2220 welcomes a new band featuring four singular artists performing together for only the second time: Max Jaffe (Nels Cline, Delicate Steve) on drums, Tim Dahl (Lydia Lunch, Tyshawn Sorey, Peter Evans) on bass, Jonathon Haffner (Wadada Leo Smith, Jack DeJohnette, Butch Morris) on saxophones, and Nick Reinhart (Tera Melos, Death Grips) on guitar. Vocalist and composer Christina Wheeler begins the night with a solo set.
The Quartet is a rare opportunity to see these musicians on the same stage at the same time. As a band, they share a common appetite for risk, unpredictability, and spontaneous composition.
First up: composer, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and multimedia artist Christina Wheeler’s creative practice engages electronics and technology, with sonic forays spanning a myriad of styles and forms. Wheeler blends composed, structured, and improvised electronic music and sound design, drawing from voice, Array mbira, autoharp, QChord, Theremini, synthesizers, sampler, and an array of distinctive instruments. Wheeler has performed and recorded with artists including Ryuichi Sakamoto, John Cale, Laraaji, Roscoe Mitchell, the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Matana Roberts, Marc Ribot, Murcof and David Byrne.
