Christina Wheeler

Composer, vocalist, multi-instrumental electronic musician, and multimedia artist
 Christina Wheeler’s sonic explorations have included forays in a myriad of styles and forms. She blends an amalgam of improvised electronic music from an array sources: processed vocals, vocal loops, hand-triggered sampler, theremin, Q-chord, autoharp, and electric mbira. She has performed and recorded with numerous artists, including Nicole Mitchell, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Chaka Khan, Vernon Reid, John Cale, Laraaji, Matana Roberts, Abdou Mboup, HPrizm/Priest, Greg Tate, Satch Hoyt, Jamie Lidell, DJ Olive, Marc Ribot, Zeena Parkins, Murcof, John Carter, Fred Hopkins, and Andrea Parkins. Her featured work with David Byrne included international tours and television appearances on The Late Show with David Letterman, and PBS’s Sessions at West 54th Street. MTV’s AMP featured her music. She has also performed at New York’s Lincoln Center and Berlin’s Philharmonie. She has collaborated with choreographers Sally Silvers, and Jodi Melnick. Recent recording collaborators include Fred P, Benjamin Brunn, Ripperton and Shinedoe. Recently, she has joined the Art Ensemble of Chicago, performing with their new group at international festivals and appearing on their latest album, We Are on the Edge, on Pi Recordings. Currently, Wheeler has two albums soon to be released, Songs of S + D, and Tres Es un Número Mágico, and she is creating new work for the glass armonica.

Their Resident Advisor profile, in full and unedited.