Composition, Creation, Lead vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Tamar-kali
Visual Imagery
Tiffany Smith
Musicians
Harp: Pia Salvia
Violin: Maria Conti, Gwen Laster
Viola: Melanie Dyer
Cello: Reenat Pinchas
Upright Bass: Catherine O’Malley
Acoustic Guitar: Jerome Jordan
Vocalists: Lisala Beatty, Kendra Ross
Production
Video produced, shot and edited: Tiffany Smith
Video Assistants: Marvin Castro, Jordan Osuntuyi, and the Recess Assembly team.
B&W still photography: Scott Ellison Smith
Model/muse for Erzulie’s Kiss: Dame Cuchifrita, Tangerine Jones, Erin Cantrell Martinez, Dana Davenport, Miryam Julien, Jordan Osuntuyi
About the Artist
Tamar-kali is a Brooklyn born and bred, second-generation musician with roots in the coastal Sea Islands of South Carolina. As a composer, Tamar-kali has defied boundaries to craft her own unique alternative sound. The pieces she composes and arranges for her string sextet and voice project: Psychochamber Ensemble, marries the classical music of her Catholic upbringing with post-punk sensibilities. The start of 2017 marked her debut as a film score composer for Dee Rees’ “Mudbound” which premiered to rave reviews at the Sundance Film Festival. Her powerful vocals have been featured in the Rees’ award-winning film Pariah (2011, Focus Features) and in HBO’s biopic Bessie (2015), starring Queen Latifah. She has performed with a diverse list of artists from Paramore, Vernon Reid, and Roger Waters to Vijay Iyer, Me’shell Ndegeocello and The Roots. www.tamar-kali.com
