July 19 – ExoTech at GroundTone Festival, PS21Chatham, upstate New York
EXO-TECH is large ensemble collective formed in New York by vocalist and director SOPHIA BROUS and New Zealand pop innovator KIMBRA in 2016. The group features a revolving membership of some of New York and beyond’s most respected music luminaries, including David Byrne, Sean Lennon, Moses Sumney, Caroline Polachek, Bilal, Questlove, Yuka Honda, Dave Harrington, Zeena Parkins and many others.
Exploring the intersections of improvisation and pop song composition, EXO-TECH traverse musical worlds from Talking Heads to Can, to Arthur Lyman, Gang Gang Dance, Brigitte Fontaine and the Art Ensemble of Chicago, as much influenced by modern pop and rnb as by by free jazz, avant garde improvisation, tropicalia and film music.
GROUNDTONE Exo-Tech Line-up
Sophia Brous – musical director, voice
Kimbra – voice electronics
Nels Cline – guitar
Yuka Honda – synthesizers, electronics
Lina Lapelyte – violin
Booker Stardrum – drums
Spencer Zahn – bass
Patrick Higgins – guitar
Julia Kent – cello
Clara Warnaar – percussion