Casperous Vine is a concept that composer Paul C. Kozlowski began to develop in 2001 following the break up of experimental jazz-grindcore outfit, Parade of the Lifeless, of which Kozlowski was a prominent member. Casperous Vine has evolved from a solo project to a three-piece, and now an acoustic chamber quartet, which features the talent of David Adamczyk, Natalie Bennett, and Kathleen Ashwill. Together, they bring to life Kozlowski’s stylistically unorthodox compositions—deeply influenced by his encounters as a world traveler as well as his experience writing music for Buffalo’s underground avant-garde theater. Inspired by classical, experimental, Eastern European gypsy, and klezmer music, Casperous Vine’s genre-defying sound is that of a transplanted nostalgia, the chaos of distant memories and the whimsical reinterpretation of tales.