The two artists, hailing from opposite sides of the world, were introduced to each other’s artistic practice through a multi-national musical exchange called OneBeat 11 in the United States. This is a recording of one of their live improvisations during their time at the OneBeat residency.
Zora (Live at Atlantic Center for the Arts)
@zwarpeha on Hardanger d’amore, vocal
hara on vocal, kalimba, synth
Audio recorded & produced by Christopher Botta
Video by Zosha Warpeha
Thanks to OneBeat 11
Atlantic Center for the Arts
Recorded in May 2023, New Smyrna Beach, FL.
hara
Indonesian singer-songwriter Rara Sekar’s solo project. Her music blends inspiration from folk with Indonesian traditional music, ambient and field recording with a focus on exploring themes of ecology, climate crisis, tradition and rituals and grief. Her work communicates critical environmental and social issues and is steeped in a deep research practice that honors traditions & rituals.
Zosha Warpeha
is a Brooklyn-based composer-performer working in a meditative space at the intersection of contemporary improvisation and folk traditions. Using bowed strings alongside her own voice, her long-form compositions explore transformations of time and tonality. She performs primarily on Hardanger d’amore, a sympathetic-stringed instrument closely related to the Norwegian Hardanger fiddle, and her current work is informed by the cyclical forms, rhythmic elasticity, and the physical momentum of Nordic folk music.
#hara #ZoshaWarpeha #Zora #OneBeat
8 сен 2024
