Levitation Practice in the High-Order Modal Stasis of Samā (excerpt)

From "Below Diorite Waters" released on Dragon's Eye Recordings (Los Angeles), March 2021.

Recorded in the terminal chamber of Falls Creek Cave-- an old, isolated lava tube near Mount Saint Helens, Washington State.

Photo taken by Joey Largent in the main passage of Falls Creek Cave (ceiling at ~50ft).

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Wind from Inside Me (excerpt)

This is an excerpt from a 3-hour durational performance of Basaltic Void Dervishes at Chapel Performance Space on December 4th, 2021. The work was performed live using ten malleted, closely mic'd cymbals in a semi-improvisatory format (using memory and some pre-determined cymbal combinations) combined with an unending field recording of cave dripping from Falls Creek Cave. Movement artists and mother/daughter duo Katrina and Kawtee Wolfe performed their delicately shifting improvisatory movement for the entire 3-hours in collaboration. The work was performed in near darkness, with no light other than five candles lit around the dancers. The audience sat on a large installation of rugs and floor pillows (with chairs in the back for those who needed them) and was free to come and go at any time during the performance.

Basaltic Void Dervishes (Excerpt, Live at Chapel Space)

This is an excerpt from a two-hour work that was a variation of an ongoing “durationless” composition series featuring a 6-piece acoustic ensemble drifting delicately in the expansive Raga Miyan ki Malhar. The structure of the piece created form while offering space for individual improvisations. The audience was placed in the center of the room, immersed by musicians and sound. The work was performed underneath Katrina Wolfe’s hanging installation of purple smoke and vine maple branches. Due to Covid restrictions, the audience amount was limited to 7 attendees, offering the rare chance for attendees to be outnumbered and surrounded by musicians.

Performed by Dhikr Allah Ensemble
November 3rd, 2020
Studio Ma, Seattle, Washington

A celebration in honor of the 102nd birthday of Pandit Pran Nath

Katrina Wolfe - movement, installation
Joey Largent - amplified voice, tambura, shruti box, composition
Michael Shannon - erhu, voice
Noel Kennon - viola, voice
Danielle Quenelle - shruti box
Taehyung Kim - 7-limit just intoned shruti box
Russell Christenson - harmonium

Levitation Practice for the Sublimation of Time in the Modal System of the Maroon Glacial Cirque

All instruments played by Joey Largent (tambura, double gourd tambura, cello, bells, bamboo chimes, tongue drum). Music recorded at Studio Ma in Seattle, Washington.
Field recording captured on Rialto Beach, Washington State.

Levitation Study

Night Thoughts Illuminate the Divine

A ritual for meditation on impermanence. Field recordings collected from visible points around the Puget Sound are joined in a continuous walking of sonic brass, each tone representative of eternal, individually-evolving remembrances, carried by hands purified by the water of two converging wakes. Traditional temple incense will be burned.

Recorded under the Seattle Viaduct before its demolition. 

This track is an excerpt from a 30-minute, site-specific performance.

Artwork photo by Thanasi Ikonomou.

An Offering (02 II 19, Seattle Viaduct, Excerpt)

A short excerpt from a 3-hour durational performance of my composition, "Third Cast of Burdock Light" on September 25th, 2019 at Studio Ma in Seattle.

Third Cast Of Burdock Light (3-Hour Durational Performance, Excerpt)

Joey Largent is an American composer, writer, and field recordist from Arkansas creating long duration, acoustic work in just intonation.

Joey Largent

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