Fire Museum Presents: Thollem with ACVilla and Sunken Cages

THE CURATORS OF THIS EVENT REQUIRE THAT EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE SHOW PROOF OF VACCINATION AT THE DOOR. MASKING AND CONTACT TRACING ENFORCED. SEATING IS LIMITED FOR PURPOSES OF SOCIAL DISTANCING, ADVANCED REGISTRATION IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED. Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/thollem-with-acvilla-and-sunken-cages-tickets-243884303517

Fire Museum Presents is excited to host a memorable evening at The Rotunda with three unique groundbreaking artists. Engaged in the world around them socially and ecologically, utilizing new sonic technologies, and incorporating their love and respect for many musical cultures, Thollem and Sunken Cages deliver a performance that could not have been made before now or by anybody else. They honor the radical innovators of the past by expressing these times and their relationship to it which is self evident in their duo album on Astral Spirits last year. Thollem will also be joined by Chicana visual artist ACVilla with projections to accompany his solo electric work in celebration of his new solo album Obstacle Illusion on Astral Spirits Records.

First set: Thollem/Sunken Cages

Second set: Thollem’s Obstacle Illusion with projections by ACVilla

Thollem (Digital Multi-timbral Keyboard) has spent his life traversing borders and confluences, curiosity and collaboration being the driving force of his life and work. He is fortunate to have been exposed to many different musical approaches growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area and has spent much of his adult life touring throughout N. America and Europe participating in the myriad sonic approaches and social movements along his travels. “Thollem displays a chameleonic ability to adapt to suit whatever musical context presents itself.” – Daniel Spicer, The Wire

“Thollem inhabits a world uniquely his own, rhythmically, harmonically and formally. A true original.” – Terry Riley, San Francisco Chronicle

Sunken Cages (electronic drums, percussion, production)

Momin, who started out as an acoustic drummer and percussionist a couple of decades ago, has been working under the ‘Sunken Cages’ moniker since 2019, in order to showcase his unique electroacoustic hybrid approach which splits the difference between live performance and production. He plays drums, triggers textures and clips, and layers live-loops while manipulating them in real-time to blur the lines between composition and improvisation. While rooted in Indian folk and Black Music traditions, Momin is also influenced by the street sounds of underground dance music from Durban to Mumbai and beyond.

“In recent years, drummer and producer Ravish Momin, AKA Sunken Cages, has chalked up a solid track record of cross-breeding production techniques, with an impressive level of innovation.” – Nyshka Chandran (Resident Advisor)

ACVilla

Since 2008, ACVilla has lived as a peripatetic photographer, videographer and visual artist. She focuses her camera on the nuances that define the character of the fleeting yet eternal present moment as well as the dynamics of the world at large. Her work is shown throughout the US and Europe in DIY spaces, museums, galleries, schools and universities. ACVilla is “the kind of fiercely independent artist the world needs more of.” (LiveEyeTV)

Thollem & Sunken Cages on Astral Spirits (bandcamp):

https://thollemsastraltravelingsessions.bandcamp.com/...

Thollem Obstacle Illusion (bandcamp): https://astralthollem.bandcamp.com/

links at: https://firemuseumpresents.com/.../thollem-with-acvilla.../

THE CURATORS OF THIS EVENT REQUIRE THAT EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE SHOW PROOF OF VACCINATION AT THE DOOR. MASKING AND CONTACT TRACING ENFORCED. SEATING IS LIMITED FOR PURPOSES OF SOCIAL DISTANCING, ADVANCED REGISTRATION IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED. Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/thollem-with-acvilla-and-sunken-cages-tickets-243884303517