Thu September 20, 2018
Culture Move:Moldover, Manik Khan & Nilan Chaudhuri, Janaka Selekta, Nuria
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MOLDOVERKnown as "The Godfather of Controllerism”, Moldover has worked with artist such as Bassnectar, Will-i-am, and DJ Shadow!”A musician at heart, inventor born of curiosity, and innovator by necessity, I believe the world calls him the 'Godfather of Controllerism' for damned good reasons." - John Tackett, Crowd WireHistory notes only a handful of artists who successfully pushed the limits - both with their music and with the design of their musical instruments. What Bach was to the keyboard and Hendrix was to the guitar, Moldover is to the controller. Disillusioned with “press play DJs”, Moldover fans eagerly welcome electronic music’s return to virtuosity, improvisation, and emotional authenticity. Dig deeper into Moldover’s world and you’ll uncover a subversive cultural icon who is jolting new life into physical media with “Playable Packaging”, sparking beautiful collaborations with his custom “Jamboxes”, and drawing wave after wave of followers with an open-source approach to sharing his methods and madness.MANIK KHANManik Khan is the youngest son of the late maestro, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. He began his training on the sarod with his father at the age of 13. He is currently teaching, performing and working to preserve his family’s legacy – helping to keep this tradition of India’s rich cultural history alive and flourishing. Alongside a solo concert career, he has worked with various ensembles to present his father’s music in a way that has seldom been heard before. This includes working with local high schools to bring Indian Classical Music to their youth orchestras, and performing with the conductor Michael Morgan and the Fremont Symphony Orchestra to present a ‘West Meets East’ collaboration.Manik resides in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he continues his musical studies with his elder brother, Alam Khan.Nilan Chaudhuri has spent his entire life immersed in the tradition of Indian Classical Percussion. The son of Maestro Swapan Chaudhuri and a disciple of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Nilan received his first Tabla lesson from his father at the age of five.Drawing inspiration from his father’s innovative and revolutionary approach to classical Tabla solo, Nilan was determined from a young age to be proficient as a soloist. He presented his first public Tabla solo at the age of eleven, at the Ali Akbar College of Music in San Rafael in the presence of Maestro Ali Akbar Khan. Within months of his first recital, sensing his passion and devotion to the art form, Nilan was accepted as a ganda bandan disciple of Khansahib’s and underwent the sacred ceremony in which the Guru ties a thread around the disciple’s hand, initiating a life long bond and blessing. Over the course of the next decade, Nilan would go on to lead the AACM youth Tabla Ensemble, performing various arrangements of his father’s compositions in ensemble format throughout the United States and India. It was during these formative years that Nilan was introduced to the world of Tabla accompaniment by Maestro Ali Akbar Khan, providing rhythmic support for his vocal and instrumental classes at the College.NILAN CHAUDHURIAs a teenager, Nilan was deeply inspired by the Jazz-fusion Band ‘Oregon’ a group spearheaded by his cousin, percussionist Colin Walcott, a student of Ustad Alla Rakha. The band’s music inspired Nilan to dive deeper into the world of rhythm, and in 2003 Nilan began studying the Drumset with legendary Bay Area soul drummer, Sly Randolph. He would go on to perform in Jazz Ensembles throughout High School and University, winning awards for his unique cross pollinations in eastern and western music – specifically his innate ability to transcribe Tabla rhythms, referred to as ‘Bols,’ to the Drumset.JANAKA SELEKTA + MANIK (SAROD) + SHANKAR (TABLA)Founder of a number of collectives and bands (Dhamaal, WORLDLY, Gods Robots, Mighty Dub Killaz +) collaborates with Manik Khan (Sarod) & Shanka (Tabla) for groundbreaking improvisation sessions!NURIA (Dance Performance)Nuria has been dancing her whole life. She was introduced to Contact Improvisation in 1990 and graduated from Bryn Mawr College with a degree in Performance studies. She studied on the east coast with master improvisers such as Nancy Stark Smith, David Zambrano and Andrew Harwood until 1995 when she moved to Colorado to become a Rolfer. She moved to the Bay Area in 1998 to continue her dance and Capoeira studies, and formally became a professora of Capoeira in 2001. Nuria began her studies of the Axis Syllabus (for more info please visit axissyllabus.org ) in 2009 with Kira Kirsch, and became a teacher of the Axis Syllabus in 2016. The work of the Axis Syllabus quickly became the place where she could connect her love of anatomy and healing, with her path as a mover and performer. Nuria teaches regular classes of Axis Syllabus and Capoeira in Berkeley, Ca, and also tours for teaching both nationally and internationally. She also operates a private practice as a Rolfer.For more information or class descriptions please visit nuriabowart.com
