The Sway Machinery / DJ Awesome Tapes From Africa / Flight Simulation with John Bollinger

A rhythmic mash-up of Jewish music, blues, afrobeat and rock

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"Lockwood's arrangements of Jewish cantorial songs whip up a frenzy wherein all the world's music can do that which music does best: celebrate. Such joyful synthesis is what music is all about, not to mention what New York is all about."—Buzz Poole, The Village Voice

For those who have seen The Sway Machinery in action, little explanation is needed. The band's combination of rhythmic power and potent folklore takes no prisoners. They are a Brooklyn-based collective that performs a cosmopolitan amalgam inspired by ancient Jewish Cantorial music, blues, afro-beat and rock. Their most recent release, The House of Friendly Ghosts, Volume 1 (JDub Records), features Timbuktu vocal superstar Khaira Arby and builds on the success of Sway Machinery's previous recording Hidden Melodies Revealed that garnered critical praise from The Village Voice, SPIN and Very Short List, among others. The Sway Machinery consists of Jeremiah Lockwood (guitar and vocals, Balkan Beat Box), Stuart Bogie (tenor saxophone, Antibalas), Jordan McLean (trumpet, Antibalas), John Bollinger (drums, Barbez), Colin Stetson (bass saxophone, Arcade Fire). Their powerful combination of musical personalities yields an unassailable force of excitement and we are thrilled to have them grace the stage at 92YTribeca.

Awesome Tapes from Africa, the mp3 blog run by ethnomusicologist Brian Shimkovitz, is devoted to music from Africa. What began as a way to make available online obscure, odd and wonderful music collected off-the-beaten-path during two trips to West Africa has become an international phenomenon. Shimkovitz's live DJ performances of his mixes bring these rarities to life.

Sway Machinery drummer—and extremely accomplished (and funny!) performance artist—John Bollinger opens the night with his own take on flight simulation (yes, flight simulation).

$10 adv / $12 day of show. 8 pm doors, 9 pm show.

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