AS ABOVE… SO BELOW LIVE
in development
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As Above...So Below Live is a live performance of the debut audiovisual album from Montreal-based artist ensemble Dark Sky Society. Dark Sky Society’s sprawling, nebulous large-ensemble draws from its membership of mind-bending musicians and filmmakers and is fully rooted in its iconic and adventurous Montreal artistic heritage.
Beginning in 2018 with a pile of entangled compositional threads, over a period of six years William Hesselink and Vid Cousins enlisted collaborators inside and outside the studio to develop and refine their statements and process. As talented friends from their years of work in the city’s avant-rock, jazz and film circles were brought on board to flesh out ideas and themes, As Above...So Below was born: a monumental debut audiovisual work expressed from a single 55-minute compositional double helix through a network of percussion, guitar, piano, harp, marimba, contrabass, vibraphone, pedal-steel, synths, brass and woodwinds.
Led by Vid Cousins and William Hesselink in collaboration with Ryhna Thompson, Dark Sky Society brings together 14 musicians and 5 filmmakers, forming a collaborative structure that reflects Montreal’s deeply interconnected creative community.
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William Hesselink
Co-director, composer, band-leader, drumset, marimba, vibraphoneVid Cousins
Co-director, composer, recording producer, pedal-steel, chapman stick, harp guitarRyhna Thompson
Producer & ManagerDavid Barlow-Krelina
2D / 3D / Dome film direction / animationCielle Graham
Hand-drawn / Digital illustration / animationTracy Maurice
Cinematography, Dark-Field Microscopy, Chemical macrophotographyCorinne Merrell
MiniaturesAJ Korkidakis
VideographerKeiko Devaux
PianoNathan Gage
ContrabassJonah Fortune
ContrabassSarah Pagé
Harp, Bass Koto, ElectronicsStefan Schneider
Drumset, marimba, vibraphoneTommy Crane
Drumset, marimba, vibraphoneBruce Cawdron
Marimba, vibraphoneMathieu Charbonneau
Synthesizers, ElectronicsDavid Gossage
FlutesLuigi Allemano
Trombone, EuphoniumPietro Amato
French HornJason Sharp
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A monumental large-ensemble performance by Montreal collective Dark Sky Society, bringing the 55-minute composition of As Above...So Below to life through an immersive network of percussion, strings, keyboards, electronics and winds.
