Vicente H. Atria is a Chilean composer and drummer based in New York and Santiago. Described as “virtuosic”, “revelatory” (The New York Times) and “ecstatic, (...) filled with a wild distorted energy” (The Guardian), his music riffs on a wide range of idioms, from renaissance dances to Korean sanjo, creating lucid, futuristic sonic worlds. He has written for groups such as the Sun Ra Arkestra, JACK Quartet, Wet Ink Ensemble, Yarn/Wire, TAK Ensemble, International Contemporary Ensemble, Bozzini Quartet, Science Ficta, and Daedalus Quartet.

 

As a drummer and composer, his music has been showcased at a wide variety of venues and festivals, including moers Festival, The Shed, MATA Festival, Roulette Intermedium, Re:Sound Festival, Festival Mixtur, ATLÁNTICX Festival, The Stone, Dizzy’s Club at JALC, Saint Vitus, Jazz Standard, and DiMenna Center for Classical Music, among others. His music has been released on Carrier Records, Aguirre Records, and Endectomorph Music, and has been reviewed by publications such as The New York Times, The Guardian, The Wire, Nettavisen, I Care If You Listen, Foxy Digitalis, Vinyl District, and Which Sinfonia.

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