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Adam Svec

Longtime collaborator of John and Cody’s, songwriter Adam Svec, attempts to leverage melodies and simple song structures to tell stories. As an improviser, Svec brings the listener familiar scaffolding filled out by sonic architecture that is oddly unique, typically driven by his northern vision of the country.

Adam Svec was the guest of Sound / Simulacra on January 24, 2018. Adam started the night off with a solo performance playing four improvised pieces on guitar, Roland JX-3P, and voice. John C.S. Keston (piano, Rhodes, Moog Sub 37), and Cody McKinney (bass, electronics) joined Adam performing four more pieces.

Set 1: Adam Svec Solo (guitar, voice, electronics)

Set 2: Adam Svec plus John C.S. Keston (keyboard, synth, electronics) and Cody McKinney (bass, voice, electronics)

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Aby Wolf

Wednesday, February 27th, 2019 at 8:30pm at Jazz Central Studios, Sound / Simulacra presents Aby Wolf.

Aby Wolf is a passionate collaborator with an elastic skillset. Whether writing vocal arrangements for Dessa’s sold-out appearances with the Minnesota Orchestra, fulfilling commissions from American Composers Forum, Prairie Fire Lady Choir, and Cedar Cultural Center, or performing with everyone from The New Standards and Doomtree to Chastity Brown and JT Bates’ Grain Trio, Aby brings a palpable element of joy to whatever endeavor she pursues. Thanks to a 2019 Arts on Tour grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, Wolf will tour greater Minnesota with her newest musical collaboration Champagne Confetti, an 11-piece electro-acoustic chamber ensemble featuring strings, percussion, and vocal harmonies. Champagne Confetti premieres in Minneapolis this spring 2019.

Set 1: Aby Wolf solo performance
Set 2: Aby Wolf with John C.S. Keston and Cody McKinney

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DeVon Russell Gray & Patrick Pegg

On December 27, 2017 Sound / Simulacra featured DeVon Russell Gray and Patrick Pegg. DeVon and Patrick started of the evening with an uninterrupted 38:10 minute set of acoustic piano and esoteric electronics. In the second set Cody McKinney (bass and electronics) and me (Rhodes and Moog Sub 37) joined the duo to perform a 34:09 minute piece followed by final 8:47 minute piece in closing.