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Announcing The OneBeat Marathon

We are excited to announce the OneBeat Marathon, a series of  live-streamed multimedia performances by musicians from 14 countries stretching over five continents to transport audiences to a paradigm-bending sonic universe. On November 15, former OneBeat fellows will perform 18 sets of surprising, soulful music in solo, duo and trio acts. Opening from the mountainous Lake Baikal region of Siberia, mohin huur player Alexander Arkhincheev will give a stirring performance at 12 pm ET,  followed by a kaleidoscopic array of musicians and spoken word artists in Accra, Beijing, Beirut, Berlin, Bogota, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Mumbai, New York City, Sacramento, Seoul, Sulaymaniyah and more.  Hear everything from electronic pop sets to microtonal accordion tunes to improvised experimental trios playing together across continents and timezones. The OneBeat Marathon closes with a festive duo between longtime Onebeat collaborating artist Mark Stewart and Nigerian guitarist and 2013 Fellow Biodun Kuti, who went on to play alongside […]
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OMMA’s Sound Installation Presented In “We Aim To Live” Exhibition at Zuzeum in Riga, Latvia

2017 alumna Olga Maximova (OMMA) is presenting a new sound installation titled PLAVAY.Hydrodance in Riga’s Zuzeum Arts Centre’s inaugural exhibition “We Aim To Live”.  On the piece, which grew out of a collaboration with Anna Politiko, OMMA says, “This whole audio piece delivers different moods and vibrations. I wanted to reveal the phases of nature, all hydro elements: low and high tides, wind, sea birds, and underwater creatures. The piece conveys the feeling of ‘underwaterness’ through sound filters. Some elements of the composition were recorded with Playtronica’s TouchMe device when I was playing with conductivity in the water.” Listen to PLAVAY.Hydrodance below. Read more about Zuzeum’s “We Aim To Live” here. ZUZEUM · PLAVAY.Hidrodance by OMMA