Plants Can Dance - White Cinyl

Curated by Brian d'Souza (aka Auntie Flo), 'Plants Can Dance' is a forthcoming new compilation bringing together a global community of artists, exploring the creative possibilities of biosonification - transforming signals from plants, ecosystems and the natural world into sound. The project marks the culmination of several years of d'Souza's work across music, ecology and technology. The album arrives at a time when more artists are turning toward nature as both subject and collaborator, such as Brian Eno's Earth Percent, which formally recognizes 'Nature' as an artist. 'Plants Can Dance' sits within a wider cultural shift, which is redefining the relationship between sound and the living world. The project builds on several years of work by d'Souza, whose Plants Can Dance events have taken place across the UK, Europe, India and Africa, appearing in institutions including the V&A, Tate and the Design Museum. What began as a series of intimate gatherings has since evolved into a global platform, reflecting a growing appetite for work that reconnects music with the natural world. The compilation features contributions from leading practitioners including Modern Biology (Tarun Nayar) in collaboration with saxophonist Zekarias Musele Thompson, OMMA (Olga Maximovam founder of Playtro (more...)