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Dada Strain
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Rhythm Improvisation Community (#BklynSounds)
Founded by Piotr Orlov in 2021 to build new institutions from 2020 visions,

https://dadastrain.substack.com/
John Ganz know WTF is up!
November 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
"Improbable" since June 24th??? Good luck with that
@nytimes.com editorial board!!!
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Rest in Heavenly Peace Donna Jean Godchaux! Psychedelic gospel grrrl, one of American rock and roll's incredible connectors, and key element on my single favorite Grateful Dead song performance of all-time! www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOjZ...
November 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
New Work III | For Pollstar, I went to a Sombr concert. Whereas the viral TikToker saw "cringe," I heard gangly, confused, honest, occasionally lovable earworms; young contempo-hetero rock masculinity, as self-aggrandizing as -effacing. A male glam Olivia Rodrigo?
news.pollstar.com/2025/10/20/s...
October 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
New Work II | For the Big Ears podcast, I spoke w/Ghost Train Orchestra's Brian Carpenter and Joan "As Police Woman" Wasser about Moondog and their album of his music, 'Songs & Symphoniques'; but also about Arthur Russell, Hal Willner and NYC's minimalism and musicking.
bigearsfestival.org/podcast/
October 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
October 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Historic D'Angelo Must-Read | Between the many memorial recaps/old stories, been shocked not to see this cited: Jason King's liners to the 2012 'Voodoo' reissue, incredible reporting work that first unearthed/oulined Dilla's true influence via Soulquarian intvws.
passthecurve.com/post/4194259...
October 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Bklyn Live Music PSA | Dada Strain x Heavy Florals @ Sisters 10/28
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October 16, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Found and pulled this photo, randomly, just yesterday
October 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
An article in which, unsurprisingly, the Times' own culpability in elevating this person's gaslighting "free speech" campaign, and heedlessly raising her profile, never comes up!
October 7, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Bklyn Live Music PSA | 'Dada Strain @ L&SD'
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October 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I think Standing on the Corner may have released a ltd-ed CD album today, only purchasable from a guy in a Mickey Mouse suit in Times Sq. bet 4-11p. On some "how to top Hype Williams and Sun City Girls"-type shit. www.instagram.com/p/DOeALKVDRBP/
September 12, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Heavy Matthew Jamal co-sign. Planning to play it on my The Lot Radio show Friday morning...
September 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
New Music (review) | C.R. Gillespie, 'Island of Women' (sound of language)

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August 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Live in LA PSA! | Angelenos, go see the mighty Bex Burch with Lia Kohl, Ben Lumsdaine and Logan Hone at 2220 Arts + Archives tonight (Thurs 8/28). Incredible British percussionist and improviser.

dice.fm/event/dkxq5q...
August 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
FRIDAY MORNING RADIO PSA! Celebrating the dog days of summer and NYC’s Blacktronika weekend, while trying to stave off fascism on The Lot Radio. With a very special guest, the mighty harpist, Cassie Watson Francillon. Join us if you can!
www.thelotradio.com
August 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
RIP to El Maestro! To mark the moment, I wanted to pass on 3 pieces of writing about Eddie Palmieri by 3 of my all-time favorite music writers: one about the beginning of his career, one about the end, and one to bring some context to all the haps. Each is as much about New York as about Palmieri.
August 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
New Bklyn Sounds 7/30/2025—8/5/2025
dadastrain.substack.com/p/bklyn-soun...
July 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
July 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
New Bklyn Sounds 7/23/2025—7/29/2025
dadastrain.substack.com/p/bklyn-soun...
July 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
FRIDAY MORNING RADIO PSA! Back at The (newly reopened) Lot Radio compound tomorrow. Solo, no guests, playing a long set of rhythm improvisation community music to fight off the rage and ennui. Lotsa friends, beloveds, and trusted ones in the mix. Join me! www.thelotradio.com
July 18, 2025 at 5:32 AM
New Bklyn Sounds 7/17/2025—7/22/2025
dadastrain.substack.com/p/bklyn-soun...
July 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
New Bklyn Sounds 7/10/2025—7/15/2025
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Also: notes on other independent sources for NYC live-music listings + The Lot Radio reopens + RIP Peter Shapiro.
July 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
New Bklyn Sounds 7/2/2025—7/8/2025 + Holiday weekend musical escapes
dadastrain.substack.com/p/bklyn-soun...
July 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
NYC LIVE PSA! New York Music Month/Radio City presents "Local Frequencies," Wednesday, June 25 @ The Lot Radio

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A panel featuring Ayanna Heaven, Love Injection, Duane "Train" Harriott, Francois Vaxelaire, Jeannie Hopper, moderated by Dada Strain
June 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM