keiyaA in Conversation with Kiana Mickles
January 23, 2025
7pm
In anticipation of the milk thot world premiere, keiyaA and Resident Advisor editor Kiana Mickles explore the influences that shape keiyaA’s latest performance work and the choices behind the accompanying album. keiyaA and Mickles discuss concepts such as street performance art, minstrelsy, and Black American root work.
Co-presented with Resident Advisor
Jan 23 January 23
Image by Whitney Browne
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About keiyaA
Performing as keiyaA, Chicago native Chakeiya Richmond has become recognized for her unique, experimental approach to soul music. She's a producer, songwriter, and vocalist, with work is rooted in urgency, insurgence, memory, and reverence, using r&b, jazz, hip-hop, noise, and pop to create a sound all her own. 2020 brought the release of her debut album "Forever, Ya Girl", which received much critical acclaim and featured on many "best of" lists for that year. keiyaA lives and works in Queens, NY. Instagram: @keiyaa / Twitter @keiyaa_
About Kiana Mickles
Kiana Mickles is a New York-raised music critic, editor and nightlife columnist at the world's leading electronic music publication, Resident Advisor. Their criticism traces the history of electronic music subcultures, with a focus on music on the experimental fringe, Black and queer expression, and pop music. Their column, Office Hours, centers untraditional queer spaces after dark. Their stories combine creative research and cultural criticism to unveil how sounds, people, spaces, and high and low culture shape the modern world.
About Resident Advisor
RA was founded out of a passion for electronic music. Our platform, which started in 2001, helps people discover music, artists and events. Over the years RA has evolved and grown, but our ethos has remained the same. As an independent company staffed entirely by dance music lovers, we're dedicated to shining light on the passionate people and communities around the world that make electronic music tick.
We believe that local scenes are at electronic music's core. It's in these communities where DJs get their first gigs, where promoters throw their first parties. It's where like-minded people with a shared passion for electronic music connect and collaborate, forging new ideas, sounds, stories and friendships.
Dance floors are incredible places. They bring people together for moments of shared joy and inspiration. They provide safe spaces for the people who need them. There is immense power in the positivity and creativity of electronic music.