EFRAÍN ROZAS

Studies in Rhythmic Abstraction

Studies in Rhythmic Abstraction

A friend who is very religious asked me “why is your music chaotic? God loves harmony.” I said: God does not use a metronome. Can you use a metronome to understand the wind or the sea?  Is it chaos? Or do we just have to listen with openness, without expecting a...
Polirritmia | Sinestesia

Polirritmia | Sinestesia

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 Ocean of Forgiveness

An Ocean of Forgiveness

“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...
Still: Residency at The Kitchen 2021

Still: Residency at The Kitchen 2021

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...
Myth and Prosthesis IV: Body Rhythm Data

Myth and Prosthesis IV: Body Rhythm Data

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...