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Yaz Lancaster is a transdisciplinary artist residing in Harlem. Their work as a performer, composer, poet/writer, and organizer is grounded in queer, DIY, and liberatory frameworks. It utilizes fragmentation and collage; relational aesthetics; improvisatory forms; and experimental electroacoustic composition. Recent projects include collaborations with Andrew Noseworthy, Asia Stewart, Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Eliza Bagg, gg200bpm, International Contemporary Ensemble, Miss Grit, and Sean Pecknold. Yaz works as the co-manager of people places records, a director of abolitionist music collective Sound Off, and a freelance (music) writer. They love powerlifting, horror, and summers down South. More at yaz-lancaster.com.