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Sound Bath

Rashaan Carter, Anaïs Maviel, Mimi A.

In the context of their joint research in the healing properties of music in electro-acoustic music performance, Rashaan CarterAnaïs Maviel & Mimi A. invite you to join their work-in-progress immersive sound bath and binaural beats bouquet. At sunset, they invite you to experience meditative, minimalist and texturally rich music made of electric & acoustic bass, modular synthesizers, harmonium, percussion, singing bowls and voice in Nolan Park at Governors Island. Open to all ages, bring blankets. 

Saturday June 17, 2023 @ 7 pm

Location: Harvestworks Art and Technology Program Building 10a, Nolan Park, Governors Island

Bios

Anaïs Maviel’s work as a vocalist and composer focuses on the function of art to address Relation. With sound, she intends to lay common grounds for utopian futures, connecting intimacy and subconscious narratives with collective and large scale principles. She navigates song, choral, instrumental music and staging with a strong connection to cosmologies of sound and speech rooted in oral traditions such as mantra and ring shout. Her works hold space for transformation. With traditional and experimental approaches, Anaïs investigate the power of sound to shape reality. She has collaborated with William Parker, Meshell Ndegeocello, Pauline Kim Harris, Alarm Will Sound, Okwui Okpokwasili and Stefani Jemison, among many. 

Mimi is a sound artist whose practice lies at the intersection of experimental/improvised music and audio art. Interested in deconstructing and remodeling sonic material, she assembles mixed sources [synthesis, voice, field recording] into new immersive weavings. Her creative process involves chance/random layering as well as methodical/algorithmic processes, aiming to promote the interplay between logic and ambiguity.

Rashaan Carter worked and gained experience in the local scene in Washington D.C. and after high school, moved to New York City to attend the New School University. Rashaan studied with Buster Williams and Reggie Workman. Since moving to New York Rashaan has become entrenched in the jazz scene and has worked with Benny Golson, Curtis Fuller and Louis Hayes, Wallace Roney, Marc Cary, Cindy Blackman, Doug and Jean Carn, Antoine Roney, Sonny Simmons, and many more. He’s also studied with one of his prime influences, Ron Carter. Rashaan regularly performs with a myriad of artists in and outside of New York and can be found on various recordings as well.

Rashaan Carter

Rashaan Carter worked and gained experience in the local scene in Washington D.C. and after high school, moved to New York City to attend the New School University. Rashaan studied with Buster Williams and Reggie Workman. Since moving to New York Rashaan has become entrenched in the jazz scene and has worked with Benny Golson, Curtis Fuller and Louis Hayes, Wallace Roney, Marc Cary, Cindy Blackman, Doug and Jean Carn, Antoine Roney, Sonny Simmons, and many more. He’s also studied with one of his prime influences, Ron Carter. Rashaan regularly performs with a myriad of artists in and outside of New York and can be found on various recordings as well.

Anaïs Maviel

Anaïs Maviel’s work as a vocalist, percussionist, composer and
community facilitator focuses on the function of music as essential to settling
common grounds, addressing Relation, and creating utopian future. Involved at the
crossroads of mediums, Anaïs has been an in-demand creative force for artists such
as William Parker, Daria Faïn, Shelley Hirsh, César Alvarez, Steffani Jemison – to
give a sense of an eclectic company. Anaïs is dedicated to substantial creations
from solo to large ensembles, music direction of cross-disciplinary works, and to
expanding the power of music as a healing & transformative act. Anaïs performs and
teaches extensively in New York, throughout the Americas and Europe. Both solo
albums hOULe & in the garden, out on Gold Bolus Recordings, received international
acclaim. Lastly, Anaïs Maviel is developing her composition language, especially
thanks to the support of the 2019 Van Lier Fellowship, 2020 American Composers Forum
Create commission with The Rhythm Method String Quartet and 2021-2022 Jerome Hill
Artist Fellowship.

Mimi Allard

Montreal-based artist Mimi Allard has been composing and showcasing her sound design talents in the context of movie soundtracks and artistic installations. She seeks to further her knowledge on audio synthesis, programming, and 3D audio spatialization.