Piotr Orlov

1 week ago | dadastrain.substack.com | Piotr Orlov

Great jazz drummer fronts an incredible ensemble, part 1: Perennial first-string beat-keeper for a long line of royals, Jeff “Tain” Watts brings a group he’s calling Aftermask to Matthew Garrison’s lovely but under-utilized Park Slope street-level. And…holy sh!T what a group: James Francies on piano/keys, Ravi Coltrane on saxophone, James Genus on double bass, Paul Bollenback on electric guitar, and Gregoire Maret on harmonica.

2 weeks ago | dadastrain.substack.com | Piotr Orlov

As we head out of the spring and into the summer, I wanted to, first of all, thank everyone for continuing to follow, read and support Dada Strain. Especially over the past four months, which have been grueling, and during which I have struggled to continue developing this project into what I aspire it to become. As I see it, I have often been failing at Dada Strain (maybe you’ve noticed…), but for reasons I hope are understandable, or even forgivable in the long run.

3 weeks ago | dadastrain.substack.com | Piotr Orlov

The word is out! The first edition of Dada Strain merch has been an unequivocal success. Spotted across all U.S. time-zones, in Canada and Mexico, the UK and continental Europe, these 100% cotton black tees with the white writing have been worn as points of pride and social intention.

3 weeks ago | dadastrain.substack.com | Piotr Orlov

For the second year running, producer/DJ Kieran Hebden, better known as Four Tet, is hosting a May weekender at the Under the K Bridge park in Greenpoint. And this year happens to coincide with my birthday, which inspired me to procure Dada Strain readers a discount code for both dates. If you’re interested, read on. Hebden is, to my mind’s eye, a rare dance-music lifer who simultaneously grew in popularity, and remained committed to creative and community values.

1 month ago | dadastrain.substack.com | Piotr Orlov

A reminder that on Wednesday (5/7) evening, Dada Strain is test-driving a new album-pre-release series, Social Listening, debuting History Dog’sRoot Systems, at Port Sa’id in Manhattan. History Dog is a coming together of four Bklyn-based, improvising smarties, Shara Lunon, Chris Williams, Luke Stewart and Lesley Mok, and the electrifying album they recorded (officially out Friday 5/9 on Otherly Love) is an unyielding musical response to our moment in time.