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Chaka Benson

MANNA

Basil Azuria

with

Video Projections by Samara Talkin

at

The Gatherings Concert Series

In-Person Event (plus Live Stream)

Saturday 12 October 2024 8:00PM

at

St. Mary's Hamilton Village
3916 Locust Walk in Philadelphia, PA

Free Admission / Donations Requested

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Chaka Benson/MANNA/Basil Azuria 12 Oct 2024

Chaka Benson returns as MANNA and Basil Azuria debut at The Gatherings Concert Series on Saturday 12 October 2024 (with Samara Talkin mapped video projections) within the remarkable church sanctuary of St Mary's Hamilton Village.

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Chaka Benson

Chaka Benson plays with an ear for color, motion and texture, forsaking conventional narrative clarity. It is an experience by way of the senses, rather than through pure mental interpretation. Our focus expands beyond sound, to the sources of that sound, to its imminent fragility and a state of un-being. In Benson's work negative space is constantly asking us to define it. Tones flicker lightly across the surface, come into focus, then burrow deep and all but disappear. The gentle descent into incandescent timbres stirs the imagination.

 

Chaka Benson - Live at The Gatherings 17 November 2018 (excerpt)

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MANNA

The learned listener will find the modular-made realizations by MANNA marked by creative beauty and a meritorious aural adventurousness. The sonic energy level winds its way languidly through the resonant and subtly shaded Ambient moods provided by a range of synthesizers of an open-ended voicing architecture. From tuneful fairytale engagement to the enigmatic and uncategorizable, this explorer of the electronic realm absorbs, then plays the world around us.

 

MANNA Live on STAR'S END 08.11.24 (live stream/complete performance)

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Basil Azuria

Basil Azuria is a Black Nonbinary/Trans Composer, Producer and Songwriter. Their music is enveloping, influenced by Ambient, Classical, Experimental and Electroacoustic Musics - and revolves around themes related to discovery and exploration of the self.

Basil Azuria makes their public concert debut at The Gatherings Concert Series on Saturday 12 October 2024

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Samara Talkin/The Gatherings

This event will also feature video artist Samara Talkin, who will present ever-evolving video mapped original projections onto the interior features of the St Mary's sanctuary space - all in time with the innovative live music of the live sets.

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The Gatherings Concert Series presents Chaka Benson plus MANNA plus Basil Azuria live in concert on Saturday 12 October 2024 at 8:00PM. (doors open at 7:30PM) in the church sanctuary of St. Mary's Hamilton Village 3916 Locust Walk (just east of 40th & Locust) on the Penn campus in West Philadelphia. Free Admission/Donation Requested. Advance Registration is available through Humanitix.

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CIMA of PA CIMA of PA - The Corporation for Innovative Music and Arts of Pennsylvania

Chaka Benson plus MANNA plus Basil Azuria at The Gatherings Concert Series on 12 October 2024 is funded by CIMA of PA (The Corporation for Innovative Music and Arts of Pennsylvania), the all-volunteer, IRS recognized 501(c)3 non-profit organization behind the organization and production of The Gatherings Concert Series. The basic mission of CIMA of PA is to bring innovative music concerts to the public and further the advancement of this form of art.

For more about CIMA of PA, please access the Mission Statement

Chaka Benson plus MANNA plus Basil Azuria Youtube Live Stream Saturday 12 October 2024
In-Person Concert/Live Stream - Complete Performance

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The Gatherings Concert Series is presented by the all-volunteer staff of The Corporation for Innovative Music and Arts of Pennsylvania

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