“Bold, visionary, and idiosyncratic, the music here sometimes settles into a deep meditative hum that grounds us in the present; at other times, it explodes like some primal scream crying out from the uncertain future.” - Bandcamp
“a daring work inspired by Butler’s science-fiction series of the same name that honors her vi sion by using radically creative music to illustrate the horrors that she predicted.” - Bandcamp
“unearthly but also familiar and compelling.” - JazzTimes
“This is something unlike anything else you’ll hear this month, or this year.” - Stereogum
“open up listeners to bold new ways of thinking about the world, and to encourage them to see past its present-day limitations.” - The New York Times
“destined to be one of the best of 2020.” - The Vinyl District
“It is a sort of avant-garde opera in its form: vocals, bare strings and flute patterns trace themes around poetic axioms. It is clear and luminous, in its text and in its airy instrumentation. There is much wisdom in Mitchell and Harris' words.” - The Quietus
EARTHSEED (2020)
co-composed by Lisa E. Harris and Nicole M. Mitchell (FPE Records)