Daniel Levin: “one of the instrument’s most brilliant contemporary practitioners” (The Wire).
He was born in Burlington, Vermont, and began playing the cello at the age of six. In 2001, he graduated with a degree in Jazz Studies from the New England Conservatory of Music and arrived on the New York City jazz scene shortly thereafter. Since then, Daniel has developed his own distinctive voice as a cellist, improviser, and composer. Ed Hazell noted upon release of Levin’s first record as a leader, “Cellist Daniel Levin is a major new voice on his instrument and in improvised music.” Elements of European classical music, American jazz, microtonal and new music, and European free improvisation all figure prominently in his unique sound.
He has performed and/or recorded with Billy Bang, Borah Bergman, Tim Berne, Anthony Braxton, Gerald Cleaver, Andrew Cyrille, Mark Dresser, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Tony Malaby, Mat Maneri, Joe McPhee, William Parker, Ivo Perelman, Warren Smith, Ken Vandermark, and many others. Daniel is the recipient of a Jerome Foundation award. He has released more than 20 albums as a leader or co-leader, which can be found on Clean Feed, HatOLOGY, Not Two, Trost, Riti, and various other record labels. Daniel is a REMIC Artist Endorser.
A. Eithne Hamilton: is a performing artist based in Western North Carolina. Her original choreography and film work has been performed and shown in the US and South America at various venues and locally in Western NC at {Re}Happening, Asheville Fringe Arts Festival, Lake Eden Arts Festival, the Bebe Theatre and other venues. Pipsissewa Movement Project, founded by Hamilton in 2009, creates experimental movement and film works through various collaborations.
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Theives of Shiloh is the solo project of Jeeb, the keyboardist/violinist of Cough, Sinister Haze and Rural Tourniquet. He explores electric violin with manipulation via digital looping and delay.