DAWN OF MIDI
Genres: Avant-Garde Jazz, Nu Jazz • Multi-National

Dawn of Midi is bassist Aakaash Israni, pianist Amino Belyamani and percussionist Qasim Naqvi. The group's most recent work, inspired by minimal-electronica, will be released on Thirsty Ear Records in spring 2013. Dawn of Midi released their debut Album First in March of 2010 (Accretions) to critical acclaim. The group's music has been featured in The New Yorker, The Wire (on the bi-annual compilation CD The Wire Tapper), MixMag, Time Out New York, Point of Departure, New Music Box, The Chicago Reader Critic's Choice List, and countless other print and online publications. Dawn of Midi has received commissioning grants from Chamber Music America, The New York Foundation for the Arts, The Brooklyn Arts Council and the online magazine Triple Canopy. from facebook