Musicmatters Festival : Day 3

Date/Time
Date(s) - 14/08/2016
12:00 am

Location
CH & FC

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Musicmatters Festival 2016 – Day 3 features some of the festivals most prominent acts in a relaxed afternoon setting adjoining the CH&FC clubhouse on Maitland crescent.

DACH – a European jazz quartet consisting of David Six (piano) Mathias Ruppnig (drums), Andrii Prozorov (saxophone) and Ilya Alabuzhev (bass) from Austria and Ukraine. With an extensive list of past performances around European festivals, this is DACH’s first time in the Indian subcontinent. All four members of the band compose and contribute to create a modern, creative and contemporary sound with a respect to the tradition of improvised music.

BALIPHONICS – The latest trio format of Baliphonics with Susantha Rupathilaka, Isaac Smith and Sumudi Suraweera allows deeper interaction among the three performers and is starting to separate this project as an entity of its own, from the original Sri Lankan low country Bali ritual, which the group draws upon so heavily. Baliphonics has vastly matured its sound from year to year having appeared consecutively over the three previous Musicmatters Festivals and will certainly not fall short of another mesmerizing performance.

MISHA MARKS AND REUBEN DERRICK – Another highlight for this year is a performance by three kiwi musicians living across the globe (Misha Marks – Mexico, Reuben Derrick – New Zealand, Isaac Smith – Sri Lanka) along with a Sri Lankan with close ties to New Zealand (Sumudi Suraweera).

Saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and field recordist Reuben Derrick’s influences are eclectic and employ both conventional and experimental procedures. Among his most recent achievements, in 2015 Dr. Derrick was awarded a Fulbright travel fellowship to the Music Omi residency in New York, where he collaborated with 13 creative musicians from around the world.

Misha Marks plays guitar, baritone horn, accordion, latarra (a homemade electric guitar made out of an old Mexican metallic first-aid box). Misha resides in Mexico City and is active in diverse scenes and has performed extensively across the world in festivals such as High Zero (Baltimore), No Idea Festival (Austin TX), Cha’ak’ab Paaxil (Mérida, MX), Wellington Jazz Festival, Om the Space (Wgtn, Chch, NZ), Visiones Sonroa (Morelia, MX).

This quartet of musicians who have worked together for more than a decade will bring in their diverse experiences of recent years to present an exciting, eclectic set of original music with a strong element of improvisation.

MEXICAN TUNES FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF OAXACA

The festival will close on a climax with the Musicmatters Collective coming together to perform a collection of simple, joyful party tunes from the mountains of Oaxaca!

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