Sonic Pluriverse Festival: Bass Culture - Mohini Dey, Ana Tijoux, Sarah Farina

In the organizer's words:

Mohini Dey

Mohini Dey's debut album, released in 2023, was a sensation with its unique fusion of jazz bass and traditional Indian music. Encouraged by her parents from childhood, Dey learned to play the electric bass. At the age of 13, she wrote her first song, which is also featured on her debut album. At 14, she accompanied the US jazz guitarist Mike Stern on his tour of India. Later, extensive research trips took her to the rural areas of North and South India, where she played music with traditional artists, especially drummers. "I'm thinking like a drummer," she says about her playing style. Together with her husband Mark Hartsuch on saxophone and Gino Banks on drums, she founded the trio MaMoGi, in which she combines traditional Indian music, mainly characterized by mridangam and tabla, with jazz, funk and metal with her unmistakable electric bass. She is not only a bassist, but also an arranger, singer and producer and has worked with legends such as Quincy Jones, Zakir Hussain and Stanley Clarke. In 2015, Forbes India listed her as one of the most successful musicians under 30, while Music Radar listed her among the top ten bassists of the 21st century. She is now coming to Germany for the first time for the Sonic Pluriverse Festival: Bass Cultures.

Ana Tijoux

Ana Tijoux was born in France to Chilean parents. The family had fled Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship and were only able to return in 1993. So Tijoux moved to a country that was still unknown to her and joined the rap scene in Santiago, where Chile's past and present are critically discussed.

Her first single was released in 2006 and her career took off. She made a name for herself as a rapper and singer-songwriter with strong lyrics, an explicitly political and feminist message and a catchy mix of hip-hop, funk, soul, jazz, Andean folk music and Latin American rhythms, which earned her several awards and Grammy nominations. The use of one of her songs in the US series Breaking Bad gave her career a further boost. In 2023, alongside her fifth studio album, she also published her first volume of poetry, Sacar la voz. It is always about social inequality, women's rights, environmental destruction, resistance, solidarity, rebellion and her advice: "Don't lose your laughter."

Mohini Dey

Upon its release in 2023, Mohini Dey's self-titled debut album was a sensation, combining jazz bass and traditional Indian music to create a unique sound. Encouraged by her parents, she began learning electric bass as a child. She wrote her first song at the age of 13, and included it on her debut album. At 14 she accompanied the US-American jazz guitarist Mike Stern on his India tour. Later, extensive research trips took her to the rural areas of North and South India, where she played with traditional musicians, especially drummers. On the subject of her playing, she has said: 'I'm thinking like a drummer. With her husband Mark Hartsuch on saxophone and Gino Banks on drums, she founded the trio MaMoGi in which she uses her unmistakable electric bass to bring together influences from traditional Indian music, mainly mridangam and tabla, with jazz, funk, and metal. Alongside the bass, she is also an arranger, singer, and producer and has worked with legends like Quincy Jones, Zakir Hussain, and Stanley Clarke. In 2015, Forbes India listed her among the most successful musicians under thirty, while Music Radar included her among the top ten bassists of the twenty-first century. Her concert at the Sonic Pluriverse Festival: Bass Cultures is her first stage appearance in Germany.

Ana Tijoux

Ana Tijoux was born in France to Chilean parents who had fled Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship. For Tijoux, the family's return to Chile in 1993 meant moving to an unfamiliar country. In Santiago, she became part of the rap scene where Chile's past and present are dealt with in critical terms.

In 2006, she released her first single and her career began to gather momentum. She made a name for herself as a rapper and singer-songwriter with strong lyrics, an explicitly political and feminist message, and a catchy mix of hip-hop, funk, soul, jazz, Andean folk music, and Latin American rhythms that won her several prizes and Grammy nominations. The use of one of her songs in the series Breaking Bad gave her career a further boost. In 2023, while releasing her fifth studio album, she also published her first volume of poetry, Sacar la voz. She returns to themes of social inequality, women's rights, ecocide, resistance, solidarity, and rebellion throughout her work, and with the same advice: 'Do not lose your laughter.

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