The duo of NPNP and Jairus Sharif will be performing for the first time in Kelowna on April 8th at DunnEnzies Downtown in Kelowna. This concert is the forty-third installment of the Skin And Bones Music Series - an Okanagan Arts Award nominated concert series dedicated to the presentation of experimental music in the Okanagan.
Doors open at 7:30 pm and the concert will begin at 8:00 pm. DunnEnzies Downtown is located at 1559 Ellis Street in Kelowna. Admission at the door is $15 or $10 for students and Alternator members. Advance tickets can be purchased online at Eventbrite.
Calgary based Jairus Sharif is a self-taught saxophonist who uses abstraction, tempered by a meditative focus and tranquility, to forge connections between free jazz, folk traditions, and hip-hop mysticism. Drawing from an ever evolving collection of electronics, traditional instrumentation and homemade tools, live performances offer a glimpse into an ongoing hermetic journey. NPNP is the solo alias of Montreal based multi-media artist Jackson Darby. Under this name he trudges through various styles with an emphasis on intangible forms realized through modular synth explorations and advanced recording techniques. The duo will be playing live renditions of music from their individual solo records: Harmony in a Vacuum - NPNP (Halocline Trance) and Basis of Unity - Jairus Sharif (Telephone Explosion). Together they emphasize aspects each other’s music while leaving space for live improvisation.
Also on the bill is Kelowna’s Beyond Horizon. Consisting of Theresa Bishop and Corey Bornau, both previously of the band Meteor Tree, these musicians have been creating together for over 16 years. Beyond Horizon is a meditative accumulation of everything that they have learned and everything that they are still learning.
This concert is made possible through the partnership between the Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art and the Inner Fish Theatre Society. The Inner Fish Theatre Society produces Kelowna’s annual Living Things International Arts Festival, and remains frequent collaborators with both the Alternator and Skin And Bones.
Skin and Bones is a concert series dedicated to the presentation of experimental music in the Okanagan, established in 2015. Improvisation, contemporary composition, noise, and things in between, the Skin and Bones Music Series showcases performers both local and abroad. Skin and Bones shot forth from the dreams of Mike Woodworth and Darren Williams.