FARIDA AMADOU MEETS 8EAST

Farida Amadou will collaborate with local musicians in a unique performance!

With:

John Brennan, Jesus Caballero, Adrian Avendaño - drums

Matthew Ariaratnam, Cole Schmidt - guitar

Johanna Hauser - clarinets

JP Carter - trumpet

Bahar Khazei, Lisa Cay Miller - piano

Mauricio Pauly - electronics

8East

Doors: 9:00 / Music: 9:30

By donation $20/$10/free

Co-presented by NOW Society and Barking Sphinx.

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FARIDA AMADOU

If there's one musician in the last decade that you may hear in wildly diverse musical contexts it is Belgian electric bassist and sound sculptor Farida Amadou. Not only can you enjoy the unerringly skillful command she has over her instrument but also the transformative power to reinterpret and expand her material in spontaneous and unconventional ways.

Amadou is self-taught and radically aware of her idiosyncratic relationship with the bass guitar. Known for her raw, intuitive approach to improvisation, she has become a vital force in experimental music, collaborating with artists such as Thurston Moore, Peter Brötzmann, and Moor Mother. Blending free jazz, noise, and deep rhythmic structure, Amadou creates immersive soundscapes that balance intensity with clarity.

Farida will also present the North American Premiere of a brand new solo creation - an exploration of improvised textures built around West African rhythm samples, melodic fragments, and voice - at Red Gate on March 28.

https://faridamadou.com/

Instagram: @___fariiiiiiiida

Supported by the Canada Council, the BC Arts Council, the Province of BC, and the City of Vancouver.

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We acknowledge that our work takes place in Vancouver on traditional and unceded Indigenous land belonging to the Coast Salish peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish),Stó:lō and səlil̓wətaʔɬ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We are grateful for this place.