Once described as “something one might hear before they pass,” Deuén is the solo project of producer, bassist, composer, and visual artist Kaiuna O. Their “rnb concrete” weaves metallic production, bass, and reverb-coated grunge-esque vocals into unusual and tender melodies.  Deuén uses sound to explore the shadowland where memory blurs the boundaries between pleasure and pain, vulnerability and presence, the grotesque and beauty; from a broken mirror to a hesitant kiss or the sunlight that cuts the trees, their practice is an ode to the moments that make life worth living. A firework of delirium shot straight from the heart, Deuén’s performances are a devotion to dance, improvisation, sampling, 90s RnB, rock and what hasn’t been burned away.

Deuén has performed and showcased work with Varispeed, Microscope Gallery, Slut Island Festival, Montez Press Radio, Creative Code Art, Stone Circle Theatre, Laboratory Spokane, Made in Media Center NY, and St. Mark’s Church.

Chivengi is a Haitian-Canadian singer/songwriter, producer and multidisciplinary artist based in Montreal. Blending ambient compositions and introspective R&B vocals, she aims to bring audiences to a place of self-examination. 
Her recent works include ‘DULCE’ (OFFTA, Toronto Dance Theatre, Tangente), ‘Mitsubishi (live)’, a continuous play live performance on her website http://chivengi.world & Black Gxrl Sesh ballroom collective and creative studio curatorial work, for which she is the co-founder.

Dancer/choreographer Nerissa Tunnessen and violinist/writer Samantha Xiao Cody first began collaborating in 2023 at When Waves Collide festival, where they drafted their longform dance theater piece, “A Good Woman,” based on Penelope’s story from Homer’s The Odyssey. They toured “A Good Woman” at the Richmond, DC, and Philadelphia fringe festivals, as well as NYC’s Physfest, where the piece was hailed as a “fresh work not to be missed,” and Tunnessen and Cody were praised for their “compelling” “moments of connection.”  In 2025 they developed a new Study for Violin and Dance, performed at various showcases around Philadelphia, including Fresh Juice and Leah Stein Dance Company’s Studio Works. With each new exploration they seek to push the boundaries of their partnering, relying on a deep trust and bravery in performing daring lifts and harrowing moments of contact all while the violin is played. Nerissa is currently a company dancer with Anne Marie Mulgrew & Co, while Sam is an active performer and improviser in the Philadelphia music scene, playing most regularly with folk group Terra Cotta and a new improvisational trio project Suki Mourning Thugg.