Rara Avis

Rara Avis combines over 15 years of multi-genre musical study with an intuitive understanding of modern technology.  His classical training partnered with his passion for electronic dance music, results in original lush downtempo compositions fuelled with psychedelic guitar, vocals, and a healthy dose of improvisation rooted in jazz. 

Rara's musical identity started as a teenager by exploring his zeal for blues guitar and Jimi Hendrix.  To further broaden his knowledge, he studied jazz, classical, theory, arranging, ear training, music history, vocals, percussion, keyboards, and digital music production, while attending college. His musical open-mindness led him to discover the Moontribe collective from Southern California, A community of electronic music enthusiasts who throw legendary full moon gatherings.  After experiencing their technological tribal energy for years, Rara relocated to Los Angeles to pursue his passion for electronic music. 

In Los Angeles, Rara collaborated with many of the leading underground producers and DJ's on the scene.  He also became heavily involved with Zen Dancing & the Shaman's Dream family, an improvisational global fusion dance band led by Craig Kohland, Micheline Berry, and an array of different artists gathered over the years.   Rara is also part of the Desert Dwellers production team alongside Treavor Moontribe and Amani Friend.  Their production focuses on downtempo with excursions into tribal house and trance with an underlying organic foundation.

Shaktified is a collection of Rara's most recent musical amalgamations, inspired by the reclusive-ness of his surroundings in Harbin Hot Springs, California.  His music weaves intricate tapestries of fluent world rhythms, scorching guitar melodies with electro overtones. Shaktified showcases Rara Avis' latest developments into the nature of sound.

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