Joseph Shabason & Nicolas Krgovich: presented by A Week in Paradise
Saturday, June 29
“A WEEK IN PARADISE” & the Paradise Cultural Society invite you to join us at Fortune on Saturday, June 29th for an intimate evening with Toronto’s Joseph Shabason and Vancouver’s own Nicholas Krgovich. The two will each be performing their own solo works and drifting through some classics from their collaborative project “Shabason & Krgovich” with a full live band in tow.
Joseph Shabason is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer and recording artist. After graduating as a saxophone major from the University of Toronto Jazz performance program in 2006 he went on to play and tour in the bands Destroyer, The War On Drugs, Andre Ethier and DIANA. Shabason also memorably created his own re-score for seminal skate film classic “Welcome To Hell” by Toy Machine last year, of which he’ll be performing selected compositions from this evening.
As a session player and arranger Joseph has recorded saxophone, flute and keyboard for The War On Drugs, Rodney Graham, Austra, Sandro Perri, Andre Ethier, Jill Barber, Hannah Georgas, The Born Ruffians, Allie X, Matt Barber, The Fembots and many more.
Under his own name he has released the albums Aytche, Anne Anne EP, and The Fellowship on Western Vinyl. He has released the records Muldrew with Ben Gunning (Seance Center) and Philadelphia and At Scaramouche with Shabason, Krgovich and Harris (Idee Fixe). Philadelphia was met with critical acclaim, and listed as one of theTop 50 albums of the year by FADER in 2020 and was long-listed for the Polaris Prize. His 5th solo album, “Welcome To Hell” came out on Western Vinyl and Telephone Explosion in fall of 2023.
Nicholas Krgovich is a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Vancouver, Canada. Described by the legendary Robert Wyatt as “quite beautiful, very touching… human” he has been releasing records and playing shows since 2002.
Don’t miss this beautiful opportunity to see some of Canada’s most prolific musicians perform their expansive and genre-bending catalogs. Tickets are available now on Resident Advisor via www.paradiseyvr.com/aweekinparadise 🌿🛹🪄
