Tomchess & Ravi Padmanabha are multi-instrumentalists and composers. Their collaborative album, Permanence of The Uninterrupted Continuity, is available now on Bandcamp.

Tomchess is a NYC and Pittsburgh based multi instrumentalist, improviser, and composer who has been making music professionally for 35 years. He plays Reeds, Western Flute, Arabic/Turkish Ney flute, Oud, and Guitar. He also has a history of using electronics, sampling, live-sampling, loops, and FX. Having deeply studied the Near Eastern, and North African traditions his syncretic sound encompasses the tonal palette, rhythms, and forms of these traditional musics as well as focusing on the transcendent unity of all human culture while never losing sight of his American roots and the importance and freedom of improvisation. He has performed with Drummer Ronald Shannon Jackson’s Decoding Society, recorded and performed with Butch Morris' Sheng Skyscraper, Recorded on guitar with Tenor players Dewey Redman, Pharoah Sanders, and Moroccan Sintarist Hassan Hakmoun. He has also led a guitar trio with Drummer Phil Haynes and bassist Drew Gress called Seven Times a Year. He has studied Middle / Near Eastern and West African musics, spending time in West Africa playing and performing.

Ravi Padmanabha is composer, improvisor, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He has spent many years studying and playing a wide variety of music including: jazz, world, Indian, and experimental music. He has studied with many masters from India including Pandit Samar Saha, Pandit Sharda Sahai, and Pankaj Misra. Ravi is on many recordings and has led various musical projects such as My Nada Brahma, The Bul-Bul Tarang Gang, and most recently, The Transindental Karmacist and Americana Raga. He has performed in duo with Steve Baczkowski, Tom Chess, Brandon Terzic and Alex Glenfield for many years. Ravi has performed with many others including; Robert Dick, Willam Parker, Peter Kowald, Pauline Oliveros, Daniel Carter, Adam Lane, Blaise Siwula, Steve Swell, Bern Nix, Cooper Moore, Wilber De Joude, Junni Booth, Sabir Khan, Douglas Ewart, Arrington D Dionoyso, Rob Wasserman, Peter Evans, and Paul Flaherty.

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