Formed in 2012, Jü plays the music of rapture: their themes, often seemingly austere, sometimes unfolding from repetitive swirls, their compositions drawing simultaneously on psychedelic and noise rock, a touch of folk and power jazz, carry incredible energy. The music evokes the golden age of seemingly disparate genres coming together, but beyond the obvious reminiscences, Jü is by no means traveling down memory lane to the fusion music of the late 1960s and early 1970s: by expanding the possibilities of their instruments, they transport their spellbound audience from the continuously flowing present straight into the future. At this concert, they will present their first BMC Records album, Rudel, to be released this November, which combines the intensity of rock, the freedom of free jazz, the hypnotic effect of ambient textures, and the complex, visceral rhythms of African music.