SOUND WORK
Turner Williams Jr. is an American artist and musician living in Marseille. He plays the shahi baaja, an amplified typewriter zither that uses metal keys to alter the pitches of its strings. Like Williams, this instrument is an electrified transcultural mutation of the 20th century (more on its provenance & evolution here).
Williams' autodidactic practice & technique emerge from a stubborn practice of automatism, accident & listening. His music refracts the shahi baaja’s hybrid nature through a delirious, personal process that is as scattered as it is syncretic.
He was invited to perform at Le Guess Who? 2022 festival (Utrecht, NL) & the Kraak Festival 2023 (Antwerp, BE). In 2024, he will perform at Improtech Tokyo (JP) & the Guyenne Festival (FR).
Williams' autodidactic practice & technique emerge from a stubborn practice of automatism, accident & listening. His music refracts the shahi baaja’s hybrid nature through a delirious, personal process that is as scattered as it is syncretic.
He was invited to perform at Le Guess Who? 2022 festival (Utrecht, NL) & the Kraak Festival 2023 (Antwerp, BE). In 2024, he will perform at Improtech Tokyo (JP) & the Guyenne Festival (FR).
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Feeding Tube, 2023
Drowned Lands Series No. 4
LP edition of 350 (low stock)
BANDCAMP
FEEDING TUBE / FORCED EXPOSURE
STREAMING
REVIEWS :
NPR-----------------------------︎
AQUARIUM DRUNKARD---------︎
BRAINWASHED------------------︎
RAVEN SINGS THE BLUES-------︎
RECORD CRATES UNITED-------︎
PEDAL MOTEL-------------------︎
© TURNER WILLIAMS JR. 2024