The Forks
1 Forks Market Road
Winnipeg, MB, Canada, R3C4L9
Our Saturday concert features two Canadian debuts: that of Senile Felines, a trio composed of Carl Stone, Ned Rothenberg, and Soo Yeon Lyuh; as well as Australian percussionist and composer Maria Moles; plus a special performance from Winnipeg-based sound artist Yoyu.
Senile Felines was formed in 2023 at the behest of the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville Tennessee, on the occasion of Carl Stone’s 70th birthday. Instruments from Asia and the West in the hands of master musicians commingle via live sampling to create a world of suffused beauty: a rarefied and dreamy soundscape rippled by a persuasive melancholic ecstatic song.
Maria Moles is a drummer, composer and producer based in Narrm/Melbourne. Her solo percussion performances draw on ideas from the Kulintang music of the Philippines and contemporary electronic production to weave hypnotic webs from layers of unmetered pulse that slowly undergo subtle textural transformations. In collaborative contexts ranging from free improvisation, jazz and contemporary composition to experimental pop, Maria contributes an acute sense of touch, placement and timbre, unashamed virtuosity and a powerful rhythmic drive.
Canadian musical artist Yoyu exists in the space between ambient, drone and sound bath. Yoyu’s performances are improvised, using live capture, asynchronous looping techniques, field recordings, and generations of sound design. He uses digital sound design to create music that inspires wonder, delight and well-being that is rife with positive intention and meaning. Yoyu’s music travels endlessly towards meditation, well-being and universal connectedness through the mystery and solitude of nature.