Turning Jewels Into Water
Turning Jewels Into Water is an experimental duo consisting of Val Jeanty and Ravish Momin, two electronic musicians and percussionists based in New York. Their improvisation-based work blends broken rhythms and turntable scratching with fluid, abstract textures. Releases such as 2019's Map of Absences draw from the traditions of the artists' respective backgrounds (Jeanty is Haitian and Momin was born in India) while also keeping an ear to global dance music sounds such as kuduro and footwork.
The project began in 2017, when Jeanty participated in a jam session at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn where Momin was completing an artist residency. Prior to this collaboration, Jeanty had released an album under the name Val-Inc and performed or showcased exhibitions at numerous museums and festivals throughout America and Europe. Momin had played drums in several free jazz ensembles, led the acclaimed Trio Tarana since 2004, and even performed with Shakira in 2009. Turning Jewels Into Water has performed at various international festivals and venues in 2018, including the Bang on a Can Marathon (New York) and Tarcento Jazz Festival (Italy), and their debut EP, Which Way Is Home?, was released by FPE Records in 2018, followed by the duo's first full-length, Map of Absences, in 2019. Their second album, the more club-leaning Our Reflection Adorned by Newly Formed Stars, appeared in 2020.
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7 album • Ordinato per Bestseller
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Our Reflection Adorned by Newly Formed Stars
Elettronica - Pubblicato da FPE Records il 21 ago 2020
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Map of Absences
Elettronica - Pubblicato da FPE Records il 15 mar 2019
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Kerala in My Heart
Elettronica - Pubblicato da FPE Records il 17 ago 2020
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Our Reflection Adorned by Newly Formed Stars
Elettronica - Pubblicato da FPE Records il 18 giu 2020
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Dark Waters Rushing In
Elettronica - Pubblicato da FPE Records il 21 gen 2019
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Swirl in the Waters
Elettronica - Pubblicato da FPE Records il 13 lug 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo