I saw them play often and bought all their albums, I was a fan and their music is deeply imprinted in my DNA. It is therefore quite a karmic return for me four decades later to occupy my teacher’s shoes and perform some of that music with the man himself here in New York at Shapeshifter Lab on Tuesday.

Jérôme invited me to play four pieces with him, two of them to be played on my new invention: the chromatic tambin. It will be the first time I that use it to play written music.

I hope that you will come to listen to Jérôme Langlois, a wonderful artist and get a feel for some deep French American Northern soul. – Sylvain

The Brooklyn-based duo The Mast makes music inspired by futuristic pop, experimental beat music, post-dubstep, and early-IDM. Before they became The Mast, vocalist and instrumentalist Haleh Gafori and percussionist and beat maker Matt Kilmer toured all over the US, as well as in Europe and in Canada, playing venues and festivals such as Bonnaroo, the Mimi Fest in Marseilles, the David Byrne-curated series at Carnegie Hall, Preservation Hall in New Orleans, and the Hillside Festival in Canada. Upon returning, they settled back in Brooklyn, built a studio, worked on film projects, and began concocting a new sound. The first incarnation of their new band The Mast led to the 2011 release called ‘Wild Poppies’ which featured them on percussion and electric guitars. While touring, they began incorporating live electronics into their shows and then started to release some exclusively electronic compositions, the first of which was the single “UpUpUp.” The video reached over 300,000 views, was featured at MusicNW and Bumbershoot, and was recently featured in Pitchfork as well. A few more tunes followed: ‘Emerald,’ ‘Nuclear Dragon’, and ‘Seas Across Your Mind’ and their full-length album is in the making.

Culture vulture/co-founder of Flavorpill Sascha Lewis is also secretly a DJ. He specializes in old school hip hop and funky classics, but isn’t afraid of some good minimal tech house.

9. Sexmob

Date: Thursday, September 12, 2013
Time: 8m
Venue: ShapeShifter Lab (18 Whitwell Pl, between Carroll St & 1st St, Brooklyn, NY 11215, 646-820-9452)
Ticket: $12
Genre: jazz

Sexmob is- Steven Bernstein (slide trumpet), Briggan Krauss (alto sax), Tony Scherr (bass), Kenny Wollesen (drums)

Search & Restore is proud to present the immovable unstoppable band for three nights in a row at the great ShapeShifter Lab. Each night will be different and each night has a new special guest opening up the show.

Details on that are below, you can grab tickets, including a 3 night pass at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/435778

SPECIAL GUESTS:
9/12 – Cuddle Magic
9/13- Thiefs (Guillermo E Brown, Keith Witty, Christophe Panzani)
9/14- Shilpa Ray

Sex Mob began merely as a setting to feature the slide trumpet of leader Steven Bernstein, but has grown into a band with a much larger mission: to put the fun back in jazz music.

10. Food Will Win

Date: Thursday, September 12, 2013
Time: 9pm
Venue:  The Living Room (154 Ludlow St. New York, NY 10002)
Price: t.b.a.
Genre: indie/folk rock

Food Will Win the War is accordion-infused, violin-tinged glockenspiel rock. Their new album, A False Sense of Warmth, features appearances by Judah Dadone (Freelance Whales) on synthesizers and was produced by Jeremy Sklarsky (Weather Vanes, Freelance Whales) and mastered by Sarah Register (Wincing the Night Away, The Shins, Talking Through Tin Cans, The Morning Benders).

11. Bernie Worrell Orchestra

Date: Friday,  September 13, 2013
Time: 7pm
Venue: Drom (85 Avenue A, NY, NY 10009, Ph: 212- 777-1157)
Ticket: $15
Genre: funk

Bernie Worrell is synonymous with the legacy of Parliament-Funkadelic; in fact, he’s one of the originators of the psychedelic funk sound, having written and co-produced the lion’s share of the music going back to Funkadelic’s formative years, with an eclectic ear for everything from Chopin to the Chi-Lites.

