Year-To-Date

Dawuna

Delicate R&B weaved into woozy & unique productions.

  • Thu 07/11 21:30

    Stall 6

The New York-based artist is known for his complex and unique production style.

Dawuna is the moniker and middle name of multi-disciplinary artist Ian Mugerwa. Using music as his primary medium, Dawuna has released multiple projects to much critical and fan acclaim. These works span many different styles of experimental black music, with influences spanning from Prince and D’Angelo to Jim O’Rourke and George Gershwin. His Debut release, Glass Lit Dream, was called one of 2021’s masterpiece albums” by The Guardian. The live exploration of his work expands on the sonic philosophy of this album, while incorporating the aesthetic evolution of his work that has occurred since Glass Lit Dream’s release.

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RAIDEN X (NEGASHI ARMADA)

After the concert, Negashi Armada's beat-making project, Raiden X, gathers various sonic textures of social life in California and beyond, and composes a DJ set that shows how everything is temporary, but leaves traces. 

This evening is part of Gessnerallee's collaboration with Year-To-Date, an association of Zurich artists and musicians who curate Gessnerallee's music program over the course of a season.

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