Devin Brahja Waldman Joins Thurston Moore’s Spirit Counsel Tour
Devin Brahja Waldman joins THURSTON MOORE’S SPIRIT COUNSEL TOUR
Following sold-out performances across the UK and Europe,Thurston Moore Group brings SPIRIT COUNSEL TOUR to the US
(Left: Thurston Moore, Photo credit: Vera Marmelo // Right: Devin Brahja Waldman: Photo Credit: Laurent Orseau) Praise for Thurston Moore’s SPIRIT COUNSEL box set: “Thurston Moore has quietly been doing masterful work … the three-CD ‘Spirit Counsel’ puts his experimental visions in the driver’s seat.”— Christopher Weingarten, The New York Times “The ecstatic new album from Thurston Moore is arguably the most accessible entry point into his boundless experimental canon.”— Stuart Berman, Pitchfork “Sonically astonishing, moving between luminous, chiming figures and spectacular clouds of dissonance.”— Mike Barnes, MOJO “As a holy distillation of Moore’s influences, ‘Spirit Counsel’ impresses.”— Louis Pattison, UNCUT
Thurston Moore is pleased to welcome New York City-based musician Devin Brahja Waldman as the opening artist for his upcoming SPIRIT COUNSEL TOUR of the United States. As a youngster, Devin was taken under the wing of pianist Paul Bley. Since the age of ten, he has accompanied his aunt, the poet Anne Waldman. He leads the ensemble BRAHJA, which released its sixth album in September 2019 on the Estonian label RR GEMS Records. Devin has previously performed with William Parker, Malcolm Mooney, Patti Smith, Thurston Moore, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Charles Hayward, and Yoshiko Chuma. He tours with Nadah El Shazly and the Norwegian hardcore group MoE, and is a member of Heroes Are Gang Leaders and Land Of Kush. Devin is also a co-founder of the groups Notable Deaths and Ziad Qoulaii Allstars. He is a co-producer for the poetry and music label Fast Speaking Music. For the SPIRIT COUNSEL tour, Devin will be the opening act for the Thurston Moore Group (Thurston Moore, James Sedwards, Jon Leidecker aka Wobbly, Steve Shelley, Deb Googe), performing a solo sax set ahead of the band’s performance.
LISTEN to Devin Brahja Waldman here: brahjawaldman.bandcamp.com THURSTON MOORE’S SPIRIT COUNSEL 3 CD box set collects three extended compositions recorded between 2018-19. This collection represents a period of reflection on spiritual matters, collective musical friendships, and a time and space universally, without words or languages to distract from meditation. CD 1: ‘Alice Moki Jayne’ is a new composition from noise guitar explorations honoring Alice Coltrane, Moki Cherry, and Jayne Cortez.
These female partners of jazz musicians brought spirituality into the lives and music that has most inspired Thurston Moore. CD 2: ‘8 Spring Street’ is a personal homage to Glenn Branca, the title is an address in New York City, the apartment where Thurston first visited his mentor to rehearse. CD 3: ‘Galaxies’ is an orchestral piece of music, with Moore as conductor and composer. Twelve guitarists are arranged as if one instrument, exploring the vast emotional depths present in twelve strings. Taking inspiration from a poem by Sun Ra, ‘Galaxies’ ponders our place in the universe as we stare into imagery offered by satellites via space agencies.
SPIRIT COUNSEL US TOUR
12/2 – Woodstock, NY – Colony (ticket link)12/3 – Holyoke, MA – Gateway Arts (ticket link)12/4 – Somerville, MA – ONCE Ballroom (ticket link)12/5 – New York, NY – Le Poisson Rouge (ticket link)12/6 – Philadelphia, PA – Boot & Saddle (ticket link)12/7 – Washington, DC – U Street Music Hall (ticket link)12/8 – Baltimore, MD – Ottobar (ticket link)12/11 – Milwaukee, WI – X-Ray Arcade (ticket link)12/12 – Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle (ticket link)12/13 – Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle (ticket link)12/15 – Los Angeles, CA – Zebulon (ticket link)*12/16 – San Francisco, CA – The Chapel (ticket link)**Devin Brahja Waldman not performing
Thurston Moore & Eva Prinz’s The Daydream Library Series
SPIRIT COUNSEL was released by The Daydream Library Series, a new record label founded in 2018 by Eva Prinz & Thurston Moore. Daydream Library is distributed by Cargo in Europe and Forced Exposure in North America. 7” SinglesThe Daydream Library Series is releasing three 7-inch vinyl SPIRIT COUNSEL remixes in November: “Pollination,” “Spring Swell,” and “Three Graces,” each packaged with fanzines edited by Thurston & Eva. B-sides feature Thurston Moore’s cover of New Order’s “Leave Me Alone.”