12. Karsh Kale

Date: Saturday, September 14, 2013
Time: 8pm
Venue: BROOKLYN BOWL (61 Wythe Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211, 718-963-3369)
Ticket: $10
Genre: electronica, Indian classical music, rock, jazz fusion

Described by Billboard Magazine as a “visionary composer and producer”, Karsh Kale is one of global music’s brightest stars. In the past 12 years as a solo recording artist, producer, composer, live performer and DJ, Karsh has set the world of electronic fusion on fire and has helped to create a genre of new music and culture that continues to influence an entire generation. His body of work has been cause for fans and critics alike to claim Kale as a pioneer and a trail blazer, not only opening doors for his own career but for an entire scene to emerge in the world of electronica and fusion music. Karsh Kale has also developed a reputation as a genre bending collaborator and a world renowned tabla player and musician, exploring the worlds of electronica, Indian classical music, rock, jazz fusion and hip hop which has led him to work with some of the most renowned artists from around the globe. Kale continues to reinvent his ever-evolving sound and has established himself as one of the worlds most sought after fusion artists.

13. Music Now! Various Artists

Date: Sunday, September 15, 2013
Time: 4pm to 10pm
Venue: The Brecht Forum (451 West Street, west side highway btwn Bank St. & Bethune St., New York, NY 10019, 212-242-4201)
Ticket: $11
Genre: jazz/improv

Well sisters and brothers,for now,after 13 years,this is the LAST last Music Now! event at The Brecht Forum. Hopefully it will continue on when we find a new space.

4pm
“Manna For Thought”
Dom Minasi-Nora McCarthy-Ras Moshe
5pm
“Music Now”
with Matt Lavelle-Tor Yochai Snyder-Luke Stewart
6pm
Trudy Silver Solo Piano
7pm
Jamal Moore Trio
8pm
Bill Cole’s Untempered Ensemble
with Warren Smith-Joe Daley-Althea SullyCole-Shayna Dulberger-Lisette Santiago-Ras Moshe

14. Taiko Za

Date: Sunday, September 15, 2013
Time: 7 pm
Venue: Peter Jay Sharp Theatre /Symphony Space (2537 Broadway at 95th Street, New York, NY 10025-6990)
Tickets: $40
Genre: Japanese Taiko music

Taiko Drumming, Bamboo Flutes and Traditional Japanese dances with Taikoza, the international touring Taiko group led by director Marco Lienhard, and with special guest from Japan: Ichiro Jishoya in his first NY appearance.

About Guest performer Ichiro Jishoya:

Ichiro Jishoya graduated from the Music Performance Department at the Osaka University of Arts. He became a member of the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra, before joining the international Taiko group “ Ondekoza” and became its music director and leader. In 1989 Ichiro Jishoya left Ondekoza to start his own Taiko group, which was named: “Wadaiko ICHIRO”, later he changed its name to ” The Japanese Drums Orchestra ICHIRO”(“JDO ICHIRO”). Since 2002, Ichiro Jishoya has performed as a soloist and has performed in over 23 countries and over 1500 concerts. He has performed at such venues as Boston Symphony Hall, Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London, Berlin Philharmonic Hall, the Opera House of Amsterdam, The Birmingham Symphony Hall and the Odeon of Herod Atticus theatre in Athens and many more. ICHIRO has also performed as a soloist in the Japan Virtuoso Symphony Orchestra. In 2003, ICHIRO released his first solo CD titled “MADE IN JAPAN”. He has appeared on Japanese national TV (NHK) as a Taiko teacher in the renowned program “Oshare Kohbo”. In 2005, Ichiro Jishoya was a taiko instructor in the department of development sciences at the University of Kobe. Ichiro Jishoya, with his classical background and his perfect pitch, has composed numerous Taiko pieces for his company as well as for  other Taiko groups. In 2011, he produced, played and composed the music for the documentary movie, “Drum Out the Drum of Happiness -INCLUSION-“.