Show :: 8pm
at 169 Bowery, NYC

Yakantalisa for voice and 8-speaker installation, by Chanan Ben Simon (extended voice) and Guy Barash (electronics) is based on sensual, picturesque poems by Israeli poet Hezy Leskly (1952-1994). Throughout the work Chanan fragments and reassembles the text into extended vocal material while Guy in his real-time electronic treatment of pre-recorded vocal materials exposes the underlying sonic nuances, making them linger in space.

Chanan Ben Simon is a vocalist, composer and a multimedia artist, born in Jerusalem, resides in Brooklyn, NY. Chanan’s work combines voice, sound, visuals, installation art and new media. His works include TV operas (‘The Weather Channel’ and ’Fire Heart’), multimedia stage pieces (‘The Unvoiced’, ‘Telepresence’), recorded music (‘Toy Store’ and ‘Party Tears’) and installations. He also performs music by contemporary composers, as well as releases pop music as his alter ego ‘Ben Simone’.
www.chananbensimon.com

Israeli composer Guy Barash commonly applies electronic processing to acoustic instruments and employs microtonality to create psychologically disorienting atmospheres. His series of compositions for solo instruments and real-time digital signal processing, “Talkback,” was hailed as being “at once divine, serene and haunting” (The Queens Chronicle). Developing innovative, multidisciplinary projects, Barash often collaborates with an array of poets, video-artists, musicians and choreographers. His latest album, Killdeer was released on New Focus Recordings in 2023.
https://guybarash.com