Solstice 2019 performers include:
Tribu Baharú: blends champeta of their native Colombia with dance music
Rafiq Bhatia: guitarist and first-generation American son of Muslim immigrant parents who trace their ancestry to India by way of East Africa; draws influences from Coltrane, Madlib, and Vijay Iyer
RJD2: nom de dance floor of hard-hitting DJ (and Ohio native) Ramble Jon Krohn
Sun Ra Arkestra: intrepid space travelers under the direction of Marshall Allen
Forest Management: spacious electronica
Shigeto Live: beat-driven, vividly beautiful electronic music
Turning Jewels into Water: Haitian electronic music composer, percussionist and turntablist Val Jeanty and percussionist and composer Ravish Momin, who together create Afro-electronica warped through jazz and South Indian traditions
Anbessa Orchestra: a staple in New York’s rich Afro-groove scene, this seven-piece band takes the listener from Addis Ababa to Brooklyn, cultivating a unique sound of their own while retaining a deep understanding of the tradition of Ethiopian music
Undervolt & Co.: an internet-based collective, curated by Yoshi Sodeoka and Peter Burr, involved in the circulation of time-based art across varied presentational formats with an emphasis on the immediacy of image and sound, as well as the mutability of technologies.
Featured artists: Andrew Benson, Peter Burr, Eric Carlson, MSHR (Brenna Murphy + Birch Cooper), Eva Papamargariti, Sabrina Ratte, Matt Romein, Leigh Silverblatt, Natalia Stuyk, Yoshi Sodeoka