Portizar

We are Portizar!
A varying assortment of artists and musicians who gather in Venice beach California to record improvised music.
For over 10 years Portizar (formerly Gregjam) has gathered at Earthstar Creation Center to play and record totally free and improvisatory music. 

The Name “Portizar” is a variant of the Armenian name for Gobekli Tepe which is a mind-blowing 12,000 year old megalithic site of carved standing stones in what is now Turkey. This site is the earliest known sacred structure in the world. Our music hopes to reconnect to the energy of such ancient spiritual sites.

 Our core group is Greg Beylerian (drums, duduk), John X Voliatis (keys, bass) and Michael Vest (guitar, keys). 

Our music is fun to listen to on long walks, or drives, or when cleaning the house. It is also best in nice headhones. Anyway we hope you get something out of it. If you don’t that’s fine: we had a blast making it.

 Lotsa love, Portizar.