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Pushing Air

Tracing the roots of rhythm

About Me

Pushing Air is a San Francisco-based live-looping project blending high-diva vocals, jazz-based improvisation, beatboxing and extended vocal technique. Conservatory-trained and bebop-schooled vocalist Diana Thompson writes and performs all parts, all voice, all live, melding jazz, blues, minimalist classical, and African musics into "avant world bop."

Diana has sung with acts as diverse as the Mystic Family Circus, André Custodio, and Scott Sterling. As a founding member of the experimental voice and electronics ensemble Rex Brulée, Diana worked heavily in improvisation, rhythm and extended vocal technique. She also explored the creative possibilities of working purely with voice and technology which has become the core of Pushing Air.

Using digital looping, each performance is a live mix with transitions between songs, emulating the continuous flow of a DJ/Producer set. Pushing Air has brought its innovative music to a range of venues including 111 Minna, Epic Arts, and The Luggage Store Gallery.

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Member Since: 7/26/2004
Band Website: pushingair.com
Band Members: Diana Thompson: voice, looping
Influences: Bobby McFerrin, Meredith Monk, Charlie Parker, Kékélé, Konono No. 1, Ella Fitzgerald, Kate Bush, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir, David Bowie, Jon Hendricks, Laurie Anderson, Peter Gabriel, Sheila Chandra, Paul Simon, Zap Mama, King Crimson, Glen Velez, Cole Porter, Dave Brubeck, Steve Reich, Aaron Copland, Ned Rorem, Suzanne Vega, Rickie Lee Jones, Joni Mitchell, Soul Coughing, field recordings of African and Afro-Cuban musics.
Type of Label: None