“EXO-TECH is fast emerging as a new paradigm for pop innovation.”
– The Village Voice
EXO-TECH is New York large ensemble collective formed by vocalist and musical 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, exploring the intersections of improvisation and pop song composition.The group traverse musical worlds reminiscent of Talking Heads, Can, Gang Gang Dance and DNA, as much influenced by modern pop and experimental rnb, as by by free jazz, avant garde improvisation, tropicalia and film music.Created as opportunity for musician friends to play together in ecstatic, open creative settings in-the-round, each show is an musical experiment in collective presence, where an audience bares witness to a rich musical alchemy as thrilling for observers as it is for the ensemble members.
Musical director – Sophia Brous.
Members/collaborators (alphabetical A-Z) – Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Stuart Bogie, Bilal, Tyondai Braxton, Sophia Brous, David Byrne, Ben Chapateau-Katz, Brian Chase, Taja Cheek, Arrington de Dionyso, Angel Deradoorian, Trevor Dunn, Amir El-Saffer, Greg Fox, Henry Fraser, Will Graefe, Jeremy Gustin, Dave Harrington, Mike Haldeman, Miho Hatori, Yuka Honda, Lars Horntveth, Shahzad Ismaily, Kimbra, Benjamin Lazar Davis, Nicole McCabe, Sarah Neufeld, Kate NV, Sean Ono Lennon, Jeff Parker, Caroline Polachek, Questlove, Mauro Refosco, Marc Ribot, Greg Saunier, Cleek Schrey, Colin Stetson, Lester St Louis, Moses Sumney, Alex Toth, Ilan Volkov, Joan Wasser (Joan As Policewoman), Kaoru Watanabe, Doug Weiselman, Kenny Wolleson, Jim White, C Spencer Yeh, Spencer Zahn
PRESS:
‘EXOTECH: A Musical Exercise in Trust’
The New Yorker – ExoTech
‘A Lesson in Letting Go’
Arts Review – ExoTech