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Bonnie Kane, International Noise Conference, Miami ph: Monica McGivern

BONNIE KANE: saxophone, flute, analog electronics, feedback

A conductor of energy — turning sound into magic

Electro-acoustic improvisor integrating saxophone, flute, feedback, and electronics into music traversing the genres of noise, free jazz and improvisation, psych rock, jam band, and bio-composition.

40+
Releases

Creator

Masters of Sonic Liberation Series
Creator

Godspeed You!
Black Emperor

Guest Artist

John Spencer
Blues Explosion

Guest Artist

The Williamsburg Avant-Garde
Featured

Solo • Duo • Ensemble
Peformance Formats

Bonnie Kane ph: Kyra Jean Wilkes

NYC / New England
Based Region

ABOUT:
Bonnie Kane is a Philadelphia-born, NYC / New England-based electro-acoustic pioneer and dedicated improvisor whose performances transform sound into dynamic, unpredictable experiences. Integrating saxophone, flute, feedback, and electronics, Kane creates immersive works that move between melody, noise, texture, and pure sonic energy.
With decades of activity in experimental music, Kane has built an internationally recognized practice spanning solo performance, ensemble work, recording, touring, and curatorial leadership.
Expanding the possibilities of electro-acoustic improvisation, Kane performs as a solo artist through projects, Bonnie Kane Solo Noise and Transcendent Winds, as part of KaneLoggiaHYPOTHESIS, and in larger ensemble configurations.  Now in its’ 3rd year, Kane curates / performs in the monthly improvisors’ series, Masters of Sonic Liberation.
Kane is a guest artist on John Spencer Blues Explosion’s LP, “Orange”, and Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s, “Luciferian Towers”, performing with GY!BE on the New England part of their tour.  Her early work is documented in the book, “The Williamsburg Avant-Garde…” (Cisco Bradley, pub. 2023).

“Bonnie Kane’s playing is a gateway into another, more ethereal plane. As a listener, I get hooked into her melodies-upon-melodies — a trance-like state.
Beauty and otherworldliness.”

— Sarah Van Buren, BasilicaHudson.org

WATCH

BONNIE KANE SOLO NOISE
MoguMogu, Tokyo, Japan

KaneLoggiaHYPOTHESIS
Non-Event Series, Cambridge, MA

Bonnie Kane’s SPACE ANOMALY
Masters of Sonic Liberation #30

LISTEN

SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS

OPENED FOR:
Acid Mothers Temple
Hawkwind
The Boredoms
Nik Turner
PERFORMED / RECORDED WITH:
Andrea Pensado
Chris Forsyth
Dei Xhrist
Godspeed You!Black Emperor
John Loggia
John Spencer Blues Explosion
Makoto Kawabata
Tatsuya Nakatani
FESTIVAL APPEARANCES HAVE INCLUDED:
Avant Garde A Clue (NY, Japan)
Big Sur Experimental Music Festival (CA)
Buddyfest (NY)
Frantasia Festival (ME)
Improvised and Otherwise Festival (NY)
MacIntosh New Music Festival (NY)
Miami International Noise Conference (FL)
New Music America (NY)
No Music Festival (CROATIA)
Northeast Noise Fest (MA)
NUMU Festival (VT)
Rhoneymeade Festival (PA)
Slabfest (NH)
Strange Daze (NY, OH)
XFEST (New England, U.K., and Cyprus)

 

“Kane weaves dense webs of mysterious sound that will leave you breathless…”

– Matthew Moyer, Popnihil / Orlando Weekly

Performance with Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Mass MOCA
Bushwick Improvisors' Series, ph: Peter Gannushkin
24 Hr Drone, Basilica Hudson, video still

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