This mix was featured at the UCSB Theater and Dance Department's "Global Snapshot of Performance" 2022 Graduate Symposium. Inspired by the conference's theme, this mix highlights performance cultures across the US and the globe. Listen to the mix above, and click here for an annotated tracklist.
I prepared this eclectic 30 minute mix of jazzy, funky, and abstract electronica and deep house for Ctr-Alt-Del: Shifting Environments in Performance, the UC - Santa Barbara Theater and Dance Department's 2021 Graduate Symposium.
TRACKLIST:
1. If Joe Had the Power - The Clonious
2. Chocolate Milk - Dorian Concept
3. We Are Coming (Max Graef remix)- Mr. Scruff
4. Dog Brush - Letherette
5. Long Night - Jaw Jam
6. Pink Beat - JETS
7. I'm Young - Kerem Akdağ
8. Girl - Giraffage
9. Dishwater - Dorian Concept
SELF-RESPECT
In 2019, I released my first single on Soundcloud. This track samples the last public address delivered by the iconoclastic Tamil social reform activist E.V. "Periyar" Ramasamy. Periyar's "Self-Respect Movement" (சுயமரியாதை இயக்கம்), is a major component of my academic research. The track also samples the pioneering fusion jazz group Weather Report, one of my favorite jazz ensembles.
Samples:
(1) "Elegant People" - Weather Report, Black Market, 1976
(2) Address at Karaikudi- E.V. "Periyar" Ramasamy, 1971