Val Jeanty

Val Jeanty, also known as Val-Inc, is an Haitian afrofuturist, drummer, turntablist, and professor at Berklee College of Music. Jeanty is a pioneer of the electronic music subgenre called Afro- Electronica (also called “Vodou-Electro”) incorporating Haitian Vodou rhythms with digital instrumentations by synergistically combining acoustics with electronics and the archaic with the postmodern. Jeanty’s Afro-Electronica performances include The Whitney Museum, The Museum of Modern Art and internationally at The Venice Biennale in Italy.

She is a Van Lier fellow and was commissioned by NYSCA for Roulette’s Intermedium Residency. Jeanty has worked with a diverse array of artists including the late great Geri Allen, Anthony Braxton, Terri Lyne Carrington and Francisco Mora Catlett. Other highlights include “Fascinating Her Resilience” a Wesleyan University commissioned multimedia collaboration with professor Gina Ulysse and with Afro-Cuban bassist Yosvany Terry on his grammy nominated album “New Throned King”.