New York based NOUS and the experimental collaborative "We Hope The Weather Can Continue"

“I’ll play it first and tell you what it’s called later.” – Miles Davis

NOUS is an experimental music project / collaborative led by producer and composer Christopher Bono. The process is simple, get together accomplished musicians and explore musical spaces. From what I can gather, evocative pieces of music like We Hope The Weather Can Continue are highly (if not completely) improvisational in nature. Music birthed out of improvisation is one of my favorite endeavors and while NOUS thus far seems to be instrumental, it would be fascinating to have singers / lyricists jump into the musical mayhem that ensues. The NOUS collaboration is fluid with different musicians contributing at different times, it is ever changing.

NOUS III (out May 29 on Our Silent Canvas) is the third from the project's opening trilogy of releases, culled from a 5-day musical retreat & social experiment wherein 13 musicians were invited to join Christopher at the legendary converted church Dreamland Studios, with producer Kevin McMahon (Swans, Titus Andronicus) on an intensive 7-day immersion -- recording for 5 days, with 2 live performances at the conclusion.

NOUS band members on this recording:

~ Christopher Bono (Composer, Ghost Against Ghost)

~ Greg Fox (Guardian Alien, Zs, Ben Frost, ex-Liturgy)

~ Shahzad Ismaily (Yoko Ono, Laurie Anderson, Bonnie Prince Billy)

~ Thor Harris (Swans, Angels of Light, Amanda Palmer, Shearwater)

~ Grey Mcmurray (itsnotyouitsme, So Percussion, Tyondai Braxton)

Special guests:

~ Clarice Jensen, Cello (ACME: American Contemporary Music Ensemble, yMusic, Ra Ra Riot)

~ Anthony Molina (Mercury Rev)

~ Caleb Burhans, Composer (itsnotyouitsme, ACME)

~ Laura Lutzke, Violin (ACME)

~ Alex Sopp, Flutes (ACME, yMusic)

~ Imago, Cello / Vocals (Múm)

~ Cecilie Hafstad, Vocals

~ Hariprakaash, Gong

~ Akil Davis and Loud Sol Productions

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New York experimental music project NOUS - led by producer and composer Christopher Bono - is an experimental music project with a fluctuating group of artists exploring ritual and spontaneity within music.