Buke and Gase calling it quits, announce farewell shows

Buke and Gase, the duo of Arone Dyer and Aron Sanchez who formed in 2008, have decided it’s time to call it quits.

“I’m sitting here trying to write a blurb explaining why we, Buke and Gase, are throwing in the towel, and it’s annoying to admit, but the income-factor is a part of it,” writes Dyer in a farewell statement. “Everywhere we go, music is being played in the background, and somehow the money for that usage never reaches the people who create the art. Streaming has made the selling of albums nearly impossible! And now artists have to contend with AI? Really? Is this what the kids are into? (More like what a small number of money-making adults are forcing upon all of us.) Do you really want to listen to music made by…let’s be real, it’s not Intelligence, but Artificial IMITATION? Pah! Mere mimicry! (I feel like I need to note that no AI was utilized to write this.)”

Arone also notes impending motherhood is a factor, and you can read her full statement on the end of Buke and Gase below.

Buke and Gase will play a couple farewell shows before they close the lid on the project: Brooklyn’s Public Records on April 16, and Hudson’s The Half Moon on April 25.

They’re calling those two shows their “New York Farewell” so maybe they’ve got a few more still to be announced in other parts of the world? Stay tuned.

Buke and Gase’s last album was 2021’s A Record Of.

Buke and Gase!
How I love thee,
Let me count the ways…
Oh wait, no. That time signature is way too convoluted.

My Buke & Gase collaborator Aron Sanchez and I have been in each other’s worlds for a while now, nearing twenty-six years! We’ve traveled a lot, much like a family, or perhaps more than a typical family. And we’ve become family because of it. And now it’s time to break up that family, and start our own…

Case in point: I’m pregnant! Which means big (welcome) changes.

I’m sitting here trying to write a blurb explaining why we, Buke and Gase, are throwing in the towel, and it’s annoying to admit, but the income-factor is a part of it. Everywhere we go, music is being played in the background, and somehow the money for that usage never reaches the people who create the art. Streaming has made the selling of albums nearly impossible! And now artists have to contend with AI? Really? Is this what the kids are into? (More like what a small number of money-making adults are forcing upon all of us.) Do you really want to listen to music made by…let’s be real, it’s not Intelligence, but Artificial IMITATION? Pah! Mere mimicry! (I feel like I need to note that no AI was utilized to write this.)

I digress.

And yet: we love our fans. We want to share our energy with you one last time. Or two or three last times. Brooklyn and Hudson are both places that are essential to our story—the former is where we met; the latter is where we both ended up living by the early 2010s.

So we’re calling this our New York farewell!

Let us give you a warm hug goodbye.