photo pimienta negra / art my lê chabert
DIáSPORA
debut digital album release OUT NOW
Live recorded in Mexico City, DIáSPORA, eponymus album, is the sound of bodies in motion across space and time. Produced in South, Central and North America, in collaboration with Principa (MX) & Hérnia de Discos (BR), this is a call to gather tribes over the American continent and beyond. To reconcile ancestral and futuristic stories in the liveliness of contemporary languages.
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DIáSPORA is a nomadic band; sonic witchcraft by Chiquita Magic (voice, synths) & Anaïs Maviel (voice, percussion); a futuristic carnival music that transcends status-quo, cross-pollinates complex realities, inspires lucid dreams.
Ancient and future songs in experimentation and trance, altogether crushing the bounds of static genres and identities. The cross-cultural & intersectional core of the band creates a music shaped by the complex diasporic relations of the American continent (where Indigenous, African, European & Asian cultures formulate unique and ever-changing musical expressions). Influences from folklores, avant-garde and dance culture (hip hop, electronic music, afro-descendant drumming, vocal catharsis) impact compositions that color widely improvised performances with unheard esthetics. |
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WHO
Anaïs Maviel is a vocalist, percussionist, composer, music director, educator, curator and healer. Her work focuses on the function of music as essential to settling common grounds, addressing Relation, and creating utopian future. Involved at the crossroads of mediums - music, visual art, dance, theater and performance art - she has been an in-demand creative force for artists such as William Parker, Steffani Jemison, César Alvarez, Daria Faïn, to name a few. As a leader she is dedicated to substantial creations from solo to large ensembles, and to expanding the power of music as a healing & transformative act. She performs extensively in New York, throughout North, South & Central America, and Europe. Her solo debut hOULe, out on Gold Bolus Recordings, received international acclaim.
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Isis Giraldo aka Chiquita Magic
is a composer & vocalist. Her Colombian / Canadian identity is reflected in making music that draws from the jazz tradition, choral music, hip-hop, & cumbia, while combining rich electronic textures using synthesizers and horn like melodies with her voice. Her interest lies in using cross cultural harmonies & traditions to create something new sounding & explorative. She has played extensively both in North & South America (Medellin Jazz Festival, Toronto Jazz Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival to name a few) both as a sidewoman, bandleader, and soloist with various ensembles. She has received various commissions for her work, most recently from Les Voix Ferrées & L'Orchestre National du Jazz. |
LINKS
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@diasporaporelmundo
@chiquitamagic @anaismaviel
@chiquitamagic @anaismaviel
PRESS
DIáSPORA
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CHIQUITA MAGIC
“Her choral singing and compositions transcend genre... she is one of the best.“ Ives Bernard, Le Devoir
“Intelligent & emotional in her interpretation. Hats off! “ Frederic Bussieres Poste D’Ecoute
ANAÏS MAVIEL
"What a power and expression! Experimental & abstract of the one hand, but at the same time rooted in old black musical traditions." DM - Vital Weekly
"Her process is so deeply rooted as to be almost subliminal. She seems to throw herself at her notes, as if seeking a sound that might convey pure energetics." Giovanni Russonello, The New York Times
“Her choral singing and compositions transcend genre... she is one of the best.“ Ives Bernard, Le Devoir
“Intelligent & emotional in her interpretation. Hats off! “ Frederic Bussieres Poste D’Ecoute
ANAÏS MAVIEL
"What a power and expression! Experimental & abstract of the one hand, but at the same time rooted in old black musical traditions." DM - Vital Weekly
"Her process is so deeply rooted as to be almost subliminal. She seems to throw herself at her notes, as if seeking a sound that might convey pure energetics." Giovanni Russonello, The New York Times
CONTACT
photo credits Pimienta Negra (MX 1, 7, 8), Dar Es Salaam Riser (NY 2, 9), Marcela Velverde (Rio 3), Handréz García courtesy of Espacio Fundacion Telefonica (Lima 4), unknown (Sao Paulo 5), Liriade (SP 6).