Withinspirations with Michael TA Thompson, TAYUTAPilgrim & Amir Bey's Playable Arts Tues 7/1

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Withinspirations ~musicians inspire artists who inspire musicians~ featuring Michael TA Thompson, TAYUTAPilgrim & Amir Bey's playable arts. Tuesday, July 1st, 2014 at Casa Frela Gallery ( 47 West 119th Street, NYC (between 5th Ave. & Lenox Ave.) (Saco Yasuma) 7:00 – 7:30 pm Masa "Yasbei" Yamaguchi (Percussion) Michael T.A. Thompson (Percussion) with Astrologos by Amir Bey. 7:40 – 8:30 pm TAYUTAPilgrim Masa "Yasbei" Yamaguchi (Vocals, Percussion, Guitar) HIRONO (Vocals, Percussion)

TAYUTApilgrim a Japanese world music duo, currently residing in Ghana, has been touring Nepal, India, Spain, Burkina Faso, Togo and New York. The harmonic sound of Hirono's singing and the powerful and uplifting beats from Masa's drum and guitar offer delicate doses of soul, Afro beats, and world music fused with messages of peace and respect for Mother Nature.

Alliance Francaise event organizers have referred to them as "a hypnotic trance with a unique sonic landscape beyond African music, rock, jazz, and electro."
Visual Artist Amir Bey has been creating his unique wonderlands with mix media sculptures, mobiles, installation works, set & costume designs and playable arts to entertain people in Europe, Asia and the US. In this show. his most recent work, Astrologos and other instruments are introduced by two excellent musicians, Masa "Yasubei" Yamaguchi and Michael TA Thompson. Astrologos are sculptures whose forms incorporate relationships between the Sun, Earth, and Lunar phases. Amir has created mobiles and "Axes, " made of galvanized sheet metal, that are highly resonant and interesting effects when played. They are new type of instruments; playable art.
Soundrhythium Michael TA Thompson is an anomaly. That's why you'll find him performing as well as recording with such a wide variety of musical artists who include Onaje Alan Gumbs, Mathew Shipp, Mala Waldron, Roy Campbell Jr., Dennis Gonzalez, Oliver Lake, Kid Jordan, John Pattitucci, Nels Cline, Marc Ribot, Henry Grimes, William Parker, Legendary Calypsonians The Mighty Sparrow, The Shadow, reggae artist Owen Gray, as well as artists from classical to rap and beyond. Thompson currently produces New York based artists who are pushing the musical envelope and making an impact on today's jazz music scene.

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