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MOLDOVERKnown as "The Godfather of Controllerism”, Moldover has worked with artist such as Bassnectar, Will-i-am, and DJ Shadow!”A musician at heart, inventor born of curiosity, and innovator by necessity, I believe the world calls him the 'Godfather of Controllerism' for damned good reasons." - John Tackett, Crowd WireHistory notes only a handful of artists who successfully pushed the limits - both with their music and with the design of their musical instruments. What Bach was to the keyboard and Hendrix was to the guitar, Moldover is to the controller. Disillusioned with “press play DJs”, Moldover fans eagerly welcome electronic music’s return to virtuosity, improvisation, and emotional authenticity. Dig deeper into Moldover’s world and you’ll uncover a subversive cultural icon who is jolting new life into physical media with “Playable Packaging”, sparking beautiful collaborations with his custom “Jamboxes”, and drawing wave after wave of followers with an open-source approach to sharing his methods and madness.MANIK KHANManik Khan is the youngest son of the late maestro, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. He began his training on the sarod with his father at the age of 13. He is currently teaching, performing and working to preserve his family’s legacy – helping to keep this tradition of India’s rich cultural history alive and flourishing. Alongside a solo concert career, he has worked with various ensembles to present his father’s music in a way that has seldom been heard before. This includes working with local high schools to bring Indian Classical Music to their youth orchestras, and performing with the conductor Michael Morgan and the Fremont Symphony Orchestra to present a ‘West Meets East’ collaboration.Manik resides in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he continues his musical studies with his elder brother, Alam Khan.Nilan Chaudhuri has spent his entire life immersed in the tradition of Indian Classical Percussion. The son of Maestro Swapan Chaudhuri and a disciple of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Nilan received his first Tabla lesson from his father at the age of five.Drawing inspiration from his father’s innovative and revolutionary approach to classical Tabla solo, Nilan was determined from a young age to be proficient as a soloist. He presented his first public Tabla solo at the age of eleven, at the Ali Akbar College of Music in San Rafael in the presence of Maestro Ali Akbar Khan. Within months of his first recital, sensing his passion and devotion to the art form, Nilan was accepted as a ganda bandan disciple of Khansahib’s and underwent the sacred ceremony in which the Guru ties a thread around the disciple’s hand, initiating a life long bond and blessing. Over the course of the next decade, Nilan would go on to lead the AACM youth Tabla Ensemble, performing various arrangements of his father’s compositions in ensemble format throughout the United States and India. It was during these formative years that Nilan was introduced to the world of Tabla accompaniment by Maestro Ali Akbar Khan, providing rhythmic support for his vocal and instrumental classes at the College.NILAN CHAUDHURIAs a teenager, Nilan was deeply inspired by the Jazz-fusion Band ‘Oregon’ a group spearheaded by his cousin, percussionist Colin Walcott, a student of Ustad Alla Rakha. The band’s music inspired Nilan to dive deeper into the world of rhythm, and in 2003 Nilan began studying the Drumset with legendary Bay Area soul drummer, Sly Randolph. He would go on to perform in Jazz Ensembles throughout High School and University, winning awards for his unique cross pollinations in eastern and western music – specifically his innate ability to transcribe Tabla rhythms, referred to as ‘Bols,’ to the Drumset.JANAKA SELEKTA + MANIK (SAROD) + SHANKAR (TABLA)Founder of a number of collectives and bands (Dhamaal, WORLDLY, Gods Robots, Mighty Dub Killaz +) collaborates with Manik Khan (Sarod) & Shanka (Tabla) for groundbreaking improvisation sessions!NURIA (Dance Performance)Nuria has been dancing her whole life. She was introduced to Contact Improvisation in 1990 and graduated from Bryn Mawr College with a degree in Performance studies. She studied on the east coast with master improvisers such as Nancy Stark Smith, David Zambrano and Andrew Harwood until 1995 when she moved to Colorado to become a Rolfer. She moved to the Bay Area in 1998 to continue her dance and Capoeira studies, and formally became a professora of Capoeira in 2001. Nuria began her studies of the Axis Syllabus (for more info please visit axissyllabus.org ) in 2009 with Kira Kirsch, and became a teacher of the Axis Syllabus in 2016. The work of the Axis Syllabus quickly became the place where she could connect her love of anatomy and healing, with her path as a mover and performer. Nuria teaches regular classes of Axis Syllabus and Capoeira in Berkeley, Ca, and also tours for teaching both nationally and internationally. She also operates a private practice as a Rolfer.For more information or class descriptions please visit nuriabowart.com
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