SILVERVEST

“In terms of inventive new concepts with historical roots, Montreal’s Silvervest- being the duo that is poetess Kim Zombik and bassist Nicolas Caloia_ cooks up a sound that is savory, wity and flecked with surprising twists, with hints of Abbey Lincoln, Billie Holiday and hip-hopping post-beat poetry. Stir and enjoy.”  

  -Josef Woodard for DOWNBEAT, May 9, 2022

 

These songs are about you, us, me and all the people we are, and all the people between and around us. Pure people music: by, for and about.

Voici des chansons qui parlent de toi et de moi, des humains que nous sommes et de ceux qui nous entourent. Voici de la musique faite pour nous, par nous et à propos de nous.

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people's waterworks

our latest release

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SILVERVEST

In June 2020, we launched our first album PEOPLE’S WATERWORKS. (check it out here)

Imagine Sun Ra as Joni Mitchell's pianist, or Laurie Anderson writing songs for Billie Holiday and Slam Stewart. That potent and eclectic poise is what the long-standing upright bass and voice duo, Silvervest, offers. Silvervest is the project of Nicolas Caloia and Kim Zombik that cruxes intimacy at the heart of their compositions.  Playing in the field of storytelling, pop, soundscapes, jazz and jangling, Silvervest offers fresh music that is intuitive and unique. They place primary importance on creation that has structure yet allows following their ears into wider exploratory spaces. This potent duo, ever open to possibilities, explores the nuts and bolts of humanity’s mortal coil with tenderness, humour and tunefulness.


Imaginez un instant que Laurie Anderson ait écrit des chansons pour Billie Holiday ou que Slam Stewart et Abbey Lincoln avaient un duo. Cette sorte d’élégance éclectique et puissante caractérise le duo Silvervest. Formé de Kim Zombik (voix) et Nicolas Caloia (contrebasse), ce duo propose une musique vibrante, mélodique et intimiste. Touchant le storytelling, la musique pop, le paysage sonore et le jazz, la musique de Silvervest est intuitive, puissante et fraîche. Tenant à la fois de l’improvisé et du composé, de la pop et de l’avant-garde, la musique de Silvervest oscille entre la fanfaronnade et la douceur, l’amusement et l’étonnement, la caresse et l’esquive. Toujours ouvert aux possibilités, Silvervest donne à entendre l’intimité de la vie humaine avec tendresse et humour.

 

Since 1990 Nicolas Caloia has worked to develop new music based on textures to channel improvisations. Since 1986, Kim Zombik has been expressing collective states of heart with her voice, through different genres of music. Their goal is music that is both improvised and composed, jazz, pop and avant garde. The vibrant melodic music toggles between swagger and sweetness, caressing and careening, yet remains unset and always generous.

CONCERTS 2023

Click the link to listen to and buy the album here: PEOPLE’S WATERWORKS

Our releases are independent, and YES, we are looking for a label!

  • 21.06.2023 SUONI PER IL POPOLO, Montreal, QC, with the Ratchet Orchestra

US TOUR 2023

  • 14.05.2023 The Parlor Room, Northampton, MA

  • 16.04.2023 Rhizome DC, Washington DC

  • Rochester, NY

  • Toledo, OH

  • Grand Rapids, MI

  • Chicago, IL

  • Rock Island, IL

  • Cleveland, OH

WINTER 2023

  • 2023.01.17 Live Radio Performance MEXICO CITY

  • 2023.01.16

EUROPEAN TOUR 2022

  • 28.04.2022 JAZZAHEAD! Showcase and Trade fair: Canada Night!

  • 21.04.2022 Grasz and Villach, Austria

  • 24.04.2022 recording in Berlin, Germany

  • 03.05.2022 Zurich, Switzerland

  • 05.05.2022 Basel, Switzerland

  • 08.05.2022 Bergamo, Italy

  • 10.05.2022 Savona, Italy

  • 11.05.2022 Genoa, Italy

  • 12 and 13. 05.2022 Venice, Italy

  • 14.05.2022 Aquileia, Italy

  • 16.05.2022 Trieste, Italy

  • 18.05.2022 Grasz, Austria

  • 06.2022 SUONI PER IL POPOLO, Montreal, QC, as “Silvervest 3 with JOE McPHEE!”

  • 06.2022. Le March à Côté: Montreal, QC

Autumn/Winter 2021

  • 03.12.2021 Café Résonance, Montreal, QC with Reiner Weins, as “AMATEUR OBSERVER”. Audio Launch!!

  • 28.10.2021 Sala Rossa, Montreal, QC, as members of Ratchet Orchestra. Suono Per Il Popolo Festival.

Summer 2021

  • 20.07.2021 BOREALIS, Trois Rivieres, QC

  • 29.07.2021 the Art Gallery of Hamilton Ontario’s Sculpture Garden, as part of the Watch it Burn! Series.

  • 30.07.2021 we perform at the Niagara Artists Centre’s Takin’ it to the Streets series in St. Catharines, Ontario

  • 31.07.2021 we will perform a second concert in Hamilton, Ontario at Bayfront Park the Something Else! Festival Series.

Summer 2020

  • 26.08.2020 Dhrupad Music Foundation/ Ek Raag Series. On-line performance and discussion about Indian and western music.12.06.2020 Suoni Per Il Popolo, album launch, Montreal QC

  • 10 and 11.08.2020 BOREALIS, Trois Rivieres, QC

  • 03.08.2020 Solos Solidaires, Saint Henri Jazz Society, Montréal, QC.

  • 01.08.2020 Séances de L’écoute, Café Résonance, Montréal, QC

Spring 2020

  • 16.04.2020: Maison de la Culture Anjou, 7800 Blvd Metropolitan, Montréal, QC

  • 04.04.2020: Maison de la Culture Park Extension, Montréal, QC

December 2019

  • 12.12.2019: Petite Outremont Theatre, Montréal, QC

November 2019

  • 20.11.2019 19h30 la Maison de la Culture - Le Plateau-Mont-Royal

  • 1.11.2019 21h:Words and Music 20th anniversary Big Show! Casa Del Popolo

October 2019

  • 10.10.2019 7:30pm Maison de la Culture Ahuntsic-Cartierville

  • 17.10.2019 8pm Maison De La Culture Marie-Uguay

  • 18.10.2019 7pm L’Annexe Herb Linder Ville de Beaconsfield

  • 27.10.2019 3pm Maison de la Culture Rosemont-La Petite Patrie

July 2019

  • 12.07.2019 6:30 “Blues Under the Stars/Spa sous les étoiles” at SCANDINAVE SPA MONT-TREMBLANT, 4280 Montée Ryan, Mont-Tremblant (QC) J8E 1S4

CONTACT

silvervest.zombik.caloia@gmail.com