Name: Natural Information Society
Start: 2026-05-14T20:00:00-04:00
Location: SPACE

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SPACE is a nonprofit organization that supports contemporary arts projects, champions artists, and encourages an open exchange of ideas. Proudly staying curious in Portland, Maine.

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Time-honored practitioners of "ecstatic minimalism," Joshua Abrams and his Chicago-based jazz ensemble make their long-awaited SPACE debut.

Natural Information Society (NIS) represents a convergence of musicians &amp; artists to create sonic harbor, meditative space &amp; kinetic momentum music.Realizing compositions by composer Joshua Abrams, the group's core quartet includes Abrams, Lisa Alvarado, Mikel Patrick Avery &amp; Jason Stein. Working the seams between minimalism, jazz &amp; experimental practice, the band has become a reference for contemporary non-idiomatic creative music. They have recorded 7 albums for eremite records &amp; 2 collaborations with Bitchin Bajas for Drag City Records. The group has toured extensively in North America, Europe &amp; Brazil using Alvarado's free hanging paintings as stage settings in concert.In 2021 Abrams formed an expanded version of NIS called the Natural Information Society Community Ensemble, adding winds &amp; Chicago tenor saxophone legend Ari Brown to the group as heard on 2023's Since Time Is Gravity. Mandatory Reality as part of Lisa Alvarado's exhibition at The Kitchen, NYC. Perseverance Flow was be released on for eremite records fall 2025.

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