A LIVE, improvised music & Ecstatic Dance community experience.
About this Event
The Residency - Sound Connections Vol. 50!!! -
“Attention” w/ NOAMZ x ITAI 🦢❤️🦢
Thursday - 11.19.26 @ The Zula Den
Celebrating the 50th edition of The Residency, and the Birthday of the Zula Den owner, Eldad Alfi!!!
Complimentary tea, light snacks, and some other surprises included (;
***Promo codes and ticket discounts available at: https://www.patreon.com/SoundConnections
*** 50% Rebate with a valid EBT card
On Thursday, November 19th, for our 50th EVENT CELEBRATION, ITAI 🎷 invites NOAMZ 🪈 for a LIVE, face-to-face swanning session for the ecstatic dancers… A fully improvised night, that never happened before, and will never happen again…
That night is also a birthday celebration for Eldad Alfi, owner and co-founder of the Zula Den. Like last season, we’ll take a moment to give him our full attention.
We call it “Sound Connections” as in - connection with others, with self, and with something bigger than all of us... Step into the Swan Lake Circle. ✨
Attention:
It feels like everything is competing for our attention these days... Maybe it always has been the case: books, theater, live music, kids and friends all ask for our attention... Today, it’s social media, Netflix, YouTube, and phones that are constantly trying to pull us in. If we don’t consciously choose where our attention goes, it drifts to wherever the pull is strongest…
That’s why at The Residency, we put our phones away at the beginning of the night. So we can be present, pay attention to each other, to the music, and really connect.
On a deeper level, the things we give our attention to are the things that grow. When we keep feeding fear and doubt, those keep growing inside of us. When we give our attention to compassion, love, empathy and gratitude, that’s what grows.
Like the story about the two wolves that battle inside of everyone: one was angry, greedy and dangerous, full of fear… The other was full of joy, empathy & peace and the one that winds, is the one you feed... Attention is how you feed the wolf… And might be the single most valuable asset we will ever have…
What are you feeding with your attention, and what do you want to grow?
About the musicians:
✨ NOAMZ 🪈NOAMZ is a flutist, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and producer making alt music. She was raised first-gen in a small town in Wisconsin by a Guadeloupean mother and French father. She performed at SXSW this year, has over 2M+ views on her flute beatbox videos on TikTok and Instagram, and is part of the Spotify Fresh Finds Forward cohort. She is featured on countless radio stations and playlists across the country, including WORT, 88.9 Milwaukee, Café con Ritmo, Electro Chill Pop and Mood Boosters, and on the Senegalese soccer anthem, and was recently Editorial Playlisted on Apple Music and Spotify. NOAMZ released her self-produced EP TEXTURES on June 1st, exploring the DnB and UKG soundscape and mixed identity, and her ambient project Retrouvaille on July 22nd to help heal the souls of those who need it <3 She founded the very popular Black Flute Brigade in December 2025, which has amassed a cult following and collaborated with Lizzo in September, and will be dropping a project with Leaving Records in November. She performs regularly across the country, and especially in SoCal, where she is currently based.
✨ ITAI 🎷🎹ITAI (Itai Isenberg), Founder of The Residency & Saxophonist by training. He uses a multi-instrumental live looping setup to compose in real time an intentional movement experience.Born in Boston and raised in Israel, ITAI has a diverse musical background that includes Middle Eastern music, classical training as a child and the Rimon School of Jazz.After moving to the States he first made a living playing sax on the streets, went on to share stages with artists like Pato Banton, and perform with his solo, live act on some of the most celebrated stages in the world. After years of touring, he felt a pull to root back into a local community, and The Residency was born: a weekly space where he sits, “Swanning” face-to-face with a different artist each week and creates one-night-only Sound Connections that can’t be replicated or repeated.
What to expect?
🍵 8:00 PM - Tea Lounge Opens (arrive early, settle in, connect)
🎈 8:45 PM - Theme introduction & ice breakers (short, playful, optional)
🎶 9:00 PM - Music Begins (continuous flow until we are done)
🌙 11:00 PM - Music Ends (stay and hang out, no rush to go home)
🥤 BYOB - bring what you like to sip or eat (no illegal stuff)
🍵 Tea & light snacks provided
📍 The Zula Den - 4011 W Jefferson Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90016🚗 Free street parking nearby
*** The Dance floor can be a soft and vulnerable space. We like to be present with each other therefore we request it being a “No Phone Zone” (we will record the sessions and take some snippets which will be shared on the Sound Connections Patreon channel). For similar reasons, we would love to keep the dance floor a “No Shoes on the dance floor”.
💬 You are part of the experience, please dance, scream, sing as long as you respect other people’s space and experience as well <3
***If you want to add an instrument please coordinate in advance since the curation of the night is very intentional.
*** All Sets are being filmed and recorded, pay attention to the “dark areas” if you don’t want to be on camera!
🤫 Let’s keep deep conversations off the dancing areas... It’s not meant to be a “no talking” environment and most people are trying to connect with the music in a non-verbal way. A great place for deeper conversations is the Tea Lounge (:
The Tea Lounge 🍵The Tea Lounge is an inseparable part of The Residency’s cozy season. Tea Lounge opens at 8pm, please join us for a cup of tea, games and a hang.
The Story of The Residency - Sound Connections:From ITAI: “After years of touring the world and playing on the biggest stages I could imagine, I started looking for something deeper. Indeed there is real magic in playing in front of big crowds, yet I was craving something, an ongoing connection, to root into my community, and for that, I knew I needed a consistent local experience, which is how The Residency was born.
This new season of The Residency is about deepening our connection, as we grow as individuals and as a community. If the artists are the first swans, creating the spark together, this season is about the audience swanning as well, reflecting back at each other, and at the artists, in a beautiful swan lake of mirroring.
Every Thursday, we’ll feature one very special guest artist, sitting across from me as we create the soundtrack for the night from scratch. What is Swanning? Like two swans facing each other in a moment of deep connection, this allows us to share and respond, creating something raw, alive, and unrepeatable. In this format, the audience surrounds the face-to-face artists which forms a circle that makes everyone part of the experience. Step into the circle (:
The Zula Den: The Zula Den is a subsidiary of the non-profit Zula Project which is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt charitable organization. The Zula Den was created to hold space for our facilitators and their guests, our artists and their music, our teachers and their students... Founded by husband & wife duo Eldad Alfi (@eldadalfi) and Chris Santillan (@chriss2385)
Much Love,
ITAI, NOAMZ & The Residency Swans ❤️
Event venue & nearby stays
Zula Den, 4011 West Jefferson Boulevard, Los Angeles, United States
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