Category: Tarana

I put together a diverse bill for this event. Los Aliens is led by pianist Ricardo Gallo and draws inspiration from Cumbia, Champeta, Jazz and beyond, while exploring new electronic sounds as well. Holy Hand Grenade is led by multi-reedist Lynn Ligamari and brings together a joyous blend of Funk, Afrobeat, Jazz and R&B grooves. Claudia Prat created a live visual set for Tarana for this event.

We’re performing at a broad range of events, undertaking community-based workshops and collaborating with local musicians as well.. can’t wait!!!
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Oct 13 LaSalle College (workshop/afternoon), Singapore
Oct 13 Artistry Space (evening), Singapore (presented by Ujikaji Records) with special guest Timothy O’Dwyer

While in residence at Pioneer Works Music Studio, Tarana will work with guest musicians Val-Inc, Muyassar Kurdi, Jaryd Kala Velez, Luke Stewart, Kamyar Arsani, Taji Nahl, Brian Prunka, Thollem, and Laura Boland.

Looking forward to performing 3 distinct solo sets in Austin and Dallas between Thursday and Sunday! I’ll kick things off with a collaborative set with native sonic explorer Honey Son at the “Beat The Rush” series, move onto creating an ambient set in Dallas on Saturday and close out the tour with an homage to Alice Coltrane on Sunday.

A global alliance of musicians join forces for Sound Is Divine, a performance that resonates with the Buddhist philosophy of finding transcendence in sound by creating a meditative experience through music.

Curated by internationally acclaimed instrumentalist and composer Ravish Momin, the concert features traditional instruments in a series of surprising duets—the Indian tabla and African kora, ritual chants and a haunting cello, and Galician gaita and clarinet—performed by artists including Orakel, Muyassar Kurdi, Evan Ziporyn, and Christine Southworth.  Music starts at 9:30pm

The evening also features a free DJ set by DJ Ripley (Dutty Artz) and live electronic percussion with Ravish Momin (Tarana) in the K2 Lounge, open from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Super excited to get an opportunity to open for Filastine & Nova!!

“Barcelona beat producer Grey Filastine and Indonesian neo-soul vocalist Nova Ruth will share their new live AV performance, Drapetomania, in a rare US appearance. Filastine & Nova’s sound collides future bass with traditional Javanese singing, dirty analogue synths, and delicate strings. Spin magazine calls it “bass music for crumbling urban futures,” and Pitchfork says “they sound less like `world’ music and more like music from another world.” Another world is exactly what they aim to create, using sound, video, design, and dance to express a radically different vision of the possible.” http://www.filastine.com/
$10/advance $12/door, Doors 8pm
Starr Bar, 214 Starr Street, Brooklyn, NY

(L train to Jefferson)

I undertook my first solo US tour in order to explore and experiment with my new electro-acoustic approach to mixing drums and electronic sounds.

May 18- Rhizome, DC (Presented by Maplehouse Collective)
May 19- Betty’s, Nashville, TN (Presented by FMRL Arts)
May 20- Honest Pint (2pm), Chattagnooga, TN Workshop (Presented by SoundCorps)
May 20- ATHICA, Athens, GA  (8pm) (Presented by Killick)
May 21- Tapp’s Art Center, Columbia, SC (Presented by Infinite Room)
May 22- The Mothlight, Asheville, NC (Monday Free Series)
May 23- Ruby Deluxe, Raleigh, NC (Experimental Tuesdays)
May 24- Black Iris Gallery, Richmond, VA

Of my tour, the FreeTimes (Columbia) said:
“Watching Ravish Momin play is a bewildering experience. Drums are supposed to be a non-melodic instrument, yet as he sits alone onstage playing his kit, you can hear eerie, spectral tunes emanating from somewhere. There are vocal samples and looped beats flying through the air, too, but by now the average music fan knows what a musician can do with effects and pedals to create those elements. This is something different. It’s a percussionist creating his own musical world, triggering electronic effects in a way that works them into his relentlessly propulsive playing. ”