is an experimental composer and a talented vocalist who has been known to shriek, moan, grunt, and almost become possessed during performance. She creates sonic collages using electronics and her voice, and continues to probe the grey area between pop and computer music. She is currently debuting her piece, Roots, which uses her voice to create a virtual world within her voice. These compositions also incorporate her self-created instrument, affectionately dubbed “the Carmenizor,” a small electronic box that can transform her voice into its own orchestra. Some of her influences include chamber pop, alternative dance, modal music, ambient-techno, post-modern pop, experimental rock and minimalism.

Carmen currently performs with Electrocab, a trio of performers/composers who combine subversive pop and sound art into a strange beast. Her music has been featured at the Laila Lounge in New York, the OUTPOST in Boston, the Boston CyberArts Festival, the Spheris Gallery, and the Festival of New Musics at Dartmouth College.

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"Both are members of Electrocab, a subversive soprano/accordion/DJ collective, and odds are good this performance will include moaning, shrieking, computers, postmodern cabaret, fringe theories of performance, and tango." -- Joan Anderman of The Boston Globe