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Improviser's Exchange: Workshop with Ravish Momin (Sunken Cages)
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
500 S. Goodwin Ave.
Urbana, Illinois 61801
(217) 333-6280
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Indian-born drummer/electronic music producer Ravish Momin (also known as Sunken Cages),
studied with US Jazz master-drummer Andrew Cyrille.
He has worked as a sideman with a wide array of musicians
including US Jazz legend Kalaparush Maurice McIntyre (AACM/Chicago) and pop-star Shakira.
In the past, he led Tarana, a shapeshifting global-Jazz trio,
on international and domestic stages for the past 14 years.
His current projects include 'Turning Jewels Into Water'
(with Haitian electronic music pioneer Val Jeanty),
a duo with dragonchild (Ethio-American saxophonist DA Mekonnen of Debo Band)
and Zelzeleh (a Digital Sufi Ensemble).
He has recently produced tracks with the South African Gqom group
Phelimuncasi (Nyege Nyege Records), Saxophonist Maria Valencia (Meridian Brothers),
along with producers Makossiri (Hakuna Kulala, Kenya), Saskia (QTV, Brazil),
Kush Arora (Discrepant, US), Baba Sy (Jokkoo COllective, Spain/Senegal)
and Rani Jambak (Indonesia, Yes No Wave).
He has done remixes for Depeche Mode,
global electronic music producers Batida (Portugal),
Babani Sound System (Mauritius), and Guedra Guedra (Morocco).
Learn more at Ravish Momin.
Improvisers Exchange Workshops provide opportunity to engage in sound and thought with leading figures in the field.
Open to all, admission free.
Orchestra Rehearsal Room (ORR)