Green Lung Studio is proud to present a concert series curated by resident artist Hannah Marks.
Secret Mall was formed in the summer of 2016 by four young New York based musicians looking to combine their musical upbringing in jazz with their fascination of internet culture. The collective, with Alfredo Colon on the Electric Wind Instrument, Edward Gavitt on guitar, Steve Williams on bass, and Andres Valbuena on drums has had the chance to perform in many recognized spaces such as The Jazz Gallery, The Underbrook Theater at Yale University, The Outsiders Improvised and Creative Music Festival, The Knitting Factory, The Stood at Purchase College as well as may other venues. The band has also been featured on WKCR as well as publications such as Downbeat and The New Yorker. In July 2017, Secret Mall released their debut EP titled YeeP, with original compositions by all members combining the sounds of modern jazz, futurefunk, and vaporwave. The strong camaraderie present in Secret Mall allows the music to flow into many different places, making each presentation the band gives completely different to any previous one, but always present is the humor and silliness that united the group in the first place.
Tomoki Sanders was born in New York City, NY on November 13th, 1994. He started playing drums and piano at the age of 4 and started Eb Clarinet at the age of 6. At the age of 10, his father got him an alto saxophone. Sanders switched to tenor saxophone at the age of 14. He had his first gig at the age of 13 and had been performing around various schools, venues and clubs around the Kanto Region area in Japan.
He had his first recording as a sideman with the psychedelic rock band TENGOKU BATAKE JAPON (天国畑JAPON) on their second album, “Karomi No Step" [かろみのすてっぷ]. Sanders has also performed alongside jazz drummer Tatsuya Nakamura (NEW YORK UNIT), Ravi Coltrane, Taylor McFerrin, Mark de Clive-Lowe, Maurice “Mobetta” Brown, Shing02, KYOTO JAZZ SEXTET, Matthew Garrison, George Garzone, Hajime Yoshizawa, ROOT SOUL, Fumio Itabashi, TOKU, Raymond Mcmorrin, Jack DeJohnette Trio and Trap Music Orchestra, etc. He is currently living in Boston as a student at the prestigious Berklee College of Music studying Performance. Studying with world-renowned musicians such as George Garzone, Frank Tiberi, Jackie Beard, Divo Govoni, Shannon LeClaire, Dave Santoro, Ed Tomassi, Jim Odgren, Ralph Peterson, Billy Kilson, Neal Smith and Tia Fuller. He's currently in a group called “///ＶＩＳＡＧＥ”. A 5-piece Experimental Hip-Hop band blending jazz with 808s, and samples.