The Ibrahim Khalil Shihab Quintet Mankunku
Spring

P-Vine: ...US funky drummer Les DeMerle is one of the representations of rare groove scenes. His 1st album was released in 1968 and is finally reissued as vinyl for the first time! Many killer tracks for diggers are included, such as “A Day In The Life” which is also known as sampling material of HIP HOP classic OC “Time’s Up” and the US No.1 hit great funk number “Aquarius” by Fifth Dimension.In addition, great musicians were joined for this great funk album such as Frank Foster, Lew Tabackin, Arnie Lawrence, Charles Sullivan, etc…you can find how young Les DeMerle was a talented drummer even though he was just around 20 years old at that time!

Seance Centre: ...INCANTATIONS is a collection of sixteen visual and sonic experiments centred around the idea of score as spell, curated and produced by Séance Centre’s Brandon Hocura and Naomi Okabe.A spell and its incantation are distinct, but conjoined by a symbolic, almost umbilical force. A spell is a totem text, a material call for change — a seed, a recipe, an instruction, a potential. The incantation of a spell gives it life, brings breath to body, raises hairs, moves minds. For this project, eight spell-scores were created by visual/text-based artists for a musician/composer to incant. Taking a wide interpretation of what can be considered a score, these works include concrete poetry, collage, painting, drawing, spell-poetry, instructional art, and recipe. The resulting sound works give voice to these evocative “texts”, residing in the liminal space between musical form and magical utterance.