that fuses the vibrant cultures of the ancient diaspora with the electronic music of today.
Mysticism and migration combines to give you a sound that both grounds and instantly t r a n s p o r t s you.
This sound is a precious resource developing naturally in endless quantities within the collective BAE ☽
The VIBRANIUM experience is a mix of global music created live through sonic performance journeys.
Featuring future beats of the african diaspora, everything from afrohouse and RnBass to funk, disco, soul and more is remixed and re-styled into innovative yet classic rhythms designed to make you m o v e ~ Before Anything Else.
Showcasing mainly women and female-identifying artists of color who are breaking real boundaries across music production and selection, this function is a function of the times: a gathering to express our appreciation for female creative expression, make space for up-&-coming talent and forward-thinking sounds, and vibrate with the ultimate unifier — music herself!
Boston Chery is a Brooklyn-based DJ and producer originally from Boston, MA with nearly 8 years of experience in the tri-state club/art scene. She’s been featured on XXL, Mass Appeal, Saint Heron, Blavity, Pigeons and Planes and more for her work behind the turntables and in the community curating successful events.
Curator and creator of underground parties-turned-popular-NYC-residencies, the all-femme “She Party” and infamous reggae jam “Bruck out”, Chery is now planning her debut EP and tour to spread her uniquely inventive island style all over world’s finest dancefloors and radios in 2018. Chery is a strong advocate of self love, unity, and positive vibes. Her bubbly personality and big heart are apparent in all of her moves, and she aims to influence the younger generation to keep creating, learning, growing and most importantly being themselves.
ddreeemy is a genre-bending sonic alchemist, meditation guide, and conscious community catalyst.
Her sound is a communication of soul vibration: global rhythms, earthy basslines, pulsing 808s, glittering synths, ancestral vocals, tribal invocations — ancient sounds and future beats. Her sets are open-format, fusing and layering genres, because they're meant for movement — a deep sense of exploration, liberated expression, and euphoria. It is a nod to our shared herstory. It’s music for the dancers and for the dreamers.
She's the creator of BAE (Before Anything Else @collective.BAE) and the curator of VIBRANIUM.
Jasmine Fuego is an Oakland based singer, educator, and emcee deeply committed to creating and curating art in advocating self love, empowerment, and liberation
A true renaissance woman, Fuego’s raw and inspirational personality shines through her work teaching mindfulness, curating shows, and co-directing her non-profit Regenerate Change.
You can find Jasmine performing at festivals and conferences across the country, giving motivational talks to high schoolers,or on her annual house concert tour. Her music seamlessly combine genres such as pop, gospel, blues, and soca rhythms to create a unique sound she calls soul-pop.
Sunny Cheeba's everyday soundtrack and diverse record collection reflect the pulse of her Bronx, New York heritage. Sunny digs the depths of thrift stores, record shops, and crates from local street vendors to build her music collection. Her favorite finds range from Soul, Jazz, Salsa, Disco, Reggae, Hip- Hop and everything in between. For her, collecting records has become much more than looking for the perfect beat, but a way of preserving our rich culture and history. In the summer of 2015, shortly after acquiring her first turntables, Sunny founded Uptown Vinyl Supreme; a DJ collective that pays homage to the analog roots of music, party and dance culture. With the strong belief that records have the power to uplift, inspire, and heal the people U.V.S. explores progressive ways in which this power can reach audiences all over the world, be it through dance gatherings, individual sessions, live streams, workshops, private events, or cultural institutions.
Truthworker Theatre Company is a social justice based, hip-hop theatre company founded and directed by Samara Gaev, for high school and college-aged youth in Brooklyn, NY. Providing youth leadership programming, professional stipends, and rigorous artistic training; Truthworker raises awareness and catalyzes action for racial, gender, and economic justice.
Young visionaries directly impacted by mass incarceration write and perform original productions that interrogate the prison industrial complex, challenge systems of oppression, invite healing dialogue, and foster artistic interventions, inspiring solutions for collective liberation.
Truthworker is a safe space for young people to be the subjects, not the objects, of their own stories as they unpack, problematize, and shift the dominant, often stereotypical narratives in mainstream media. In a country with the largest prison population in the world, Truthworker’s bold storytelling is geared towards enlivening creative solutionaries.
Written and performed by 16-24 year old artists, Truthworker’s deeply personal performances center redemption, forgiveness, and responsibility to humanize those most negatively impacted by systemically racist policies. Creating radical forums for vulnerability, Truthworker’s compelling performances weave rhyme, hip-hop theatre, dance, multimedia, cutting edge technology, and personal testimony to interrupt and transform the criminalizing and violent systems that permeate our communities. Using art to raise awareness, Truthworker’s productions serve as the public face of a growing movement demanding criminal justice reform.
BAE is a celebration of female creativity and feminine energy.
It is a gathering of our collective evolution and the vitality of tangible sacred spaces curated, produced, and performed by women, for ALL.
Our intention is to elevate and empower female and feminine-identifying creators; to give them space to put their art, their potential, their creativity, their humanity before anything else (B.A.E).
With a unique all-female-identifying lineup of live music, art, and wellness, we co-curate highly activated spaces featuring interactive installations, live performances, & immersive experiences across mediums that highlight and connect the most collaborative creators, craftswomen, and feminine-spirited collectives of NYC and beyond.
