7.12 – SOUNDWALL LIVE IN THE YELLOW ROOM. 6pm to 9pm

SOUNDWALL…
at the Andes Hotel, in the Yellow Room, July 12…

SOUNDWALL is coming to the Andes Hotel for an evening of music, invention, and improvisation, with a show that you must see to believe. The brainchild of John Houshmand and Ed Potokar, SOUNDWALL is the band that fronts their new company that creates “sonic architecture.” The group is pioneering the making of sculptural and architectural instruments, melding these with traditional instruments and a kick-ass rhythm section, and taking the listener on an adventure of real-time creative improvised compositions.

Michael Suchorsky will be the guest artist, sitting in on drums for some tunes while Victor plays trumpet and percussion!

SOUNDWALL is…

Ed Potokar, the son of a Latin Jazz and Polka drummer, started his art, design and musical career in Cleveland. He went on to create unique musical instruments at The Cleveland Institute of Art, where he earned a BFA. Potokar then began inventing and fabricating custom analog synthesizers, affectionately known as the “boxes.” These helped create a signature sound and serve as the foundation for the renowned punk/funk/art/metal/wave musical group, the Audio Artists. After moving to NYC, he founded MUSIC FOR TV, a successful downtown Manhattan music production house, and wrote the theme music for MTV’s “Unplugged.” He also toured with groups in North and South America and Europe. His work has been featured in New York Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, NY1, VH1, WNYC Soundcheck, to name just a few. http://edpotokarsoundwall.com

Victor Jones was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1954, Victor Jones started his musical journey playing trumpet in the symphonic orchestra of the Elmwood Elementary School in East Orange. While Jones continued his trumpet playing, the drums became his real passion. As a teenager, he was discovered by Lou Donaldson. This led to a string of prestigious gigs, including two years with Donaldson’s, and then with Stan Getz’s band. Touring with Getz introduced Jones to an international audience, and he has since toured and recorded with a multitude of renowned artists, such as James Moody, Woody Shaw, Freddie Hubbard, Stanley Clarke, Phyllis Hyman, Stanley Turrentine, Masabumi Kikuchi, Michel Pettruciani, Dizzy Gillespie, Jimmy Scott, and Chaka Khan. He has years of playing as a sideman on over 100 releases, and on film and production work, and fronts several bands of his own, The Victor Jones R&B Bop Band, “Visible Sound Groove,” and Culturversy. https://www.facebook.com/desiredrums

Scott Williams is a bass player, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, with a penchant for coaxing sounds from the creations of his SOUNDWALL bandmate Ed Potokar. He has performed with various groups in NYC, including his own Buddy Scott Trio and the Audio Artists, in numerous venues. He has written music for MTV, performed on VH1 and Comedy Central, and has composed and performed music for theatre productions, including New York’s Public Theatre. His music was featured in the MGM Motion Picture ‘A Guy Thing’, in which he also performed. Scott Williams is also a painter whose work was recently shown at Sideshow Gallery in Brooklyn, NY. www.scottwilliamspaintings.com

John Houshmand has a distinguished career as a composer and guitarist for Laurasia, the Audio Artists, and East River Consort, as well as a solo guitar wizard working in the tradition of real-time improvisation. He has authored much of the Laurasia work, and opened for Ralph Towner, Shadowfax, and other esoteric groups. He is the straight-man with the Audio Artists, playing electric, baritone, and toy guitar, and is one of the mentors behind SOUNDWALL, the front band for his sonic architecture company with Ed Potokar. He is featured on his solo CD Void of Course, as well as Laurasia, Undiscovered Country, Audio CD’s, Artists LIVE at HERE, and numerous other CD’s. He also has a design company, www.johnhoushmand.com, and a working farm in Hobart NY, www.svrhay.com.