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Mhysa, the musical alter-ego of black Philadelphia-based artist E. Jane,
active in a variety of media such as
the sculpture "I Wrote the Philosophy of the World on a Hand Mirror" (2015),
the interactive installation "Alive Not Dead Yet" (2016),
the digital prints on silk "Womanish" (2016-2017)
and the multimedia show "Lavendra" (2015-2017) with 28 music videos of famous "black divas” of the 1990s,
got started in music with the dance-music of Scraaatch, her duo with producer Lawd Knows.
Mhysa the queer black singer-songwriter was born with the EP Hivemind (2016).
Fantasii (Halcyon Veil, 2017) spans a broad spectrum of styles,
from the drifting a-cappella wordless vocals of Glory be Black
to the even more haunting soundscape of Siren Song.
She drowns neosoul and hip-hop stereotypes in oneiric electronica
and slowly whispered lyrics to obtain the
claustrophobic kammerspiel Bb.
The more conventional rap Strobe and ballad Spectrum
(which soounds like a deliberately unfinished hip-hop production)
prove
that some day she could be a star, a black diva.
Maybe that would be her ultimate art installation.
Nevaeh (2020), however, is devoid of interesting moments.
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