gauze (ep 2026)
The ep gauze was created in direct response to the ongoing genocide in Palestine. The EP takes its name from the material ”gauze” which is thought to have originated in the city of Gaza. Drawing on recent recordings from news and online media, from a muezzin continuing the call to prayer inside a bombed out mosque, and the voice of assassinated Palestinian writer and activist Ghassan Kanafani, to documentary audio from a Gaza hospital, the EP moves across dissonant garage beats, footwork and jungle inspired beats and mournful vocal textures to render grief, urgency, and faith. The project is informed by the tradition of solidarity with Palestine, particularly through the poetry of June Jordan, whose writing on Palestine in the 1980s remains a touchstone. gauze is ultimately a call to fight globally to bring an end to the occupation of Palestine.
Operation Wandering Soul (Performed at Canary Test July 16, 2025)
Operation Wandering Soul was a psyop military operation conducted by the U.S. military against Vietnamese soldiers during the Vietnam War, where manufactured recordings of dead soldiers were amplified, exploiting the belief that the dead had to be buried in ancestral burial ground or be cursed to wander aimlessly forever. This performance considers how sound can induce alienation but can also be a salve. Drone and noise blurs with sampled 60s surf rock and psychedelia to create a live soundtrack for ever-evolving American militarism.
Poetics of Alienation (Hammer Museum 2023)
The performance Poetics of Alienation took place at the Hammer Museum and was a direct response to the escalating genocidal circumstances facing the people of Gaza.