We’re thrilled to welcome the üeber-talented and wildly inventive Christina Wheeler for a special loft-style concert to start off the new season of Sō Laboratories!
Composer, vocalist, musician, and multimedia artist Christina Wheeler’s creative practice focuses on electronics and technology, with sonic forays that span an array of styles and forms. Wheeler blends an amalgam of structured and improvised electronic music and sound design from voice, sampler, theremin, QChord, autoharp, and Array mbira. Wheeler has performed and recorded with numerous artists, including Ryuichi Sakamoto, Chaka Khan, John Cale, Laraaji, Roscoe Mitchell, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Matana Roberts, Marc Ribot, Murcof, and A Guy Called Gerald. Wheeler’s work with David Byrne included international tours and appearances on The Late Show with David Letterman and PBS’s Sessions at West 54th Street. MTV’s AMP featured Wheeler’s music. Recordings include work with Fred P, Benjamin Brunn, Shinedoe, Ripperton, Vernon Reid, DJ Logic, Mocky, and Jamie Lidell. Recent commissions include Bang on a Can, Märzmusik, and CTM Festivals. Releases include That Was Then, This Is Now, and Songs of S + D. Iridescent, Recent commissions include Bang on a Can, Märzmusik, and CTM Festivals. Wheeler’s duo with Nicole Mitchell, has appeared at Roulette, and the Burlington and Angel City Jazz Festivals; their album, Luminous Bayou, will be released on FPE Records. Wheeler continues to develop and present new, immersive, multimedia works, and compose for numerous, unique instruments, including the glass armonica, kora, and balafon.
