Prolific Xinjiang Kazakh musical savant Mamer - a staple of the experimental and world music scene for just about ever - returns with his latest release, All the Joys, All the Pains. Following up on 2024’s quietly graceful Sleepless - Mamer once again moves freely between the contemporary avant-garde and tradition. Utilizing a secondhand acoustic guitar and his gravelly, deeply resonant voice, which he layers over itself to create the illusion of a folk choir - it’s the most earthbound and ethereal the multi-faceted artist has ever sounded, finding sadness and beauty, and intrepid curiosity within the nomadic songs which have followed him through life. Elegiac. He’ll be presenting his latest at Yuyintown Basement.