LEGION SEVEN
(CAN/DE)
Legion Seven is a multi-hyphenate storyteller whose work is an erratic vehicle on a splendid path. Their projects are consistent only in a refractive departure from the biblical cult rigidity into which Seven was born. The wreckage of this rigidity, strewn with dream-mythology, science-fiction, chaos-logic and exuberant lies, lays the path on which Seven gains momentum and puts momentum on display.
NÂR
(LBN/CH)
NÂR is a Lebanese multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer based in Beirut. In a constant metamorphosis, she works with various instruments, her voice and dierent objects she finds. Abrasive, hypnotic, NÂR’s performances are sonic experiments and live improvisations built up from A to Z, often led by short sentences on repeat like mantras. Her music takes its roots in a very large spectrum of sounds, inspiration or genre such as middle eastern and north African trance, industrial and electronic music.
Siavash Namehshiri
(CH/IRN/KRD)
Siavash Namehshiri is a Kurdish Composer, musician, Curatorial Cooperator and community organizer from Iran, based in Zurich. Since seeking refuge in Switzerland in 2009, he has been exploring improvisation and contemporary electronic music. He engages in radio productions, live film soundtracks, composes music for short films, theater and film sound design, experimental DJ mixes, and collaborative experiments. Through his sonic creations, Siavash channels his memories, using music and sound to express experiences of war and displacement.
tracy september
(SA/CH)
tracy september tracy is a multi-hyphenate artist and performer who works around themes of memory, Spirit and protest, with a particular passion for improvisation. For tracy improvisation is a way to surrender attachment. She uses her voice, electronics, texts, archive materials and field recordings, to tell stories that are deeply rooted in ritual, community and communion.
Kay Zhang
(CH/AUS)
Kay Zhang is a sonic artist who explores around the topics of in-betweenness through sound, performance, curation and research. Their curatorial work lends itself with ‘learning by doing’ methods, experimentation which are intertwined with transdisciplinary art. They work within various projects and coordinate different platforms and have an interest in intercultural identities, queer feminist theories and sound ecologies.
Yasmine Elbaramawy
(EGY/SWE)
Yasmine Elbaramawy is an Egyptian musician, composer and sound designer based in Sweden. El Baramawy creates a distinctive style that combines the virtuosity of the with modified instruments and electronic experimentation. Developing her work she creates soundscapes with her Semi-acoustic Oud live manipulations and abstract/electronic sounds voicing as a dense auditory landscape of concrete music along with Egyptian vintage music creating her unique cosmic sonic experience.