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Val Jeanty
Val Jeanty, also known as Val-Inc, is a Haitian Afrofuturist, drummer, turntablist, and Professor at Berklee College of Music. Jeanty is a pioneer of the electronic music subgenre called Afro-Electronica (also called "Vodou-Electro") incorporating Haitian folkloric rhythms with digital instrumentations by synergistically combining acoustics with electronics and the archaic with the postmodern.
Jeanty’s Afro-Electronica performances include the Whitney Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Venice Biennale in Italy, and the House of the World’s Cultures in Berlin. Jeanty is the recipient of various grants including the 2017 Van Lier Fellowship, the NYSCA/Roulette 2019 Residency Fellowship, the 2022 Toulmin NYU / Center for Ballet and the Arts Fellowship, and the 2024 United States Artists Fellowship.
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by Alberto Bazzurro
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by Mark Corroto
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O.C.T (Oda to the Crazy Times)
From: Reflection Of Another SelfBy Val Jeanty
