Luca Yupanqui is a collaboration between Psychic Ills bassist Elizabeth Hart and Argentine musician and producer Iván Diaz Mathé. On ‘Sounds of the Unborn”, Hart and Diaz Mathe craft a sonically deep experimental and meditative synth album using biosonic MIDI technology. With the MIDI devices hooked up to Elizabeth’s pregnant stomach, the pair translated the electrical impulses produced by Luca and Elizabeth's bodies into sound using synthesizers. They let the free-form meditations flow without much interference and allowed the recordings to evolve naturally. It is a music without intellect or intentionality behind it. Elizabeth Hart is a Texan born musician and dancer/performer who has been living in New York since 2003. She is the bass player and founding member of Psychic Ills with whom she has released numerous albums since 2005. She was also the bass player in Effi Briest. Ivan Diaz Mathe who has been crafting dub sounds experimenting with audio for the past decade, often collaborating with Lee Scratch Perry and Mad Professor among others. Diaz Mathe has been recording and performing with plants since moving to New York in 2018. Luca Yupanqui “Sounds of the Unborn’ is in a way a continuation of that search. Hart and Diaz Mathe have also worked together composing music for dance, art films and exhibitions since 2019.
