Lukka, LKHD, ZYKR, Kinetic Bloom

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The Bowery Electric, 327 Bowery, New York, New York 10003

Lukka, LKHD, ZYKR, Kinetic Bloom 7pm $5 21+

Lukka New York psych-rock revivalist LUKKA lets dynamic range form the backbone of her upcoming debut, ENCOUNTER, her understated vocal performance emerging as if from an antique telephone against bombastic, interwoven guitars and a punching percussive backbeat. It’s a spot-on choice in terms of production, as it fills the entirety of the LP with a sense of wandering space, evocative of both psych pioneers like The Zombies and contemporaries such as POND and Tame Impala. Careful to not lose the forest through the trees, however, ENCOUNTER never gets too spacey, tunneling forward with explosive sunburnt energy on tracks like “Life Is Like On TV” and recently dropped single, “Blackhole Fusion,” finding the perfect balance between stillness and motion that channels psych’s colorful past in the fashion of contemporary, energetic alternative rock.

Recent press: www.indieshuffle.com/lukka-black-hole-fusion/ http://nyc.thedelimagazine.com/37814/lukka-explores-psychedelic-space-on-encounter-plays-pianos-on-1116

LKHD Creating a unique experience with every note, LKHD uses his skills at spontaneous composition and multi instrumentalism to craft unique sonic experiences ranging in genre from synthwave, trip-hop, house, hip-hop, nu jazz, and more on the fly. With his musical foundation formalized at Duquesne University, where he also met his perpetual collaborator Rhetorical Artz, LKHD was introduced to the music scene as a saxophonist performing with Peace Ike (r&b, singer songwriter), Billy the Kid & The Regulators (electric blues), and The Old E. Allstars (funk, rock) in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Honing his skills at the Tuesday night open mics hosted at the former Shadow Lounge, Mr. Kelly experimented with keyboard, vocals, and poetry.

Some time ago, Langston found himself inspired by the idea that anything a person might do may be understood as a skill and, therefore, if honed, can be done with expertise and even, perhaps, in an entertaining manner. He also desired to find a way to combine his duel love for performing and composing. With these in mind and noticing a lack of expertly produced improvisation in the music scene outside of jazz music, which though heavily reliant on improvisation is generally only partially improvised, he decided he wanted to develop his skills in the art of ""winging it."" Eventually, Langston and Rhetorical Artz became the improv storytelling duo known as Speak Life Storytellers. 'Twas in the course of this work that Langston, at the suggestion of Mr. Artz, began playing with a looper and eventually, along with any instruments on hand, used it to extemporaneously create soundtracks for the tales woven by Rhetorical. Thus was born Langston Kelly Human DJ, the all-improv, DJ-style one man band. During this time period, Mr. Kelly expanded his musical horizons performing with groups such as The Freedom Band (reggae), Guaracha Latin Dance Band (salsa, meringue, cambia, latin), and The Afro Yaqui Music Collective (indigenous music, jazz, funk, hip-hop).

In 2016, he and Rhetorical Artz retired Speak Life Storytellers, Langston toured in Algeria with El Foukr R'Assembly, and Starship Mantis was born seeing Mr. Kelly as a front man for the first time. The next year, LKHD released his first fully improvised album ""I am"" and subsequently, just a few months later, his second, ""Prodigious Bipedality."" Following the 2018 release of ""Stop Being Dead,"" his most lengthy work to date, Mr. Kelly sold half of his gear and took a hiatus from LKHD to meet the increasing demands of Starship Mantis. In the spring of 2019, however, LKHD returned with new equipment, new ideas, and skill sets sharpened by the Mantis. He has since released his fourth album, his first all instrumental release, "Sunset" and now on the road.

Kinetic Bloom Kinetic bloom is an electronic post-rock duo based in NY. It will present for the first time their audio-visual work "Inside the matter outside the Universe", based on their namesake 2018 album. It consists of a two-part liveset whose songs are mixed and seamlessly played while a synced video is projected during the performance. Enriched by unpredictable grooves and melancholic vocals, the concept work aims at immersing the listener in another dimension, firstly inside the matter and then outside the Universe.