Nightports w/ Betamax Nightports w/ Betamax A Brief Inquiry and a celebration of the

and a celebration of the victories and hopes of what is to come

Point 2 is a Records & LPs from JAMES RUSKIN

Wamu Theater in Seattle and The Greek Theatre in Berkeley

featuring pianist Ben Boye (a constant collaborator since 2009

The house band (the equivalent to Motown's Funk Brothers) included songwriters such as Clarence Reid (AKA Blowfly

Nightports w/ Betamax Nightports w/ Betamax A Brief Inquiry and a celebration of theNightports is based on a simple but unbreakable rule of restriction: only sounds produced by the featured musician can be used. Nothing else. These sounds can be transformed, distorted, translated, processed and reprocessed, stretched, cut, ordered and reordered without limitation. Nightports is about amplifying the characteristics of the musician celebrating whats particular about them, finding sounds that nobody else can make, constructing a complex