DADA

With Elias Meister on guitar, Dan Blake on saxes, and Dewinter on the modular synth, this meeting of these three master improvisers and musicians is sure to take you on a sonic adventure. Exploring new soundscapes and discovering the unknown, drawing from avant-garde jazz, krautrock, electronic music and more. A one-of-a-kind performance and a night not to be missed.

Guitarist Elias Meister is equally at home playing sensitive Jazz or powerful Rock, Electronic Music or Hip Hop. He leads his own Jazz formations including the trio Spacepilot (with Grammy-awarded pianist Leo Genovese) and is part of the live Techno and House collective N/UM, which has played all over the US, Mexico and Europe. He is a member of the touring band of rap-artist Residente (the musician with the most Latin Grammy wins in history), with whom he played massive stages including Radio City Hall, Austin City Limits and stadium tours all over the world. He co-wrote and played guitar on the song 'Quiero Ser Baladista' (feat. Ricky Martin), that was part of the Grammy-winning album 'Las Letras Ya No Importan'. Elias Meister's work has been lauded by the international press including a 4-star Downbeat review calling his album 'Playful & Daring'.

Multi-instrumentalist, composer and activist Dan Blake has developed a wide-ranging career as a contemporary composer, performer and educator that “regards tradition as a welcoming playground best approached with a sense of wonder and adventure” (The Boston Globe). Blake’s music has been called “stunning” (All About Jazz), and his most recent release “The Digging” was described as “a creative essay on what can be done in the trio format” (Ottawa Citizen). In addition to his work as a leader, he has toured and recorded with three-time Grammy winner Esperanza Spalding, NEA Jazz Master Anthony Braxton, and Velvet Underground founding member John Cale, among many others. In his extended multi-disciplinary compositions, Blake weaves together his interests in world music, contemporary improvisation, animation, and performance art. This genre-bending catalog of works has earned him support from the Jerome Fund for New Music, ASCAP, and New Music USA, as well as a 2022 Fellowship from New York State Foundation for the Arts (NYFA). Pullitzer Prize-winning composer Tania Leon has said, “Daniel Blake is a talent whose time has come. He is doing great things.”

Jeremy Loucas aka Dewinter is a musician, producer and audio engineer. He plays solo shows all over the US and is well known for his work with N/um, which has performed at Mutek Montreal, Cityfox, Fusion Festival and many more. He is a multiple Grammy-awarded audio engineer.