Paul Steven Ray – guitars/digital, electronic sounds/voice/visuals .
Triniti Ernest -dance/performance .
Josh Scott-Bass Guitar .
Yuko Togami – percussion
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A Live Multimedia Installation for Sound, movement, visuals navigating themes of cryptic communication, social negotiations, and sanctuary (personal and communal).
Paul Steven Ray’s work has been heard in a wide range of venues including Issue Project Room, The Stone, ShapeShifterLab, Trans Pecos, and KnockdownCenter. He has composed work for WHITENOISE V, the International Electro-Acoustic Festival, Cosmoson-Paris, CERF Festival, North River Music Series, and Composers Now. He has collaborated with Bora Yoon, Vernon Reid, Nate Wooley, Oblaat, Pheeroan Ak Laff, Brandon Ross, Yuko Fujiyama, Cyro Baptista, and Val Jeanty. He is the leader/composer of BlueBlackDream, NineNine, and partner with Theresa Rosas in the Ray-Rosas Project. He has composed four operas: Sally Distance(premiered by Bora Yoon at Galapagos Art Space), Sleeperhold( Issue Project Room), SplitRock( ShapeShifterlab), and the Good Narrow Night( The Church of the Intercession Crypt. His poetic soundscape multimedia piece I Wish You Were There When I Was There, was performed at The GreenKill Gallery Kingston NY. Recent releases: The Ticking and Some People Float, Conjure Steps and 5 Days in February available on bandcamp.. The first part of his DECELERATION TRILOGY was performed at Super Secret Arts in May of 2022. Deceleration 2 premiered at The Center for Performance Research on February 3rd, 2023.
Triniti Ernest is a recent arrival to NYC helping to restore the edge to its artistic community with her sensuous and probing dances. Her eclectic choreography draws on Flex, Krump, Modern dance and whatever expressive movement genres serve her imagination.
Josh Scott is a fixture of the NYC’s noise rock/ grindcore scene having created, performed , and recorded with Anodyne, Defeatists, and Radiation Blackbody. He is a quiet and LOUD, calm and Deadly keeper of the lower flames.
Yuko Togami is a drummer and composer currently based in New York City, originally from Saitama, Japan. She received a scholarship from The Kaye Scholars Program, and studied privately with Adam Cruz, Nasheet Waits, and Ben Street. She graduated with her BFA degree in jazz performance and The Pro Musica Award from City College. She has performed with Daniel Carter, David First, Ayumi Ishito, Rema Hasumi, and Steve Wilson. Her debut album “Dawn” was released in April 2018, and has won a Silver Medal at the 2018 Global Music Awards for Outstanding Achievement.
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