JULIUS MASRI
upcoming shows
fri jan 24 6:30pm @ 12 gates arts. 106 North 2nd street, phila. $10-$20 sliding scale benefit show. solo performance, with
sham-e-ali nayeem and swetha narasimhan.
info here.
thu jan 30 8pm @ solar myth. $25 advance, $30 door. 1131 south broad st, phila. dromedaries & alexoteric (alex smith) album release show. excited for this one. Info here.
sat feb 1 8pm @ the rotunda gallery. 4014 walnut street, phila. collaboration with daniel blacksberg (trombone & electronics), nick millevoi (guitar & electronics), Karen Smith (percussion). info Here.
sat feb 15 8pm @ the rotunda gallery. 4014 walnut street, phila. collaboration with many phenomenal improvisers. the people's music supply. info Here.
sun feb 16 7pm @ god's automatic body. 5522 baltimore avenue, phila. spectral forces, pink wash, snack truck.
sat feb 22nd all day@ the ukie club. 2-piece fest. nomad war machine (w James Reichard), and then righteous aquarium & jet Lightspeed ( w david fishkin). More info soon
sun feb 23rd 8pm @ the perch. trio with carlos santiago & pete Dennis. 2321 emerald street, philly. fire museum presents. more info here.
thu feb 27th. nomad war machine (avant-improv grind metal 2-piece) opening for Riyoske kiyasu snare drum solo. more information soon.
fri march 28th @ first unitarian Church (22st and chestnut) spectral forces. more info soon.
new RELEASE
dromedaries & alexoteric: the burning bright light. new album on karl records (germany). jan 30th release date
recent RELEASEs
Jamaaladeen Tacuma’s “Philly Improv Society” is a musical collective of Philadelphia-based intergenerational artists who uphold the tradition of improvised and creative music pioneered by African American musicians such as Ahmad Jamal, Odean Pope, Byard Lancaster, Rasheed Ali, John Coltrane, Sun Ra, and others. Jamaaladeen assembles not only musicians but also recording engineers who are also masters at capturing the distinctive voices of improvisers in live recording settings, whether in a studio or on stage. Capturing these fleeting moments is an art form in its own right, comparable to that of the musicians who embark on these sonic explorations.
Currently led by Tacuma, the collective aims to foster a fluid membership that will evolve and expand beyond his individual presence in the future.
Jamaaladeen Tacuma presents his latest project, “The Philly Improv Society,” Episode 1 MOVING FORWARD featuring United Kingdom composer and experimental artist Massimo Magee alongside Philadelphia-based artists Julius Masri, Terry Lawson, Kevin Diehl, and Doug Hirlinger and Jamaaladeen Tacuma , recorded by rising star music engineer Michael Cummings at his studio Retro Sound Studio in Philadelphia. bandcamp.
spectral forces: the universe is within who.
new release. 2024. alex smith: vocals, synths. pete dennis: bass. Julius masri: drums. album review . listen here
deadshrine & zuliuz: physical training for business men.
out now on deadshrine records. circuit bent sk1 and noise walls. sept 2023
superlith II: Duo for
trombone and circuit bent casio sk1. listed in best experimental music of feb 2021 bandcamp!
mephisto halabi: the arabic room
out now on unrock records. go to rants for more information. check out the full page in the december issue of the wire, article in Pop-matters, skug, an in depth interview with online music journal foxy digitalis, and listen to tracks on bandcamp.
nightraids: mage masher. grind/ thrash/ blackened/ bastard metal on scumcult. 2021. listen here
dromedaries ii. with shayna dulberger (bass) and keir neuringer (sax) out now on relative pitch records. listen here.
electric simcha: joy. hasidic hardcore punk. recorded 2011, released 2020. available here.
dromedaries live. shayna dulberger (bass) and keir neuringer (sax) live concert recorded at fire over heaven series in ny, 2019.listen here.
The council on american regicide: anger management volume 1. noise and grind metal. evil island fortress records. available for cassette tape and download here.