Rita Silva & Mbye Ebrima

Rita Silva and Mbye Ebrima have been exploring new sounds through the intersection of distinct practices supported by a modular approach that intertwines repetition and melodic variation from the traditions of Western minimalism and West African oral systems.

Rita Silva is a composer and instrumentalist working with modular synthesizers and generative programming techniques to explore recursive melodic patterns and their psychoacoustic implications. Mbye Ebrima is a Jali: a master of music and words, a singer and kora player knowledgeable about and a promoter of Mandinga-Kaabunké history.