BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:24327@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:pause.dxa - Eyeless in Damascus - Colletivo Tack! DTSTAMP:20260628T034712Z DTSTART:20260718T180000Z DESCRIPTION:pause.dxa\n\npause.dxa is an experimental music and sound proje ct duo by Sahitya and Harsh\nbased in Auroville\, India. Our work brings t ogether our individual practices of\nDhrupad\, a form of Indian Classical Music and Electronic sound synthesis. As our\nmoniker suggests\, we spend time in creating long form ambient listening\nexperiences\, which are a co mbination of structured and improvised music. We lean\ntowards steady\, su btle sounds and envision creating a sense of slowing down\nwhile listening to our music.\n\nSahitya practices Dhrupad (a form of Indian Classical Mu sic) and is a disciple\nof Ustad Wasifuddin Dagar in the Dagarvani Traditi on. Her practice is grounded\nin the philosophy of Dagar Gharana with a fo cus on Alaap — vocal improvisation\nand the subtlety of vocal sound. Harsh creates electronic soundscapes with\nmodular synthesis techniques on VCV Rack and field recordings. He is also\nresearching and actively creating i nstallations based on cymatics. As a duo\, one\nof their projects is focus ed on audio visual performances with live cymatics\nvisuals and music.\n\n pause.dxa has performed and shared sound across India and internationally over\nthe last 3 years. Some of their notable performances include Ozora F estival\n(Hungary)\, Sanctum of Sound Series MaHalla (Berlin)\, Magnetic F ields Festival\nand Nomads\, GAIA Festival\, Serendipity Arts Festival\, G 5A Warehouse\, Oddbird\ntheatre and more.\n\nOther significant projects in clude creating a four-part sleep audio series for\nJnana\, an online platf orm offering Eastern Philosophy classes and Yoga \; sound\ndesign for a so lo theatre production ‘Garam Roti’\; background score for an\nindependent film \; Cymatics installations for a Sound Garden\, Science Gallery\;\ncur ating a listening focused venue opening soon in India.\n\nEyeless in Damas cus\n\nEyeless in Damascus is the audiovisual project of Syrian artist\, D J and musician\nAdnan Samman. The project's approach mainly emphasizes liv e improvisation\,\nmerging field recordings and samples with electronics a nd synthesizers\, creating\nsoundscapes that are sometimes comforting\, so metimes unsettling\, but always\ncurious and exploratory. After a decade o f being an exclusive\, intimate live\nexperience for close friends in a li ving room\, Eyeless in Damascus recently went\npublic for the first time w ith performances at Utrecht's ACU and Rotterdam's\nWORM.\n\nCollettivo Tac k!\nAnastasia Kapra (dancer) is a Greek born interdisciplinary artist and\ nfacilitator working with space and movement. Her practice\, rooted in\nar chitecture\, reveals space through a performative\, participatory lens\, w here\nthe experience of the spectator is centered at its core. She views i mprovisation\nas a relational field between performers\, spectators and sp ace alike.\nEmily Sturm (dancer) is an interdisciplinary artist working ac ross performance\,\nsound\, image\, and movement. Fascinated by the relati onship formed with our\nbodies through moving\, she explores how movement allows us to encounter\nourselves anew each time we begin to move.\nBaptis te Martin de Frémont is a French musician guided by gesture and movement\; \nhe built his own electronic instrument\, Symbios. Through a process of\n hybridization shaped by chance encounters—video\, painting\, theater\, and large\nensembles—meaning loses its footing amid these electric waves.\nDa rio Nitti is a drummer and a percussionist with a pronounced engagement in \ninterdisciplinary artistic practice\, whose work extends beyond the drum kit into\ncollaborative performance contexts\, including active participa tion alongside\ncontemporary dancers.Carla Genchi is a vocalist whose arti stic practice extends\ninto the realm of objet trouvé performance\, incorp orating found-object\nsonorities as an integral component of her interpret ive and experimental musical\nlanguage. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/pausedxa-eyeless-in-damascus-colletivo- tack GEO:52.3608111;4.8770451 LOCATION:Vondelbunker - Vondelpark 8A\, 1071 AA Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-west,classes,dj,electronics,experimental,festivals,fil m,improv,live,music,music/concert,opening,performance,theater,vondelparkbu urt,yoga X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

pause.dxa


pause. dxa is an experimental music and sound project duo by Sahitya and Harsh ba sed in Auroville, India. Our work brings together our individual practices of Dhrupad, a form of Indian Classical Music and Electronic sound synthes is. As our moniker suggests, we spend time in creating long form ambient l istening experiences, which are a combination of structured and improvised music. We lean towards steady, subtle sounds and envision creating a sens e of slowing down while listening to our music.


Sahitya practic es Dhrupad (a form of Indian Classical Music) and is a disciple of Ustad W asifuddin Dagar in the Dagarvani Tradition. Her practice is grounded in th e philosophy of Dagar Gharana with a focus on Alaap — vocal improvisation and the subtlety of vocal sound. Harsh creates electronic soundscapes with modular synthesis techniques on VCV Rack and field recordings. He is also researching and actively creating installations based on cymatics. As a d uo, one of their projects is focused on audio visual performances with liv e cymatics visuals and music.


pause.dxa has performed and share d sound across India and internationally over the last 3 years. Some of th eir notable performances include Ozora Festival (Hungary), Sanctum of Soun d Series MaHalla (Berlin), Magnetic Fields Festival and Nomads, GAIA Festi val, Serendipity Arts Festival, G5A Warehouse, Oddbird theatre and more. < /p>

Other significant projects include creating a four-part sleep au dio series for Jnana, an online platform offering Eastern Philosophy class es and Yoga ; sound design for a solo theatre production ‘Garam Roti’; bac kground score for an independent film ; Cymatics installations for a Sound Garden, Science Gallery; curating a listening focused venue opening soon in India.


Eyeless in Damascus


Eyeles s in Damascus is the audiovisual project of Syrian artist, DJ and musician Adnan Samman. The project's approach mainly emphasizes live improvisation , merging field recordings and samples with electronics and synthesizers, creating soundscapes that are sometimes comforting, sometimes unsettling, but always curious and exploratory. After a decade of being an exclusive, intimate live experience for close friends in a living room, Eyeless in Da mascus recently went public for the first time with performances at Utrech t's ACU and Rotterdam's WORM.


Collettivo Tack!< br>Anastasia Kapra (dancer) is a Greek born interdisciplinary artist and f acilitator working with space and movement. Her practice, rooted in archit ecture, reveals space through a performative, participatory lens, where th e experience of the spectator is centered at its core. She views improvisa tion as a relational field between performers, spectators and space alike.
Emily Sturm (dancer) is an interdisciplinary artist working across per formance, sound, image, and movement. Fascinated by the relationship forme d with our bodies through moving, she explores how movement allows us to e ncounter ourselves anew each time we begin to move.
Baptiste Martin de Frémont is a French musician guided by gesture and movement; he built his own electronic instrument, Symbios. Through a process of hybridization sha ped by chance encounters—video, painting, theater, and large ensembles—mea ning loses its footing amid these electric waves.
Dario Nitti is a drum mer and a percussionist with a pronounced engagement in interdisciplinary artistic practice, whose work extends beyond the drum kit into collaborati ve performance contexts, including active participation alongside contempo rary dancers.Carla Genchi is a vocalist whose artistic practice extends in to the realm of objet trouvé performance, incorporating found-object sonor ities as an integral component of her interpretive and experimental musica l language.

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