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Val-Inc (Val Jeanty) is a Haitian-born composer, percussionist and turntablist, who uses technology to lead listeners into her dream- like expressionism of Afro-Creole and "Afro- Electronica" compositions.
Her works invite the World of the unseen as she incorporates her African Haitian Musical traditions into the present and beyond, combining acoustics with electronics, and the archaic with the post-modern.
ARTIST STATEMENT: "I strive to create sounds that impact the psyche with esoteric noesis". Haitian electronic music composer/percussionist/turntablist, Val-Inc evokes the musical esoteric realms of the creative subconscious and self defined as "Afro-Electronica®". Her work invites the Lwas as she incorporates her African Haitian Musical traditions into the present and beyond, combining acoustics with electronics and the archaic with the post-modern.
Her solo "Afro-Electronica" installations have been showcased in New York City at the Whitney Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Village Vanguard and internationally at SaalFelden Music Festival in Austria, Stanser Musiktage in Switzerland, Jazz a la Villette in France, and the Biennale di Venezia Museum in Italy.
INSTRUMENTATION: Haiti:LWAS, Hands, 2 sticks, Kata drum, Manman drum, SK1-Casio, SP202-Boss, AX30B-Korg, Matrix3-Numark, QY70-Yamaha, PhotonX25-Alesis, Ethno-Motu, PDX2000-Vestax, LogicPro7-Apple, SonicPlusII-Sonor, QFO-Vestax, PowerbookG4-Apple, MPC2000-Akai, Faderboard-Vestax, NordLead-Korg, Talkingdrum-Africa, RFX300-Zoom, AirSynth-Alesis, M1-Korg, XP30-Roland, ToneWorks-Korg, Pro-Tools7-Digidesign, Eurorack1604-Behringer, Reason3/4-Proppellerheads, MPC500-Akai, XP 100-Digitech, Boss RC-50, SP 303-Boss... a vivid cosmic haitian imagination...
Links
http://www.val-inc.com/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Val-Inc-Afro-Electronica/153825217975639
http://www.myspace.com/valincmusic
http://soundcloud.com/vjeanty