Queer Sound Ithaca + Ithaca Underground: Jason Kahn (Zürich, Switzerland), Sarah Hennies, Ben Owen (Brooklyn) at Sacred Root Kava Lounge & Tea Bar - Fri April 14th 8PM $7
https://soundcloud.com/jasonkahn
Jason Kahn’s performances explore the physical and spiritual limits of breath, stretching the voice to its breaking point. The disintegration of each vocal gesture leads to the next, creating a
structure where what remains with each evacuating breath creates a context for the entire piece.
Originally a drummer and electronic musician, Kahn turned to the voice to find a more direct connection to himself and the audience. Without the benefit of having an instrument shielding him, Kahn contends with the vulnerability of laying himself bare to the listener.
“As a listener, you feel your experience merging with his. Each long, drawn out line moves from intimate to disembodied, from the familiar to the alien and estranged. What you hear is a cycle
of disintegration and renewal, both biological and spiritual, made manifest.”
>Matt Wuetrich, The Wire
Born 1960 in New York and growing up in Los Angeles, Jason Kahn moved to Europe in 1990.
He currently lives in Zurich, Switzerland.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi9rpv42UgY
Sarah Hennies (b. 1979, Louisville, KY) is a composer and percussionist currently residing in Ithaca, NY. Her work is primarily concerned with an immersive, psychoacoustic presentation of sound brought about by an often grueling, endurance-based performance practice that Nathan Thomas of Fluid Radio described as "a highly sophisticated and refined performance technique...that starts and ends with listening and encourages a different way of listening from its audience." She received her M.A. in percussion from the University of California-San Diego in 2003 where she studied with renowned percussionist Steven Schick, and is currently a member of Meridian, a percussion trio with Tim Feeney and Greg Stuart. Prior to relocating to Ithaca, Hennies was based in Austin, TX, for ten years where she performed with the Austin New Music Co-op, The Weird Weeds and a variety of other projects.
In 2016 Sarah was chosen as a fellow in music/sound from the New York Foundation for the Arts.
https://soundcloud.com/ben-owen