pressure doesn’t exist without a witness. And the pressure is
crucial), anything can happen and we experience our power to collaborate and
LISTEN in whole new ways.
So yes. Thank you @erineliseholland for capturing this. Shout out to
everyone on stage that night. And everyone feeding into this moment in the
crowd. Let’s just say I had some stuff to get off my chest….."
Exo-Tech ensemble at Public Records (NYC), January 7, 2023
Sophia Brous and Kimbra joined by Cole Kamen-Green, Mike Haldeman, Danny Meyer, Yuka Honda, Jeremy Gustin, Cleek Schrey, Spencer Zahn, Mauro Refosco, Amir ElSaffar, Taja Cheek (L'Rain) and Ben Chapoteau-Katz.
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