Bio:      

Drummer/Composer Brian Adler is well versed in many forms of improvised music including jazz, avant-garde, folk, and Indian music. He is known for his uniquely delicate, earthy sound and sparseness on the drums and his creative compositional style of framing ancient texts. According to Cadence Magazine's David Dupont, "Adler's percussion is sure-footed and, when called upon, majestic" "His command of the drums is stunning..." says Mark E. Gallo of JazzReview.com. Adler's latest project Helium, brings together musicians from all over the wolrd, performing and recording collaborative and original works. Brian has had the privelage to work with: Gene Bertoncini, Ran Blake, Dave "Fuze" Fiuczynski, Erik Lawrence, Kate McGarry, Ben Monder, Stomu Takeishi, and Ray Vega among others. Adler has been featured in the Boston Globe, The Village Voice, JazzTimes, Vancouver's Razer TV, NPR, Musique Machine Magazine, All About Jazz, Cadence Magazine, Performer Magazine, Jazz Review, and the South by Southwest film festival. Adler holds a Bachelor's Degree from the New England Conservatory of Music.

"Sunny Kim has a rich and beautiful texture, perfect pitch and excellent musicianship," says Irene Aebi, a jazz singer and long time musical partner of Steve Lacy. "She's an intelligent singer and a true artist." Sunny's powerful voice and experimental spirit evokes many music fans around the world, among who, Martin Busink (Musique Machine Magazine) raved on her performance on recording After Dark, "Sunny Kim's haunting voice doesn't stay within any tradition. Kim's processed vocals soar over us like aurora borealis."

With her cutting edge vision for music and truly unique vocal style, melding elements of jazz, classical, electronic and Korean folk music, Sunny has gained recognition world-wide. After moving to NY in 2005, Sunny performed as a part of "Tribute to Steve Lacy Concert" at Merkin Hall in NYC, which featured jazz legends such as Dave Liebman, Joe Lovano, and Roswell Rudd, and at "Robert Creeley Memorial" with Irene Aebi. She has performed in groups led by Roswell Rudd, Min Xiao Fen, Pheeroan AkLaff and Gino Sitson in jazz venues such as the Stone, Jazz Gallery, Joe's Pub, the Knitting Factory, and Zinc Bar. Sunny has toured America, Korea and Japan appearing on numerous radio and television stations including Arirang TV, EBS, and WGBH as well as Korean newspapers such as Korea Daily and Korea Times. Sunny has performed with greats such as Ran Blake, Dave Fiuzyncski, Michael Cain, Carlos Alomar, Frank Carlberg, Jason Hwang, and Stomu Takeishi, and also has recorded and performed with various projects of her own.

“The group is a nightmare journey from SoHo to Twin Peaks.”  “A trio that’s unlike any other... All three are very strong.”  ~Ran Blake--pianist, writer of Primacy of the Ear.