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Vampire Suit Performing Live on WKCR

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Vampire Suit will be playing music from its debut release Gaze at Your Omphalos, the upcoming A New Song, and some brand new material, this coming Sunday, August 24th at 10:00pm, on WKCR's Live Constructions (89.9FM in NY, or wkcr.org).

“The music has enduring beauty that touches on the heart of the Middle East's musical culture while exhibiting western flair. Open improvisations and the spirit of the belly dance coexist, encouraging the traditional undulated hip movements as a supplement to the solid instrumentation..." --Frank Rubolino, Cadence Magazine

Vampire Suit draws on Jay Vilnai's unique musical heritage as a Russian-Romanian-Polish descendant raised in Jerusalem around a mix of contemporary and traditional Jewish and Arab music, with a soul for rock n'roll and a BFA in jazz. Couple that with a passion for Bartok and Stravinsky and you end up with all original music that draws on all those influences to create something akin to traditional music for a generation that hails from so many traditions. Balkan and Middle-Eastern rhythms are prominent, backed by 20th century composing concepts and jazz improvising.

“Vilnai and his vampires get high marks for their utter unpredictability from track to track, their sheer joy they get from and give to the music and the various textures and sounds that emerge." --Budd Kopman, All About Jazz

A New Song continues the concept that is at the heart of Vampire Suit's music -- to forge musical materials from around the world into a new, unique whole - a new tradition for a generation that draws upon so many traditions - and to create music that taps into our collective unconscious, while being unmistakably new. The texture of the music defies definition, owing as much to Balkan and Middle Eastern rhythms, as it does to forms and harmonies of contemporary chamber music, with extended emotional improvising rooted in jazz and blues. The fire and spirit of folk dance music underlies everything, while the contemporary touches make the music a joy to the mind as it is to the body.

“If Bram Stoker's imaginary Transylvania had a jazz scene, the music might sound something like this." --Jazz Review

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