Alegria in Manhattan
TBA - 393 Broadway, New York 10013 (1st & 5th Floor), New York City
This night happened — Sat 3 Aug 2024
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Who was billed3 artists
In the order the promoter listed them.
Set times were not published.
None of these artists had shared a bill before that night.
Who they are
“The three members of N/UM come from a variety of musical backgrounds.”
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The three members of N/UM come from a variety of musical backgrounds. Jeremy Loucas is a five time Grammy winning mixing & mastering engineer with years spent as a DJ in the underground party scene in NY – Elias Meister, an electronically experimental guitarist with a decade of performance experience in free and improvised music – Emil Bovbjerg is a vocalist, synth instrumentalist and producer/DJ with a background in orchestration and contemporary arranging and composition. Each performance or recording by N/UM is improvised, with no pre-composed songs, no plan or structure agreed upon. Despite the daring premise and unconventional creative approach the raison d’etre and mission statement of N/UM is simple: The opposite of war is a dance floor. N/um translates to medicine or supernatural potent energy. The word is used by the !Kung (formerly Bushmen), an indigenous people of Botswana and Namibia, to describe a healing energy used to cure sickness, both mental and physical, in individuals as well as the community as a whole. N/um is a central part of weekly dancing ceremonies, lasting typically from nightfall into dawn, in which the tribe’s members gather to dance for many hours until dancers enter into varying states of trance. As the trance deepens the n/um builds in the stomach, travels up through the spine and eventually explodes in the brain as the healers reach !Kia, the state in which, according to the tribe’s beliefs, a healer can transfer n/um to those in need of healing as well as to the community where it is said to maintain unity and relieve jealousy, greed and lack of gift giving. Among the !Kung everyone is encouraged to take part in the rituals and over half of the tribe’s members have become healers by the time they reach adulthood. You dance, dance, dance. Then n/um lifts you up in your belly and lifts you in your back, and then you start to shiver. [N/um] makes you tremble, it's hot. . . . Your eyes are open but you don't look around; you hold your eyes still and look straight ahead. But when you get into !kia, you're looking around because you see everything, because you see what's troubling everybody . . . n/um enters every part of your body right to the tip of your feet and even your hair. - Kinachau (via Richard Katz)Their RA profile lists Visionquest, Lost Diaries, Duro and Ninetofire.Recently at H0L0, 99 Scott Ave, Dada · often with Greg Paulus, O.BEE, Tomas Station, none of them here that night
“Based in NYC, Sebastian Valencia is one of the most heart-touching and talented South American musicians of his generation.”
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Based in NYC, Sebastian Valencia is one of the most heart-touching and talented South American musicians of his generation. Born in Cali Colombia, the capital of salsa music, gifted in terms of rhythm and musicality, he has performed in the most recognized venues of his natal country Colombia, and the sexiest and coolest places around NYC. Versace, Michael Kors, TBA, The Williamsburg Hotel, Chelsea Music Hall, Open Air, and Norwood, are just a few names that collaborated with Sebastian to produce media or Live Performances. His obsession with good music and art drove him to create authentic and amazing compositions. Thru DJ sets or live performances, "the flair" aka Sebastian will take you on a musical journey that goes thru jazz, disco, funk, R&B, and electronic music. His latest EP on Wolf + Lamb records was produced in Brooklyn alongside Dave Morrissey Jr and it's available worldwide in all streaming platformsTheir RA profile lists Wolf + Lamb, Razor-N-Tape and Cologne Underground Records.Recently at 100 Sutton Studios, Outer Heaven · often with AMBROSI, Discolypso Crew, Club Sasta, none of them here that night
names these artists often play with — not that night
- Greg Paulus4 with N/um
- Chuwee3 with N/um
- O.BEE3 with N/um
- Shvili3 with N/um
- Tomas Station3 with N/um
- AMBROSI2 with The Flair
- Daniel Carter2 with N/um
- Discolypso Crew2 with The Flair
The room
TBA - 393 Broadway, New York 10013 (1st & 5th Floor) — 1 event and 3 distinct artists since Aug 2024.
Who put it on
Alegria community — 19 events and 71 artists since Oct 2023.