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TEACOMPRESSION



HERE WAS LAST YEAR'S (2023):

TEACOMPRESSION

TUES, SEPT. 26TH, 5PM-10:30PM
World Folk Jam at Archimedes Banya

748 Innes Ave, San Francisco, CA 94124

$63 Archimedes Banya Pass included with ticket!
Must be 18+ years with valid government ID.

BY THE POOLS

5:30 PM | Phoenix Mei & Eric Olsen (Chinese Guzheng and Flute, Handpan or Bowls)
Phoenix Mei and Eric Olson are musicians and multi-instrumentalists, a blend of East and West, fusing the Chinese Guzheng zither with flute, handpans, and bowls to create unique soundscapes and transcendental sound journeys

7:30 PM | Sasha Bayan (Indian Sitar)
Sasha Bayan is multi-instrumentalist and composer based in San Francisco. Born and raised in Southern California to a multi-cultural family, he started playing guitar and writing songs in his early teens. He went on to study guitar and composition at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music, where his love for Spanish, Brazilian, and Indian Classical music became an intimate part of his musical expression. During his college years, he won research grants and scholarships to study Flamenco guitar in Seville, Spain; Samba, Choro, and Bossa Nova in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Hindustani music in Hyderabad, India. 

8:30 PM | Teed Rockwell (Hindustani Classical Music)
Teed Rockwell had over a hundred classes in Hindustani Classical Music with Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, and also studied extensively with Ustad Shahid Parvez, Pandit Habib Khan, and Ustad Salamat Ali Khan. He is the first person to play Indian Classical Music on the Touchstyle Veena, a customized version of the instrument known as the Chapman Stick. After years of practice and performance, he has developed a style which adapts the deep and profound nuances of the Hindustani tradition to this brand new instrument. His playing reveals that the touchstyle veena is capable of both preserving and extending one of the world’s richest and most expressive musical genres. 

UPSTAIRS

Ceremonial Tea Service

6:30 PM | James Green (New Orleans Jazz and Blues)
James Green is a multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter, born in Hollywood, CA to a Creole composer and a Jewish educator. Presenting offerings of storytelling and tunes of old and new New Orleans.

8:30 PM | Rimi Basu (Indian Odissi Dance)
Rimi Basu, an Indian-American singer and dancer, represents a unique and versatile addition to performing arts in the USA. An ex-medical school student who defied Indian-American societal expectations to run away to India and become an artist, she has since completed two music albums, multiple dance projects, and toured around the world with her unique artistic vision. Trained in the several Indian classical dance forms including Odissi and Kathak, as well as Sufi whirling and belly dance, her unique selling proposition is the fusion of traditional and contemporary styles in her live performances

9:00 PM | Raman & Faisal (Syrian/Kurdish/Arabic)
A mixture of Syrian, Kurdish, and Arabic music. This band includes Raman Osman, Kurdish composer and master tembûr/tambour (saz) musician from Al-Hasaka, Syria, and Faisal Zedan, Syrian virtuoso percussionist.
Accompanied by belldance by Tamara Bliss.

10:00 PM | Dervish Aziz and Anna Whirling (Sufi Whirling)
Aziz Abbatiello was raised in an American Mevlevi family, as he started to walk the path of the mystics following in the tradition of the Sufi. He was initiated as Semazen in 1996, and has made Sema with several Sufi groups in America and abroad. Anna Whirling is from Ukraine. In the beginning of the war she moved to Turkey and then came to USA. Anna has been practicing whirling all her life since childhood. She has performed on stage with different groups for 20 years.

Saunas & Soaking
Archimedes Banya is a clothing-optional Russian bathhouse in the Bayshore district of San Francisco, featuring Two Russian Saunas (parilki), Turkish Hammam Steam Room, Finnish Dry Sauna, Warm Water Pools and Jacuzzis, and Cold Water Plunge.

Zteamer's Cafe
The cafe will be serving food and drinks. Check out the menu here: https://banyasf.com/cafe/

Communal Tubs & Saunas

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A Tea Tygers Benefit

The Tea Tygers were at 2:00 & E in Black Rock City. We created a large, beautifully decorated tea tent offering gourmet teas served in various ceremonial styles.

Despite the flooding, we continued to offer tea service 24-hours-a-day and feature performances including Sufi whirling dervishes, bellydance, bluegrass, and guzheng.

We're raising funds to help cover our expenses from the flooding which destroyed or damaged a lot of our gear and drastically increased our costs.

Contribute to our GoFundMe campaign.