Celebrating the release of his innovative and instrumental new solo acoustic album Autonomy (set for release on Friday, November 7), Halifax-based guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and film music producer and composer, Asif Illyas will perform two shows on November 7 at The Dome Planetarium at the Discovery Centre in Halifax.

“After twenty years of scoring for films and television – where AI is creeping in by providing much more economical and quick solutions for filmmakers, I’m pivoting back to my classical guitar and songwriting roots with Autonomy”, says Illyas. “It’s all live performance, one-take, acoustic fingerstyle guitar with no edits – just raw human touch- on my custom Greenfield “Galadriel” acoustic guitar. This album lets me explore my original music that I love creating; staying ahead of new and emerging tech by doing what AI can’t, yet, do …to infuse real and raw performance into every note. My initials are “AI”, so I thought it fitting to try and stay ahead of the tidal forces of the other AI.”