Join us for our festival closing reception party with live music by Tsimka and Michael Red. Their music blends electronic soundscapes with Tsimka's vocals and drumming, often incorporating field recordings of natural sounds (e.g., breaking ice, ocean waves, frogs) from her traditional Tla-o-qui-aht territories. 19+. Admission included with purchase of a ticket for the evening performance OR suggested donation of $10.
Scotiabank Dance Centre (677 Davie St, Vancouver, BC)
Judith R Marcuse Studio, Level 7
Admission included with purchase of ticket to Friday night program / by donation $10
Tsimka & Michael Red is a collaboration of music from the land and from the heart (and knowing and listening). Michael creates and reveals music & atmospheres with the natural sounds recorded by Tsimka from her ƛaʔuuqwiʔatḥ home territory, and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh territory. Breaking ice as light percussive rhythm, bull kelp head explosions becoming kick drum patterns... a Squamish valley wolf, a large cat in the dark... Cixwatsac (Frank Island frogs), Swainson’s Thrush, other birds... a little creek at Hiłwinʔis, ocean, rain and mist... Tsimka sings and speaks and sometimes plays a drum. Most lyrics are in Tsimka’s heritage language Tla-o-qui-aht ƛaʔuuqwiʔatḥ. Her themes deal with love, cleansing, healing, liberation through imagining and more. Tsimka’s voice is also used as an instrument through live fx and is embedded in Michael’s pre-made production (which is dubbed out and layered and effected live). Words and tones and expressions are shaped and woven into all layers of the sonic fabric, from deeply embedded to very visible.
IG: @tsimka_martin + @michael__red
