Join Chaia, Miri Villerius, and Sarah Larsson for a meditative evening of Yiddish archival samples, deep listening, singing together, and guided movement. We’ll begin with a listening/movement session guided by Miri. Then, audience members will be invited to lie down as Sarah Larsson and Chaia bring us on a sonic journey combining Yiddish archival samples, electronics, and Yiddish traditional folksong.
Audience members are encouraged to bring pillows, blankets, sleeping bags and whatever else you need to get comfortable. The performance will be accompanied by a visual installation by Kohenet Riv Shapiro.
$10-30 suggested at the door. NOTAFLOF.
Chaia is an electronic composer working at the intersection of Yiddish culture and electronic club music. She weaves archival Yiddish samples with techno and ambient frameworks, creating hybrid folkloric-electronic compositions that situate ancestral sound within global and liberatory rave ecologies. Her sampling collaborators include the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, Itzik Gottesman and the Yiddish Song of the Week Blog, Susan Watts and the Hoffman Watts family materials, Hankus Netsky, Zalmen Mlotek, and more.
Chaia released her debut album “Yiddish Electronic” in 2025. Her next EP, “Romanian Fantasies,” will be released on Delusional Records in Fall 2026. https://chaia.online/
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