BIG EARS FESTIVAL

Rachika Nayar & Nina Keith

“Artists like Rachika Nayar stand as proof that we are still barely scratching the surface of what is possible.” – Everything is Noise

Experimental producer and guitarist Rachika Nayar and neo-classical composer Nina Keith join forces for their new collaborative project. Rachika is known for reimagining the limits of guitar for modern electronic music through the rapturous maximalist fantasies of her 2022 album Heaven Come Crashing. Nina first established her sound on her 2022 single “Blow up Yr Life”, straddling electronic modular synths and a self-taught repertoire of flutes, cello, and piano. Rachika’s granular processing, guitar loops, and trance synths combine here with Nina’s classical instrumentation, tape loops, and DIY electro-acoustics to form an expansive sonic language unique to them—one that traverses neoclassical, electronic, post-rock, ambient, and beyond. Across the kaleidoscopic range of influences, though, a through-line remains: one of shattering, heartfelt abandon

BIG EARS
03.27_03.30.25
Knoxville, TN · USA

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