Yaya Bey
Hannah Elsisi presents Chromesthesia
Since 2022, New York vocalist Yaya Bey has graduated from promising R&B talent to a full-fledged supersonic star. This year’s ‘Ten Fold’ album picks up where her impactful debut, ‘Remember Your North Star’, left off. Confessional, free-flow lyrics, loose vocals, and spacey, sultry beats give way to an improved iteration of the Yaya Bey formula. All the while, she gently pushes back against the media perception that her narrative finds her only as a voice for the struggle of Black women; ‘Ten Fold’ is proof Yaya Bey contains multitudes - and remains as relatable as ever.
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.