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WH0 IS ABRAM TABER?

At the tender age of 3, Abram Taber ripped open a cardboard box with a plastic toy screwdriver to get at the ukulele within.  Throughout the next 38 years of his life, Abram has worked towards that same goal: unleashing sounds with whatever tools are available.

Abram has searched for sounds as a solo artist, playing in basements, bedrooms, and bars across the US since 2009. Hailing from Massachusetts and currently living in Philadelphia, Abram visited DIY scenes across the country over four US tours between 2009 and 2016 and shared his sounds with audiences in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, South, Midwest, and Southwest.

In March 2023, Abram joined the improvisational psychedelic rock group quiet abandon as bassist and sonic sculptor. Since Abram joined, quiet abandon has performed a live improvised score to The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, completed a session for CART Music, and released two albums (bouxz and rapid prismatic miasma) and a single, spectra.

At the start of the pandemic, Abram became an inaugural member of the music collective Agitation Trips. Recording a monthly song for charity, Abram made use of everything from upright bass to a RS-09 synthesizer to realize the vision of each month’s song producer. To date, the collective has raised over $600 for charitable causes such as The Okra Project, Planned Parenthood, and True Colors United.

While playing in the bands Sun Hat, Pyotr, A bit Much, School for Robots, Slurred Murrays, and Paraffin Section, Abram composed music, crafted song arrangements, produced recordings, and developed artwork, costumes and stage shows. He has also worked as an on-call bassist for studio and live performances with artists such as Downcity Armory, EXH4LER, Hornography, and The Good Mem’ries Big Band and has performed in pit orchestras for productions of Footloose, Little Shop of Horrors, and All Shook Up.

Improvisation plays a key role in Abram’s sonic explorations and he has stretched his skills of spontaneous creation with appearances at XFest (2009-2014), the Impermanent Society of Philadelphia‘s H-O-T Series and NowHere Festival (2015), Frantasia (2011), and OpenSound.  The 11:11 and Happy Medium Theatre Companies also commissioned Abram to compose music and develop sound design for their productions. 

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๐ŸŽธ Musician & Educator
๐Ÿ“ Philadelphia, PA
๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿซ at @gw_childs_elementary
๐Ÿ”Š Bass/sonic sculptor @quietabandon

That's a wrap on my second decade of teaching ๐ŸŽถ That's a wrap on my second decade of teaching ๐ŸŽถ. 

Excited to enter my third decade next school year with BOTH my kiddos attending G.W. Childs Elementary School (and also hopefully enjoying my 10 year sabbatical in the spring ๐Ÿคž).
No quiet abandon at this year's West Philly Porchf No quiet abandon at this year's West Philly Porchfest but I will be hanging with the fam slinging lemonade & baked goods to raise money for Middle East Children's Alliance - MECA.

https://youtu.be/p0-SSK67nsY?si=J_GS6ltRDcOBejVt
@quietabandon closes out this comp featuring many @quietabandon closes out this comp featuring many friends and raising funds for @translawcenter.

Quite possibly our strangest release yet and the first to feature not a single stringed instrument.

https://fdtfdt.bandcamp.com/album/we-just-want-to-live
@mertvykh_ made me do it @mertvykh_ made me do it
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