NICOLE MITCHELL'S BLACK EARTH ENSEMBLE
Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble: "EarthSeed"
Nicole Mitchell - vocals, flute, electronics and compositions
Lisa E. Harris - vocals / theremin / electronics / composition
Julian Otis - vocals
Zara Zaharieva - violin
Ben LaMar Gay - trumpet / electronics
Tomeka Reid - cello
Avreeayl Ra - percussion
Co-Created by Nicole Mitchell & Lisa E. Harris the work of award-winning Black science fiction author, Octavia E. Butler, becomes increasingly prophetic as we move through the challenges of the new century. Her novels Parable of the Sower (1993) and Parable of the Talents (1996) use fiction to illuminate a horrific unraveling of 21st-century America into a despotic chaos. Inspired by this work, Mitchell and Harris respond to new times with a new sound