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Tim Russell lives at the confluence of the aural and the visual. He currently serves as Music Director for the University of Wisconsin Dance Program. In 2019, Tim was selected as one of the Cowles Visiting Artists at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, a first for a Musician in the field of Dance. He has a vast catalogue of works specifically for choreography, most of which exist live, in collaboration with movement. His commitment to the nowness in performance led him to co-create/curate, along with choreographer Maria Gillespie, Hyperlocal MKE, a Music and Dance improvisation series that exists to this day in Milwaukee. His current curatorial project, Common Sage Arts, promotes multidisciplinary artists through carefully curated performances. He holds an MFA in Music Improvisation from Mills College in Oakland, California, where he studied improvisation, electronic music and composition with the likes of Fred Frith, Roscoe Mitchell and Zeena Parkins. His 2020 album Junct, a collection of improvisational duets with bassist Ari Smith, was included in Tone Madison’s top 20 records of 2020.
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Kelly Quesada, Dan Galat, Ben Willis, and Scott Rubin met through the improvised music scene in Chicago, and in particular, Josh Harlow’s monthly music series at Tangible Books in Bridgeport. Hearing each other’s sounds, and being united in the peculiarity of their instrumentation and approach to improvised music, they decided to record an album together under the name heroes, interlopers.
https://heroesinterlopers.com/
https://heroesinterlopers.bandcamp.com/
Offering “a tone so pure it is almost a sine-wave” (The Wire), Adam Lion is a percussionist based in LA. A prolific collaborator, his music has been featured in The New York Times, Pitchfork Media, Artforum Magazine, and more. In 2025 Lion performed over 40 concerts in 21 states, travelling to all regions of the contiguous US. Whether it is major music festivals, DIY basements, grandiose recital halls, art galleries, or a piano bar in Tijuana, he is passionately dedicated to live performance. As a curator and organizer, he has presented musicians touring from around the world.
Tim Russell lives at the confluence of the aural and the visual. He currently serves as Music Director for the University of Wisconsin Dance Program. In 2019, Tim was selected as one of the Cowles Visiting Artists at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, a first for a Musician in the field of Dance. He has a vast catalogue of works specifically for choreography, most of which exist live, in collaboration with movement. His commitment to the nowness in performance led him to co-create/curate, along with choreographer Maria Gillespie, Hyperlocal MKE, a Music and Dance improvisation series that exists to this day in Milwaukee. His current curatorial project, Common Sage Arts, promotes multidisciplinary artists through carefully curated performances. He holds an MFA in Music Improvisation from Mills College in Oakland, California, where he studied improvisation, electronic music and composition with the likes of Fred Frith, Roscoe Mitchell and Zeena Parkins. His 2020 album Junct, a collection of improvisational duets with bassist Ari Smith, was included in Tone Madison’s top 20 records of 2020.
https://avoidancepolicy.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/avoidancepolicy
Kelly Quesada, Dan Galat, Ben Willis, and Scott Rubin met through the improvised music scene in Chicago, and in particular, Josh Harlow’s monthly music series at Tangible Books in Bridgeport. Hearing each other’s sounds, and being united in the peculiarity of their instrumentation and approach to improvised music, they decided to record an album together under the name heroes, interlopers.
https://heroesinterlopers.com/
https://heroesinterlopers.bandcamp.com/
Offering “a tone so pure it is almost a sine-wave” (The Wire), Adam Lion is a percussionist based in LA. A prolific collaborator, his music has been featured in The New York Times, Pitchfork Media, Artforum Magazine, and more. In 2025 Lion performed over 40 concerts in 21 states, travelling to all regions of the contiguous US. Whether it is major music festivals, DIY basements, grandiose recital halls, art galleries, or a piano bar in Tijuana, he is passionately dedicated to live performance. As a curator and organizer, he has presented musicians touring from around the world.