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Sara Tea @saratea.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

What We All Lack (Ce qui manque à nous tous) (1962) by Man Ray

A surrealist sculpture featuring a large iridescent glass bubble mounted on a curved white stem and a dark rectangular base, displayed on a fabric covered pedestal in an art gallery. The bubble reflects colorful light and the surrounding room. An exhibition label beneath the sculpture discusses its ephemeral nature and references Man Ray and Friedrich Engels.

Sara Tea @saratea.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

A week from today we will be at the Detroit Public Library for Resonant Soundscapes with live-score improvised performance accompanying Benjamin Christensen’s 1922 silent horror classic Häxan featuring Marcus Elliot, Michael Malis, @garrt.bsky.social , Sara Tea, Chien-An Yuan, and Julie Zhu • FREE

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Sara Tea @saratea.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Ann Arbor • Sat 9/26 Join musicians Fred Thomas, Sara Tea, and @garrt.bsky.social as well as poet Hannah Ensor and writers Aisha Sabatini Sloan and Linette Lao for an evening of music and words with ambient improvisation accompanying live readings @ Cluster clustermuseum.org/events/theri... 7:30pm

Event poster for “The Rippled: An Evening Soundscape,” featuring hand-drawn black lettering and a muted cream, gray, and gold design. The event includes music by Fred Thomas, Sara Tea, and Garrett Schumann, and readings by Aisha Sabatini Sloan, Hannah Ensor, and Linette Lao. September 26 at 7:30 PM, Cluster Museum, 307 N. Main St., Ann Arbor. Free with suggested $0–$10 donation.

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Sara Tea @saratea.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

This Thursday 7/30 at Slows BarbQ Ann Arbor edition @selfishagenda.com & I will be on deck digging into our collection DJing from 9-11pm join us tinyurl.com/SlowsBbQJuly30 All vinyl, no cover, no requests 🤝

Flyer for "Mixplates" featuring a vintage Peanuts comic panel. Lucy offers Charlie Brown a vinyl record shaped like it has a bite taken out of it, saying, "Wanna bite?" Above the comic, the text reads "Mixplates" and "Your Selector RC & Sara Tea." Along the left side is the text "All Vinyl • All Summer." In the bottom right, the event details read: "Slows Ann Arbor, July 30, 9 to 11 PM."

A curated selection of vinyl records arranged on a patterned rug, photographed from above. Visible albums include Arthur Russell's Instrumentals, Augustus Pablo's In Fine Style, The Slits: BBC Recordings 1977–1981, Skull Disco, Gil Scott-Heron's Reflections, a portrait-cover album by an female artist Chromatica, and an abstract illustrated album featuring a stylized face Gang Gang Dance. The collection spans dub, post-punk, experimental, jazz, and electronic music

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Sara Tea @saratea.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Tonight at @aadl.org downtown join @garrt.bsky.social & I and quite a few other local music related folks for Inside the Local Music Community more details here aadl.org/node/663994 we will be at the Downtown Library: 4th Floor Program Room 6-7:30pm

Flyer for 'Inside the Local Music Community' event, featuring musical instruments like a violin, saxophone, and drum, with event details: Tuesday, April 14, 6 PM at Downtown Library (Ann Arbor)

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Sara Tea @saratea.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Tonight at the Ann Arbor Library, join us! And if you’re at a distance, consider the livestream ⬇️ aadl.org/node/664389

ANN ARBOR DISTRICT LIBRARY
THE GODDESS (1934)
RESONANT SOUNDSCAPES:
SCORING GLOBAL SILENT FILM
A live-score performance drawing
on electronic and jazz improvisation
traditions featuring
MARCUS ELLIOT
MICHAEL MALIS
CHIEN-AN YUAN
SARA TEA
JULIE ZHU
GARRETT SCHUMANN
6–7:30pm
FREE
M ARTS INITIATIVE
RESOSOUNDA2.COM
24 MARCH 2026
ANN ARBOR DISTRICT LIBRARY • DOWNTOWN • 343 S 5TH AVE

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Sara Tea @saratea.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Detroit join us for C/A/L/M : Comfort, Atmosphere, Layers and Meditation • March 21st • 12 to 5pm upstairs at the Detroit Public Library we will be hosting an 5 hours of ambient music ☁️🎶☁️ We invite you to meander upstairs to this beautiful historic space and basque in the gentle improvised music!

