Synesthesia is the crossing of two or more sensations from different sensory domains. Polyrhythm is the juxtaposition of two or more rhythmic patterns with markedly different matrices. A new live performance by Efrain Rozas in which robotics, percussion, sculpture,...
“An incredible physical presence that turned the stage into a soundscape” -The New York Times An Ocean of Forgiveness is a new composition for live solo percussion composed and performed by Efraín Rozas, which slowly conjures an intense polyrhythmic trance, using...
Science, art, capitalism, and Marxism rely on Western concepts of time, space and being. If we want to think new futures we must question deeply those concepts. Greek philosophy set the foundations for an objective knowledge of the world. They understood being as an...
Technology of social media can turn the most intimate feelings into information with an economical value, into data. The sacred is what cannot be bought or sold. Data is the most valuable product these days. It’s information about our rhythms, bodies and...
My motivation was to use technology as a cognitive tool to liberate myself. I went back to crucial “pedagogical” events where my masculinity was damaged. I use the rhythms generated by the robot’s brain to dance and induce a trance state. I use the robot to...
Our dreams and imagination have become a valuable commodity, and social media has become a very effective way of control. This album is the result of an experiment I did over six months as a form of cognitive resistance The experiment consisted of different mysticism...
In the era of cognitive capitalism, our relationship with technology defines connections between body, mind and reality. By cognitive capitalism I mean that capitalism is not anymore about value of objects, but about creating beings that relate their minds and bodies...
It explores the border between social dance and experimentalism, and seeks to erode the divisions between the popular and the avant-garde. Led by Efraín Rozas on keyboards and guitar, Felipe Wurst on guitar, Joel Mateo on timbales, Guillermo Barrón on congas and Dan...
Music ranging from the most experimental to field recordings from around the world. Polycentric, de-colonized radio. Nominated to best world music radio show on Mixcloud.com, one of the most important independent radio platforms worldwide, praised by The New Yorker,...
“Fusión”, a Peruvian music genre that brings together a myriad of traditional and contemporary styles. Featured artists include Susana Baca, Yma Sumac, El Polen, and many more. Published by the Instituto de Etnomusicología Pontificia Universidad Católica...
A project that explored the frontier between anthropology and art (2003 – 2007) Peru is a country with 12 languages, and all of its ethnicities converge at Lima. Radiohuayco was an attempt to capture the sound of that melting pot: Music, text, photo, made by a...
