Matana Roberts (1 Albums, 1 Tracks)

Since 2005 Saxophonist/composer  Matana Roberts has been experimenting  on  a sound narrative about the intricacies, contradictions and questions  that surround  the human bloodline experience. How when broken down into the most minute details  new meanings arise  beyond  the surface levels of  one dimensional human acceptance; generally  attached to shades of  difference, and fear of  the unknown. Transcending  sometimes the unbearable  in order to create new possibilities of understanding the human condition.

Using herself and  research she has done on her own bloodline history and various ensembles she leads  as the  “guinea pig”  in this sound  endeavor, she has been able to cull  a  myriad of rich and awe inspiring stories that speaks many interesting truths about the flexibility and wonder of  individual understanding.  Transversing the American South of days past– traveling reflections of African, French, Irish, English, Scottish, Canadian, and Choctaw, Cherokee, Chickasaw Native America history, Matana is weaving together stories and lore that speak to a very distinct,  historically experimental, yet common, American experience.  For her, a  very personal search in sound practice  that  opens a dialogue for possibilities  going beyond the specific; regenerating a focus that  she hopes in the end celebrates   the inherent  potential that resides in  the overflowing capability of  human love, sadness, kindredness, perseverance, and joy.

COIN COIN, in essence, a musical monument to the human experience.

more on matana at www.matanaroberts.com