Calm; comfort, atmosphere, layers, meditation featuring Vanessa Cronan, Yali Rivlin, salt breaker, Sara Tea Chien-An Yuan March 24, 2026 to Detroit public library historic Strohm hall third floor 5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI 48202 from 12 to 5 PM

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Sara Tea @saratea.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

I left the house & Fela + Ginger joined me

A woman ( Sara Tea) stands behind a DJ booth in a dimly lit, basement-style venue, illuminated by red and purple lighting. She smiles at the camera while holding up a vinyl record with a red cover that reads “Roots Record Smith in Dub,” featuring a black-and-white portrait illustration. Turntables, a mixer, and a spinning record are visible on the table in front of her, along with a small folded sign. Exposed brick, pipes, and string lights create an intimate, underground music setting.

A hand holds up a vinyl record with a red-tinted cover reading “Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa ’70 with Ginger Baker — Live!” The cover shows musicians performing on stage. In the background is a small, dimly lit music venue with exposed brick, pipes, and a low stage holding microphones, drums, and other equipment, suggesting an intimate live performance space.

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Sara Tea @saratea.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Detroit folks, friends & lovers I’ll be DJing some soundscapes from the inner depths of my vinyl collection this Thursday at Paris Bar for the opening of Ominous by Alice V. Schneider 6-9pm Paris Bar 2961 E McNichols Rd Detroit, MI 48212 www.instagram.com/parisbardetr...

flyer with painting of a B&W landscape with a dripping moon with text:
Alice V Schneider
Ominous
Thursday January 11th
Paris bar
2961 E. McNichols Detroit

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Sara Tea @saratea.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

If you’re wondering what I’m up to I just keep lovingly relooking at the touring cases I somehow snagged off FB marketplace for $35

Four diff shape hard shell cases for music gear

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Sara Tea @saratea.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Michigan friends this Sunday at Moondog Cafe I’ll be pulling out some ambient soundscapes for their afternoon Feedback Loop Q&A would love to see you. Doors 3pm show 4pm $10-20 sliding scale Moondog Cafe 8045 LINWOOD STREET DETROIT MI 48206 moondogcafedetroit.com www.instagram.com/p/DPhMNETgEkM/

Flyer for feedback loop a performance and Q&A series with Ipek Eginli, Sara Tea & Sin-Yu Deng at moondog Café 8045 Lynnwood St. Detroit on October 12, 2025 3 PM

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Sara Tea @saratea.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Tonight Michigan I’ll be on drums with Rainbow Varmints 8pm at Dreamland Theater • the fest is a full weekend affair come nourish community 🤝 www.instagram.com/p/DO_jR38ERN...

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Sara Tea @saratea.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

DETROIT : Music for Bookstores : ambient set 9.27.25 • noon to 2pm @ 27th Letter Books • 27thletterbooks.com More: www.instagram.com/p/DOxAWhngBfw/

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Sara Tea @saratea.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Early 1930s Cinema loudspeaker Western Electric Company prototype for behind the screen

Text: Cinema speaker assembly located behind the screen. Image: A black and white image depicts a cinema speaker assembly, located behind the screen, with a person standing

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Sara Tea @saratea.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Apparently living on a moon outside of earths atmosphere cause all this Eagles talk on my feed has me hoping we’ll start seeing airbrush backdrops again on tours

Eagles on 1977 tour A live music performance of a band on a stage with a backdrop of palm trees and a Spanish-style architecture.

