Talking Experiments with Raven Chacon

Meet composer Raven Chacon in our new podcast getting to know the people behind the music at Borealis 2021. Raven Chacon is an artist from Fort Defiance, Navajo Nation, Arizona. He is a composer and performer of both chamber music and noise music, he also makes visual art and occasionally curates art exhibitions. He also runs his own record label and teaches music to young people in the Navajo Nation. In this episode presenter Christiane Meldgaard speaks to Raven at his home in Albuquerque New Mexico, and hears how in this new work for Borealis both the chamber music and the noise sides of his practice finally come together in one piece. Read more about Raven at Borealis 2021 https://www.borealisfestival.no/en/events2021/double-weaving-2/ All music featured with permission from An Anthology of Chants Operations by Raven Chacon https://ravenchacon.bandcamp.com/album/an-anthology-of-chants-operations Presented and produced by Christiane Meldgaard Executive Producer, Peter Meanwell