Casi Live + Signing
About This Event
Casi Live + Signing at Rough Trade NYC features Bedouine alongside Grace Ives and Haylie Davis. Bedouine's classical-tinged phrasing and attention to tone will contrast with Grace Ives's hook-driven pop-electronics and Haylie Davis's texture-focused, detail-minded sets; the event includes a signing component consistent with Rough Trade's in-store format.
About Inferno
Inferno is the first part of the Italian writer Dante Alighieri's 14th-century narrative poem The Divine Comedy, followed by Purgatorio and Paradiso. The Inferno describes the journey of a fictionalised version of Dante himself through Hell, guided by the ancient Roman poet Virgil. In the poem, Hell is depicted as nine concentric circles of torment located within the Earth; it is the "realm [...] of those who have rejected spiritual values by yielding to bestial appetites or violence, or by perverting their human intellect to fraud or malice against their fellowmen". As an allegory, the Divine Comedy represents the journey of the soul toward God, with the Inferno describing the recognition and rejection of sin.
About the Artists
Grace Ives
Grace Ives is a rock/pop artist whose work sits between songcraft and club-ready electronics, often built from tight hooks and dry, direct vocals. In New York City, she has brought that approach to rooms like Xanadu, appearing on bills alongside Eurohead, Frost Children, kuru, Lucy Bedroque, Quiet Light, and collectives like deadAir and True Panther, including events featuring King Krule.
Haylie Davis
Haylie Davis is an emerging electronic artist on New York City’s small-room circuit, appearing at Cassette and related bills. She has shared lineups with Carlos Truly, Dhemo, Key Hutch, Miles Hewitt, Andy Nicholl, Drawl, Slow Down Sunny, and Untitled Freak, moving through nights built around close listening rather than spectacle.
Bedouine
Bedouine is a solo artist whose work is often framed through a classical lens, with an emphasis on controlled phrasing and close attention to tone. In New York City, she has appeared at National Sawdust, including the Bedouine “Neon Summer Skin” Record Release Show.
Boards of Canada
Boards of Canada is a group whose work sits between electronic composition and pop-adjacent songcraft, often tagged as IDM, ambient, trip hop, and downtempo. With a large Spotify following and high platform visibility, their catalog has circulated widely beyond club circuits and into listening-room contexts.
Miles Davis
Miles Davis is a legendary figure who reshaped the landscape of jazz and 20th-century music through his innovative trumpet playing and visionary compositions. Known for his ability to adapt and evolve, Davis consistently pushed the boundaries of jazz over his five-decade career, influencing countless musicians across various genres.
Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones is an American producer, arranger, film composer, conductor, and trumpeter whose credits span charting singles and albums as well as multiple Gold and Platinum releases in the U.S. He is known for moving between big band, soul-jazz, and pop frameworks, often treating the studio like an ensemble and the arrangement as the main narrative device.