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Sara Tea @saratea.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

If you want to visit the crosstreets to my Songs for Discarded Souls EP cover, I revisited it last night for a 2025 update: 7490 Huron River Dr Dexter #Michigan

A nighttime view of a small building with icicles hanging from the eaves, situated on a street with a foggy, overcast sky in Dexter Michigan

Cover of Sara Tea’s Song for Discarded Souls EP A low-key, nighttime image of a small building, likely a gas station or convenience store, with muted colors and a slightly vintage or film-like aesthetic.

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Sara Tea @saratea.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

I always thought Elton John was taking liberties on the song I Don’t Want to Go On With You Like That with the word admit changing it to admat with a southern slang (which tbh those brits have been known to do) but turns out he was saying I ain’t mad #songsfromthegym

Lyrics to I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That
Song by Elton John

Overview
Lyrics
Listen
I've always said that one's enough to love
Now I hear you're bragging one is not enough
Something tells me you're not satisfied
You got plans to make me one of four or five
I guess this kind of thing's just in your blood
But you won't catch me carving up my love
I ain't no puzzle piece that needs to fit
If it takes more than me let's call it quits
Cause I don't want to go on with you like that
Don't want to be a feather in your cap
I just want to tell you honey I ain't mad
But I don't want to go on with you like that
It gets so hard sometimes to understand
This vicious circle's getting out of hand
Don't need an extra eye to see
That the fire spreads faster in a breeze
No I don't want to go on with you like that
One more set of boots on your welcome mat
You'll just have to quit them if you want me back
cause I don't want to go on with you like that

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Sara Tea @saratea.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

There does arise, however, a strange difficulty in life when certain concepts of human behavior are not fully understood #davidlynch

David Lynch’s The Angriest Dog in the World comic. First panel text: “ the dog who is so angry he cannot move he cannot eat he cannot sleep. He can just barely growl bound so tightly with tension and danger he approaches the state of rigor mortis.” Second panel: A black dog in the backyard with the fence tree and house, bound by neck with a leash, straining forward, staring straight ahead. Third panel text bubble from dog (same image as second panel) “there does arise, however, a strange difficulty in life when certain concepts of human behavior are not fully understood” Fourth panel: same as second panel Fifth panel: Same as second panel, but at night with a moon in the sky, a black dog constrained by leash in the backyard with the silhouette of a tree, fence and light coming from house in backyard.

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Sara Tea @saratea.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Michigan darlings this Friday the 13th is going to be part II of a series with Magic Guts Collective over at Ziggys we’d love to see you I’ll be with full band, come say goodbye to 2024 with us & set intention for the next chapter magicgutscollectivecom.mailchimpsites.com/events

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Sara Tea @saratea.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

For #bandcampfriday an amalgamation of memories, visuals, thoughts & contemplations from the release of Songs for Discarded Souls to the closure of 2024. A completion. saratea.bandcamp.com/merch/lets-begin-again-we-shall-bandana-wall-hanging Can be worn or displayed, or even gifted 🖤

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Sara Tea @saratea.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

Headed over to WCBN last night with Garrett Schumann and Julie Zhu to talk about our upcoming events at the belltower in downtown Ann Arbor & Blanche Anderson Moore Recital Hall more about it here Resosounda2.com www.instagram.com/reel/DBg3G6W...

esonant Soundscapes: Carillon, Organ & Electronics Series

An invitation to the community to reflect in a wash of electronic and acoustic sound with Garrett Schumann, Sara Tea and Julie Zhu

November 3
Headphone sound experience with live carillon
Earbuds recommended

5:30 PM
Burton Memorial Tower
230 N. Ingalls Street
Ann Arbor

November 10
Live sound bath, electronics, and organ
2 PM
Blanche Anderson Moore Recital Hall
Earl V. Moore Building
1100 Baits Drive
Ann Arbor

resosounda2.com

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Sara Tea @saratea.bsky.social · 20/10/2024

Detroit this Tuesday 10.22.24 I’ll be at Moondog doing some experiments in the ambient realm would love to see you www.instagram.com/p/DBJXBtZOmXR

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Sara Tea @saratea.bsky.social · 08/09/2024

