The Residency - Sound Connections
- Vol. 41 - "Genesis" (Soft Opening)

The Residency - Sound Connections
Vol. 41 - "Genesis" 🤫 (Soft Opening)
ITAI x NOAMZ 🦢 ❤️ 🦢
Thursday - 09.17.26 @ The Zula Den

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Genesis:

"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters. And God said: 'Let there be light.' And there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness."

At first, there was sound!

Before light, before form, there was vibration. The first act of creation was a voice: God said, let there be light. The first thing that ever was, was sound. And the first thing created was two: heaven and earth, day and night, darkness and light. Creation began the moment the one became two: two opposites, facing each other, completing each other.

As I experience it, creation was (and still is) an act of reflection - something bringing another into being so it could finally experience itself through the other. That IS Swanning 🦢🖤🦢. Two facing each other, reflecting back and forth, black swan and white swan, each becoming more themselves through the other. Every beginning is a meeting.

Can you reflect on times where it was all one big mess and out of that came something new?

When is it that creation helps you see yourself?

On Thursday, September 17th, ITAI 🎷 re-opens his this living rooms of sorts alongside the luminous NOAMZ 🪈 for a "Swanning" experience, a first light before next week's grand opening. We call it "Sound Connections" as in - connection with others, connection with self, and connection with something bigger than us... This is where it all begins again. Step into the Swan Lake Circle. ✨

This is a soft opening , friends and family to a smaller, softer night to reawaken the experience. If you've been here from the start, this is your night.

✨ NOAMZ 🪈
NOAMZ is a flutist, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and producer making alt music. Raised first-gen in a small Wisconsin town by a Guadeloupean mother and French father, she performed at SXSW this year and has over 2M+ views on her flute-beatbox videos across TikTok and Instagram. She's featured on radio stations and playlists across the country — WORT, 88.9 Milwaukee, Café con Ritmo, Electro Chill Pop, Mood Boosters — and on the Senegalese soccer anthem, with recent editorial placements on Apple Music and Spotify. Her self-produced EP TEXTURES explores DnB and UKG soundscapes and mixed identity, and her ambient project Retrouvaille was made to help heal the souls of those who need it. She performs across the country and is currently based in SoCal.

✨ ITAI 🎷🎹

Saxophonist and live-electronic artist; founder of The Residency. Blending Middle Eastern roots, jazz improvisation, and groove-forward electronics, he guides face-to-face, one-night-only collaborations into real-time Sound Connections.

The Details:
🕗 8:00 PM - Tea Lounge Opens (arrive early, settle in, connect)
🕗 8:45 PM - Diving into the theme Interactive ways to explore "Genesis" (experimental)
🎶 9:00 PM - Music Begins (continuous flow until we are done)
🕚 11:00 PM - Music Ends (stay and hang out no rush to go home)
🥤 BYOB - bring what you like to sip or eat (no illegal stuff)

🍵 Tea & light snacks provided

📍 The Zula Den - 4011 W Jefferson Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90016

🚗 Free street parking nearby

*** The Dance floor can be a soft and vulnerable space. We like to be present with each other therefore we request it being a "No Phone Zone" (we will record the sessions and take some snippets which will be share on the Sound Connections Pateron channel). For similar reasons, we would love to keep the dance floor a "No Shoes on the dance floor".

💬 You are part of the experience, please dance, scream, sing as long as you respect other peoples space and experience as well <3

***If you want to add an instrument please coordinate in advance since the curation of the night is very intentional.

*** All Sets are being filmed and recorded, pay attention to the “dark areas” if you don’t want to be on camera!

🤫 Let's keep deep conversations off the dancing areas... It's not meant to be a "no talking" environment and most people are trying to connect with the music in a non-verbal way. A great place for deeper conversations is the Tea Lounge (:

The Tea Lounge 🍵
The Tea Lounge is an inseparable part of The Residency's cozy season.
Tea Lounge opens at 8pm, please join us for a cup of tea, games and a hang.

The Story of The Residency - Sound Connections:
From ITAI: "This new season of The Residency is about intimacy and presence. Every Thursday, we'll feature one very special guest artist, sitting across from me as we create the soundtrack for the night from scratch.
This concept I like calling "Swanning": Like two swans facing each other in a moment of deep connection, this allows us to share and respond, creating something raw, alive, and unrepeatable. In this format, the audience surrounds the face-to-face artists which forms a circle that makes everyone part of the experience. Step into the circle (:

The Zula Den:
The Zula Den is a subsidiary of the non-profit Zula Project which is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt charitable organization.
The Zula Den was created to hold space for our facilitators and their guests, our artists and their music, our teachers and their students...
Founded by husband & wife duo Eldad Alfi (@eldadalfi) and Chris Santillan (@chriss2385)

Much Love,
ITAI, NOAMZ & The Residency Swans ❤️

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