Cruel Diagonals / haana lee
Thursday June 18 | doors at 7:30pm | performance at 8:00pm
$15 ADVANCE tickets | $20 DAY OF SHOW | $10 STUDENT tickets with ID | always pay what you can
Cruel Diagonals will perform reimagined, recontextualized, and improvised pieces from across her catalog, exploring themes of geological timescales, ecological disaster, decay, and repair.
haana lee will present a new iteration of their quadraphonic performance “soltar” - a meditative work that combines the sounds of an electric organ (Korg CX3) and its built-in rotary and vibrato with other hardware effects, all looped together and spacialized in real time. With complex interplay between varying waves and pulses colliding simultaneously, the piece generates a dynamic drone that envelops listeners in an emotive journey while accompanying them in somatic meditation.
Cruel Diagonals
Cruel Diagonals is the Los Angeles-based experimental project of vocalist, producer, and visual artist Megan Mitchell, blending haunting vocals with dark electronic textures inspired by noise, dark ambient, musique concrète, and global traditional music. Her work explores contrasts like beauty and dissonance, violence and stillness, creating immersive soundscapes that feel both ancient and futuristic. Since 2018, Cruel Diagonals has released acclaimed projects including Calcite (2024) and Fractured Whole (2023), while collaborating with artists such as Anthony Gonzalez (M83) and Joshua Eustis (Telefon Tel Aviv, Nine Inch Nails). Known for her powerful classical-trained voice, Mitchell has also appeared on tracks by The Weeknd and Mark Van Hoen. Through live performance, video art, and multidisciplinary composition, Cruel Diagonals creates an otherworldly experience defined by heavy sonic intensity and striking vocal clarity.
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