The Fourth Light immersive multi-media project is the newest program of this Persian/Turkish/Indian electroacoustic musical tour de force NIYAZ. The show is based on Niyaz’ latest album “The Fourth Light,” which was inspired by the first female Sufi mystic and poet Rabia Al Basri, born in the 8th century in Iraq. She is recognized as a saint as she was the one who set forth the doctrine of Divine Love and non-duality, which today lie at the heart of Sufi mysticism. From its inception, Niyaz has been committed to creating music with a deep social message. Through their work Niyaz aims to offer listeners a bridge between the East and the West – a sanctuary in the modern world of polarized ideologies. This groundbreaking immersive multi-media experience is a natural evolution for a group who is always aiming to redefine the boundaries of tradition in order to unite people from different cultural and spiritual backgrounds through our shared humanity.
AN IMMERSIVE MULTI-SENSORY, 3D EXPERIENCE
Notable electro-acoustic group NIYAZ in collaboration with interactive designer/visual artist Jerome Delapierre presents THE FOURTH LIGHT PROJECT… a cutting-edge, immersive, multi-sensory show unlike any other. This groundbreaking multimedia experience combines live music and dance performance with interactive technologies and advanced projection/ body-mapping techniques that respond to sound and movement in real-time. The end result creates a new kind of Digital Scenography musical experience, one in which virtual and real space merge to create an illusionistic three-dimensional environment that eliminates the distance between the audience and performers. This seamless synthesis of sound, space, image, and light, actually invites the audience inside the art to share in a unique narrative and multi-sensory experience. (Also available with a residency and outreach.)
This project easily and seamlessly turns the performance space into a living, moving, piece of 3D art set to live music.
The band travels with hanging projection screens and infrared projectors to easily transform most spaces into a living, moving, piece of 3D art set to live music. Designed to be easily implemented (from the presenter’s perspective) yet mesmerizing and complex for the audience. See more specs here.
Since its debut at Cinars in Montreal, Canada in the fall of 2016, THE FOURTH LIGHT PROJECT has been presented in some of the most prestigious Performing Arts Centers throughout America such as the legendary Strathmore (Washington D.C.) Michael Schimmel Center (New York City), Hancher Center (Univ. of Iowa), and Walton Arts Center (Univ. of Arkansas). The show was also a featured event at the Asia Expo in Astana, Kazakhstan in 2017 as well as the stunning cathedral Les Dominicains de Haute- Alsace, in Guebwiller, France in January 2018.
NIYAZ
For more than a decade Niyaz has stood at the forefront of the global music tradition by seamlessly blending ancient Sufi poetry and folk songs from the Middle East to India, with rich acoustic instrumentation and state-of-the-art modern electronics. Today with four best selling and critically acclaimed albums released on Six Degrees Records, all of which have debuted at #1 on iTunes and garnered the band an incredible amount of media attention including features on NPR, PRI, BBC World, Billboard magazine, Wall Street Journal and The Huffington Post, Niyaz continues to tour internationally and build on its impressive and loyal fan base worldwide. Their music, as well as solo performances, have been featured in several major Hollywood film and television scores, which include, “The Matrix,” “Prince of Persia,” “Thor- The Dark World,” Body of Lies,” “True Blood,” ”Nip Tuck,” Bones,” “Alias,” “Prison Break,” “Tyrant,” and “Crossing Over.” Niyaz reaches an impressive and loyal fan base worldwide.
