Listenable and insane. That’s the sound Dawn of Midi spent years shaping, culminating in their critically acclaimed album Dysnomia. In many ways, it’s the first record that truly reflects the trio’s critically acclaimed live show, a test of endurance and trust with the trio performing their hand-looped acoustic minimalism note-for-note, just as the composition was recorded. If anything, Dawn of Midi’s sets are as red-blooded and rhythmic as a seamlessly mixed DJ set, casting spells on crowds in the same way the group’s favorite experimental and electronic acts have for decades.

Having met at California Institute of the Arts in Los Angeles in 2006, the group found their original rapport through late-night tennis matches on the campus court. The chemistry they founded there eventually led them back indoors to improvise together; something they did in total darkness to deprive themselves of all their senses except the crucial one - their hearing.

On Dysnomia, Dawn of Midi abandon improvisation in favor of composition, utilizing sophisticated rhythmic structures from West and North African folk music traditions to weave a sonic tapestry of trance-inducing grooves. Up close one may see only pointillism, but stand back and the whole undulating image is revealed.

Aakaash Israni - Bass
Amino Belyamani - Piano
Qasim Naqvi - Drums