Yonatan Gat Visuæls: Maalem Benjaffar, Marijuana Deathsquads w/Sid Sriram

YONATAN GAT PRESENTS VISUÆLS

featuring:

Maalem Hassan Benjaffar (Innov Gnawa) & Yonatan Gat (Monotonix)

vs. Marijuana Deathsquads

opening set by Sid Sriram

After-Party w/

Beat Detectives

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For this final (for now) edition of Visuæls in the Sultan Room Yonatan Gat and Maalem Hassan BenJafaar (Innov Gnawa) are going to collaborate with Minneapolis based electronic collective Marijuana Deathsquads led by Ryan Olson (GAYNGS, Swamp Dogg). The show will devolve into an after dance party with Beat Detectives and Greg Fox, who will also be playing drums throughout the night.

YONATAN GAT left his native Israel after his band Monotonix (called "the most exciting live band in rock 'n' roll" by SPIN) got banned from virtually every venue in their home country setting Gat on a path to a life as an international touring and recording artist, playing over 1,500 concerts in 50 countries and 5 continents in the last decade and a half. These years of travel made an undeniable mark on Gat as he later embarked on a distinguished solo career as guitarist and producer collaborating with musicians from varying backgrounds, leading Rolling Stone editor David Fricke to refer to him as "a citizen of the world," adding "Gat wields his guitar like a universal translator.” His solo work was profiled by The New York Times, UNCUT, Pitchfork, NPR, Vice, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, The Wire and People Magazine. The Village Voice named him "Best Guitarist in New York, 2013," while The Guardian listed his sophomore solo album Universalists on their top 10 contemporary albums of 2018.

Singer/songwriter/producer SID SRIRAM represents a collision point of radically different worlds; a true hybridist. Sriram was born in Chennai, India. His family moved to the San Francisco/Bay Area suburbs when he was one. This duality of cultural roots was integral in forming Sriram’s personal and artistic identity. He graduated from Berklee College of Music with a degree in Music Production and Engineering; here is where he started exploring and building his own sound. Sid Sriram's music creates a bold cross section where Pop/Soul, his Indian Classical roots and alternative/ambient music clash vibrantly.

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Event Venue

The Sultan Room, 234 Starr Street, Brooklyn, United States