Alex Levine Quartet performing "August" at Sofar New York on August 25th, 2016.
◆ No. 3 is a composition by drummer Lawrence Williams that has become a staple for Detroit area performers. ◆World class drummer Karriem Riggins was gracious enough to sit in with us on this song.
Isosceles Man is an improvising ensemble consisting of Alex Levine (guitar), Ben Rolston (bass), Stephen Boegehold (drums) and Matthew Setzler (saxophone) in collaboration with video-artist Simon Alexander-Adams. The musical material is sampled from a 40-minute collective improvisation with the quartet, recorded in Ann Arbor, MI in September, 2015. All figures/forms were hand drawn by the multi-talented Ben Rolston and put to life by animator Simon Alexander-Adams.
Alex Levine - Guitar, Ben Rolston - Bass, Stephen Boegehold - Drums, Marcus Elliot - Saxophone
Marcus Elliot - Soprano Sax/Composition Michael Malis - Piano Ben Rolston - Bass Stephen Boegehold - Drums
Tree City: Clavius Crates- Vocals, Percussion DJ Cataclysmic- Turntables General Population- Vocals The ContraBand: Julian Allen- Drums Michael Malis- Keys Ben Rolston- Bass Keaton Royer- Synthesizer Yuma Uesaka- Sax, EWI Camera Operators: Matthew Infante, Alan Torres, Nick Inchaustegui Editor: Matthew Infante Recorded live at the Blind Pig in Ann Arbor, MI on February 21, 2012.
Alex Levine Quartet Alex Levine - guitar Marcus Elliot - tenor saxophone Ben Rolston - bass Stephen Boegehold - drums Original Composition "Back and Forth" by Alex Levine © Video by Troy Anderson
Recorded live at Double Phelix Studios in Kalamazoo, Michigan Mark Lavengood and friends performing "Single Girl, Married Girl" Popularized & recorded by the Carter Family in 1928 Performed by Jen Sygit on vocals & guitar; Lindsay Lou Rilko on vocals & clawhammer banjo; Sam Cooper on vocals & fiddle; Ben
drohn] Presented by Osman Khan + James Cornish [drohn] is a multi-channel video and multi-performer/instrumentalist performance which centers on a play off of multiple readings on the word "drone." The performance juxtaposes imagery mixed and edited from military, industrial, and hobbyist drone footage as well as commissioned and live drone video feeds.