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On the evening of Sunday, August 30 we proudly presented avant-garde multi-instrumentalist Danny Kamins (HOU), a duo between dark ambient/experimental electronic musician David Reed (CMH) and multi-instrumentalist Chris Weldon (CMH), and the Craft/Sherrick/Kunkler improv trio (CMH). In addition to a short solo set, Danny engaged in an improvisational set with Julie Licata, Caleb Miller, and Nick Weckman.
About the artist:
Danny Kamins is an improvising saxophonist based out of Houston, TX. His current musical endeavors include playing in various ensembles such as Sleeping Beast, El Mantis, Dennis Gonzalez Legacy Band, FireLife Trio, and Relative Dissonance as well as directing the jazz program at Rice University. Musicians he has performed/recorded with include Tatsuya Nakatani, Alvin Fielder, Ra Kalam Bob Moses, LaDonna Smith, Aaron Gonzalez, Stefan Gonzalez, Susan Alcorn, Jamison Williams, Thomas Helton, Lisa Cameron, Adam Goodwin, Vinny Golia, Antonio Borghini, David Leon, Jeb Bishop, Taylor Rouss, Sandy Ewen, Alexander Von Schlippenbach, Damon Smith, Luke Stewart, Kamila Drabek, Marc Edwards, Vincent Davis, Natan Kryszk, and Paulina Owczarek.
On the evening of Sunday, August 30 we proudly presented avant-garde multi-instrumentalist Danny Kamins (HOU), a duo between dark ambient/experimental electronic musician David Reed (CMH) and multi-instrumentalist Chris Weldon (CMH), and the Craft/Sherrick/Kunkler improv trio (CMH). In addition to a short solo set, Danny engaged in an improvisational set with Julie Licata, Caleb Miller, and Nick Weckman.
About the artist:
Danny Kamins is an improvising saxophonist based out of Houston, TX. His current musical endeavors include playing in various ensembles such as Sleeping Beast, El Mantis, Dennis Gonzalez Legacy Band, FireLife Trio, and Relative Dissonance as well as directing the jazz program at Rice University. Musicians he has performed/recorded with include Tatsuya Nakatani, Alvin Fielder, Ra Kalam Bob Moses, LaDonna Smith, Aaron Gonzalez, Stefan Gonzalez, Susan Alcorn, Jamison Williams, Thomas Helton, Lisa Cameron, Adam Goodwin, Vinny Golia, Antonio Borghini, David Leon, Jeb Bishop, Taylor Rouss, Sandy Ewen, Alexander Von Schlippenbach, Damon Smith, Luke Stewart, Kamila Drabek, Marc Edwards, Vincent Davis, Natan Kryszk, and Paulina Owczarek.



![Fuse Fest 2026: AV Odyssey: Matt and Nikki Swift
On the evening of Saturday, May 30th, we proudly presented a series of collaborative performances between projection artists and musicians and sound artists. Featured performances included collaborations between media artist C.G. [create good] Ryan and sound artist Ben New, media artist Krista Faist and musician Alex Burgoyne, and video artist Nikki Swift and media and sound artist Matt Swift.
About the artists:
As individual artists and a collaborative team, Nikki and Matt Swift have been creating various audio visual artworks for over 20 years. Their work ranges from the personal experimental documentary to highly structuralist exploratory workflows that break the very tools used to make their creations. More recent works have focused on the political, including the history of democracy and communication, the exploitation of the environment, and human memory versus technological recordings. This performance included some of these themes pairing the two artists together to create an ephemeral unique live performance containing audio and visuals produced from various sources combining the analog and the digital. Projection by Nicolettecinemagraphics. Fuse Fest 2026: AV Odyssey: Matt and Nikki Swift](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hqVZ1i0nmgc/mqdefault.jpg)



![Performance: Book 4
On the evening of Wednesday, August 14th we are proud to present Jamison Williamson (FL) and Patrizia Finzi’s (Luxemborg) free/doom duo Book 4, performance artist/experimental musician Njick Weckman (CMH), and experimental electronic musician Doug Leed (CMH) w/collaboration on visuals with Krista Faist (CMH).
About the artists: BOOK 4, a free/doom duo with bari sax player Jamison Williams, and electric bassist Patrizia Finzi, is a ritualistic commemoration, paying homage to British occultist and writer, Aleister Crowley…”The Magician works in a Temple; the Universe, which is [be it remembered!] conterminous with himself.” Performance: Book 4](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iKHCeTlnZN0/mqdefault.jpg)


