Worm Eater (Neil Feather/Robbie Beamer/Zula Wildheart) + Julius Masri

Worm Eater:

Drummer Robbie Beamer and vocalist Zula Wildheart of Doom Whore joined instrument inventor Neil Feather to form WORM EATER. They debuted in 2019 in Baltimore at True Vine Records. The performance was captured by Skizz Cyzyk in Sound Mechanic a documentary about Neil Feather.

Worm Eater was set to play the first Philadelphia show in March of 2020. That show like almost everything else did not happen. Until now-WORM EATER with writhe again

Longtime Baltimoron Neil Feather has relocated to New Zealand so take this chance for this rare appearance of this intensely full-on sound bomb of a band.

Julius Masri:

is a Philadelphia based multi instrumentalist, and performer/composer for the city's dance community at large. His music focuses on improvisatory methods and syncretic / linguistic exchanges within various musical languages including Jazz, Metal, AfroCuban, Experimental Noise, and Arabic music. Born in Tripoli, Lebanon, he moved to the States in 1990 and picked up drumming a year later. He studied with Philadelphia instructors Carl Mottola, Elaine Hoffman-Watts, and as an undergraduate at Bard College, with AACM's Thurman Barker, Richard Teitelbaum, and Joan Tower. Julius plays drums, circuit modified Casio keyboards, Oud, Kamancheh (aka Rabab, Spike Fiddle), and various other instruments. He currently performs in groups such as grind/crust metal band Night Raids, free jazz groups Sirius Juju and Dromedaries, trombone and synth duo Superlith, and more. He has performed with Henry Grimes, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Thurman Barker, members of the Sun Ra Arkestra. Festivals performed include Sonic Circuits DC (2013, 2016), High Zero Baltimore (2016), Maryland DeathFest (2015, 2017), Shadow Woods Metal Festival(2017), The Outsiders Improvised & Creative Music Festival (2016, 2018). Julius is a recipient of a 2022 Yaddo Fellowship for composition, the 2022 university of the arts creative research and innovation grant, and project funding via pew center for arts & heritage, as well as Swarthmore College and the Andrew W. Mellon foundation.

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