An electric and upright bassist Ari performs in New York City and around the world. Equally at ease in many different musical milieus, Ari tends towards experimental projects as well as many jazz and world music collaborations. His solo project navigates the improvisational and textural world of pedals and looping devices, mixing composition and spur of the moment improvisation into dreamy trance including soundscapes or terse disturbing cacophony, all with ear catching melodies and raw emotion.

Ari is an eclectic and open-minded musician, and his repertoire and stylistic approach fuse the varied experiences he finds himself in. As bass player for Grammy award winning guitarist Stéphane Wremble he hold down exciting and sturdy gypsy jazz bass lines. In avante punk mambo group Gato Loco he thrashes melodically on the electric bass. When playing with his ska and rocksteady project Pangari and The Socialites he supplies the melodic foundations. In addition, he has performed with theatre visionary Taylor Mac, piano virtuoso Jean-Michel Pilc, gospel phenoms Harlem Gospel Choir and shared the stage one bizarre New Year's Even with Jimmy Buffet. In addition to musical pursuits, he works on his own film creation, as well as forays into short stories, cartoons and script writing.

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