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Experimental Meditation Club with Kelly Kelbel and Tony Rolando
April 7 @ 7:00 am - 10:00 pm
Make Noise + APLR Present: Experimental Meditation Club with Kelly Kelbel and Tony Rolando
Tuesday, April 7th, 2026
AyurPrana Listening Room – 312 Haywood Rd, Asheville, NC 28806
Doors 7:00 PM || Event 7:30 PM
Experimental Meditation Club with Kelly Kelbel and Tony Rolando
Tuesdays in September, we’ll convene as the Experimental Meditation Club.
We’ll provide partially guided meditations with sonic accompaniment. Think breaths to let go of tension, sonic ambiance, a bit of grief work, heavy drones, and psychedelic introspection (without any drugs).
The event begins at 7:30 sharp, so please be prompt to avoid disruption.
You are invited to all four sessions, but don’t have to come to all of them. The first one will provide some more context for meditation, but if you can’t make it, still come to what you can, and you’ll figure it out along the way. The best way to meditate is just to do it. That’s it!
While everyone is welcome, this will be tailored to people who:
*are new to meditation & may be skeptical or rekindling a practice
*like the company of sonic vibrations
*are open to trying this experiment & okay with it being messy
*want to test their own rigidity and capacity for expansion
*like the idea of democratizing meditation
Here’s a general idea of what will happen:
Each night will include some context, a guided meditation around the theme, a short conversation (no one is required to talk, so introverts don’t run away, please), and a longer meditation using only sound.
Kelly Kelbel
Kelly Kelbel meditates every morning in bed, mostly using the Happier App. She started meditating shortly after she started chemotherapy out of desperation to find relief from her fear. It worked! Chemo Sessions is a project she created to offer support to folks going through treatment through a letter, music, tips from pals, and guided meditations. She is also a writer and co-owns a synthesizer company, Make Noise, in West Asheville. Previously, she served as a legal advocate for survivors of sexual violence in Chicago and youth being tried as adults in New York City. She was a founding teacher of the School for Democracy and Leadership in Brooklyn, and directed the Rise Project at Warren Wilson College.
www.kellykelbel.com
Tony Rolando
Tony Rolando meditates irregularly, but notices a benefit every time he does a sit. He often uses the quiet. He is a self-taught electronic musical instrument designer who got started by obsessively reading Amateur Radio Relay League books at the public library, building electronics for artists, such as the light controlled remixer for Simon Lee’s “Bus Obscura” which debuted at the Whitney Biennial, working for Moog Music, and always playing music. Tony has recently released music with Important Records and the Asheville based Ceremony of Seasons. He is the founder, lead designer, and co-owner of Make Noise.
https://tonyrolando.bandcamp.com/
www.makenoisemusic.com
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