Michigan folks I’ll be co hosting a mixer/panel & fundraiser for Girls Rock Detroit for Women Around music in Michigan and would love to see our all sorts in the industry or just curious/offering support represented. Please pass along & RSVP partiful.com/e/TAaFOx5fBIG10gJK0vrL #womeninsound

Michigan Women Around Music
A Community Gathering for Women in Music to Connect, Share Resources & Build Together
A Girls Rock Detroit Fundraiser

Join us Sunday, September 15th for Michigan Women In Music Girls Rock Detroit Fundraiser 2-5 PM

Girls Rock Detroit has partnered with the Michigan Music Alliance, CoMuse and Catch & Play Songs to host a Michigan Women Around Music mixer and panel. This event will highlight the incredible Michigan women working in music with an opportunity to network, foster community and share resources! All funds raised will benefit Girls Rock Detroit

Whether you’re new to music, a veteran of the industry or just curious & want to offer your support we encourage you to attend!

Hosted at Spread Art Detroit
5141 Rosa Parks Blvd
Detroit, MI 48208
www.spreadart.org
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Panel will be at 3 PM and will feature the following panelists:

Lori Stratton || Moderator - Music Journalist Stratton Setlist MMA Board Member https://www.instagram.com/loriastratton

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Sara Tea @saratea.bsky.social · 05/08/2024

What do I like to do in my spare time?

What do you enjoy in your spare time? Me: an image of a row of speakers in a stadium completely fallen over crashed to the ground with a description of the group AV rigging disasters a private group on Facebook with 400.6 K remembers

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Sara Tea @saratea.bsky.social · 16/07/2024

#Michigan Monday 7/22 Going to be digging into the aural ethers for an ambient set at Ziggy's with a tour kick off for Golden Feelings ( goldenfeelings.bandcamp.com ) & Michael C. Sharp ( michaelcsharp.bandcamp.com ) ziggysypsi.com #michiganmusic #womeninsound

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Sara Tea @saratea.bsky.social · 21/03/2024

Hello Michigan this Friday I’ll be hopping on drums at the Dreamland Theater YPSI for a song along with a few others including RAINBOW VALLEY (MINUS ONE) LIVE DRUMMER AUDITIONS PLUS JIM CHEREWICK AND SKINNED KNEES #michiganmusic www.facebook.com/share/uP3UduPQq9ds…

Flyer for Dreamland theater in Ypsilanti Michigan Live drummer auditions for rainbow Valley with Jim Cherewick Friday March 22nd 8pm $5

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Sara Tea @saratea.bsky.social · 23/02/2024

Michigan folks Sunday in Lansing I’ll be on drums for a few haunting covers, La La Delivery songs ( laladelivery.bandcamp.com ) & singing a few of my own too at The Avenue // Doors 7pm FREE tinyurl.com/yra3rzv5

A close-up photo of a hand holding a drum brush in front of a music stand in a room with amps a guitar player and a bass player and a practice space with wires all around and records

Sun 2/25 7pm • LA TEA (members of La La Delivery, Sara Tea), MAD MOON (members of Narc Out The Reds, The Plurals, LoLo) with Projections by Magic Guts Collective • The Avenue (2021 E Michigan Ave Lansing, MI 48912) • free

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Sara Tea @saratea.bsky.social · 10/09/2023

Sept 20th I’ll be performing on WCBN.org songs from my latest EP & a few new ones as well 🎶 saratea.bandcamp.com/album/songs-fo…

Interior of a practice space with Sara Tea‘s knees on the outside of a snare with an auto harp sitting on top and a music stand looking towards two women sitting in chairs one holding a bass the other looking down holding a fender guitar behind them various musical instruments leaning on the wall and records in stacks

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Sara Tea @saratea.bsky.social · 25/08/2023

RIP Bernie Marsden. Been skimming through this all Summer & actually close to finishing the book today when I went to look up what he was up to & saw the news. Quite the history, love this photo of him as a kid started playing so young! & just happened to post his visit to the Kalamazoo Gibson too

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