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ima ensemble

post traditional supergroup

About Me

ima ensemble is led by toronto percussionist debashis sinha. formed in 2002 as a recording project, ima ensemble embodies the post traditional music ethic by using musicians trained in traditions of world music as a starting point for innovation and experimentation.ima ensemble's first release, tumma, was created with the help of an ontario arts council grant to sinha to compose music for voice and percussion. these resulting compositions and others used traditional percussion instruments, the digital studio, and extended contemporary and traditional techniques of composing and improvising.through this process, sinha realized that forming a live group would be the logical next step. he assembled some of canada's most interesting and innovative world music practitioners to place themselves squarely in the middle of the western art music tradition of free improvisation.the resulting recording, funded by the canada council for the arts, was "bad monkey bad bad monkey", and extends the post traditional concept into the live free music realm.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/14/2006
Band Website: debsinha.com
Band Members: andrew downing: double bass patrick graham: percussion ben grossman: electroacoustic hurdy gurdy debashis sinha: percussion
Influences: brötzman/drake, sun ra, les bouchers de silences, olla vogolla, gapa, ben grossman, south indian carnatic music, hurdy gurdy, gagaku, kabuki, arabic music, jazz, andrew downing, trio safa....
Sounds Like: see influences
Record Label: eema records
Type of Label: None

My Blog

grossman/sinha doing couple things nov 26/dec13

hey heyben grossman and debashis sinha are going to be performing with the bird project (bg: sound, ds: live visuals) on nov 26 in toronto.for more info, see the bird project myspace. and they will al...
Posted by ima ensemble on Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:26:00 PST

deb sinha and robert lippok in montreal

@ SAT in montreal, 1195 boulevard Saint-Laurent Montreal.check the tenori on website here:http://www.global.yamaha.com/tenori-on/event/index.html
Posted by ima ensemble on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:22:00 PST

we’re back

due to bad file management, the password was lost for this space page. but now its found. and we are back.ima members are busy with their own projects---ben is doing lots of improv and is currently ...
Posted by ima ensemble on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:12:00 PST

sept 29 nuit blanche w ima ensemble members

ben grossman, debashis sinha and andrew downing are all featured performers at the music gallery's Theatre of Ephemeral Music during nuit blanche in toronto, sept 29. ben grossman hits the stage @ 7,...
Posted by ima ensemble on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 05:58:00 PST

deb sinha, nilan pereira, parmela attariwala, nicole rampersaud june 8

at arraymusic studios, 11pm.60 atlantic avenue, ste 218 // $10/6, 9:00pm start // (brownies play @ 11) //
Posted by ima ensemble on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 02:04:00 PST

debashis sinha + marilyn lerner (or fides krucker) @ goethe institute

king and university, torontoaccompanying the german silent film madame dubarry (dir ernst lubitsch, 1919) in an improvised concert with marilyn lerner (piano) or fides krucker (voice) TBC.7pm start, $...
Posted by ima ensemble on Tue, 08 May 2007 05:22:00 PST

ima @ goethe institut confirmed: Nov 14

we'll be performing at 8pm at the goethe institute (thanks to music programmer Doina Popescu for the invitation). we'll be providing music for the silent film "Nosferatu"!!!!!!!!! Halloween continue...
Posted by ima ensemble on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 05:30:00 PST

ima ensemble @ goethe institut, fall 2006

ima ensemble is currently speaking to the goethe institut toronto about joining their fall program of silent movie/live music programming. watch this space for more details.
Posted by ima ensemble on Mon, 19 Jun 2006 07:15:00 PST

here

heywe're here. after much delay, ima ensemble has a myspace page. keep tuned for more info.
Posted by ima ensemble on Wed, 14 Jun 2006 01:32:00 PST