BANDIT 65

featuring
Kurt Rosenwinkel, Tim Motzer, & Gintas Janusonis

Tuesday April 29, 2014
8pm
Underground Arts
1200 Callowhill Street, Philadelphia

BANDIT 65
KURT ROSENWINKEL – guitars, electronics
TIM MOTZER – guitars, electronics
GINTAS JANUSONIS – drums, percussion, circuit bent toys
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DEJHA TI – visuals, projection mapping

Bandit 65 is the power trio of Kurt Rosenwinkel, Gintas Janusonis, & Tim Motzer exploring the intersection of electronics, soundscapes, experimentalism, psych-rock, improvisation, and fiery interplay. It’s a wide open canvas. This band is about searching and pushing the envelope live and this night promises to deliver mesmerizing mind-blowing music with live visual projections.

Their debut album, Bandit 65, was mixed by Tyler McDiarmid (John Scofield, Dave Douglas) at StadiumRed, Ornette Coleman’s former studio, in Harlem NYC.

The album Bandit 65 will be available at the show as a pre-order for the physical edition with immediate download upon purchase. Be sure to insure you get the limited edition copy for your collection!

Tickets available at the door or through Ticketmaster:
http://m.ticketmaster.com/Bandit-65-featuring-Kurt-Rosenwinkel-Tim-tickets/artist/1979228

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KURT ROSENWINKEL
Kurt Rosenwinkel needs no introduction in jazz circles, a master and preeminent international jazz guitarist/composer who has recently released his latest album as a leader, Star of Jupiter. In 2013, he was invited by Eric Clapton to play Crossroads Guitar Festival at Madison Square Garden. Along with Clapton, Kurt and his band also played with UK guitar legend Allan Holdsworth. Kurt’s bio and discography is expansive with 10 albums as a leader including 2003’s Heartcore co-produced by Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest, and 2009’s Standards Trio – Reflections, both on Verve. He’s worked with Human Feel, Paul Motian, Gary Burton, Brian Blade Fellowship, John Scofield, and Joe Henderson.

http://kurtrosenwinkel.com/

TIM MOTZER
After 16 years of world touring, stunning collaborations, and over 60 albums of credits this Philadelphia-based guitarist continues to traverse manifold territories in music and has developed a distinct textural guitar voice utilizing looping, bowing, electronics, and prepared techniques. He has collaborated with Ursula Rucker, David Sylvian, Burnt Friedman, Jaki Leibezeit (CAN), King Britt, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Markus Reuter among many others. As a leader, his projects include Goldbug, Instant Takemitsu, Global illage, Base3, and Nucultures. He releases his genre-defying solo work and collaborations on his 1k Recordings imprint, and webcasts sessions from his studio on 1ksessions.com. He composes for film and video, and creates scores & live music for choreographers in the world of modern dance.

http://1krecordings.com/

GINTAS JANUSONIS
Gintas Janusonis is a NYC based, Grammy nominated, internationally acclaimed drummer, composer, and producer who has worked with a diverse range of world class artists, groups, and producers during a 20-plus year career, including Angelique Kidjo, Branford Marsalis, Lee Scratch Perry, RZA, Wu-Tang Clan, Bill Laswell, David Murray, James Spaulding, Melvin Rhyne, Joe Blaney, Otis Clay, The Revelations, Ursula Rucker, Bilal and many more. The wide range of musical styles, groupings, and concepts that he is fluent in and worked in are a reflection of the depth and breadth of his musical vocabulary and conception. He has developed a truly unique voice as a drummer and percussionist that has been deeply informed by his work as a producer, composer, and recording engineer, and by his interest in the artistic possibilities of coalescing electronics and acoustic instruments, and his love for the use of sonic manipulations in his musical palate.

Facebook.com/GintasJanusonisMusic
Facebook.com/TheRevelations
www.GintasJanusonis.com

DEJHA TI
Dejha Ti is known for transforming venues into immersive experiences graced with her live visual compositions and laden with interactive technologies. With no allegiance to any one medium, her versatility feeds her vision. She explores her world as a multimedia artist, director, cinematographer, visual & interactive designer & video mapper—fluid in space, bending technology to work for her.

http://vimeo.com/dejhati