Noon Tunes Summer Concert Series presented by 101.9 KINK

@tlas will be performing at Noon Tunes over the lunch hour!

The year was 2015.

In anticipation of some delicious curry stew, a 3-hour jam occurred on the porch of reggae/afrobeat singer Simba Tirima in Moscow, Idaho, the proggy jazzy, folksy 3-piece “@tlas,” was formed by Ben Walden, Machado Mijiga, and Ben Swanson— an off-shoot of the then-popular local reggae/afrobeat band: Simba and the Exception Africans (where Mijiga and Swanson played sax and trombone respectively)

Fast-forward nine years, three bassists, and two albums later, and @tlas has since relocated to Portland and gained the eclectic and wildly talented Matthew Holmes on bass and vocals.

@tlas is an opportunity to explore the sonic possibilities of a “garage band”— DIY collaborative songwriting covering a wide range of genres, modes of expressivity, and varying degrees of improvisation/structure across all songs.

@tlas is named thusly because they take the listener many places; @tlas is a collection of musical souls, waiting to be picked up off of the listener’s bookshelf, discovering uncharted territory, and putting language and meaning to the abstract and unknown.

The Noon Tunes Summer Concert Series returns for its 33rd year and expands to Tuesdays and Thursdays June 3 – July 31! From Noon-1:00pm enjoy music from some of Portland’s best regional and local musical talent. With 17 FREE concerts, dancing, painting at Art in The Park and some of Portland’s favorite food vendors at Carts on the Square, The Square is sure to be Downtown’s summer lunchtime destination.

Upcoming Concerts:

June 24th – Friends Friends
June 26th – JoAnna Lee
July 1st – Fox Walker
July 3rd – Foamboy
July 8th – Johnny Franco and his Real Brother Dom
July 10th – Chasing Ebenezer
July 15th – Jacob Westfall
July 17th – Dadweed
July 22nd – AC Sapphire
July 24th – Cowboy Jazz
July 29th – Eric John Kaiser 
July 31st – Neighbors