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10 things: Gordy Smurf 4, Allison Burik Solo, Devlin & Hong, DRMHS -Single, Putumayo, Jazzfest -Financing, noise policy

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Gordy Li led a set on Tuesday on the Painted Ship for Infidels Jazz's Social Music series. As Gordy Li Smurf 4, he brought Feven Kidane on bass; Cole Schmidt about guitar and electronics, in my opinion a strange music partner for him; And Mili Hong on drums, who shone in front of intensive beats that an unconscious passer -by kept electronically in its driving force. The music was continuous, unplanned and unfiltered, similar to the leaders' Instagram stories. It was fusionI assume, but genre words don't mean much for someone who played on Tuesday or for most of us in the house. What was more important was the exuberance of self -expression, the funny jam.

Gordy himself played some soprano -saxophone -soli, but also triggered samples and played synth riffs. And if that weren't enough, he often grabbed the microphone (it was amusing how quickly he could handle and do it) to make announcements, statements and explanations. I rightly wondered if he would drop a rap verse.

And it worked – it was basically what I came in hope to testify to witness. The young employees of the painted ship were on it; The house was pretty full, a bit like one who came out to see Gordy, 25, one of our adventurers in this scene since he started making a name for himself. My friend eats a burger opposite me. The music continued.

By the way, Feven is a fun bass player: all riffs, no nonsense.

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The quote of today's title does not come from Gordy, but from saxophonists and bass clarinettist Allison Burik, who played the new thing of Infidels last Friday in the Zameen Art House. Burik played solo music from the 2024 publication Rich and new material.

This show was one of many who fulfilled the Bellbird travel route last week before moving to Montreal to Montreal to Victoria. The band found time to join Chris Fraser in the podcast, and everyone came down to hear Mili with Gordy.

Many electronics came together to form the sound wash. We even got a Colin always cover. I would conceptually recognize Burik somewhere between the always and Wendy Eisenberg. The joke between songs, the Norwegian referendums explained and Beowulf References were fun and held the set from being too surrounded. Some of the rehearsals had unexpected volumes, at least compared to their rehearsal and sound check, so that the Bellbird member Claire Devlin often stepped in to adapt the blender.

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Before Buriks Set I heard two more Bellbirds: Devlin played with Mili in an improvising duo. Wow! Mili remains one of my most popular drummer that I had the opportunity to hear life repeatedly. The two turned through loud and gentle games that respect each other and like to have things played instead of force them forward. They took up again after they had completed their first long improvisation instead of calling the SET break, and everyone was indeed happy to hear more. You have no recording or something like the duo.

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The duo of Noah Franche-Nolan and Nicholas Bracewell, who played alongside other youngest appearances in the Roedde House last night, gave their duo project a hip new name: DRMHS instead of Dream House. “The liquefaction”, its first single, is a hectic single with Bracewells drive Breakbeat and Franche-Nolan's electrical keyboard. Streaming / band camp. Much more about the project here Noah's substance In his (and Bracewells) words.