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Afrorack rocks repurposed materials

By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer Ugandan sound artist Brian Bamanya — better known by his stage name, Afrorack — brought his modular synth performance to Vancouver New Music on September 27 and the Red Gate Arts Society on September 28 following a seminar presentation with SFU’s music and sound department on September 26. Bamanya performed in Vancouver as part of his Canadian tour, which also included stops in Montréal, Saskatoon, and Edmonton from the end of September through early October. Afrorack’s résumé includes inventing Africa’s first homemade modular synth, creating electro instruments such as a velocity-sensitive electronic drum kit, and…

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