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Gallery Stratford and We Here & Now presentBilal Nasser (Windsor)
Celebrating the release of his album
"EVERY MARTYR IS A UNIVERSE"
***Constellation Records (CAN)***
Every Martyr Is A Universe, the third album by Palestinian-Canadian guitarist, composer, organiser, and harm-reduction worker Bilal Nasser, and his first release for Constellation.
Conceived during the 2024 student intifada and encampment movement protesting the genocide in Gaza, Every Martyr Is A Universe asks what art can mean under such conditions, and what it can offer as a space for collective reflection, mourning, connection, and organising.
Classically trained from a young age, Nasser developed his guitar practice through classical music and DIY culture. Here, his acoustic guitar remains at the centre while the compositions expand into a nine-person ensemble featuring strings, horns, piano, electronics, percussion, bass, and voice. Recorded primarily at Nasser’s DIY space Uma Loft and the old Downtown Mission in Windsor, the album moves between expansive ensemble works and more intimate songs, incorporating archival recordings from Palestinian history alongside Zionist military broadcasts.
Every Martyr Is A Universe also sits powerfully within Constellation’s own history and horizons, in stylistic and political conversation with label artists like Thee Silver Mt. Zion, Do Make Say Think, Esmerine, and Black Ox Orkestar. Fans of those bands—and the combination of genre-blending compositional avant-gardism and accessibility, punk-inflected assertiveness and authenticity, and heart-on-sleeve emotiveness they represent—will find a compelling and complementary voice in Bilal Nasser.
Listen here..
https://bilalnasser.bandcamp.com/album/every-martyr-is-a-universe
B. Grossman & M. Mucci (Guelph)
Ben Grossman (vielle a roue) and Mike Mucci (12 string guitar) wrote and recorded their debut album "Dangerous Summer" in 2011 (Tall House Recordings), a gorgeous minimal acoustic album as dreamy and hypnotic!
Listen here..
https://mmucci.bandcamp.com/album/dangerous-summer-2
Thurston Tynkkynen (Stratford)
No stranger here, young lion of the underground (member of The Milkers and Hello Heather, etc..) and local impresario (Friends Tapes, No Aloha Fest and a helping hand at every show in town!) Bringing his solo punk troubadour moves, come see the man himself!
listen here..
https://thurstontynkkynen.bandcamp.com/
Gallery Stratford
54 Romeo Street
Doors 6
Sounds 7
$20 / PWYC / NOTAFLOF
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