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Amirtha Kidambi's Elder Ones

Amirtha Kidambi (voice, harm, synth, effects), Matt Nelson (sopran sax), Alfredo Colon (ts, effects), Lester St. Louis (b, effects), Jason Nazary (dr, electronics)

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From a world threatened by racism and oppression, there arose an extraordinarily radiant heroine to fight the personification of oafish evil. Her name rang out like a melody carrying hope and change within: Amirtha Kidambi! Tatatadaaa!

Amirtha's sounds and words were – GLUG! – like a magic potion that reached people's hearts and roused their souls. Every tone that she summoned had the unique superpower to shake humanity from its slumber of ignorance.

Meanwhile, in the dark depths of the world there lurked an odious villain named Tronald Dump, who poisoned the people with his words, lusted after power and destroyed the beauty of this earthly realm. He raged, polarised, pissed and moaned, spreading his vile message out into the world from his white palace. Groaaaaaar!

Alas, Amirtha Kidambi would not be cowed. Improvising furiously for five years, she formed a barrier of resistance against Tronald Drump and his vassals. Her voice was like a mighty thunder clap splitting villainy down the middle and filling human hearts with truth and compassion. As "Kidominator", she employed her music as a protective shield against oppression and racism. Her lyrical lines were arrows shooting down the villain's taunts and encouraging people to stand up for their rights. With every song, the power of justice and solidarity grew, until she was able to celebrate an incredible first partial victory in 2021. "Witch hunt" muttered Tronald as he retreated to his cave for the time being. Phooey!

The legend of Amirtha Kidambi spread like a whispering on the wind. People gathered all over the world to hear her righteous voice and draw inspiration from her message of unity and resistance. As Kidominator, she focussed her attention on other instances of injustice in the world. So driven and restless was she that she nearly neglected the fact that her chef d'oeuvre had not been brought to completion, for the evil Tronald had nursed his wounds and was ready to make a resurgence, at least according to rumblings on Twitter. Once again, Amirtha's voice was urgently needed, to avert the looming catastrophe of re-election!

Will Kidominator and her friends manage to come out on top again? Can her soprano-spider Matt Nelson spin a web of major, minor and contradictory tetrachords to entangle the nefarious polemicist? Can tenor-wizard Alfredo Colon push Electronald Dump over a cliff of digital insanity? Can Lester St. Louis create a subsonic time-tunnel again with his flash-bow bass, where an age limit for self-aggrandizing men exists? Or will drummer Jason Nazary simply kick the blustery Dump all the way to Novosibirsk, where any influence on free elections is immediately nipped in the bud? Kidominator and her fantastic four fighters for justice aim to set the course for the primaries. And with an Indian flute that can direct all other instruments, we remain confident, for as Captain Niederrhein knows only too well:

"The time is coming where there'll be no more time."


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