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Turner Williams Jr. plays the shahi baaja, an electrified chordophone from the zither family that uses typewriter keys to alter the pitches of its strings. Invented in Japan, evolved in India, and sold secondhand in Alabama, this instrument is a transcultural mutation, merging Asian, European, and American roots with modern mechanical interventions. Turner shreds and tangles these roots with a raw, embodied practice that entwines the physical and narrative through improvisation. His work refracts hybridity through an unhinged and intuitive practice, haptic and cybernetic as it is hectic and syncretic.
He has performed at European festivals like Le Guess Who? in Utrecht, Kraak Festival in Antwerp, Improtech in Uzeste, Tokyo & Paris, and regularly collaborates with the European ERC REACH project at Ircam.He has made concerts and residencies in the four national centers for creative music in France (IRCAM - CENTRE POMPIDOU, GMEM, GRAME, ATHÉNOR CNCM).
His new solo LP “vipérine” is out now via his new label:
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He has performed at European festivals like Le Guess Who? in Utrecht, Kraak Festival in Antwerp, Improtech in Uzeste, Tokyo & Paris, and regularly collaborates with the European ERC REACH project at Ircam.He has made concerts and residencies in the four national centers for creative music in France (IRCAM - CENTRE POMPIDOU, GMEM, GRAME, ATHÉNOR CNCM).
His new solo LP “vipérine” is out now via his new label:
Les Disques Omnison, 2023
LP edition of 100 (SOLD OUT)
WORLD OF ECHO -----------------︎
ALL NIGHT FLIGHT --------------︎
MUSIQUE-JOURNAL ---------------︎
Feeding Tube, 2023
LP edition of 350 (SOLD OUT)
BANDCAMP
FEEDING TUBE / FORCED EXPOSURE
STREAMING
REVIEWS :
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AQUARIUM DRUNKARD---------︎
BRAINWASHED------------------︎
RAVEN SINGS THE BLUES-------︎
RECORD CRATES UNITED-------︎
PEDAL MOTEL-------------------︎
© TURNER WILLIAMS JR. 2026