Skana, from the Latvian word for “sound,” is a collaboration between French vocalist/composer Muriel Louveau and American composer Charles B. Kim.The first live performance by Muriel Louveau is here in NYC on November 11th, 7pm, at Le Poisson Rouge.with special guest cellist Dorothy Lawson of ETHEL and opener Earthman ExperienceSkana, a journey between day and nightMelding haunting vocals, ambient electronics and pulsating rhythms, Skana seeks to explore the area between day and night, light and shadow, wakefulnessand sleep. The music of Skana is inspired by ancient cultures and far off lands but also draws upon distinctly modern musical elements in order to create a sound that is both contemporary and classical. In this regard, the past is prologue. The texts of these songs come from liturgical as well as poetic sources. Some are original texts written expressly for this album. All share the similar theme of straddling the space between light and darkness.Despite the music having groundings in the past, the production of this album was a very 21st century endeavor. Louveau, based in Paris, and Kim, in Los Angeles, never actually met during the production of this album(AVAILABLE FROM ITUNES & OTHER DOWNLOAD SERVICES.) http://www.skanamusic.comThe live performance of Skana features the vocalist Muriel Louveau. She projects and modulates her singing vocals within a sound environment that goes along with wavering, ethereal, watery lighting atmospheres... to draw the audience in to a sort of trance.Based in Paris, Muriel Louveau writes and performs contemporary medieval music. "My songs drive us into a cosmopolitan space and time somewhere at the crossroad of the other languages" explains Louveau. She has performed in NYC at the Orensanz Center, Irving Plaza and at BAM with the show "The World Mysteries", created for the Next Wave Festival.Recent collaborative projects include "Edda" (2006), a multi media event with the English artist Holly Warburton, presented at Le Cube (Centre of Digital Arts), Paris and in London ,"At table", a reenactment of a medieval painting with the artist Ann Marie Lequesne . Since 2002 she has been invited to international events, especially SKIFF in St. Petersburg, "French Spring Festival" in Latvia (May 2007, Premiére of "Tales of Colours" commissioned by the CCF), Europe XXL Lille 3000 (April 2009). Her songs have been broadcast on BBC 3 (Late Junction) and on WNYC (New Sounds).Charles Byungkyu Kim is a composer who has worked on various films including Solaris (2002), Wonderland (2003) and Wicker Park (2004) as a music programmer and additional music composer. Charles scored the short film, Together, directed by Sunghee Hong. He recently composed music for the upcoming feature films, First Snow, directed by Mark Fergus and Hers, directed by Jeong Jung Kim.Skana will feature special guest cellist Dorothy Lawson, of ETHEL, the extremely well known and well respected “premiere postclassical string quartet."Earthman Experience will open the show featuring their unique and unforgettable sound and leader Richard Laurent, pka Kraze and Earthman, will exhibit some of his oil paintings.http://lepoissonrouge.com/events/view/666
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