Pulsing Sound Series -5 Listen to the Rain
A meditation in 8 movements for string quartet, n'goni & voiceby Anaïs Maviel, featuring The Rhythm Method.
listen to the rain
A meditation in 8 movements for string quartet, n'goni & voiceby Anaïs Maviel, featuring The Rhythm Method.
"I've invited you to an unusual listening experience unfolding over a year. Each movement from listen to the rain was released in alignment with the 8 forces — which form the base for the I Ching, or Book of Changes' timeless wisdom. The so-called "Earthly Order" was accompanied by curated playlists & seasonal reflections. listen to the rain is now available in the "Heavenly Order": a sacred sequence of the 8 forces used in the Taoist inner alchemy practice known as the Fusion of the 5 Elements — it is how the full hour-length piece is meant to be performed live -- as a continuous, immersive experience."
Program
Artist Q&A
Full live performance of all eight movements of listen to the rain — in the "Heavenly Order": Water, Fire, Thunder, Rain, Earth, Mountain, Wind, Sky alongside film by visual artist Sean Webley
Reception
Press highlights:
"Spiritually illuminating" -- New York City Jazz Record
"The project reaffirms Anaïs Maviel as a singular figure of contemporary creation, in dialogue with Eastern philosophy, expanded listening and ecological thinking in sound art"
-- Mundo Clasico (translated from Spanish)
About Pulsing Sound
Pulsing Sound, presented by THE BLANC and curated by Sofia Ouyang, is a cross-disciplinary concert series exploring sound as a living, spatial, and embodied art form. Bringing together music, movement, image, electronics, film, and multimedia performance, the series traces how sound moves through bodies, materials, histories, and spaces, opening new forms of attention between artists and audiences. Its inaugural season has featured emerging voices alongside acclaimed ensembles, offering immersive and emotionally resonant experiences that reflect the vitality, complexity, and pulse of artistic life today.
Musicians
Anaïs Maviel is a New York based composer, vocalist, percussionist, multi instrumentist expanding the power of music as a healing & transformative act.
The Rhythm Method is A fierce, genre-defying string quartet of composer-performers, The Rhythm Method reimagines the string quartet through a feminist, experimental lens — each member plays and sings, integrating strings and voices in bold, hybrid performances. Praised as “trailblazing” (The New Yorker), their work spans improvisation, vocalization, graphic notation, and theater.
