In the Round: Ana Roxanne

As part of ICA's *In The Round* series, Serious present Ana Roxanne with support from Laura Groves.

Born and raised in the Bay Area and currently based in New York City, Ana Roxanne is a composer and vocalist whose personal, subtly experimental style has been described as "introverted euphoria" by Resident Advisor and "ecstatic" by Pitchfork. Most recently, Roxanne channeled her heartbreak and grief into 'Poem 1', her second album and most unguarded statement to date. A blend of decelerated jazz, minimalism and vocal folk forms that's marked by an awareness of ambient musics, the album plays out like catharsis, finding hope in the subtlety, slowness and smoky sadness of its piano themes, vulnerable vocals and dissociated synthesizer drones.

Roxanne grew up fascinated by jazz, R&B and classical music, locked into Bay Area radio and her parents' record collections. And after moving to rural Iowa to study music at community college, she became involved in a choral program that whisked her across the country. But it was a trip to Uttarakhand in India, where she traveled to learn traditional Hindustani vocal techniques, that truly reshaped her outlook. On her return to the USA, she enrolled at Oakland's prestigious Mills College and began sculpting her signature sound, dubbing a handful of experiments on her debut EP '~~~'. Originally passed around only to friends in 2015, the record made its way to Leaving Records who reissued it in 2019 and its meditative, restorative songs struck a chord with listeners and critics alike.

Presented by Institute of Contemporary Arts.

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