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November 20, 2024

Miraculous Live N2P Videos + Dog Park Concert Availability

Hello again from N to The Power World Headquarters, currently in exile on a freezing barge in Canary Wharf, London.

Looking through a brass porthole at night, modern buildings are reflected in the water. My image is a ghostly reflection holding my phone and taking the picture.
I’m on a barge in Canary Wharf

There is a unicorn-level rarity available: a new BLOG POST on the N2P website. It’s about the show at Nublu, and has links to the new edited videos of two songs, which I am so happy to share with you. The videos really capture the spirit of the live show, in no small part thanks to the talents of cinematographer Andrew Lin and Nublu sound engineer Onur Gül. And also the tremendous community spirit we all felt on the night, and, of course, the talents of the gathered musicians. If you want to skip the blog, you can see the videos here:

After our great evening at Nublu, we’ve realized that playing our music live is now, in this moment, essential and necessary. We have no manager, no publicist, no booking agent, no tour manager, no roadies, no rules, and no regrets. But we do have the audacity to take this floating village on the road, so if you know of places that might want us to play, do let us know. We are happy to play weddings, bat mitzvahs, circuses, and sideshows. We will play in the dog park, or in a salt shed. In a box, with a fox. We can play as a duo on a moment’s notice, or as a ten-piece band if you have the room. We can play for 15 minutes or 12 hours.

An imagined socially distanced gig at the Park Avenue Armory during lockdown
Silhouettes of two people playing electric cello and bass clarinet among trees against a backdrop of the George Washington Bridge
Peace Piece on the summer solstice 2019
Blake Leyh & Tony Jarvis playing electric cello and bass clarinet in a black and white photo on a Manhattan rooftop with towering buildings behind them
Peace Piece on the summer solstice 2020
Six musicians on stage. Left to Right: Yusuke Yamamoto vibraphone, Chris Eddleton drums, Bruno Coon Bass, Vincent Curson Smith trumpet, Blake Leyh electric cello, Tony Jarvis bass clarinet
Soundcheck at Nublu, before the uniforms & sousaphone
Yusuke Yamamoto Vibes, Blake Leyh Gravikord, Tony Jarvis Bass Clarinet, playing in a speaker factory in pink light  with a rapt audience
Playing Peace Piece at Devore Fidelity, June 2024
N to The Power standing in the snow wearing crazy clothes. Left to Right: Bernard Boateng, Blake Leyh, Ryoko Leyh, Tony Jarvis, Kaya Jarvis, Yusuke Yamamoto
The band in 2018. Ryoko Leyh (center) could not be at Nublu but will re-join us in 2025

We have gig opportunities in London, and are planning another outing (or maybe a residency?) at Nublu in NYC. There’s talk of a double bill with Peter Gordon’s tremendous Love of Life Orchestra. We would love to play in Knoxville, Tennessee. Japan is on the horizon. We hope to see you everywhere in 2025. Until then…

Peace,

Blake

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The vinyl LP of MORE POWER. The jacket shows the band, and the photon-red vinyl LP is half out of the jacket
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