PÖ
Hannah Elsisi presents Chromesthesia
On lead single ‘Cociage’ - a preview of her 2023 debut album of the same name, released on Nyege Nyege - the voice of Ghanaian-French producer and vocalist PÖ, stacked on top of thick, pulsating beats, is enough to conjure worlds. And these worlds pack a punch; hard-edged noise rap, industrial beats, and West African folk passages, plus ambient and post-punk. Live, the globally-driven artist is taken over by these speaking, singing ‘spirits’, and gives way to a character, a vessel of raw emotions anxious to communicate with us.
British-Egyptian award-winning social and intellectual historian Hannah Elsisi presents Chromesthesia, a 13-hour durational performance. From Rio to Cairo, Miami to Kampala, Chromesthesia tracks Afro-diasporic rhythms and explores the history that undergirds Afro-descendant electronic music.
Photography by Francesca Sara Cauli