As a composer/performer (ASCAP writer and publisher member), arranger/producer, synthesist/programmer, multiinstrumentalist
and sound designer, Clive Smith (born, London, England) is a maker of sundry noises. He received his M.A. in composition from New York University. He was awarded two platinum albums for his studio work with Hall and Oates (Big Bam Boom) and with Freddie Jackson (Just Like The First Time). His work with other artists includes Herbie Hancock, Yoko Ono, Sly Stone, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Malcolm McLaren. He co-wrote the music for the cult classic film Liquid Sky. His own musical compositions have been used by all U.S. major television networks as well as by television in more than forty countries worldwide. He also has many solo and collaborative album releases of his music.
Karl Fury is a multi instrumentalist, improviser, composer and instrument builder from central NJ. His music draws on rock, blues, jazz, folk, classical, electronic and world music. He’s played in a number of bands, duos and trios for 50+ years. He’s performed at a number of festivals and venues up and down the East coast. His current musical projects include duos Beard Farm, Larry Roche, Quantum Bingo, Smith and Fury and the trio Sonic Foundry.
Infrasubcontra is a tuba-doom duo from New Jersey. Tuba and Euphonium (and other brass instruments) improvised/semi-composed drone duets with pedals and synths. Infrasubcontra performs high powered low brass electro acoustic music with a focus on drone, depth, and disassociating textures. Their music is improvised and bass heavy, taking influence from a wide range of American underground and academic musical traditions.
Sohme is the sound-based project of Philadelphia artist, producer, and architectural designer Saumon Oboudiyat. Informed by a decade of work as an architectural designer and a lifetime of musicianship, his work blends analog and digital synthesis, acoustic instrumentation, and environmental sound into immersive listening environments. Released via Phantom Limb’s Spirituals imprint, his debut album Palm reflects on new fatherhood, Persian-American cultural duality, and shifting life stages through layered textures and arrangements. His work has recently been performed at Passages, Johnny Brenda’s, Vox Populi, and Pageant : Soloveev alongside guest lectures at Parsons School of Design.
Admission is FREE