Natural Information Society + The Togetherness Ensemble

Name: Natural Information Society + The Togetherness Ensemble
Start: 2024-05-29T20:00:00-07:00
End: 2024-05-29T23:30:00-07:00
Location: 2948 16th Street, San Francisco, California 94103, United States

Schedule

Wed May 29 2024 at 08:00 pm to 11:30 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

2948 16th Street, San Francisco, California 94103, United States | San Francisco, CA

**Natural Information Society** (NIS) is a band led by composer & multi-instrumentalist Joshua Abrams. The group’s music is grounded in Abrams’ hypnotic & interwoven writing. Performing with Lisa Alvarado’s free hanging paintings as mobile sets, NIS creates environments at once meditative & propulsive. NIS navigates forms that emphasize simultaneous differences, rhythm & collective listening. The group has released seven records, including recent descension (Out of Our Constrictions) 2021 and 2023 Since Time is Gravity for eremite records.
NIS tours as a quartet with Abrams on guimbri, Alvarado on harmonium, Mikel Patrick Avery on drums & Jason Stein on bass clarinet, occasionally appearing in larger formations & with guests.
Outside of NIS Abrams has played & recorded with a broad range of artists including Fred Anderson, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Nicole Mitchell & The Roots. He has composed scores to ten feature films including the Oscar nominated Abacus: Small Enough to Jail. Abrams was a recipient of the Foundation for Contemporary Arts 2018 Grants to Artists award.