SONIC TRANSFUSION Journey To The Center Of The Sonic Universe

Bodhi’s annual birthday concert 2020

SONIC TRANSFUSION

Journey To The Center Of The Sonic Universe

Stephen Kent, Gabe Harris & Bodhi Setchko

with SPECIAL GUESTS

Robert Powell & Madhu

7:30 pm

$25 advance, $30 door

(PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE!

This event was originally planned for a different location)

Stephen Kent, a globally acclaimed player of the ancient Australian Aboriginal didgeridoo, has pioneered its use in contemporary music across the globe for more than 30 years. He has collaborated with leading musicians such as Brazil's Airto Moreira, India's Zakir Hussain, Doors drummer John Densmore and Habib Koite from Mali. A classically trained French horn player he was inspired by Aboriginal culture and came to the Didjeridu in 1981 while music director of Australia’s Circus Oz, whose support for Aboriginal human rights was a profound influence on him. He spent 7 years as a comic performer in New Circus, experiences that evolved his close connection with audiences worldwide. He tours and performs frequently both as a solo artist and with Baraka Moon, Trance Mission and Del Sol. He has produced a weekly “Music of the World” show on Pacifica Radio’s KPFA for the past 20 years. https://stephenkent.net

Gabriel Harris is a performing, recording and teaching percussionist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He tours internationally with his mother, Joan Baez. Gabriel is also the founder and director of the African fusion ensemble, Rhythm Village. He has appeared on stage with: The Grateful Dead, Mickey Hart band, Carlos Santana, Emmylou Harris, Jackson Browne, Pete Escovido, Babatunde Olatunji, Gilberto Gil and many more. www.rhythmvillage.net

Bodhi Setchko has been working with sound meditation, sound healing and sacred sound journeys for over 40 years. He has studied with Tito La Rosa, Paul Horn, Allaudin Mathieu and many other artists. Around the globe, his music is used in yoga studios, health spas, and health practitioners offices. His music has had millions of plays on Pandora, Spotify and other streaming sites. He is a professional musician, songwriter, composer, recording artist, producer, teacher & band leader. An international touring musician and the founder of music ensembles Crystal Wind and Rhythm Matrix, he has performed and recorded with many musicians around the globe, including Jaya Lakshmi, Shimshai, Murray Kyle, Jennifer Berezan, Dave Stringer, Aeoliah, Ashanna and many more. www.bodhisetchko.com

Madhu Anziani is a sound healer extraordinaire who endured being a tetraplegic (paralysis affecting all four limbs) and used sound and energy healing to recover mobility. His story is featured in the book Energy Medicine by Jill Blakeway. Madhu's voice is otherworldly; both a portal and vessel for transformation. He is most well-known as a vocal looping artist and ceremonial song leader/composer. He has studied Jazz and World Music and is certified in Sound, Voice, and Music Healing from the California Institute of Integral Studies. He is a regular lecturer at San Francisco State University and offers a specialized one-on-one program entitled The Path of Liberation Through Vibration, a curriculum of techniques and guidance for opening the power of the voice. He is experienced in Sanskrit, Tibetan, and Hebrew chanting as well as the system of Wisdom Healing (Zhineng) Qi Gong. Madhu is also a sanctioned teacher of the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition of Ancestral Peruvian Healing Arts, offering training via a 5-part, year long apprenticeship series beginning in March 2020.

Robert M Powell has worked with a diverse array of artists from around the world including Sachiko Kanenobu, Titos Sompa, Ustad Salamat Ali Khan, Shafqat Ali Khan & Sukhawat Ali Khan, Airto Moreira and Flora Purim, Deva Premal, Kingfish and bluesman Roy Rogers. Robert has been a part of many San Francisco Bay Area bands over the years including Shana Morrison & Caledonia, Clothesline Revival, The Venusians, Opafire, Kundalini Boombox, Scrap Pile with Susie Davis, and Hologramatron. Through his work with Amnesty International he has produced and performed on recordings by Peter Gabriel, John Lee Hooker, Jackson Browne and others.