The sun gives birth to the mass known as the earth and with it, man, capitalism, patriarchy, and white supremacy. Then all those things die. 

The Sun - Birth

9 minutes of pipes banging against each other, lots of reverb, lots of harmonics

This is the first phase of this project, special thanks to Dan Gottwald and Daniel Schmidt for help with the structure. 

"Pipe : Core (2014)

Materials: Steel and Aluminum pipes, Wood, Ears, Heart

This structure is a self-performing, self-playing structure that uses gravity, wind, the elements, hands, rain, and other natural forces to move itself. A push maybe the initial action point, or just the wind. The pipes are set up to play in a certain predictable fashion, that can be made unpredictable by any external factors. I chose to present this in the labyrinth of the chapel because of my relationship with the space as well as the historical symbolism of bells within spiritual atmosphere. The subtleness of the difference in tone based on the material, length, and thickness of the pipes, asks for a deep listening mentality when approaching the piece. Just as in meditation we are asked to dig deeper, with this piece we are asking to listen deeper, not simply to the sound of the pipes, but the rustling of the leaves, the chatter of birds, the whirring of cars, the drone of overhead planes. 

The listener is encouraged to listen to the wood to hear the fundamentals that are otherwise not transmitted through the air.

The public is encouraged to mindfully play with the pipes and also take a step back and allow them to play themselves.

Warning: The pipes are heavy and may cause injury if they are not mindfully negotiated"

Pipe : Core Field Recordings

sharmi's first notated piece for orchestra everrr from March 2013

Spin - Leaving Bodies (March 2013)

Miss America debut at Mills College Thursday Night Special, September 2013 featuring Sharmi Basu and Tara Sreekrishnan as the new Indian pageant queens

Miss America live at TNS (September 2013)

Sharmi Basu - Computer Music using Supercollider
Kim Ip - Dance

Sleeping - Waking // Ogi No Mato Nov 19 2013

*WARNING* Recording is off of my phone, so therefore, not very good. Better recording up soon :)

Full Text (transcribed, translated and adjusted) can be found here: http://www.legandmouthwater.com

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“There is a necessity for a material collective response to the systemic structures that seek to oppress us, and through this project we attempt to catalyze a moment of our imminent liberation through performance. Oppositional Consciousness offers to make connections within the beauty of our struggle by exemplifying the abstraction of our experiences through sound. The presentation will begin with a short introduction and meditation, and lead into an intentional listening space guided by a soundscape constructed by myself. Our intention with this meditation and sound experiment is to exemplify agency within collective action and experience. When we come together for music and performance, when we participate in an active listening, we are demonstrating our abilities as artists and supporters to create autonomous spaces and experiences, however momentary.


Talk, Meditation, and Performance @ Decolonizing the Imagination: Oppositional Consciousnes

for Moog Studio March

Recorded & Engineered by Sharmi Basu (Beast Nest) and Jason McCarty (Dilatedears)

Mixed by Sharmi

Abscess - Beast Nest & Dilatedears

Sounds: Sharmi Basu Words: Alex Cruse, live on July 10 2014 at No Future Weed Cookie Shop

Sharmi Basu and Alex Cruse live at NO FUTURE WEED COOKIE SHOP

Design Your Own

~ music for your mischievous children ~ 

use your headphones !!! 

Lullabai

cover of Corona's Rhythm of the Night // felidae

Rhythm of XOXO

Worst Ever

Rhythm Experiment 3

PLUTO

Jodhpur Park

creeping through sharp spaces // no marriage until 37

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