Yonatan Gat (Monotonix) and Mamady Kouyate (Bembeya Jazz) announce a collaborative socially-distant concert in Sultan Room May 22 with an opening solo set from Jaimie Branch.
Three additional shows are also announced as part of a residency by new collective Visuæls, featuring musicians of diverse traditions with different lineups on the nights of June 26, July 17, and August 21 set to take place in Bushwick’s Sultan Room.
Lineups on future events are set to include esteemed powwow group Eastern Medicine Singers collaborating with free jazz phenom Jaimie Branch, other guests include Swans vibraphone player Thor Harris, grammy nominated and recent Daptone signees Morrocan ensemble Innov Gnawa, Oliver Ackermann from A Place to Bury Strangers fame and elusive Gayngs mastermind Ryan Olson.
The first installation (May 22nd - [TICKET LINK]) will include Guinean guitar legend Mamady Kouyate, who recorded and toured as a member of Bembeya Jazz – one of the most influential groups in African music history.
Kouyate and Gat will be joined by two additional guitar players forming a guitar quartet - Avishag Cohen Rodrigues who is known for her solo and sound design work and as guitarist in the band Cumgirl8, and Mamady Kouruma, who is Kouyate's long time musical partner and rhythm guitarist in the band Mandingo Ambassadors.
May 22 Edition $20 [TICKET LINK] - Visuæls feat. Mamady Kouyate & Yonatan Gat, Support: Jaimie Branch
June 26 Edition $18/20 [TICKET LINK] - Visuæls [Lineup Announced June 1]
July 17 Edition $18/20 [TICKET LINK] - Visuæls [Lineup Announced July 1]
August 21 Edition $18/20 [TICKET LINK] - Visuæls [Lineup Announced August 1]
MAMADY KOUYATE is one of Guinea's better known guitarists. The heir to a long line of griots, Mamady was first taught by his father who was one of the first guinean griots to introduce the guitar. Kouyate senior specialized in transcribing traditional kora and balafon lines for the guitar and his son Mamady first made his mark as an electric guitarist in some of the national bands that were part of president Sékou Touré’s campaign of “Authenticité” - a movement that sought to create an afrocentric popluar sound. Kouyate eventually joined Guinea’s most famous export, The Bembeya Jazz, with whom he toured for years. After some political trouble, Kouyate relocated to the US in the early 2000’s where he founded the Mandingo Ambassadors, a vehicle for his own music that uses the classic 70’s sound of of the best Sylliphone recordings.
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. | 
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