Born in California and now based in Brooklyn, Simon Hanes is a composer/performer/arranger and one of the major figures in the newest generation of the NY Downtown music scene. Mastermind of the large pop ensemble Tredici Bacci, a frequent collaborator of J. G. Thirlwell, and a member of the band Trigger (performing Zorn’s “Bagatelles”) Simon’s wild energy is always a highpoint of any live performance. In Tsons of Tsunami he leads a cutting-edge sextet of musical mavericks in a program of surf-based original compositions.