mowri //
MOWRI is a sound design artist, music producer, composer, drummer, percussionist and audio engineer based in Queens, New York.
Having a decade of experience composing and designing for theatre, film, and live music performance, MOWRI thrives within creative collaboration and experimental applications.
MOWRI’s artistic calling began at a young age- drawing and illustrating with detail. Drawn to percussion around the age of 10, MOWRI began concert percussion training and quickly moved to the drum kit - self trained, practicing alone and with other musicians in school, forming several bands.
Already performing live as a teenager, he then pursued studies in Kinetic Imaging as well as sound design. Focusing more on the audio element, MOWRI clung to audio recording, editing, and mixing techniques, as well as experimental sound design performance- creating solo performances using tube televisions, DVD players with animations, and original sound design, along with his drum kit.
Diving into postgraduate experimental original sound design creation from 2011-2012 in Edinburgh, Scotland, MOWRI created interactive and reactive performances using light sensors, drum triggers, Max/MSP programming, and improvisation techniques to create intricate performances.
Living and working in New York City as an audio engineer, sound design artist and composer, MOWRI has further developed their digital music production style and technique, creating for a variety of media and entertainment ranging from theatre, film, and live performance.
MOWRI’s work can be expressionistic in the sense of creating to create / expressing to paint a picture, location, ambient. Yet, lately MOWRI has been collaborating with social justice organizations and collectives, steering MOWRI’s work to contain more social commentary.
A spotlight on inequity, prejudice, corruption, and an intolerance for discrimination has been the main theme for MOWRI’s upcoming E.P; with a juxtaposition to beauty, experimentation, and expressive music for dance.