Matthew Rahaim

Hindustani Vocalist: Khyal, Gwalior Gayaki // shagird of Laxman Krishnarao Pandit

Improviser: Voice, analog synthesizers, gestural sound synthesis, improvised conduction

Composer: Newly devised instruments and tuning systems, event scores, electroacoustic environments, anthropocene sonic ecology, virtual spaces, experimental phenomenology, polymodal counterpoint

Scholar: Professor of Music at the University of Minnesota in the division of Global Creative Studies. History and ethnography of South Asian music; American experimentalism; speculative musical philosophy; voice studies, practices of listening, intonation theory, musical ethics, metaphysics, relationality.

Recordings

Rag Komal Rishabh Asavari
Rag Komal Rishabh Asavari (2020)
Rag Bhimpalasi
Rag Bhimpalasi (2021)
Rag Puriya
Rag Puriya (2023)
Misi-Ziibi Song
Misi-Ziibi Song #1 (2023)
Blessed Inconstant Moon
Blessed Inconstant Moon (2023)
Microviolet Accident Party
Microviolet: Accident Party (2022)
Ras
Ras (2025)
Resonant Transmutations
Resonant Transmutations (2025)

Books & Articles

tanpura sound files
contact & office hours

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