Late Breakfast presents an evening of horizon-pushing performances, starting with a trio of The Growth Eternal + Aaron Shaw + Carlos Niño, followed by solo sets from Ivana Dama, and Sharada Shashidhar.
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The Growth Eternal + Aaron Shaw + Carlos Niño. music for growth. yours, mine, + ours. Tulsa, Oklahoma native ghalani of Greenwood started this bass & vocoder project in 2018 as a source of healing, disillusioned and depressed while studying Jazz in college. Their genreless immersive music textures use sound as medicine in a way that feels grounded and refreshingly innovative at the same time. ghalani will be leading a trio consisting of local legends Aaron Shaw + Carlos Niño.
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Ivana Dama is a sound artist and researcher whose work explores the nonverbal expression of experiences shaped by social and political conflict, through sound studies and sonic memory. She earned her MFA in Sculpture from Yale University after graduating from UCLA’s School of Arts and Architecture. Her work—including audio-video installations, robotics, web projects, and music performances—explores the themes of sound and space at various scales, including the microscopic, architectural, and satellite. Ivana has participated in over 30 group exhibitions and has held solo shows in Portland and Los Angeles.
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Sharada Shashidhar is a Los Angeles based vocalist, composer and producer. Her soulful voice takes inspiration from jazz and Indian classical music, which influences her songwriting and productions. Shashidhar’s elaborate harmonies and vocal creativity come together in a new beat-orientated spiritual jazz. Sharada has performed across the US and EU in spaces such as Le Guess Who? Festival, Badehaus Berlin, Zebulon and more. She has shared bills or collaborated with the likes of Carlos Niño, Pan Afrikan People’s Arkestra, and Zeroh among others. Sharada graduated from the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York City and released her debut EP, Rahu, on Leaving Records in March of 2020. Her first full-length album, Soft Echoes, is out now on Leaving Records.
