$15 adv, $20 day of
G.A. (standing / mixed seating) - Doors open @7PM
https://maldevisa.bandcamp.com/
Mal Devisa is the songwriting, liberation, and poetry project of multifarious artist Deja Carr. She approaches her sound from any and every direction. Masterfully a genre-hopper, her work spans everything from soulful rock to unabashed hip hop, lush experimental to folk, lo-fi to jazz. And if you’re wondering how that can all work together, the answer is just: Mal Devisa. Often accompanied by heavy bass, clever loops, and hard-hitting lyrics – her voice is probably what will pull you in wholly. Simply and seriously a talent, Mal Devisa’s catalog is an experience that I hope you take some time with.
Mal Devisa's dynamic catalog is very much the manifestation of her musical history: her grandfather, Bruno Carr, was a jazz drummer who worked with the likes of Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin; she went to jazz camps as a teenager; rapped in MalYMarco; and led funk band Who'da Funk It?. After 5 years of performing in Who'da Funk It?, Deja began learning bass and compiling the scraps of some of her old songs ~ developing Mal Devisa.
Deja’s talents also extend to reaches of spoken word and production, paralleled by aspirations to start both a youth foundation and Afrobeat orchestra. This boundless inspiration is a central facet of Mal Devisa’s work, whose sonically and narratively unrestrained passages teem with empathy and liberatory visions for a better world.
Deja started releasing music as Mal Devisa in 2014, breaking through with 2016’s Kiid – her first full-length LP. Along with her digital launch, you can now also hear a newly remastered version of Kiid.
“Deja Carr’s voice is a force of gravity, an instrument of rare range and seemingly limitless capacity for empathy. When she howls, her vocals clip into the red, and her rapping jolts you straight awake.”
“It’s a marvel at every turn. Carr switches off regularly from soulful croons to callous raps — she excels at both, bringing her inimitable voice and perspective. She talks of displacement and isolation, exerting control and trying to establish independence. Her songs are tender and remorseful, confident and cool.”
Gods Wisdom is the musical alias of Reuven Ender, a multidisciplinary artist from western mass. He has performed across the country as well as Canada, Chile, & Poland. He’s work has incorporated many genres including experimental improvisation, reggae, jazz, blues, hip hop, pop & metal but is always typified by a dissonant atmosphere and heartfelt, thoughtful, sometimes provocative songwriting. He writes records and mixes all his music and is consistently ahead of the curve and acknowledgedly stylistically influential to many artists. Self expression and the process of creativity is crucial to his well being and he thanks God it’s afforded him an interesting and varied existence freed from the confines of reclusive intoxicated dysfunctionality. He has dozens of unreleased songs he hopes will see the light soon and is always self critical of his past work, such is life.
https://www.instagram.com/godswisdom/