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Amiture / River Ramirez / Carolyn Hietter + Henry Birdsey

Amiture is an electronic band formed in New York in 2020. Originating out of solo audio/visual work by artist Jack Whitescarver, since 2021 Amiture has become a collaboration between Whitescarver and Hudson Valley based artist Coco Goupil. Amiture released their debut album “The Beach” in 2021. Written by Whitescarver on a solo tour of the American South in 2019, “The Beach” marked a departure from his past performance art based experimentation to a darker more dance oriented sound. 

Since then, Amiture has gone deeper into sonic experimentation, working across different genres and instrumentation, such as guitar, violin, and sampled loops, to achieve a newer sound of their own. Drawing on the sparse atmosphere of New York’s Hudson Valley and their shared affinity for club music, psychedelic rock, and experimental improvisation- Amiture is slowly building what will become their 2nd LP.

https://amiture.bandcamp.com/releases

https://www.instagram.com/amiture_music/?hl=en

https://www.facebook.com/amituremusic

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChTLYzaYMR23olnqZXRjv-A

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River L. Ramirez (they/them) is a NYC based experimental artist, comedian, musician, storyteller and writer who wrote, produced and directed the comedy special program “Pervert Everything” for Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim. Ramirez currently appears alongside Fred armisen on HBO’s Los Espookys, and does character voice over work for Adult Swim’s BIRDGIRL, and Teenage Euthanasia. 

Ramirez’s performance practice extends beyond the limits of television and comedy, their live performance practice being integral to their art. They have recently been commissioned for original musical and dance based performances by Baryshnikov Arts Center, Gibney, Ars Nova Vision Residency program, and Moma PS1. This year they will be debuting their latest music/storytelling, experimental comedy show “GHOSTFOLK” at the Wiesbaden Biennale in Germany. They have written for High Maintenance and The National Lampoon Radio Hour. Named one of Comedy Central’s Up Next Comedians for 2018, Ramirez was featured in the San Francisco ClusterFest comedy festival, and performed at the Public Theater in New York as part of the January, 2019, Under the Radar Festival. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCMvMH4AjlE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25_ytaOipBc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25_ytaOipBc

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Carolyn Hietter plays saxophone and many other wind-powered instruments. She also performs solo as Financial Collapse, and is in the bands Sweet Baby Jesus and Time Stalkers. Henry Birdsey plays the bagpipes and pedal steel. He writes music and plays in the bands Tongue Depressor and Trespass Field. Henry and Carolyn play long notes for a long time.

HB

https://henrybirdsey.bandcamp.com/

https://tonguedepressor.bandcamp.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmyio6vvxJQ&ab_channel=HenryBirdsey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCobQBaCHwU&ab_channel=NicholasSerrambana

CH

https://enamelware.bandcamp.com/album/hold-it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATfi0wrz4PQ&ab_channel=AninotAnnieBlech

https://sweetbabyjesus.bandcamp.com/

Later Event: July 20
Gong Bath with Samer Ghadry