THEATER

Dawuna

10 Sep. 2022 | 3pm

The musician Dawuna performed with a band in KinoSaito’s theater. His music is ethereal and quietly ecstatic, but rooted in the moral quandaries and emotional turbulence of daily life. Dawuna’s debut, the self-produced Glass Lit Dream (2020), balances ambient soundscapes and stirring melodies, industrial artifacts and gospel-inflected meditations on desire and alienation. The Guardian called Glass Lit Dream a “masterpiece,” and Bandcamp Daily hailed the record as an “underground hit” in which “genres pioneered by Black musicians … seamlessly intertwine with darker ambient sounds and liquid synths.” At KinoSaito, Dawuna will be joined by Brian Davenport and Noella Mugerwa Byenkya.

Beverages for this event were graciously provided by Grimm Ales and Hiatus Tequila.