Charlotte and Madison speak with  poet, playwright, educator, actor, producer, and director Modesto "Flako" Jimenez about his site-specific theatre work originally inspired by his Bushwick neighborhood, Taxilandia, and multidisciplinary theatrical work Mercedes.

for more about ¡Oye! Group: https://www.oyegroup.org/
About Flako: https://www.flakojimenez.com/
Photos from brooklyn gypsy taxi flow series:
https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/bgtflow/?hl=en

for more about TAK: http://takensemble.com
Our March 2 show: https://www.cprnyc.org/events/tak-ensemble-nothing-but-a-puff-of-wind

David Bird's album Wire Hums: https://david-bird.bandcamp.com/album/wire-hums

041. Modesto "Flako" Jimenez

All audio in this track is from 12 slide whistles played by 12 small electric blowers. The blowers are programmed to carefully oscillate at a flow rate close to that at which the whistles overblows. These sounds are pretty quiet in real life even though they sometimes sound intense.

No electronics were added and I made minimal adjustments to the original sounds, mostly moving things around a bit.

12 Whistles Playing the Break, for 12 mechanically controlled slidewhistles

Conversations with composers and other musicians working in the vibrant new music community of New York City and beyond. Episodes are curated by and often feature members of TAK, an ambitious ensemble that “impresses with the organicity of their sound, their dynamism and virtuosity — and, well, just a dash of IDGAF as they slay the thorniest material like it’s nothing” (WQXR).

041. Modesto "Flako" Jimenez

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